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Cogs @cogsturn.bsky.social I set and talk about Cryptic Crosswords! Watch me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CogsTurn Solve the puzzles: https://cogs-turn.com/
Burrows @happyspacebunny.bsky.social Cryptic crossword addict and setter (MyC and Big Dave), writer and occasional software developer. AKA happy little space bunny
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)
Jack Shepherd @lovefromjack.bsky.social Puzzle creator at Lil Snack. Formerly BuzzFeed. Big time cat guy. My newsletter about words and, like, grammar or whatever: https://onwords.substack.com/
Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social Amateur cryptic solver/setter/enthusiast Baltimore, MD Old puzzles at https://crosshare.org/metagloria New and future puzzles at https://mycrossword.co.uk/metagloria
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!
Pat Cousins @patcousins.bsky.social Crossword solver on YouTube, lazy writer.
The Void ザ・ヴォイド @thevoidtlmb.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy 1st gaijin #kendama 6th Danけん玉六段 #Crossword setter(Mev/Ix/Prak) #Podcast: #OffGridPod Royalist@RoyalKendama;Author Jokes quiz classics #cricket #juggling […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.vivaldi.net/@TheVoidTLMB, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
someguyinthefridge @someguyinthefridge.bsky.social
Abdul K. @abdvl.bsky.social Amateur cryptic crossword setter. Find my work at https://crypticsbyabdul.com/
@sisyphus06.bsky.social @sisyphus06.bsky.social
Alys Cummings @alyseliza.bsky.social Makes documentaries 🎥 loves crosswords 🖊️ reads novels 📚 writes ✍️ New Writing North Emerging Creative Associate ⬆️ Debut novel Murder Most Cryptic out October 2026 Penguin Michael Joseph 🇬🇧🐧🇬🇧 February 2027 Minotaur 🇺🇸🐂🇺🇸 Lives North East 🌊🌅
@rkempley.bsky.social @rkempley.bsky.social
Andrew @andrewt.net I am: Andrew https://www.andrewt.net • The Cell Tower guy https://www.andrewt.net/puzzles/cell-tower/ • Polymath on MyCrossword https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/Polymath
Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social Ex UK gov econ incl 2 years in Euro Parl econ & monetary cttee. Normandy. Umpire. Semi-veggie. UTV EN & FR (DE after beer). Views personal etc. Glamorgan CCC fan. Welsh. And French Born at 325ppm
@duncanjwitham.bsky.social @duncanjwitham.bsky.social
Dmitry Adamskiy @michpunk.bsky.social i live in sandwich. cryptics, orienteering and allotment
@crackingthecryptic.bsky.social @crackingthecryptic.bsky.social
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
Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social video game reviews @ slantmagazine.com cryptic crossword solves @ twitch.com/thatcrypticguy
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social Bookworm, daydreamer, frustrated artist, and writer of blog posts.
@heroncrosswords.bsky.social @heroncrosswords.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter: back page Daily Telegraph, Heron (Times Quick), Turnstone (Guardian).
David JeremysIron @davidjsiron.bsky.social UK FE library worker, neurodivergent, he/him. Also a (very) amateur cryptic crossword setter at https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/ as JeremysIron.
Rufus Hound @rufushound.com He/him/us/ours/lovely/jubbly
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
Ouroboros @ouroborosop.bsky.social Setter of cryptic crosswords, including Independent No 12,103. I also drum for black metal band Oppress. and punk band Butt Plug Babies.
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine" Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop Sign up for updates - unchcrosswords.com
Angela Barnes @angelabarnes.bsky.social "Comedian" Mock The Week, QI, Live at The Apollo, HIGNFY Host of The Archers Live at 75 tour - https://www.fane.co.uk/the-archers Cold War and Mid Century Modernist nerd. The Archers obsessive Prone to inexpert F1 ramblings. Swims. Naps. Bunkers.
Mad Dog Cryptics @maddogcryptics.bsky.social Very independent cryptic crossword setter. To the god of death: Not Today! Traveller, participant, LGBTQIA2S+ ally. #BLM Resist!
Cayce Pan @felinexwords.bsky.social Graduate student & cryptic crossword setter from Taiwan. Feline at mycrossword.co.uk
Claire Bennie @clairebennie.bsky.social Advisor on Housing Design and Development wearemunicipal.co.uk Also: art deco flats; choral music, cryptic crosswords (Ruskin)
@runnyfiddler.bsky.social @runnyfiddler.bsky.social
Fourth Floor Creative 🔜 Gamescom @fourthfloorcreative.co An award-winning UK games marketing agency that helps brands reach consumers by building partnerships with influential social media content creators.
@jennyg12.bsky.social @jennyg12.bsky.social
Caroline Hardman @carolinehardman.bsky.social Still not a literary agent…
Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social Artist, dog-lover and avid reader. Or something. I teach maths
The Cryptic Mystic @thecrypticmystic.bsky.social I try to demystify cryptic crosswords on my YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/@The_Cryptic_Mystic
@silentknightsk.bsky.social @silentknightsk.bsky.social Fan of all things cryptic
Viresh Ratnakar @viresh.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter "Gussalufz" (The Hindu, The Browser, 1 Across, Object, IXL): https://gussalufz.com. Open source crossword web apps: https://exolve.app, https://exet.app. Engineer at (A) Large (Company). Intergalactic Interconnectedness Medium.
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.
Ben Crellin @bencrellin.bsky.social Autistic I make spreadsheets that help people navigate the FPL schedule - on a run of six consecutive top 10k finishes - Partnered with @FFH_HQ
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Jack H Keynes @wearingcrocs.bsky.social conthinging, crosswording. https://jackhkeynes.co.uk
eimi @eimi-indy.bsky.social Brighton and Calabria-based crossword setter and editor, perennially heartbroken Spurs fan, lover of great music
Chris Evans @mpcryptics.bsky.social Maths teacher by day, cryptic setter by night (Umpire/Potoroo)
Charlotte @fjar.bsky.social Knitter & stitcher 🧶 | Historic sites volunteer 🏰 | Lapsed medievalist 📜 | Genealogy & local history 📖 #OnePlaceStudy | Metal 🎧 | Folklore 🖤 | she/her
Henri @henriwords.com I have never disembowelled myself (5) I start to drum, interrupting Ringo! (3) I judge, like dad (5) Crossword setter: Guardian, Inquisitor, Gnomon, henriwords.com and more. Puzzle editor at Unch. Rob Townsend, really
@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)
@sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social
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, The Gnomon, The Browser, Parseword, Cryptic Crossweird, MyCrossword featured, and Unch He/him
Mark S @4flush.bsky.social Setting crosswords as Flush on MyCrossword.co.uk
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/
Iain Carter @iaincartergolf.bsky.social BBC Golf Correspondent, special guest on The Chipping Forecast author of Golf Wars.
Dan Dickens @brockwellgrecian.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter. Grecian in the Independent and Brockwell in the Guardian.
Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com Writer, Field Maneuvers boss, PT, comedy, 50+ ultra marathons, west Wales knotweed farmer I was the Secret Tory Substack: https://mrhenrymorris.substack.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/henrymorrispt
Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social Writer.
Ian Simpson @iangsimpson.bsky.social Engineer from Edinburgh, Scotland. Co-inventor of Square Routes®, a word puzzle that appears in The Times each Saturday.
Mick Twister @twitmericks.bsky.social There was an old fellow named Mick, A topical verse was his shtick, But as dear old Twitter Got ever more bitter He jumped to Bluesky double-quick.
John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social Crosswords. Quiz. Ale. Classical Music. Cricket. Cornwall & Yorkshire.
Josh Roach @iguesscryptics.bsky.social 24-year-old cryptic crossword setter appearing as Major (The Independent, Unch) and Iguess (MyCrossword)
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".
KenB @kenbrough.bsky.social Exiled in Canterbury. Music. Stoke City. Crosswords. Correct grammar. I really don’t like Blur
N Colin Inman @niloci.bsky.social
Tramp @tramp1.bsky.social Neil Walker Cryptic crossword setter for The Guardian (Tramp). Have also set for Indy/i (Jambazi), FT (Skitnica), The Times, The Telegraph (Vagabundo), IQ and The Listener.
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!
Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social Chemistry and crossword nerd (Setting puzzles as Skinny in the Independent, Gumm in the FT). Loves music, chickpeas, Pixies best album is Surfer Rosa. Centrist liberal. Feminist. The green and the grey of the Pennines.
Lepus Xwords 𓃹 @lepusxwords.bsky.social Crossword setter – Lepus (personal), Wat (Herald)
C Simon Charlesworth @charlieworth.bsky.social History; Art; Languages; Pasta; Chocolate; Cryptic Crosswords and Sleight of Hand lover. ESL tutor.
Bart and Stacey @crypticcrafters.bsky.social Solving cryptic crosswords. Crafting. Jigsaw puzzle addicts. General grumblings! Inspired by Bert and Joyce 🤗
SlightlyMorePleasant @dailypleasant.bsky.social Humorist. Cryptic crossword setter. Tabletop RPG fan. Undermonetized. #cartoons #poems #silliness
ALP @adamlp.bsky.social Withnail bore, Fowles nut & Lib>Xim A smug cryptic setter in the Indy (5)
Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social Co host @thenewsagents . Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Charlie Methven @charliemethven.bsky.social I set cryptic crosswords as Methuselah and Chameleon and write questions for Only Connect • charliemethven.com • he/him
John Finnemore @johnfinnemore.bsky.social Writer, comedian, actor, puzzle-maker. I'm not really sure what the right word for that last one is. For now, I'm only here to bags my name in case this one takes off. But I hope it does.
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
LRLR @lrlr.bsky.social Clues: minutecryptic.com Crosswords: The Age, SMH, Saturday Paper
Jess Shulman @jessshulman.bsky.social Freelance editor, crossword constructor, also busy with kids, music, books, paddleboarding, youth baseball, TV, cats/dogs... she/her
Smylers @smylers.uk Ilkley Christian geek board-gamer puzzle/quiz/crossword fan and parent
Boatman Cryptics @boatmancryptics.co.uk Guardian crossword setter & teacher of aspiring word-fiends. Two books of puzzles & the stories behind them: see website for signed copies or to sign up for masterclasses or to commission bespoke puzzles: boatmancryptics.co.uk
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
CranberryFez @cranberryfez.bsky.social Cryptic crosswords - Cranberry barred thematics, Fez at mycrossword.co.uk/Fez
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social Pen name of Andrew Scott. Fake History, Fake Heroes and Notorious. Represented by Pew Literary Links: https://linktr.ee/OttoEnglish
Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy. Not in the Epstein Files, but in Alan Bennett's Diaries Is it about work? Please contact: Rob Aslett roba@avalonuk.com Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background pic designed by Gentleman Jim Gloster. This account mutes killjoys.
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Mitz @mitzcrosswords.bsky.social Crossword geek (Guardian crossword stats database), politics obsessive (but when the fun stops, stop), intolerant of intolerance. Appropriately butterfly mind - it flits about all over the place. The Archers is real life.
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%)
Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺 @simonshep.bsky.social Cruciverbalist, veggie, passionate European, enjoy words, language, cooking, wine, music: part-time genius & amateur human being (possibly vice versa)
Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
Mick Hodgkin @mickhodgkin.bsky.social Puzzles Editor, cryptic crossword setter, limerick writer, former TV news producer. Only Connect semi-finalist 2015-16.
@ecclescrosswords.bsky.social @ecclescrosswords.bsky.social Crossword Compiler in Sneinton, Nottingham. Was an organic chemist. Maybe again some day. Still playing cricket and hockey.
@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social Crossword-botherer, aka Amoeba, Weatherman, and Tango. Also anonymously in the Times and Telegraph.
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social Mixing up a spot of bewigged law with some quality lounging, #pvfc, awkward puns and tireless pedantry.
juff @juffowup.bsky.social I make cryptic crosswords mostly at gnomoncryptics.com And stream them at twitch.tv/juffo__wup (Not the ones I make. I stream other ones.)
PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social Crosswords - Chopin (mycrossword), Bard (Independent), Playfair (Economist) & Glyph (Guardian) Scicomm (infohackit) Music (peteplays12)
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
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.