Dr Tom Hewitt @ethnotweeter.bsky.social #PhD in the #philosophy of music. Painter (nom de pinceau: Tom Tomos). Still trying hard to learn Cymraeg.
Greg Pliska @gregpliska.bsky.social Husband, father, composer, puzzler. World traveler, culture hound, book lover.
Coming soon, THE PUZZLER PODCAST on iHeart.
Boater Witch Poppy @boaterwitch.bsky.social Trans + Boater + Witch + L + Ratio
Home of the post-op cumstack experiment
she/her, 25, professional onanist, liveaboard boater not the rich hobbyist kind
MDNI
🌹Poppy and ⚡️Spark
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
no AI ever
Ian McFoolin @ianmcfoolin.bsky.social here to microblog
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
Martin Clayton @martinclayton.bsky.social Consulting Technologist. @ucl.ac.uk alumni. My family made the FoxiMax game. Ant Man on Stack Overflow. Ex-Astronomer, ex-Starlink (not that one), ex-Beenz, ex-BBC. 🇬🇧🇩🇰
Rupert V/ @rupert.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy He/him/his. Writing code for a living for 35 years and counting. I've lived in England, Minnesota, and (currently) Aotearoa New Zealand :laserkiwi:.
Married with two […]
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Jamie @jamiejenkin.bsky.social Video and graphic designer for theatre. Music, art and crosswords.
Stickman Communications @stickmancomms.bsky.social Stickmen helping to build understanding and acceptance of hidden disabilities and chronic illness, in a way that empowers us. (Run by Hannah Ensor - who has #hypermobility #PoTS and probably other stuff.) +talking about personal experience of #disability
Macaroni @crypticmacaroni.bsky.social I make cryptic crosswords 🐧
Big Puzzles: https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/Macaroni
Little Puzzles: https://crosshare.org/macaroni
Endless rain, mac on, stirring pasta (8)
Cogs @cogsturn.bsky.social I set and talk about Cryptic Crosswords!
Watch me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CogsTurn
Solve the puzzles: https://cogs-turn.com/
thehardest.bsky.social @thehardest.bsky.social I make the hardest word games on the internet. Five games, five different fights, new puzzles daily.
If one becomes part of your morning routine, my job is done.
thehardest.us
Billy Mills @billymills.bsky.social Irish poet, cricket fan, book reviews, Bob Dylan.
See my blog: https://ellipticalmovements
#speirgorm
"I give as examples Billy Mills, Susan Howe and J.H. Prynne, although the assumption that they write for themselves is entirely my own" J.C.C. Mays
David Sim @davidmsim.bsky.social English teacher in Madrid. Formerly picture editor in Kennington, London. Interested in food, music, photography (iPhone 15 Pro Max), architecture and hiking. 🏳️🌈
Bill Wilkinson @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social Science (former academic) | Teaching (>10years now) | Passionate about Cultural Capital (TGT author) | Springboard Science Author | SENDCo | Inclusion | Watford Bath City Arsenal | Politics | Rotund Running | Occasional Cats | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally
Noli Mentula Esse
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.
Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social Writer of nonsenses for “the wireless”, contributor to Private Eye & the Guardian. I like books.
Verdski @verdski.bsky.social Canadian book nerd, metal head. Helpful lady. Internet dingus.
Streaming Tues/Thurs/Sun @ 7:30 ET on the purple app.
Matt Round @mattround.com Making the web more fun with vole.wtf 🐹⁉️ @vole.wtf
https://mattround.com
Mike Hulley @mgh0406.bsky.social Hove resident, from Cheshire originally. Volunteer at Sussex Emmaus. BHAFC season ticket holder.
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social Bookworm, daydreamer, frustrated artist, and writer of blog posts.
Lella Canastanet @15schaa.bsky.social Taskmaster? Yes. Doctor Who? Absolutely. Puzzles? You bet.
Jokes? Eh, it's debatable.
Video Game Cryptic Crosswords @videogamecryptics.bsky.social A new video-game-themed cryptic crossword clue every Wednesday and Friday!
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Please don't share solutions in replies - feel free to DM for confirmation!
Setter: Scandaroon
Created by @hensten.bsky.social
Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social Unnhinged Video Shorts Creator | Video Consultant | Voice Over | Cryptic Crosswords
Former Senior Editor - Restart.run ✒️
Got a Physics PhD before games stole me from science 🔬
Some board games words on www.goinganalogshow.com 🎲
Tom M @tommessenger.bsky.social Head of Maths at a sixth form college.
Goldilocks on the Levels @goldilevels.bsky.social Wild wooder.
Archers nutter.
Brian Reid @leicesterreject.bsky.social Editor, guitarist, East Midlands exile. Frequently changes might to may but rarely the other way around. OU student. Not a cat
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
Mina Pêcheux 🔶 GET Locktale on Steam! @minapecheux.bsky.social Freelance Game Dev & Content Creator 🦊
"Keep calm and create some more!"
Locktale on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4304820
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@minapecheux
Website: https://minapecheux.com/
Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social Photography who is a big fan of birds
A Self-Respecting Fish @fishhat.bsky.social
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Rae of Sunshine @mmedebeauvoir.eurosky.social Lawyer linguist 🇪🇺 living and working in Luxembourg 🇱🇺. Knitter. Sewist. Baker. Cat lady. Socialist. Feminist. #LFC. European. Bad-tempered. Foul-mouthed 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇧🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷. Views are mine. Posts will be 98% #knitting, #baking, #sewing, and kittens.
Games World of Puzzles @gamesmagazine.bsky.social Official news and updates from Games World of Puzzles magazine.
Visit us at https://gamesworldofpuzzles.com
Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social Composer. Cricketer. Third thing.
https://linktr.ee/bernardhughes
Andrew Lipczyński @andrewlipczynski.bsky.social Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Sandwich Monks Wall Nature Reserve, RSPB, BTO, Kent Ornithological Society, Kent Moth Group, Kent Wildlife Trust, Butterfly Conservation UK/Europe, British Dragonfly Society, Western Palearctic pan-lister. UNICEF, MSF.
@sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social
Liari 🎴🦊 @liarittv.bsky.social || Epilepsy Accessibility Advocate ||
||🎙️VA || 🇬🇧 || 18+ ||
|| @CrowdControl + Youtube Partner ||
|| 💌 liaistacia@outlook.com ||
|| #LiariArt #LiariArtLewd ||
emma @gurchy.bsky.social
Alistair King @alistairking.bsky.social If you’d be my bodyguard, I can be your long-lost pal | Smarter than the average bear
not without text @notwithouttext.bsky.social this is where i post random fun wordplay things that i make/realize. maybe occasionally promoting some other things i've made but idk
Will - the Magpie Linguist @magpielinguist.bsky.social Collector of shiny etymological facts and setter of cryptic crosswords.
Graduate doctor: that's an omen (6)
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
A Problem Squared @aproblemsquared.bsky.social A problem-solving podcast by @standupmaths.bsky.social & @bechillcomedian.bsky.social which comes out today, or Monday, or the following Monday (depending when you read this).
Podcast🎙| https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/a-problem-squared
Bec Hill @bechillcomedian.bsky.social The one with the flipcharts. Comedian, TV presenter, writer, co-host of the @aproblemsquared and Enemy in Paris podcasts, and self-professed MondeQueen. She/They/Her/Them.
Keith Houston @shadycharacters.co.uk Keith Houston's blog about unusual marks of punctuation. Author of SHADY CHARACTERS, THE BOOK, EMPIRE OF THE SUM and now FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY: A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMOJI (https://shadycharacters.co.uk/books/).
Benjamin Benoit @benjaminbnt.fr Honnête et curieux ☆ Journaliste jeux/cultures/animation/Japon pour [tout le monde, IGN France, Blast, Télérama... clippings.me/benjaminbenoit ] ☆ Auteur Only Connect, BBC2 𓂀 "Génération Sonic" chez Third. 日本語 la nuit.
PP : @charliedzilla.bsky.social
Burrows @happyspacebunny.bsky.social Cryptic crossword addict and setter (MyC and Big Dave), writer and occasional software developer.
AKA happy little space bunny
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.
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
Darby Higgs @darbyhiggs.bsky.social Melbourne based wine writer with special interest in alternative varietal wines. vinodiversity.com
Idolon @idolon.bsky.social I'm Anya! Architect and indie game dev, AKA Two-Headed Deer.
I made Clover's Quadrants:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3191170/Clovers_Quadrants/
🏳️⚧️ they/she, 30s, Iowa USA
https://deertwoheads.com/
pfp by osmoru
Nick Lord Lancaster @nlordlancaster.bsky.social Writer of short things
http://nicklordlancaster.wordpress.com/
Trip Payne @puzzletrip.bsky.social Professional puzzle creator and editor. Into immersive theater, the Oscars, Eurovision, and Scrabble. Expect lots of pimping of my Sporcle quizzes.
SporkTank 🐣 Rita 🧩 OUT NOW @sporktank.bsky.social Aussie Indie Game Studio | Making Rita 🐤 - OUT NOW on Steam 👀|
Cozy word-puzzle adventure ⤵️
👉 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2984850/Rita/
Alex Cox @hipattack.bsky.social Writer, supposedly. Dad, more commonly. Streamer, once in a blue moon.
Ben Dawes @bendawes.bsky.social Game dev in Oslo. Formally of UK. Formerly of Snowcastle Games. Founder @ No Bad Weather
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!
Fiona Fish 🐟 @teacherfish.bsky.social Teacher in Aotearoa. Mathematician, karateka, singer, and musician. Lover of Taskmaster, Horrible Histories, Ghosts, Star Wars, cryptic crosswords, and the Oxford comma.
@heroiclogic.bsky.social @heroiclogic.bsky.social
KenB @kenbrough.bsky.social Exiled in Canterbury. Music. Stoke City. Crosswords. Correct grammar. I really don’t like Blur
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
@ozpiper.bsky.social @ozpiper.bsky.social
Henri Picciotto @hpicciotto.bsky.social Retired after 42 years in the classroom, from counting to calculus. Now working with colleagues, curriculum, cryptic crosswords.
Steve Pemberton @sjpemberton.bsky.social Leg end
Little Alex Horne @alexhorne.bsky.social from Taskmaster, The Horne Section and Chesham United, mainly.
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
Annette @weeble.bsky.social I like puzzles and diagrams. Queer.
(@weeble, @nettles@mastodon.scot)
J S Docherty @jsdocherty.bsky.social Apparently Brilliant/Disturbing, bits sometimes on the Telly and Radio.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/james-docherty/
Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social Welcome to the prairies! In my day job I'm a microbiology prof @hilllabsask.bsky.social. Weekends are for the birds (literally).
🇨🇦 Citizen scientist in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Volunteer for birds. Photos by me.
@cricket82.bsky.social @cricket82.bsky.social Word enthusiast, (very) amateur crossword setter (as Cricket) at mycrossword.co.uk
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
Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social All photos are my own and not AI.
I am a filmmaker and photographer based in Olympia, WA, and Bijagua, Costa Rica @casabentbill.bsky.social but I spend as much time as I can in hot, humid, tropical forests. Because that's where the birds are!
he/him
Fred Cook @fredcook.co.uk Bristol based
🧑💻programming https://github.com/fred-cook
📽️cinema https://letterboxd.com/fuverdred/
✒️cryptic crosswords
🚴♀️cycling
🧗♀️climbing
📖reading
🍻pubbing https://bristol.pub/invite/ps1eav8silxuv9r7i773ui2v
🎯darts https://fredcook.co.uk/map
Bill Reid @callereal.bsky.social Scotland rugby and football, England cricket (watch ANY cricket), QPR fan. Open garden for the National Garden Scheme raising money for nursing charities.
Graham @redgremlin.bsky.social Briton living in the French Alps. Microelectronic engineer, nature lover, canoeist, amateur photographer and teddy bear enthusiast
Family, personal and professional interests in France, UK and US
Hates what is happening in UK - not the country I left.
Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social Editorial Director of the BAFTA-nominated Tetris Forever and more at Digital Eclipse.
Co-host, Good Job, Brain! WIRED editor from 2005 to 2017. Well-known Japanese curry enjoyer.
Games, books, bio, etc: http://www.chriskohler.biz
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)
Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social Puzzles for everybody! From Eric Berlin http://www.puzzlesnacks.com
Simon Huggins @shufgy.bsky.social Geek in Reading into birding, cryptic crosswords, walking, beer, GIS 🌈
Parseword @parseword.com A daily cryptic crossword game - www.parseword.com
@gumbootcrosswords.bsky.social @gumbootcrosswords.bsky.social
Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social Coffee cryptics daily ☕️
Founder of CoffeeCryptics.com
Indie maker behind searchmonkey.dev & coffeetap.app
That Matt @mattsword.bsky.social Crossword hobbyist
Published in: AMU, Defector, LAT, WaPo
Jess Rucks @jessbevrucks.bsky.social “But, how do you feel about glitter…?” (and crosswords) she/her https://jessrucks.com/
Alan Trewartha @jauntyalan.bsky.social A tiny owl OvO
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
Janet Sparke @scintilla71.bsky.social Trying really hard to get better at setting cryptic crosswords.
Also a photography tutor, food lover and very slow runner
David Steinberg @davidsteinberg.bsky.social Editorial Manager, Puzzles @AndrewsMcMeel and #UniversalCrossword editor
Brian Callahan @oliogrids.bsky.social crossword enjoyer - he/him - owner of the world's cutest dog - oliogrids.com
Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com Editor of Weekend FT • sinkhole tracker • Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
@apihminis.bsky.social @apihminis.bsky.social mini crosswords by some of your favorite API constructors 🌺 - apihminis.com
Rebecca Bridge @rebeccabridge.bsky.social Writer, professor, poet, editor, cryptic crosswords, painter, screenwriter, metalsmith, mother, woodworker, and, you know, liver of life. Author of A Month's Worth of Instructional Poems & co-author of Clear Out the Static in Your Attic. Pretty despondent.
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!
Paul Howard @paulhoward5.bsky.social Family stuff, music stuff, techie stuff, cryptic crosswords, Oxford commas, and total nonsense. Not always in that order. All posts are my own views. Grew up in the 1980s.
@beermagnet.bsky.social @beermagnet.bsky.social
samm82 @samm82.bsky.social he/him | programmer | gamer | musician | weeb
i stream sometimes! https://www.twitch.tv/sammythehammy82
🦊🌸🧃🪱🐱💭👻✨
pfp (my trollsona, Sammah Hampby) by @wyrmonastring.bsky.social
banner (my Fabula Ultima character, Shorenya) by @crimsonvixen.bsky.social
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)
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Royalist@RoyalKendama;Author
Jokes quiz classics #cricket #juggling […]
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