Jess Rucks @jessbevrucks.bsky.social “But, how do you feel about glitter…?” (and crosswords) she/her https://jessrucks.com/
maddy @maddyziegler.bsky.social i make crossword puzzles now?
Sid Sivakumar @sidsivakumar.bsky.social crossword puzzles and such | (just refer to me by my name, it’s 3 letters and easy)
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
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
Sara Goodchild @sarathegood.bsky.social Science, editing, cryptic crosswords!
Madeline @madeemoiselle.bsky.social jeopardy loser, avgeek, crossword enthusiast, sporadic violin soloist
www.madelinesmidis.com
Tyler Hinman @thatpuzzleguy.bsky.social That kid from Wordplay (2006). I do puzzles and sometimes other stuff.
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com #banCars
More about me: https://lansner.com
My crossword puzzles: https://jklcrosswords.com
franci dimitrovska @francidit.bsky.social narrative designer @ the sims
toronto-based
little portuguese on my landlord's side
Rachel Fabi Ph.D. @fabioethics.bsky.social associate professor of bioethics • immigration, public health ethics, crosswords • she/her • http://abortionpuzzles.com • views my own
Robyn Weintraub @robynw414.bsky.social Crossword puzzle constructor for @nytimes.com, @newyorker.com and @people.com; Mom; big fan of truth/science/democracy
clr @clr-xw.bsky.social 
andy "still committing to the bit" kravis @holyhegemony.bsky.social 36/crosswords. This is weird for me because it involves saying things. I *am* here to make friends.™ He/him/his.
Benjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social Professor of music and sound in Asia. Editor of @avcx.bsky.social crosswords. Posts about pop music, sound, Thailand, NYC, anthropology, puzzles, TNG.
Author of “Bangkok after Dark” (Duke 2025) and “Bangkok Is Ringing” (Oxford 2019).
Evan Birnholz @evanbirnholz.bsky.social I write crosswords for The Washington Post. I also like cereal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/crossword-puzzles/sunday-evan-birnholz/
owen @obergs.bsky.social he/him 🏳️🌈
crossword constructor
2025 acpt d division champion
tinyurl.com/bergsteinpubs
dissonantgrids.blogspot.com
vidhya @akatookey.bsky.social Trans, despite them. Organizer. Educator.
I stream sometimes: https://www.twitch.tv/akatookey
Tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/akatookey
a bird @prosthemadera.bsky.social food, knitting, fandom (currently HR with residual kpop feelings)
Fiat monkey @abitnervis.bsky.social Fuck fascists, fuck capitalists, fuck centrists, fuck LLMs, fuck MLM, fuck crypto, fuck prediction markets, fuck data centers, fuck Flock. Full of complaints of varying wittiness. He/him.
Zack @zackbs.bsky.social Just a Zack machine, and I won't work for nobody but you. He/him
Matt Quintanilla @redkeg.com Product & Design Leader.
Special when lit.
Graber @jagraber.bsky.social 
Darby Ratliff @darbyratliff.bsky.social History, exhibits, crosswords, (more) Catholic history, and baseball | #JesuitEducated | PhD in American Studies from SLU
Jamie Ding @feathersmcg.bsky.social he/him | Erstwhile streamer of cryptic crosswords and Kingdom Hearts at https://twitch.tv/FeathersMcG
Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social Linguist, lexicographer, language commentator, all-around word nut.
https://linktr.ee/benzimmer
anna @ort.bsky.social anna from crosswords
yes, i am fun at parties
Jess Shulman @jessshulman.bsky.social Freelance editor, crossword constructor, also busy with kids, music, books, paddleboarding, youth baseball, TV, cats/dogs... she/her
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 🏡🔥🐉)
Deanne Cliburn @deanderthal.bsky.social 
renata @queermath.bsky.social ai policy maker, civil servant, queer math jew
she/her
ny liberty & mist bc & countless ncaawbb teams
Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social Crossword tournament on June 14, 2026, in Berkeley, CA, and online. Watch this space!
https://www.westwordsbestwords.com/
AVCX Classic @avcx.bsky.social The best indie crosswords since 2008. Avxwords.com. Owned by no one but us; supported by no one but our solvers. Fair pay for creators always.
Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social video game reviews @ slantmagazine.com
cryptic crossword solves @ twitch.com/thatcrypticguy
Steve Mossberg @mossdef.bsky.social Music teacher/crossword maker: WSJ, Times, Independent (Mog), and elsewhere. Cryptics editor at AVCX. he/him
patreon.com/squarechase
Frisco17 @frisco17.bsky.social shazam sam, they call him
(he/him)
Sally Hoelscher @sallyhoelscher.bsky.social Crossword puzzle constructor, editor (Lil AVC X), and blogger (USATXW), cat lover, mug aficionado, she/her
https://usatodayxwordblog.blogspot.com/?m=1
Olivia Mitra @livienna.bsky.social she/her 🌈 crossword constructor and editor✨ free Palestine 🇵🇸
🍕 ♣️ @qedestrian.bsky.social 🎶 the upcoming guru of the city, no one told the city councilors 🎶 🚌 🚊 🚲 📚 ☕️ 🍕 ♣️ why is there no crossword emoji 
Brian Cimmet @cimmet.bsky.social crosswords, sandwiches, baseball, musicals • he/him
jenna lafleur @jennalafleur.bsky.social big gay dork who does crosswords & likes it when a guitar makes a weird sound. lost on jeopardy
dc ✧ she/they ✧ established 1998 ✧ profile picture by @maximumgraves.bsky.social
rich @dreadpiraterich.bsky.social crossword puzzles, yankees baseball, sharks/rangers hockey. he/him.
📍 new jersey
🔗 puzzlesbyrich.com
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.)
That Matt @mattsword.bsky.social Crossword hobbyist
Published in: AMU, Defector, LAT, WaPo
Cruciverbology etc. @elisecorbin.bsky.social she/her
university student by day, puzzle person by (very late) night
cruciverbology.com
crosswordr.com/elisecorbin
kayebrown ✨ @kayebrown.bsky.social streaming crosswords and games!
twitch.tv/kayebrown
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- E Eve @evieshmeeps.bsky.social nerdy things like hearthstone battlegrounds and crosswords, cats, band: strange ages, more cats
she/her
momes @momes.bsky.social i think i'm mostly here for crossword stuff
www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv
www.patreon.com/crypticcrossweird
Lila Goldenberg @lilargoldenberg.bsky.social puzzles found at craftycrosswords.blogspot.com
Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social I'm mostly just here to post about crosswords. She/they.
norah sharpe @norahsharpe.bsky.social 2023 acpt e division champion, 2024 westwords beach champion, 2025 lollapuzzoola pairs co-champion, 2026 acpt pairs 2nd place, 2026 westwords pairs 1st place, 2026 lollapalooza 2nd pairs, that's enough dont we think
Will @tlmberwolves.bsky.social Wolves (US), Wolves (UK), Loons, Lynx
Lil AVCX leadership
Puzzles at https://halfbakedpuzzles.blogspot.com/
sextina acab-fina @giltcomplex.bsky.social everyone loves me [citation needed]
she/her ✶ crosstina-aquafina.blogspot.com
kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social crosswords n stuff
kateschmate.fun
Joe Pasini @joeadultman.bsky.social tabletop game designer, cryptic crossword constructor, and union steward
Crosswords: joeadultman.blogspot.com
Streams: twitch.tv/joeadultman
dob @dobolino.bsky.social crosswoids.
https://patreon.com/crypticcrossweird
https://www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv
https://www.crossweirdpuzzles.com/