Never knowingly undersolved
Admin Another year has passed and again we have reached the anniversary of the first blog being posted on Fifteensquared – this time it’s the 10th. So, what has been achieved during the last … Read more >>
There will be a meeting for crossword setters and solvers at The George, Borough High Street, Southwark, London, SE1 1NH, coinciding with the annual Times Crossword Championship. The meeting will begin at 11:00 … Read more >>
A message from Puck:
The 3D Calendar crossword puzzle for this month (September 2016) is now available, and is another first in the crossword world – a 3D puzzle with an added 4D element. However mind-boggling that might sound, it involves a simple enough idea and solvers will find the puzzle is no trickier than most of the other 3D puzzles on offer.
Update: The move to a new server was started at 2:10pm and completed by 2:25pm. Two comments were lost during the move – well, I did ask that no comments be posted between … Read more >>
Back in early May I published a post containing some feedback from Kathryn Friedlander and Philip Fine of Buckingham University regarding their cryptic crossword research which included a link to the published results. … Read more >>
The ‘Accommodation’ post can be found here.
A message from John Henderson:
Thank you for the excellent response to my “Show of Hands” posting. It’s time now to start putting together numbers for both parts of the event…
A suggestion from John Henderson:
Due to IT problems, the blog for this puzzle has been delayed. It will be published as soon as possible, either later today or tomorrow.
Some of you may remember that a few years ago we were asked to participate in a survey regarding cryptic crosswords. A few may even have attended the subsequent trials held at Buckingham University. Though some preliminary feedback was available in 2011, it is not until now that the first results have been published. Below is a message from the research team.
A message from Eileen and Peter (Kathryn’s Dad)
Our Derby S&B is only a few weeks away, on Saturday 21st May. It will be at The Brunswick Inn, which is a very short distance from Derby station. Come out of the station at the main exit, cross the road and bear right. In a couple of hundred metres, you’ll find the pub on your left.
We need a new blogger to cover the Tuesday Financial Times (three weeks out of four). If you are interested in joining the Fifteensquared team please let me know via admin{at}fifteensquared{dot}net.
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Update 8.05pm: I have hopefully resolved the problem (eventually!). A WordPress plugin updated itself at 0100 this morning and this resulted in various issues with the WordPress core, including the loss of formatting … Read more >>