Claire Bennie @clairebennie.bsky.social Advisor on Housing Design and Development
wearemunicipal.co.uk
Also: art deco flats; choral music, cryptic crosswords (Ruskin)
Dan Davison @danjdavison.bsky.social Teacher. Books, poetry, theatre & I’m learning to set cryptic crosswords
S P A C E • B O Y @rumilb.bsky.social HOU • NWA • LNK | super busy gamer dad. i like geoguessr and gunpla. head in the clouds and feet on the ground. on your left, probably 🍕🍔🌮🍜🍣🍛🐗🌟✨🚀🐧🎾🥏🏘️🌿🚊🚴🏽♂️🎧 mapping houston's bike racks https://houbikeracks.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
Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social Crossword maker. XwordInfo stockholder. Parent of 2.
"Making puzzles is my passion" - Jigsaw from "Saw"
RIP Craig Etui and stuff 😴
maddy @maddyziegler.bsky.social i make crossword puzzles now?
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
Crosstalk @thecrosstalkpod.bsky.social A crossword construction podcast hosted by Daniel Grinberg
Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social Um. Not sure what to put here yet. 😁
M3 @m3times.bsky.social Can I call myself an all-arounder or does that sound pretentious?
PFP by @doobledabbadoo
https://linktr.ee/M3Times
@ecclescrosswords.bsky.social @ecclescrosswords.bsky.social Crossword Compiler in Sneinton, Nottingham. Was an organic chemist. Maybe again some day. Still playing cricket and hockey.
alex @dude.computer dude of computer. curious, both definitions.
atx -> stl
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
e.e. degroot @eedegroot.bsky.social Designer, illustrator, ADHD biz owner, volunteer Wichita vortex minder. Iffy on using contractions. Has a fondness for rocks, waltzes and making noise | Bodily autonomy for all | She/her
a bird @prosthemadera.bsky.social food, knitting, fandom (currently HR with residual kpop feelings)
Darby Ratliff @darbyratliff.bsky.social History, exhibits, crosswords, (more) Catholic history, and baseball | #JesuitEducated | PhD in American Studies from SLU
Katja Brinck @katjabrinck.bsky.social Mainly crosswords (consistent solver,
medium competitor, slow constructor.)
But also HIIT, strength training, running, hiking, skiing, classical piano, opera, travel, living life in Healdsburg.
Frank Virzi @frankvirzi.bsky.social Father, husband, retired teacher, #science geek, 1973 toll collector, and puzzle constructor. Interested in politics, education, New England, history, and environment. “Eppur si muove.” -Galileo
https://linktr.ee/fvirzi
Fuck Toni Schneider | Ariel Haymarket et al. @ariel-haymarket.bsky.social 🙈Ⓐ🔞🏳️⚧️39
🦁✡️👻
puzzle-writing sheydgender vtubist
nsfw: #HaymarketOnMain
pfp: @subspaceskater.bsky.social
mama: @gwenmyoty.bsky.social
pack: @runswithwolves.bsky.social + @casterwolflena.bsky.social
Θ Δ &
PNs: http://bit.ly/4jxJuUd
@anuragpuzzling.bsky.social @anuragpuzzling.bsky.social Puzzling, Questioning, Reading, Solving, Thinking
🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social
🍺 Sydney, Australia
Pubs | Hotels | Wine | Bridge | Mahjong | Backgammon | Crossword author & solver | Beer | Cricket | Rugby | Dewey Decimal System | Vexillology | Monopoly |
Lukas Karlsson @lukwam.com Co-founder & CTO @everygene.com 🧬
Founder @altissimo.io 🧑🏼💻
CTO @darwinsark.org 🐈🐕🧬
Organizer @gdgcloudboston.com
Google Developer Expert ☁️💻🥑
Formerly @broadinstitute.org
Cryptic crosswords, graffiti, street art, BMX, karaoke.
@crossweirdtv.bsky.social @crossweirdtv.bsky.social 
Dan @danfeyer.bsky.social Mostly crosswords
Robyn Weintraub @robynw414.bsky.social Crossword puzzle constructor for @nytimes.com, @newyorker.com and @people.com; Mom; big fan of truth/science/democracy
Cath @catherinewheel.bsky.social Owned by whippets, care provider to canine neurodivergents, and lover of all living things Hopeful Twitch cryptic and kayak streamer :-) Banner picture is a photo I took myself at the end of the track at Auschwitz Birkenau - Never forget
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
CrypticBlah @crypticblah.bsky.social Rubbish German half back (4)
www.mycrossword.co.uk/Blah
LRLR @lrlr.bsky.social Clues: minutecryptic.com
Crosswords: The Age, SMH, Saturday Paper
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
Cammmmy @cammmmy.bsky.social 
Midwest Crossword Tournament @midwestcrossword.bsky.social October 3, 2026 - Chicago, IL
https://midwestgridfest.com/
Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social Crossword tournament on June 14, 2026, in Berkeley, CA, and online. Watch this space!
https://www.westwordsbestwords.com/
Sid Sivakumar @sidsivakumar.bsky.social crossword puzzles and such | (just refer to me by my name, it’s 3 letters and easy)
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/
Rachel Fabi Ph.D. @fabioethics.bsky.social associate professor of bioethics • immigration, public health ethics, crosswords • she/her • http://abortionpuzzles.com • views my own
Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social Humor writer, former New York Times Games columnist (Ret.) I may have helped you with the crossword.
Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com Jeopardy! champ. Waiting for Survivor to call me back. Writer. YouTuber. Podcaster. Mpromptu@gmail.com. (Send me story tips!) http://linktr.ee/HemantMehta
Articles at https://friendlyatheist.com
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Zelensky Stan 👊 🧊 @trentevans.bsky.social Big fan of the Constitution. Any day is a beautiful day to fight Nazis.
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
-Mark Twain
(They don’t for now btw)
Deanne Cliburn @deanderthal.bsky.social 
Defector @defector.com The last good website.
Brian Callahan @oliogrids.bsky.social crossword enjoyer - he/him - owner of the world's cutest dog - oliogrids.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.
The Rackenfracker @therackenfracker.bsky.social Variety puzzles and cryptic diversions. Winner of the inaugural ORCA crossword award for Best Variety Cryptic of the Year.
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
Frisco17 @frisco17.bsky.social shazam sam, they call him
(he/him)
Landon Barton @landonbarton.bsky.social Nerd | Creative | Gamer | he/him- D Sean, aka sweaternine from the other site @dadgumituh.bsky.social
Ken Marks @kenmarks.bsky.social my friends: this isn't a good follow
Brian Cross @briancross.bsky.social Introvert. Fan of puzzles, reason, comedy, trivia, guitar, puppies
Natan Last @natanlast.bsky.social i write: crosswords, poetry, policy research, nonfiction.
i study: migration, economics, law & literature.
i work on making humanitarian migration easier from a policy & tech perspective.
Olivia Mitra @livienna.bsky.social she/her 🌈 crossword constructor and editor✨ free Palestine 🇵🇸
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.)- E Eve @evieshmeeps.bsky.social nerdy things like hearthstone battlegrounds and crosswords, cats, band: strange ages, more cats
she/her
Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social Fancy words, witty descriptions, and vintage illustrations to educate and entertain.
My Book!
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781682687994
Calendars!
https://grandiloquent-word-of-the-day-2026-calendars.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Ricky B @ambivalentricky.bsky.social Music, puzzles, writing, politics I guess. Future former lawyer. Disdained as an "egghead" by Matt Taibbi. Banned from Great Clips 7/20/24. He / him. https://billingsgate.neocities.org/
Lil AVCX @lilavcx.bsky.social Midi crosswords every Sunday night and some Mondays. Mentorship for emerging constructors and editors.
https://avxwords.com/sample-puzzles/
brooke husic @xws.bsky.social a. ladee (she/her) solved/wrote/edited yr crossword
catch me at @puzzmo.com- J JoshSolves @joshsolves.bsky.social I make puzzles at JoshSolves.com, I stream puzzles at twitch.tv/JoshSolves, I like puzzles.
Cruciverbology etc. @elisecorbin.bsky.social she/her
university student by day, puzzle person by (very late) night
cruciverbology.com
crosswordr.com/elisecorbin
Sara Goodchild @sarathegood.bsky.social Science, editing, cryptic crosswords!
Dan Schwartz @danschwartz.bsky.social "danandbabka"
Jamie Ding @feathersmcg.bsky.social he/him | Erstwhile streamer of cryptic crosswords and Kingdom Hearts at https://twitch.tv/FeathersMcG- G Glentopher @glentopher.bsky.social Autistic, needlessly defiant software developer, likes Lego, Converse, Cryptic Crosswords and Video and Board Games.
https://glentophergames.co.uk
Steve Mossberg @mossdef.bsky.social Music teacher/crossword maker: WSJ, Times, Independent (Mog), and elsewhere. Cryptics editor at AVCX. he/him
patreon.com/squarechase
Joe Pasini @joeadultman.bsky.social tabletop game designer, cryptic crossword constructor, and union steward
Crosswords: joeadultman.blogspot.com
Streams: twitch.tv/joeadultman
Jess Shulman @jessshulman.bsky.social Freelance editor, crossword constructor, also busy with kids, music, books, paddleboarding, youth baseball, TV, cats/dogs... she/her
Viresh Ratnakar @viresh.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter "Gussalufz" (The Hindu, The Browser, 1 Across, Object, IXL): https://gussalufz.com.
Open source crossword web apps: https://exolve.app, https://exet.app.
Engineer at (A) Large (Company). Intergalactic Interconnectedness Medium.
Ross Trudeau @rosstrudeau.bsky.social crosswords, word play, birds, soccer
a ross and down
Chris Piuma @wordgarbler.bsky.social podcasts (on MST3K, "great books", old trivia): megaphonic.fm || songs with bitter words: theminorthirds.bandcamp.com || instrumentals: themesquad.bandcamp.com || crosswords, poetry, photography, and more: chrispiuma.com || pronouns: 🤷
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com #banCars
More about me: https://lansner.com
My crossword puzzles: https://jklcrosswords.com
Laura Braunstein @laurabrarian.bsky.social Digital librarian. Crossword person. Cross wordperson.
I reskeet your puzzles
That Matt @mattsword.bsky.social Crossword hobbyist
Published in: AMU, Defector, LAT, WaPo
Amanda Rafkin @amandarafkin.bsky.social LA-based crossword constructor/editor of the USA Today crossword 🧩 pianist 🎹 game enthusiast 🎲 🏳️🌈
rafa @rafaxword.bsky.social 
Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social video game reviews @ slantmagazine.com
cryptic crossword solves @ twitch.com/thatcrypticguy
Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social Looking into it. Chief Looker: @jenn.bsky.social
chandi @chandosan.bsky.social crosswords, my cat’s cute, food is good 
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
May Huang @mayhuangwrites.bsky.social literary translator 🇭🇰🇹🇼 crossword constructor 🧩 tech PR 👩💻 swiftie ✨ mayhuang.com 🔗
Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social I'm mostly just here to post about crosswords. She/they.
Matt Quintanilla @redkeg.com Product & Design Leader.
Special when lit.
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!
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
Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social Knows the alphabet (in order) Aaronson.org
Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social Linguist, lexicographer, language commentator, all-around word nut.
https://linktr.ee/benzimmer
Ryan @rynftz.gr tragically, Violence
sara @cantorlope.bsky.social just a smalltown melon
they/them
dob @dobolino.bsky.social crosswoids.
https://patreon.com/crypticcrossweird
https://www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv
https://www.crossweirdpuzzles.com/
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
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
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 🏡🔥🐉)
Rebecca Goldstein @rebecculous.bsky.social Drug hunter 🧑🏻🔬 | Queer 🏳️🌈 | Crossword constructor ◼️◻️ | Espresso snob ☕️
momes @momes.bsky.social i think i'm mostly here for crossword stuff
www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv
www.patreon.com/crypticcrossweird
Aimee lucido @aimeelucido.bsky.social I’m an author and crossword puzzle maker! 
ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social crossword puzzle girl. jokes woman. (she/her)
banner art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
🐈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