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!
Alex Dixon @dixonary.co.uk Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Warwick 🏳🌈 {they,he}
Interests: Functional programming; theoretical computer science; Indie games; Gamedev; TTRPGs; Doctor Who (I made whodle! 📺)
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
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.
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)
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 🌊🌅
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.
Joe Pasini @joeadultman.bsky.social tabletop game designer, cryptic crossword constructor, and union steward
Crosswords: joeadultman.blogspot.com
Streams: twitch.tv/joeadultman
Chris Evans @mpcryptics.bsky.social Maths teacher by day, cryptic setter by night (Umpire/Potoroo)
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
@heroncrosswords.bsky.social @heroncrosswords.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter: back page Daily Telegraph, Heron (Times Quick), Turnstone (Guardian).
The Rackenfracker @therackenfracker.bsky.social Variety puzzles and cryptic diversions. Winner of the inaugural ORCA crossword award for Best Variety Cryptic of the Year.
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)
ALP @adamlp.bsky.social Withnail bore, Fowles nut & Lib>Xim
A smug cryptic setter in the Indy (5)
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.
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine"
Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop
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Matthew Marcus @mabuse.bsky.social Jeopardy! and Times Crossword Champion (semi-retired)
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
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.
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.
🐈Rex Parker🐈⬛ ✏️ 🧐 @rexparker.bsky.social Correct crossword opinions / aka Michael Sharp / Teaching lit stuff at Binghamton University / 2025 ACPT Pairs champion (w/ Penelope Harper) / https://letterboxd.com/realrexparker
Henri Picciotto @hpicciotto.bsky.social Retired after 42 years in the classroom, from counting to calculus. Now working with colleagues, curriculum, cryptic crosswords.
Angela Barnes @angelabarnes.bsky.social "Comedian"
Mock The Week, QI, Live at The Apollo, HIGNFY
Host of The Archers Live at 75 tour - https://www.fane.co.uk/the-archers
Cold War and Mid Century Modernist nerd.
The Archers obsessive
Prone to inexpert F1 ramblings.
Swims. Naps. Bunkers.
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/
Mike Selinker @mikeselinker.bsky.social I make games and puzzles and things.
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
Cayce Pan @felinexwords.bsky.social Graduate student & cryptic crossword setter from Taiwan. Feline at mycrossword.co.uk
@gnomoncryptics.bsky.social @gnomoncryptics.bsky.social 
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
Claire Bennie @clairebennie.bsky.social Advisor on Housing Design and Development
wearemunicipal.co.uk
Also: art deco flats; choral music, cryptic crosswords (Ruskin)
@silentknightsk.bsky.social @silentknightsk.bsky.social Fan of all things cryptic
Debbie Manber Kupfer @debpaws.bsky.social Author, Editor, Puzzler, Cat Lover, and Tea Drinker!
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)
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.
Blue Prince @blueprincegame.bsky.social Blue Prince is a genre-defying atmospheric adventure. Developed by @Dogubomb.bsky.social. Published by @rawfury.bsky.social. Out Now on Steam, Mac, Xbox, PS5 & NS2
Join the Discord https://discord.gg/BluePrince
Play now: https://linktr.ee/blueprincegame
Jack H Keynes @wearingcrocs.bsky.social conthinging, crosswording. https://jackhkeynes.co.uk
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
Darren Miller @dkmiller71.bsky.social A computer guy, a Christian, a sci-fi/fantasy fan, an escape room enthusiast.
Occasionally, I make puzzles I share at https://darrenspuzzles.blogspot.com.
Contributor to https://cryptexhunt.com.
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
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.
Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social (Mostly amateur) musician, mathematician, tutor, coder, crossword setter, sports enthusiast, lefty dreamer, living in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.
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
Mark S @4flush.bsky.social Setting crosswords as Flush on MyCrossword.co.uk
Q. Pheevr @q.pheevr.ca “Frigidly shy at the commencement of a party, confusingly vigilant about the middle, and insultingly weary towards the end.”
“Combine[s] stateliness with a desperate effort to be funny.”
Pronouns: accustomed to he, also fine with they
http://q.pheevr.ca
Dan Dickens @brockwellgrecian.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter. Grecian in the Independent and Brockwell in the Guardian.
Paolo Pasco @gppasco.bsky.social Dad of two. Mets fan. Coffee lover. Bibliophile. Unapologetic oddball. #StillWithHer. Randy Rainbow stan. Love people but can't help but snark a little 😜. For your daily dose of sarcasm, methinks you should look no further!
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
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.
momes @momes.bsky.social i think i'm mostly here for crossword stuff
www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv
www.patreon.com/crypticcrossweird
Go Crossword @gocrossword.co.uk Free crossword-setting app at https://www.gocrossword.co.uk
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.
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
Jess Shulman @jessshulman.bsky.social Freelance editor, crossword constructor, also busy with kids, music, books, paddleboarding, youth baseball, TV, cats/dogs... she/her
Sara Goodchild @sarathegood.bsky.social Science, editing, cryptic crosswords!
Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social Freelance writer, full-time reader, commission-me-anytime reviewer. (For many, most of the places you'd imagine, plus some you might not. That's the joy of freelancing...) susiemesure.com
Smylers @smylers.uk Ilkley Christian geek board-gamer puzzle/quiz/crossword fan and parent
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
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.
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
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
#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.
@sirdakka.bsky.social @sirdakka.bsky.social 
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
Dan Davison @danjdavison.bsky.social Teacher. Books, poetry, theatre & I’m learning to set cryptic crosswords
Rick Bach @bachgammon.bsky.social Lover of a themed crypric crossword and keen exploiter of any chance to practise my French and Polish.
Justin @1rebelnohorse.bsky.social books, video games, cryptic crosswords
LRLR @lrlr.bsky.social Clues: minutecryptic.com
Crosswords: The Age, SMH, Saturday Paper
Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social video game reviews @ slantmagazine.com
cryptic crossword solves @ twitch.com/thatcrypticguy
Sneaseile (him with the face) @sneaseile.bsky.social crosswords and straightforwords, videos game, visuals novel, others thing
No AI; all organic
he (or get creative)
that's a real photo of me but the banner's from a curse
Tom Pardue @sleepytom.bsky.social Like: music (especially jazz & classical), reading (science, history, speculative fiction), crosswords, hiking and nature viewing.
Simon Huggins @shufgy.bsky.social Geek in Reading into birding, cryptic crosswords, walking, beer, GIS 🌈
Jo Murphy @jomur.bsky.social In a world full of Love Islands, be more Lego Masters.
@anuragpuzzling.bsky.social @anuragpuzzling.bsky.social Puzzling, Questioning, Reading, Solving, Thinking
Jon Owen (Jono/Jay) @jwmowen.bsky.social Crosswords aka Jay, Jono
SlightlyMorePleasant @dailypleasant.bsky.social Humorist. Cryptic crossword setter. Tabletop RPG fan. Undermonetized. #cartoons #poems #silliness
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 🏡🔥🐉)
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.
🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social
🍺 Sydney, Australia
Pubs | Hotels | Wine | Bridge | Mahjong | Backgammon | Crossword author & solver | Beer | Cricket | Rugby | Dewey Decimal System | Vexillology | Monopoly |
Josh Roach @iguesscryptics.bsky.social 24-year-old cryptic crossword setter appearing as Major (The Independent, Unch) and Iguess (MyCrossword)
Mad Dog Cryptics @maddogcryptics.bsky.social Very independent cryptic crossword setter. To the god of death: Not Today! Traveller, participant, LGBTQIA2S+ ally. #BLM Resist!
Rebekkah May 🇨🇦 @rebekkahmay.bsky.social Proud Unionist & English Teacher. OTF Governor. (Also, crossword enthusiast, lover of hounds, domestic arts diva.) @ me to get any #NYT article unlocked. #MapleMeidas #OntEd #OnPoli #LdnOnt #Sighthounds #Whippet #ItalianGreyhound #BlueCrew #RHAP
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
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".
Laura Braunstein @laurabrarian.bsky.social Digital librarian. Crossword person. Cross wordperson.
I reskeet your puzzles
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
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
Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social Fiend in feline shape. Mostly cryptics, sometimes other puzzles. Still not panthchesh. they/he hella gay 🏳️🌈
Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social Mostly baking and crosswords
CrypticBlah @crypticblah.bsky.social Rubbish German half back (4)
www.mycrossword.co.uk/Blah
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
William Snow @willsnow8.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter - Bluebird (Independent), Solomon (FT) and Conto (elsewhere). Currently benefitting from limiting my social media use.
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
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)
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.