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Emma Chaplin 🏳️‍⚧️ @emmachaplin.bsky.social Sweary. Neurodivergent. Wildlife, Swifts in particular, Pells Pool, Lewes stuff, including food & drink. Profile pic is Lucy from Peanuts. Header pic is Mammies for Trans Rights march She/her Ei/hi Trans women are women
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
Games World of Puzzles @gamesmagazine.bsky.social Official news and updates from Games World of Puzzles magazine. Visit us at https://gamesworldofpuzzles.com
Will - the Magpie Linguist @magpielinguist.bsky.social Collector of shiny etymological facts and setter of cryptic crosswords. Graduate doctor: that's an omen (6)
David Ho @davidho.bsky.social Climate scientist; ocean carbon cycle and climate solutions. Professor @soest.hawaii.edu, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Visiting Faculty, Arizona State University. https://linktr.ee/david_ho
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
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
Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social Poet, wordplayer, musician, editor, bassist, guitarist, backgrounds in physics & publishing KNIT INK (AND OTHER POEMS): https://store.deepvellum.org/products/knitink AnthonyEtherin.com
William Snow @willsnow8.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter - Bluebird (Independent), Solomon (FT) and Conto (elsewhere). Currently benefitting from limiting my social media use.
Peter @dasjarg.bsky.social Awww, it's a pity.
P PostMarkCryptic.bsky.social @postmarkcryptic.bsky.social
Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social Head of data journalism at The Economist
Flashling @flashling.bsky.social Cryptic crossword nut. Used to blow things up professionally.
Jo Murphy @jomur.bsky.social In a world full of Love Islands, be more Lego Masters.
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.
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.
C Simon Charlesworth @charlieworth.bsky.social History; Art; Languages; Pasta; Chocolate; Cryptic Crosswords and Sleight of Hand lover. ESL tutor.
SlightlyMorePleasant @dailypleasant.bsky.social Humorist. Cryptic crossword setter. Tabletop RPG fan. Undermonetized. #cartoons #poems #silliness
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
Martin Rosenbaum @mrosenbaum.bsky.social Freedom of information expert & consultant. Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck College politics dept. Author, 'Freedom of Information: A practical guidebook', http://amzn.to/3L2tuKi. ExBBC political journalist & radio producer. https://rosenbaum.org.uk/
Geography facts @geographyfacts.bsky.social Exploring the world through flags and maps🌍 Your daily dose of geography, one post at a time!
momes @momes.bsky.social i think i'm mostly here for crossword stuff www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv www.patreon.com/crypticcrossweird
Cayce Pan @felinexwords.bsky.social Graduate student & cryptic crossword setter from Taiwan. Feline at mycrossword.co.uk
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.
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
Joel B. Eisen @joeleisen.bsky.social Professor of energy and administrative law, crossword setter, music and fútbol lover. LeoNessie on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk). Posts are not endorsements.
PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social Crosswords - Chopin (mycrossword), Bard (Independent), Playfair (Economist) & Glyph (Guardian) Scicomm (infohackit) Music (peteplays12)
@anuragpuzzling.bsky.social @anuragpuzzling.bsky.social Puzzling, Questioning, Reading, Solving, Thinking
@sisyphus06.bsky.social @sisyphus06.bsky.social
Defunctland @defunctland.bsky.social The Official Bluesky Account of the Defunctland YouTube Series. Posts by Kevin Perjurer.
European Space Agency @esa.int Elevating the future of Europe through space. Please see our Privacy Notice: https://esa.int/connectwithus
Georgina Torbet @georginatorbet.bsky.social Freelance space reporter. Writing featured at The Verge, BBC Science Focus, Digital Trends, and Ars Technica. she/her. contact@georginatorbet.com or signal: georginatorbet.80
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Ben @unholysmoke.everfeltlost.co.uk Born. Grew up. Took some time off.
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)
Dan Dickens @brockwellgrecian.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter. Grecian in the Independent and Brockwell in the Guardian.
Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social (Mostly amateur) musician, mathematician, tutor, coder, crossword setter, sports enthusiast, lefty dreamer, living in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.
Simon Ferris @simonferris4234.bsky.social Climate issues, Maths. Crosswords. Here to get away from X.
CranberryFez @cranberryfez.bsky.social Cryptic crosswords - Cranberry barred thematics, Fez at mycrossword.co.uk/Fez
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)
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)
Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social Mostly baking and crosswords
Steve Mossberg @mossdef.bsky.social Music teacher/crossword maker: WSJ, Times, Independent (Mog), and elsewhere. Cryptics editor at AVCX. he/him patreon.com/squarechase
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.
Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social Hello lovelies. This is my official account.. 💙💙 Glad to be over here from the "other place"😂 It's like breathing clean air again 👍🏼
Mick Hodgkin @mickhodgkin.bsky.social Puzzles Editor, cryptic crossword setter, limerick writer, former TV news producer. Only Connect semi-finalist 2015-16.
PuzzCulture @puzzculture.bsky.social A place to celebrate games and puzzles!
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Lepus Xwords 𓃹 @lepusxwords.bsky.social Crossword setter – Lepus (personal), Wat (Herald)
Matt Monitto @matttheshirt.bsky.social Cryptic crosswordist (crypticmatt.blogspot.com + Tug @ mycrossword.co.uk), Twinkie Town writer, mystery lover. Last name rhymes w/Mosquito. He/him/his
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 😉
Skirwingle ☑ @skirwingle.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Dabbler, dilettante, fartaround if you like. Crossword clues, limericks, bad jokes, opinions on film music, ambigrams, logos, fonts, passable cartoons. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@skirwingle, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
@heroncrosswords.bsky.social @heroncrosswords.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter: back page Daily Telegraph, Heron (Times Quick), Turnstone (Guardian).
Crosstalk @thecrosstalkpod.bsky.social A crossword construction podcast hosted by Daniel Grinberg
The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social Podcast of adventures in language with @helenzaltzman. theallusionist.org patreon.com/allusionist
Jo Welch @jo42.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter, music, reading and puzzles fan from Stockport
@crackingthecryptic.bsky.social @crackingthecryptic.bsky.social
someguyinthefridge @someguyinthefridge.bsky.social
Pat Cousins @patcousins.bsky.social Crossword solver on YouTube, lazy writer.
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!
Milo @milo-xwords.bsky.social Has plenty of time, so filling it with quizzing, crosswords, and the like. https://mycrossword.co.uk/Milo
Rob Jacques @knutcrosswords.bsky.social Cryptic crossword compiler for The Indy & The Blizzard (as Knut), The FT (Julius), The Daily Telegraph (Toughies as Hudson), The Times (QC as Bjorn), The Observer (Calypso) and The Guardian (Hat) Location: Freiburg, Black Forest
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)
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.
S West Coast Librarian @sylvianurse.bsky.social Interested in eBooks, film, humanities, linked data, machine learning, metadata, instruction, open access, oer and open innovation.
CrypticBlah @crypticblah.bsky.social Rubbish German half back (4) www.mycrossword.co.uk/Blah
Coot @coot.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter in the Independent, the Times, the Times Quick Cryptic (as Loon), Unch magazine and on 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".
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
Derek Harrison @derekharrison.bsky.social Keen cyclist, lover of crosswords and manager of the Crossword Centre website
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
Charlie Methven @charliemethven.bsky.social I set cryptic crosswords as Methuselah and Chameleon and write questions for Only Connect • charliemethven.com • he/him
Alan Connor @alanconnor.bsky.social www.alanconnor.com/log/ Author: 188 Words For Rain etc Screenwriter: Borat 2, The Rack Pack etc Compiler: Everyman, House of Games etc Jokes: HIGNFY, Brooker etc Editor: Guardian crossword
Daily Rothko @dailyrothko.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/dailyrothko?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=a6cc688f-88d8-4dbb-a7df-75f3b74d02be
Mark S @4flush.bsky.social Setting crosswords as Flush on MyCrossword.co.uk
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
Chris Evans @mpcryptics.bsky.social Maths teacher by day, cryptic setter by night (Umpire/Potoroo)
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.
Paul Henderson (aka Phi) @phipedro.bsky.social Crossword setter for British national newspapers, the BBC, and crossword editor for the Church Times (Church of England newspaper)
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.
The Cryptic Mystic @thecrypticmystic.bsky.social I try to demystify cryptic crosswords on my YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/@The_Cryptic_Mystic
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine" Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop Sign up for updates - unchcrosswords.com
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.
@rkempley.bsky.social @rkempley.bsky.social
Rachel Playforth @archelina.bsky.social The toast in the machine. NHS librarian, crossword compiler (Angel), Unch magazine editorial team, poet. Weekly crossword streams on Twitch @ crypticsunday. I like crime fiction, telly and cold water. She/her.
@duncanjwitham.bsky.social @duncanjwitham.bsky.social
jim fishvvick @fimjishwick.bsky.social they/them i came to make theatre and weak puns and i'm all out of theatre linktr.ee/fimjishwick
Abdul K. @abdvl.bsky.social Amateur cryptic crossword setter. Find my work at https://crypticsbyabdul.com/
Paul Howard @paulhoward5.bsky.social Family stuff, music stuff, techie stuff, cryptic crosswords, Oxford commas, and total nonsense. Not always in that order. All posts are my own views. Grew up in the 1980s.
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
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, Times, Gnomon, henriwords.com and more. Puzzle editor at Unch. Rob Townsend, really
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/
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
@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social Crossword-botherer, aka Amoeba, Weatherman, and Tango. Also anonymously in the Times and Telegraph.
Raider @mycrossword.co.uk Occasional cryptic crossword setter for The Independent and creator of MyCrossword http://mycrossword.co.uk
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!
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚 News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨