Announcements

Turning a comment from Don Manley on a certain other blog into a posting, there’s an auction in progress for a spare ticket for the Azed lunch in Oxford this Saturday – see … Read more >>

Those of you interested in some background information about setters and other people, past and present, connected with crosswords may wish to visit the new Crossword Who’s Who.

There are photos of our wedding — Jane Teather and John Henderson (aka Enigmatist, Nimrod, Io, Elgar) — on my Facebook page. They include one of Araucaria speaking and proposing a toast. Wedding … Read more >>

As some of you already know, we — Jane Teather (Jetdoc) and John Henderson (Enigmatist/Elgar/Nimrod/Io) — are getting married this Friday, 23 July. This is a truly cruciverbal match — we met through … Read more >>

The next “Sloggers and Betters” gathering for crossword setters and blog contributors and readers will take place in London next Thursday, 27th May, following on from the annual lunch for Times setters. It … Read more >>

Those of you who participated in the recent Cryptic Crossword Survey might like to see Kathryn’s comment #14. Anyone who missed the original announcement can still participate in the survey via the link in … Read more >>

Kathryn Friedlander and Philip Fine, at the University of Buckingham, are launching an on-line survey to investigate the cognitive skills, motivation and development of expertise of those who tackle cryptic crosswords. They are … Read more >>

A new blogger is wanted for the EV. If anyone is interested please contact: admin {at} fifteensquared {dot} net Thanks.

I would like to say thank you to the Fifteensquared team members who have all taken time out of their busy schedules to post blogs during the past twelve months. I’m sure your … Read more >>

Following comments made today by Anax and eimi in the Indy 7214 post, I have made some changes to the site layout. The ‘Recent Posts’ section in the left-hand sidebar now lists the … Read more >>

Please do not refer to, or comment on, a prize puzzle until after the closing date for entries.

May I please remind contributors to this site of the Discussion Policy regarding multiple identities. These are not allowed. There have been several cases recently where people have posted comments under different names. Those … Read more >>