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
Josh Roach @iguesscryptics.bsky.social 24-year-old cryptic crossword setter appearing as Major (The Independent, Unch) and Iguess (MyCrossword)
@rkempley.bsky.social @rkempley.bsky.social 
Mr-Wright MCCT @mr-wright.bsky.social Dad to 3
Deputy Head (PD & Growth)
History Teacher
NPQSL
No books or articles to promote!
Lorraine M @lmu9.bsky.social Mother of strong, successful women. English teacher, avid reader, animal lover. #EduSky
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
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]
Ash2 I Voted Yes Australia Slava Ukraïni @ash202324.bsky.social Democratic Education. Literacy. Psychogénéalogie. Restorative Justice #NAFODinoDivision
Harry Smith @harry-smith.bsky.social 
Undermeamoon @undermeamoon.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
JenBeee @jenbeee.bsky.social crossword doer, cat person, marching band mom
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)
Ian Leith @sigilion.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
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
Dylan Kirscher @rocketdog46.bsky.social Aspiring composer and meteorologist that's avid about all things word games and crosswords.
Trying to survive…
@silentknightsk.bsky.social @silentknightsk.bsky.social Fan of all things cryptic
Frisco17 @frisco17.bsky.social shazam sam, they call him
(he/him)
@gnomoncryptics.bsky.social @gnomoncryptics.bsky.social 
dob @dobolino.bsky.social crosswoids.
https://patreon.com/crypticcrossweird
https://www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv
https://www.crossweirdpuzzles.com/
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
Gerrard 🚲🐶🤖🐱 @brknfixie.bsky.social Crossword streamer, doggy daddy
Also making wordy puzzle game Spelly Cat
In early access on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2445350/Spelly_Cat/
twitch.tv/brknfixie
Jess Shulman @jessshulman.bsky.social Freelance editor, crossword constructor, also busy with kids, music, books, paddleboarding, youth baseball, TV, cats/dogs... she/her
Joe Pasini @joeadultman.bsky.social tabletop game designer, cryptic crossword constructor, and union steward
Crosswords: joeadultman.blogspot.com
Streams: twitch.tv/joeadultman
kayebrown ✨ @kayebrown.bsky.social streaming crosswords and games!
twitch.tv/kayebrown
Joshua Kosman @joshuakosman.bsky.social Retired classical music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. Co-constructor, Out of Left Field cryptic crossword. pacificaisle.substack.com. He/him
Mad Dog Cryptics @maddogcryptics.bsky.social Very independent cryptic crossword setter. To the god of death: Not Today! Traveller, participant, LGBTQIA2S+ ally. #BLM Resist!
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
momes @momes.bsky.social i think i'm mostly here for crossword stuff
www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv
www.patreon.com/crypticcrossweird
Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social Chemistry teacher. PhD. Crossword constructor. Co-editor at AVCX Cryptics. Relentless homosexual. 🏳️🌈 Winner! (Wheel of Fortune + The 1% Club) Loser! (Trogdor burninated my village 🏡🔥🐉)
Nathan Curtis @tshellstudio.bsky.social Autistic puzzle constructor in the Boston area; part-time math teacher and recovering composer. I post variety puzzles at www.patreon.com/nathancurtis, and my latest puzzle hunt is available at verwalds-treasures.tortoiseshellstudio.com. He/him/his
P&A Puzzle Magazine @foggybrume.bsky.social Creator of P&A Magazine and Puzzle Boat (https://www.pandamagazine.com)
Ray "Scotch" Coulton @rayscotchcoulton.bsky.social Subject of an Emmy-nom'd doc re: anagrams. tinyurl.com/arsmagna-doc
Setter for Minute Cryptic. Geeky ephemera enthusiast. Casual gamer, lifelong TMBG diehard. #nokings #transrights #landback #blm
He/him.
https://crosshare.org/rayscotchcoulton
Sandy Weisz @pzlr.org Puzzle maker. Commissioner of The Mystery League. Newsletter at http://signals.fun.
Play 🪜 RADDLE: https://raddle.quest/
T Campbell @tcampbell1000.bsky.social Writer on wordplay, crosswords, comics, and other items of questionable utility. Editor of The Journal of Wordplay, creator of Ubercross Abecedaria.
Dan @danfeyer.bsky.social Mostly crosswords
bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social Crossword constructor, he/him. Indie puzzles at http://blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/, and others at the New Yorker, Vox, Maclean's Magazine, Crossword Club, and more
Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social Puzzles for everybody! From Eric Berlin http://www.puzzlesnacks.com
The Rackenfracker @therackenfracker.bsky.social Variety puzzles and cryptic diversions. Winner of the inaugural ORCA crossword award for Best Variety Cryptic of the Year.
Sara Goodchild @sarathegood.bsky.social Science, editing, cryptic crosswords!
Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social Knows the alphabet (in order) Aaronson.org
Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social video game reviews @ slantmagazine.com
cryptic crossword solves @ twitch.com/thatcrypticguy
Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social Creative Lead at Patreon. Creator *on* Patreon for Anigrams.us - a daily word game. NYT crossword constructor. Backyard beekeeper. Ebike dad. He/Him.
Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social Geoffrey Chaucer (Le Vostre GC): Servaunt of the Kynge. Blogger. Wryter of verse. Wearer of litel woolen hatte. Deputy Forestere of North Petherton. He/hym/hys.
Claire Bennie @clairebennie.bsky.social Advisor on Housing Design and Development
wearemunicipal.co.uk
Also: art deco flats; choral music, cryptic crosswords (Ruskin)
Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social Writer. Books include A Crack in Everything, Breakthrough, The Ascent of Gravity, Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You & Solar System for iPad. See www.marcuschown.com
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine"
Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop
Sign up for updates - unchcrosswords.com
The Cryptic Mystic @thecrypticmystic.bsky.social I try to demystify cryptic crosswords on my YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/@The_Cryptic_Mystic
ALP @adamlp.bsky.social Withnail bore, Fowles nut & Lib>Xim
A smug cryptic setter in the Indy (5)
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
Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social Literary translator from Spanish, bookworm, cat lover...
https://ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/
RobertClubb @robertclubb.bsky.social 
Steven Clark @stevenawclark.bsky.social 
Simon Ferris @simonferris4234.bsky.social Climate issues, Maths. Crosswords. Here to get away from X.
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
Chris Evans @mpcryptics.bsky.social Maths teacher by day, cryptic setter by night (Umpire/Potoroo)
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/
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
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
Nicholas Embling @nicholasembling.bsky.social London based, music, food, wine and art enthusiast. Old leftie.
@kokopellikate.bsky.social @kokopellikate.bsky.social 
Thomas Adam @thomasadam.bsky.social Only here for synchronicity. My main posts are over on Mastodon.
I mostly post crossword-related things here.
Oh, and developer of fvwm/fvwm3, tmux, got, x11cp- K Ken MacKenzie @kenmac.bsky.social
Ian Gilhespy @dizzybanana.bsky.social 
K. P. Hart @hartkp.eurosky.social Eg e' matematiker/I'm a mathematician
Also: mathsplainer
And: https://mathstodon.xyz/@hartkp
Dr Tom Hewitt @ethnotweeter.bsky.social #PhD in the #philosophy of music. Painter (nom de pinceau: Tom Tomos). Still trying hard to learn Cymraeg.
Dan Dickens @brockwellgrecian.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter. Grecian in the Independent and Brockwell in the Guardian.
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
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.
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 🌊🌅
David Thomas Moore @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social World Fantasy and Hugo Award-nominated Editorial Director at Solaris (Profile Books). Clarion West Instructor 2026. he/him
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
LRLR @lrlr.bsky.social Clues: minutecryptic.com
Crosswords: The Age, SMH, Saturday Paper
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.
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
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. 
Brainmage.itch.io @brainmage.bsky.social Comedian/award-winning game maker/writer/voice artist #AuDHD (he/him)
Photos: http://hyperfocus.photography
Stream: http://Twitch.tv/brainmage
Tips: http://ko-fi.com/guy
VO reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04UiLVl6n0I
https://www.guykelly.co.uk
Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social Writer. 
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
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)
Jack H Keynes @wearingcrocs.bsky.social conthinging, crosswording. https://jackhkeynes.co.uk
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
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
David Didau @didau.bsky.social Same old same old
Substack: daviddidau.substack.com/
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
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
@anuragpuzzling.bsky.social @anuragpuzzling.bsky.social Puzzling, Questioning, Reading, Solving, Thinking
Fiddler on the Pouf @izzienogoud.bsky.social Member of the cruciverse
@sirdakka.bsky.social @sirdakka.bsky.social 
John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social Crosswords. Quiz. Ale. Classical Music. Cricket. Cornwall & Yorkshire.