Brian Reid @leicesterreject.bsky.social Editor, guitarist, East Midlands exile. Frequently changes might to may but rarely the other way around. OU student. Not a cat
Born at 324 ppm
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Pat Cousins @patcousins.bsky.social Crossword solver on YouTube, lazy writer.
Jalata @jalata.bsky.social European 🇪🇺 Life-long language learner, most recently 🏴 and 🇵🇹 Lover of literature. Deplore the divisions caused by Brexit and the whipping up of xenophobia.
@farehamboy.bsky.social @farehamboy.bsky.social 
Chris Evans @mpcryptics.bsky.social Maths teacher by day, cryptic setter by night (Umpire/Potoroo)
Tom Pardue @sleepytom.bsky.social Like: music (especially jazz & classical), reading (science, history, speculative fiction), crosswords, hiking and nature viewing.
@heroncrosswords.bsky.social @heroncrosswords.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter: back page Daily Telegraph, Heron (Times Quick), Turnstone (Guardian).
I’m Dave Williams. You’re probably not @skirwingle.bsky.social Walking under the career ladder. Crossword clues, limericks, bad jokes, ambigrams, logos, fonts, passable cartoons.
Daniel Peake @quizzydan.bsky.social Deputy Puzzles Editor at a UK newspaper, picture researcher / question writer for Only Connect.
I stream puzzles and games a few evenings a week at: twitch.tv/quizzydan
All views here are my own and not those of any of my employers.
@harrygreaves.bsky.social @harrygreaves.bsky.social 
@duncanjwitham.bsky.social @duncanjwitham.bsky.social 
Crossers @crypticcrossers.bsky.social Crossers.co.uk is a new site aiming to make it easier to set and solve cryptic crossword puzzles. It's got the set of tools I wanted as a setter to make it quicker to create puzzles. Keen to get some feedback from setters and solvers alike!
GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social Please don’t put me on a list. Lots of typos. 🇺🇸
/s =Sarcasm
Musician
My poetry is mostly on Ko-fi
https://ko-fi.com/gigie91173. Learning cryptic cxwd
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. You are my Algonquin roundtable.
toryteler.bsky.social @toryteler.bsky.social naeku.app/jackdaniels
Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social video game reviews @ slantmagazine.com
cryptic crossword solves @ twitch.com/thatcrypticguy
Harry Smith @harry-smith.bsky.social 
Karol S @karolszym.bsky.social Crossword nerd. Composer in real life. (Yes, we still exist.)
Composer of a thousand songs needing no introduction (5,1)
@rkempley.bsky.social @rkempley.bsky.social 
Matthew Kaner @mattkaner.bsky.social Composer. Teaches at Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Also into carpentry & cryptic crosswords
linktr.ee/matthew.kaner
Tom Gough @mister-gough.bsky.social IB (formally A Level) and IGCSE maths teacher. Love a crossword and nibbling on a Geometry Snack. Enjoy mucking about on Desmos.
Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social Ex UK gov econ incl 2 years in Euro Parl econ & monetary cttee. Normandy. Semi-veggie. UTV
EN & FR (DE after beer). Views personal etc. Welsh. And French
Born at 325ppm
Steve Mossberg @mossdef.bsky.social Music teacher/crossword maker: WSJ, Times, Independent (Mog), and elsewhere. Cryptics editor at AVCX. he/him
patreon.com/squarechase
Wildvale Cryptic @wildvale.co.uk Amateur cryptic person, blinded by the lights.
Crosswords @ https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/Wildvale
Ramblings @ https://www.wildvale.co.uk
Creator of https://cryptick.wildvale.co.uk
tpg @tpgrammar.bsky.social A billion things could be wrong, and aren’t. 👍
I set cryptic crosswords at MyCrossword.co.uk
*support the site here: https://ko-fi.com/mycrossword
Dmitry Adamskiy @michpunk.bsky.social i live in sandwich.
cryptics, orienteering and allotment
Champie @champierth.bsky.social Gamedev & okayish bass player.
Follow for "Daft social media bollocks"
Assume any post is sarcastic and you won’t go far wrong.
A like doesn’t mean I agree, or understand.
May contain British spellings, and Oxford commas.
Pic:@beancurling.bsky.social
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
Shisei Hanai @shiseihanai.bsky.social I love classical piano music.
My other hobbies are DIY electronics, taking pictures.
Fiddler on the Pouf @izzienogoud.bsky.social Member of the cruciverse
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine"
Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop
Sign up for updates - unchcrosswords.com
@cbomeara.bsky.social @cbomeara.bsky.social 
Perry De Wynter @perrydewynter.bsky.social I'm here for cheese and crosswords.
Red Pete @redpete.bsky.social Freelance software engineer currently retired/between contracts. In a previous life, a chemist. Cryptic crossword addict
Puzzle Patzer @puzzlepatzer.bsky.social Patzer: from German; patzen, 'to bungle' - usually used in chess for an inexperienced player.
Chess, sudoku, comics and other nonsense 😉
Claire Bennie @clairebennie.bsky.social Advisor on Housing Design and Development
wearemunicipal.co.uk
Also: art deco flats; choral music, cryptic crosswords (Ruskin)
The Cryptic Mystic @thecrypticmystic.bsky.social I try to demystify cryptic crosswords on my YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/@The_Cryptic_Mystic
Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social Cryptic crossword lover, bridge player and quiz nut. Run the wonderful Wednesday night QVQL (with a little help!) - a free individual quiz. 
Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social Freelance writer, full-time reader, commission-me-anytime reviewer. (For many, most of the places you'd imagine, plus some you might not. That's the joy of freelancing...) susiemesure.com
Charlie Methven @charliemethven.bsky.social I set cryptic crosswords as Methuselah and Chameleon and write questions for Only Connect • charliemethven.com • he/him
Dan Dickens @brockwellgrecian.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter. Grecian in the Independent and Brockwell in the Guardian.
Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺 @simonshep.bsky.social Cruciverbalist, veggie, passionate European, enjoy words, language, cooking, wine, music: part-time genius & amateur human being (possibly vice versa)
Dan Davison @danjdavison.bsky.social Teacher. Books, poetry, theatre & I’m learning to set cryptic crosswords
Liari @liari.bsky.social Crossword setter - as Liari (The Independent, Unch); Apus (Times QC); Potoroo (Telegraph Toughie); Pavo (Guardian); Myself (Telegraph, Bonmo and elsewhere).
Unch magazine editorial team.
Super-duper Independent crossword setter? (5)
@ssavtaar.bsky.social @ssavtaar.bsky.social 
Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social Mostly baking and crosswords
Lette @lettecrosswords.bsky.social Lucky enough to have had a few crosswords published in the Independent.
Thanks to all those that have helped along the way, especially the wonderful community at https://mycrossword.co.uk/
Lowdown Cryptic @lowdowncryptic.bsky.social Canada’s rep for the World Crossword Federation and US & Canada Cryptic Championships. Cryptics for AVCX, Crossweird, The Browser, OoLF, Minute Cryptic. Scrabblegrams monthly. Letter banks repeatedly. He/him 🇨🇦 lowdowncryptic on Insta, Blogger, Crosshare
@granvers.bsky.social @granvers.bsky.social 
Simon Harding @simon.colchester.social Northern bloke currently based in Colchester. Programmer, writer, music lover and crossword nerd. Kind to people and animals. Also at threehundredsongs.bsky.social and things like tide.colchester.social.
musiclivecolchester.com
musiclivecambridge.com
Faithful Defence Advocate @faithfuldefenceadv.bsky.social I know the end of the story 
Hugh Hudson @beeryhikerhugh.bsky.social Retired from IT (rail business). Interests: walking (especially #SlowWays), crosswords (cryptic), books (especially literary fiction), politics, science, music of all kinds and cricket. BlueSky veteran (i.e. here just over a year, enough to be first 10%)
Josh Roach @iguesscryptics.bsky.social 24-year-old cryptic crossword setter appearing as Major (The Independent, Unch) and Iguess (MyCrossword)
Henri @henriwords.com I have never disembowelled myself (5)
I start to drum, interrupting Ringo! (3)
I judge, like dad (5)
Crossword setter: Guardian, Times, Inquisitor, Gnomon, Unch, MyCrossword, henriwords.com and more. Puzzle editor at Unch. Rob Townsend, really
Sowmya Ramkumar @somsram.bsky.social Puzzle Editor @Amuselabs Cryptics for #minutecryptic, #the_hindu, #Hindustantimes, Minis on #theindiamini Author - #crypticcrossroads Vol. 1,2 & 3, CFA
Charterholder
VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com The best online Vegetable Garden & Allotment planning software to get you organised in the garden.
Fully featured garden planner vegplotter.com
Frost dates and growing zone calculator frostdates.com
Colin Cook @cookiecj82.bsky.social Football and Rugby fan. Lover of the NHS ( saved my life) Lefty🇪🇺 PhD Candidate at The University of Suffolk researching Corporate Social Responsibility
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
@sirdakka.bsky.social @sirdakka.bsky.social 
Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social Michael Lloyd-Jones
Twit lacking appeal, male crossword setter (3)
The Telegraph (anon and Light)
The Independent (Deri)
The Times (anon)
Longyfan @longyfan.bsky.social I make cryptic crosswords. Find them at mycrossword.co.uk/longyfan – also on various occasions in The Independent (Longitude), Minute Cryptic (half of Crenditi), The Gnomon, The Browser, Parseword, Cryptic Crossweird, MyCrossword featured, and Unch
He/him
Andrew Ffrench @ffrench.bsky.social Gen X dad who loves to chat about old 45s, 12s, albums and CDs
Sarah Turner @sarahturner.bsky.social Collector of hotel toiletries (and writer about aforementioned hotels, travel and things).
Jamandham, LLC @jamandham.bsky.social CREATING PHENOMENAL WORD GAMES!
jamandham.com
Jeff Evans @jeffevanswriter.bsky.social Beer, television, music, quizzing, not necessarily in that order. Author: The Penguin TV Companion, Rock & Pop on British TV (new edition September 2026), numerous books on beer; former editor of the Good Beer Guide; question writer for Mastermind.
Mark S @4flush.bsky.social Setting crosswords as Flush on MyCrossword.co.uk- K @kristianelliswood.bsky.social @kristianelliswood.bsky.social
Francesca Pridding @francambrian.bsky.social Welsh, feminist, political, literary, cryptic crossword wannabe, comedy...all of the above (she/her)
Sal Naseem @salnaseem.bsky.social Author of True North: A Story of Racism Resilience and Resisting Systems of Denial, available to buy on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/72Vhd9w
@anuragpuzzling.bsky.social @anuragpuzzling.bsky.social Puzzling, Questioning, Reading, Solving, Thinking
Kate Mansey @katemansey.bsky.social Royal Editor and Assistant Editor of The Times of London
Author, Podcaster, Commentator
YouTube: http://surl.li/jnswdy | Pod: https://podfollow.com/1745117658 | Insta: @katemanseywrites | Board @WIJ_UK
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/kate-mansey
Matt @wyrd.systems 📖 Publishing Unch, a cryptic crossword magazine: unchcrosswords.com
📺 Streaming on Sundays: https://twitch.tv/CrypticSunday
🪑 Sitting on benches
☕️ Drinking coffee
🌍 Lewes, UK
@svenjaschi.bsky.social @svenjaschi.bsky.social 
@sonjahamburg.bsky.social @sonjahamburg.bsky.social 
John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social Crosswords. Quiz. Ale. Classical Music. Cricket. Cornwall & Yorkshire.- C @csomers.bsky.social @csomers.bsky.social
CrypticBlah @crypticblah.bsky.social Rubbish German half back (4)
www.mycrossword.co.uk/Blah
Catnip @catnipxword.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter. Nepeta in the Independent or https://mycrossword.co.uk/Catnip. Lover of wordplay, silliness, awful puns, quizzes, etc. Part-time proofreader. Booklover. Bellringer. Accidental runner. I also have a day job.
William Snow @willsnow8.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter - Bluebird (Independent), Solomon (FT) and Conto (elsewhere). Currently benefitting from limiting my social media use.
Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social 36hrs of TV stand-up on youtube: https://youtube.com/@davegorman235/ I also set crosswords. Bluth in the Indy, Fed in the Graun, Django in the Telegraph
Davegorman.com
Paula Clarke Bain @baindex.org Book indexer, editor, boss at baindex.org | Society of Indexers Chair and Fellow | CIEP APM | Cryptic crossword novice setter Pixie | Stockport, UK
🧚🏻 www.mycrossword.co.uk/Pixie
See also
@indexers.bsky.social
www.indexers.org.uk
#IndexSky
Guinevere 🎲🎲 @guineverecryptic.bsky.social Love cryptic crosswords, long time solver, now honoured to be a setter! ADHD and Mensa member - owning the wonderful US ’twice exceptional’ label 🥰 🏴🎲🎲
Dice: Guardian
Kybos: Times QC
Anonymous: Times
Guinevere: Most other places!
Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social Mediamedia comms boss, Quiet Riot podcast bod, media trainer, PR adviser ... you'll find me anywhere I can play with words and pictures. Cars, whisky, mountains, cats also welcome- B @belaircon.bsky.social @belaircon.bsky.social
Smylers @smylers.uk Ilkley Christian geek board-gamer puzzle/quiz/crossword fan and parent
Sitter Crosswords @sitterxwords.bsky.social Cryptic clues posted most evenings, usually an anagram (cold-solve friendly) and often topical.
My (other) main hobby is wandering middle-class neighbourhoods on summer afternoons and shouting, "Alexa, set an alarm for 3am".
Lepus Xwords 𓃹 @lepusxwords.bsky.social Crossword setter – Lepus (personal), Wat (Herald)