Announcements

S&B York 2023 – Friday 27th & Saturday 28th October 2023 – IMPORTANT UPDATE Hi again, everyone. Four weeks to go! We’re now at the stage where I need to liaise with the … Read more >>

Here’s a link to register: https://times-event.com/crossword-championship  

Boatman – The Second 50 Posted on behalf of Boatman I’ve just published my second collection of 50 puzzles from the Guardian – in fact, it’s 55 puzzles, as the book includes five … Read more >>

Posted on behalf of John Henderson See Important Update   Hello, everybody. Here’s the usual preliminary announcement to inform you that York Sloggers & Betters will be going ahead as usual. As ever, … Read more >>

I believe that the New Statesman’s Margaret Irvine tribute crossword by Anorak will appear this coming Friday (28th). There will be a full tribute to Margaret in July edition of 1 Across magazine: … Read more >>

Nutmeg’s funeral *update 2023-07-11* Ref: https://www.fifteensquared.net/2023/06/28/rip-nutmeg/ I believe that the funeral service will be broadcast by Zoom and I will post Zoom links as soon as I can. In the meantime, Margaret’s life-long … Read more >>

A message from Sil van den Hoek Early last week I was pleasantly surprised, read: delighted, to find a lovely card in my mailbox, sent from the S and B gathering in Nottingham. … Read more >>

WE’RE BACK! On Tuesday 27th June I awoke to several messages regarding access errors to Fifteensquared. I posted the “Site access problems” post and, of course, that generated varying replies. This left me … Read more >>

Margaret Irvine (Nutmeg) – RIP I heard that Nutmeg died on Saturday after a long illness. Nutmeg set puzzles for The Guardian as well as 26 Inquisitors. Read Nutmeg’s interview in Meet The … Read more >>

Some people are experiencing problems accessing the site today. I have found that “http://” works whereas “https://” doesn’t work. The difference is the “s” for secure. I’m trying to fix the problem as … Read more >>