Perry De Wynter @perrydewynter.bsky.social I'm here for cheese and crosswords.
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
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
@rkempley.bsky.social @rkempley.bsky.social
Undermeamoon @undermeamoon.bsky.social
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
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
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!
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)
Harry Smith @harry-smith.bsky.social
DC Scrabblegram (David / Dave) @dcscrabblegram.bsky.social A kindhearted wordplay enthusiast who used to make Scrabblegrams. 🦉
www.davesscrabblegrams.com
Book ⬇️
https://penteractpress.com/store/scrabblegrams-david-cohen
Ian Leith @sigilion.bsky.social
Tom Pardue @sleepytom.bsky.social Like: music (especially jazz & classical), reading (science, history, speculative fiction), crosswords, hiking and nature viewing.
WordMaze @wordmaze.bsky.social New word puzzle game - Wordle meets wordsearch. Blame @andycoughlan
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
Ash2 I Voted Yes Australia Slava Ukraïni @ash202324.bsky.social Democratic Education. Literacy. Psychogénéalogie. Restorative Justice #NAFODinoDivision
Poetry X Hunger @poetryxhunger.bsky.social Bringing a world of poets and their poems to the anti-hunger cause. We are using poetry to raise awareness, compassion and funding.
www.poetryxhunger.com
[Poetry X Hunger logo artwork by Diane Wilbon Parks]
The Griddy @griddyxword.bsky.social sports, crosswords, things of that nature
The Griddy is a daily NFL mini crossword by devinmcintyre.bsky.social
Solve here 👉 https://crosshare.org/griddyxword
kayebrown ✨ @kayebrown.bsky.social streaming crosswords and games!
twitch.tv/kayebrown
Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social Writer, word nerd, film buff. Currently codeveloping a sci-fi board game called Derelict. He/him.
Board game deets: https://waxriver.com/
Crossword blog: http://realpuzzlingstuff.com
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
Joe Pasini @joeadultman.bsky.social tabletop game designer, cryptic crossword constructor, and union steward
Crosswords: joeadultman.blogspot.com
Streams: twitch.tv/joeadultman
Mad Dog Cryptics @maddogcryptics.bsky.social Very independent cryptic crossword setter. To the god of death: Not Today! Traveller, participant, LGBTQIA2S+ ally. #BLM Resist!
Claire Bennie @clairebennie.bsky.social Advisor on Housing Design and Development
wearemunicipal.co.uk
Also: art deco flats; choral music, cryptic crosswords (Ruskin)
Politics Junkie (Daily Posts) @research-kills.bsky.social Daily Politics / News Updates
-Anti-fascist
-Land Back
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-Human Rights
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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine"
Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop
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The Cryptic Mystic @thecrypticmystic.bsky.social I try to demystify cryptic crosswords on my YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/@The_Cryptic_Mystic
Chris Evans @mpcryptics.bsky.social Maths teacher by day, cryptic setter by night (Umpire/Potoroo)
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.
ALP @adamlp.bsky.social Withnail bore, Fowles nut & Lib>Xim
A smug cryptic setter in the Indy (5)
Ffredi Blino @ffrediblino.bsky.social 🏴 🇦🇺 🎸 🚴 Indie thing from Wales. Part cangarŵ. Siaradwr newydd. Possibly more engaged with cryptic crosswords than with rock’n’roll.
Sound & vision: https://youtube.com/@ffrediblino
Stuart Drysdale @darlobun.bsky.social Middle aged British guy, from Darlington but live in London. Golf, most other sports, travel, crosswords but hopefully not cross words
Michael Mitchell @michaelmitchell.bsky.social I'm running for City Council in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth. https://toronto-danforth.ca
Quick, what’s the longest word you can find —> https://bsky.app/profile/michaelmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mvadd2s4ic2l
Richard James @richardjameschess.bsky.social Chess player, organiser, teacher, writer, historian. Investigating the intersection between chess and childhood.
Reading old newspapers so that you don't have to.
Also crosswords, music (classical & folk), genealogy etc.
https://richard915.substack.com
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
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)
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!
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)
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
Dennis Duncan @djbduncan.bsky.social Associate Prof @ucl.ac.uk | FRHistS | INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE | NYT, LRB, Guardian, WaPo, TLS | Book history, Oulipo, translation | Rep: Anna Webber/A.M.Heath
@ecclescrosswords.bsky.social @ecclescrosswords.bsky.social Crossword Compiler in Sneinton, Nottingham. Was an organic chemist. Maybe again some day. Still playing cricket and hockey.
Jane Scott-Gall @janescottgall.bsky.social Primary School Deputy Head
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
Jamandham, LLC @jamandham.bsky.social CREATING PHENOMENAL WORD GAMES!
jamandham.com
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/
John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social Crosswords. Quiz. Ale. Classical Music. Cricket. Cornwall & Yorkshire.
Alan Geoffrey @alangeoffrey.bsky.social Culture editor in London. Proud owner of a Scottish terrier. Arsenal fan.
Lorraine M @lmu9.bsky.social Mother of strong, successful women. English teacher, avid reader, animal lover. #EduSky
Fiddler on the Pouf @izzienogoud.bsky.social Member of the cruciverse
Mr-Wright MCCT @mr-wright.bsky.social Dad to 3
Deputy Head (PD & Growth)
History Teacher
NPQSL
No books or articles to promote!
Justin Stangel @justinstangel.bsky.social
Pinnacle Rock Academy Trust @badatprat.bsky.social We will be Bolder, Aspirational & Determined at the P.R.A.T. ©. All opinions are those of fictional people & mostly a bit of fun. Follow the @realmrsharp
An unbelievable/believable school where the one person who takes themselves seriously - shouldn’t
Marc Brooks @idisposable.github365.com Just a hack, 42 years into my paying hobby.
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
Donal @donalgormley.bsky.social Husband, father, music educator and curious about political affairs.
Derek Harrison @derekharrison.bsky.social Keen cyclist, lover of crosswords and manager of the Crossword Centre website
Mick Hodgkin @mickhodgkin.bsky.social Puzzles Editor, cryptic crossword setter, limerick writer, former TV news producer. Only Connect semi-finalist 2015-16.
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
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.
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".
Charlie Methven @charliemethven.bsky.social I set cryptic crosswords as Methuselah and Chameleon and write questions for Only Connect • charliemethven.com • he/him
Lepus Xwords 𓃹 @lepusxwords.bsky.social Crossword setter – Lepus (personal), Wat (Herald)
CranberryFez @cranberryfez.bsky.social Cryptic crosswords - Cranberry barred thematics, Fez at mycrossword.co.uk/Fez
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%)
@bdoctor.bsky.social @bdoctor.bsky.social
@anuragpuzzling.bsky.social @anuragpuzzling.bsky.social Puzzling, Questioning, Reading, Solving, Thinking
DK @mrcottonsox.bsky.social
PurpleGuava @purpleguava.bsky.social Liker of history, decorative arts, cooking and puzzles
Nathan Burns @mrmetacognition.bsky.social Metacognitive trainer, author and researcher | Writer for TES, OUP, Sec Ed, Schools Week, HWRK and more | Former Head of Maths, Pastoral Lead, More Able Coordinator | All things education, T&L and research! | DMs open for Q's and bookings!
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
@adebiyiyisuf.bsky.social @adebiyiyisuf.bsky.social
Flashling @flashling.bsky.social Cryptic crossword nut. Used to blow things up professionally.
Nicky Bright @nickybright.bsky.social Leadership & Team Development Consultant, Facilitator & Coach, Ex Head
Work w Educators & Video Games developers & publishers
Provide:
⭐Leadership Development Programmes and CPD
⭐1:1, Group & Team Coaching
⭐Menopause Awareness Training
www.brightlead.co.uk
Rob Gasson FCCT (He/him) @robgasson.bsky.social Trust leader, in the South West. AP and SEND leader for more years than I can remember 😊
Sea swimmer, runner, COYLs, rugby coach/fan, pub band rock god!
Proud son of an immigrant.
Eleanor Bernardes @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social Edu leadership and policy geek - researcher - freelancer - PhD student: Executive Founder Succession in MATs - Strategic Lead: APSEND National MAT CEOs network - currently between 🇳🇴 and 🇬🇧
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
Dr Sarah Mullin MBE @sarahmullin.bsky.social Visiting Professor of Education 🎓 20+ years school leadership experience 👩🏫 EdD in educational leadership 👩🎓Edu-author 📚Board of secondary education committee #EnglishAssociation 📝Tweets @MrsSarahMullin📱
@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social Crossword-botherer, aka Amoeba, Weatherman, and Tango. Also anonymously in the Times and Telegraph.
Paul Gosling @paulgosling.bsky.social Ex-School Leader (32 years teaching & leading in primary). Doctor of Education. Works for NAHT. Interested in natural history, birds & cetaceans. Songwriter. Grew up in Canning Town, lives in Devon.
Sarah Johnson (was Dove) @phoenixedsarah.bsky.social President PRUsAP |Author All About SEMH, Behaving Together :A Teacher's Guide to Nurturing Behaviour |Works in behaviour, mental health, AP, PRU & hospital education | Trustee|🐈, DnD⚔️, MtG, fossils, 🦅, 🏰, travelling |Mum to 4 girls
Ben Brown @edroundtables.bsky.social Ex-primary DHT, Founder of EDRT. Beekeeper, woodturner and author of a book on Belonging out in September.
JaniceRL @jazzyjanicerl.bsky.social Lifelong learning addict. NPQLTD. MCCT. Governor. Secondary English Teacher. Reading rocks. Cats, fountain pens and good coffee. Look for the bias... Who benefits?
Jonathan Lewis @jonathanalewis.bsky.social Deputy headteacher; English teacher; father; reader.
Nick Lowry @nicklowryed.bsky.social Regional Director for the Manchester and Oldham academies @coopacademies
Former Regional Director for Staffordshire and Merseyside
Team #EduSky