Chris Evans @mpcryptics.bsky.social Maths teacher by day, cryptic setter by night (Umpire/Potoroo)
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!
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
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)
Abdul K. @abdvl.bsky.social Amateur cryptic crossword setter. Find my work at https://crypticsbyabdul.com/
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
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
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine"
Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop
Sign up for updates - unchcrosswords.com
Mad Dog Cryptics @maddogcryptics.bsky.social Very independent cryptic crossword setter. To the god of death: Not Today! Traveller, participant, LGBTQIA2S+ ally. #BLM Resist!
Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social Silly artwork, puns, Maths. Possibly some stand-up/poetry/writing if I find the time. Occasional cryptic crossword setter. Had the evilflea handle for ages, trying out a stage/pen name.
@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social Crossword-botherer, aka Amoeba, Weatherman, and Tango. Also anonymously in the Times and Telegraph.
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
Roob @roob-p.bsky.social Interests: Pushing buttons; twiddling knobs; kicking balls - make of that what you will.
House music DJ, based in North London. I’ve published a few sets on my MixCloud profile - https://www.mixcloud.com/Roob_P84/
@gnomoncryptics.bsky.social @gnomoncryptics.bsky.social 
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
Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social Artist, dog-lover and avid reader. Or something. I teach maths
Caroline Hardman @carolinehardman.bsky.social Still not a literary agent…
The Cryptic Mystic @thecrypticmystic.bsky.social I try to demystify cryptic crosswords on my YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/@The_Cryptic_Mystic
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)
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
RR @rlrossi64.bsky.social Pack it up, pack it in; let me begin. Former teacher/school leader/SENDCo currently exploring Schrödinger’s retirement. Books. Cryptic Crosswords. Football.
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
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.
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!
CrypticBlah @crypticblah.bsky.social Rubbish German half back (4)
www.mycrossword.co.uk/Blah
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
Jamandham, LLC @jamandham.bsky.social CREATING PHENOMENAL WORD GAMES!
jamandham.com
Jim Mortleman @jimjar.bsky.social Writer, parodist; punster; puzzler; potty-mouth; penner of odes; podcaster; free thinker; synth tinkerer; dad; hat fan. Also jimjar on Twitter
Dan Davison @danjdavison.bsky.social Teacher. Books, poetry, theatre & I’m learning to set cryptic crosswords
Antichrist @poornh.bsky.social Bluesky and religious folks are afraid of my post. Bluesky labeled my account as Intolerance because they're afraid. If you're not afraid, click "Show" to view my post and follow me back. Visit HinduScript.com to know more about ancient superstition.
PETS LOVERS @catslover28.bsky.social Follow for daily cute content
Pets,animals, & nature
All copyrights belong to their respective owners
DM for credit, remove, submission
Know It With Us @knowitwith.bsky.social News/Media Company
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
Top Womble @topwomble.bsky.social I hang out, I try to write crosswords, and I like people. (he/him)
Play my puzzles here: https://crosshare.org/Womble
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.
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.
SlightlyMorePleasant @dailypleasant.bsky.social Humorist. Cryptic crossword setter. Tabletop RPG fan. Undermonetized. #cartoons #poems #silliness
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.
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
#SherlockPuzzle @sherlockpuzzle.bsky.social SHURDLE: Sherlock Holmes Puzzles Vols 1&2 and the Puzzling Cases of Sherlock Holmes Vols 1&2 out now - buy at https://linktr.ee/Shurdle.
Tom Pardue @sleepytom.bsky.social Like: music (especially jazz & classical), reading (science, history, speculative fiction), crosswords, hiking and nature viewing.
@anuragpuzzling.bsky.social @anuragpuzzling.bsky.social Puzzling, Questioning, Reading, Solving, Thinking
@abusahmatop.bsky.social @abusahmatop.bsky.social 
Jeremy Lybarger @jeremylybarger.bsky.social Editing prose @ Poetry magazine + Poetry Foundation // Writer // Working on Midnight Tremor: The Life and Art of Roger Brown // www.jeremylybarger.com- P PostMarkCryptic.bsky.social @postmarkcryptic.bsky.social
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.)
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
Health and Fitness @handle.invalid Premium Health and Beauty Supplements
https://www.topacne.com
#health #fitness
Ian Simpson @iangsimpson.bsky.social Engineer from Edinburgh, Scotland. Co-inventor of Square Routes®, a word puzzle that appears in The Times each Saturday.
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
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".
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.
PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social Crosswords - Chopin (mycrossword), Bard (Independent), Playfair (Economist) & Glyph (Guardian)
Scicomm (infohackit)
Music (peteplays12)
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
Rust & Moth @rustandmoth.bsky.social Lit journal, cellar door knocker, sic semper tyrannis. Work reprinted in Best of the Net. Open for poetry submissions December 1st - 20th!
www.rustandmoth.com
www.duotrope.com/listing/13546/rust-and-moth