airageek @airageek.bsky.social instagram.com/airageek · airageeks@gmail.com
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.
@rkempley.bsky.social @rkempley.bsky.social 
Hugh Hudson @beeryhikerhugh.bsky.social Retired from IT (rail business). Interests: walking (especially #SlowWays), crosswords (cryptic), books (especially literary fiction), politics, science, music of all kinds and cricket. BlueSky veteran (i.e. here just over a year, enough to be first 10%)- M @miiiiiche.bsky.social @miiiiiche.bsky.social
Coot @coot.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter in the Independent, the Times, the Times Quick Cryptic (as Loon), Unch magazine and on MyCrossword
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
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.)
Charlie Methven @charliemethven.bsky.social I set cryptic crosswords as Methuselah and Chameleon and write questions for Only Connect • charliemethven.com • he/him
PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social Crosswords - Chopin (mycrossword), Bard (Independent), Playfair (Economist) & Glyph (Guardian)
Scicomm (infohackit)
Music (peteplays12)
Dan Dickens @brockwellgrecian.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter. Grecian in the Independent and Brockwell in the Guardian.
CrypticBlah @crypticblah.bsky.social Rubbish German half back (4)
www.mycrossword.co.uk/Blah
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)
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
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)
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!
Megan @hobbitydoom.bsky.social
She/Her
Look I’m bad at profiles, ok?
Phonetics & Phonology Group @ Newcastle University @phonncl.bsky.social Phonetics & Phonology Research Group at Newcastle University. Researchers uniting around language and sound. For enquiries, please contact us at phoneticsphonology.ncl@gmail.com. Our website: https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/phonphon/
Part-Time Genius @parttimegenius.bsky.social Fascinating facts and curious corners of the world, from Will and Mango, the guys who started Mental Floss. New episodes weekly, in all the podcast places.
Call our hotline with questions, ideas, and/or puns: (302) 405-5925.
P.L. Rock @plrock.bsky.social A New Deal Democrat, writer of silly screeds, forensic accountant with a degree in Economics, musician of dubious talent, Senior Deacon, and lover of fairy tales, folklore, animals, gardening, and vinyl.
Becca Worby @beccaworby.bsky.social I'm here, I guess! Writer, sometimes. Editorial director of Reasons to be Cheerful, an online magazine founded by David Byrne. She/her.
rebeccaworby.com
andy @yacomink.com I make websites at Etsy. Formerly BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post. (he/him)
Dave Weasel @daveweasel.bsky.social Comedian, podcaster, etc. 5x billboard comedy chart topper
Tim Unkenholz @timunken.bsky.social Formerly Buzzfeed, now playing Red Redemption again.
Need a copywriter? Hire me! https://sites.google.com/view/tim-unkenholz/home
hot doorknobs @hotdoorknobs.bsky.social music, arsenal, art, goofs
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
Matthew Perpetua @fluxblog.bsky.social Writer of Fluxblog for 20+ years... I heard codes in the melody and heeded the call, so I'm sharing things I know and love with those of my kind http://linktr.ee/fluxblog
John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social posting about posts at new york magazine
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine"
Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop
Sign up for updates - unchcrosswords.com
Ash2 I Voted Yes Australia Slava Ukraïni @ash202324.bsky.social Democratic Education. Literacy. Psychogénéalogie. Restorative Justice #NAFODinoDivision
yeti of dyatlov pass @clairetherese.bsky.social freelance gameshow host
Aubrey @offtheonchance.bsky.social Confused poet-farmer haunted by cats, lemon cucumber evangelist. #BHAFC
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)
Æ @alexandra-ewing.bsky.social fat, queer thirty-something finally takes on the world after a decade of low income, low expectations, & low porosity hair. it's the feel-good story of the summer. | she/her
JarSheriff @jarsheriff.bsky.social 
matea @matearobertson.bsky.social 
Public Relations @tufaz15.bsky.social I want to promote the products of brands because many audiences love them and it's a vibrant marketplace where you'll find a diverse array of stylish furnishings, decorative pieces, and accessories to transform your living spaces.
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/
Rachel Playforth @archelina.bsky.social The toast in the machine. NHS librarian, crossword compiler (Angel), Unch magazine editorial team, poet. Weekly crossword streams on Twitch @ crypticsunday. I like crime fiction, telly and cold water. She/her.
Richard James @richardjameschess.bsky.social Chess player, organiser, teacher, writer, historian. Investigating the intersection between chess and childhood.
Reading old newspapers so that you don't have to.
Also crosswords, music (classical & folk), genealogy etc.
https://richard915.substack.com
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!
Dan Davison @danjdavison.bsky.social Teacher. Books, poetry, theatre & I’m learning to set cryptic crosswords
Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social Mostly baking and crosswords
Flashling @flashling.bsky.social Cryptic crossword nut. Used to blow things up professionally.
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
@anuragpuzzling.bsky.social @anuragpuzzling.bsky.social Puzzling, Questioning, Reading, Solving, Thinking
Mathew New @mathewnew.bsky.social Comics and drawings and stuff
Boatman Cryptics @boatmancryptics.co.uk Guardian crossword setter & teacher of aspiring word-fiends. Two books of puzzles & the stories behind them: see website for signed copies or to sign up for masterclasses or to commission bespoke puzzles: boatmancryptics.co.uk
Joe Pasini @joeadultman.bsky.social tabletop game designer, cryptic crossword constructor, and union steward
Crosswords: joeadultman.blogspot.com
Streams: twitch.tv/joeadultman
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
Raider @mycrossword.co.uk Occasional cryptic crossword setter for The Independent and creator of MyCrossword http://mycrossword.co.uk
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
@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social Crossword-botherer, aka Amoeba, Weatherman, and Tango. Also anonymously in the Times and Telegraph.
Jennifer A. @jroxy13.bsky.social 
kebbie @kebojo.bsky.social Standing on library business since 2006.
Life Spring Africa Initiative @lisaidefender.bsky.social Life Spring Africa Initiative is a non-profit organization committed to enhance climate action
in Nigeria, amplify Nigeria voices through media visibility, and foster inclusive development
of women, children and youth for the protection of the planet.
Jordan Parry @jordan-a-parry.bsky.social she/her 🏳️🌈 Happily married lesbian cat lady in Denver, working in nonprofit finance.
AuDHD. Avid reader. Gymnastics fan. Theatre kid. Nature lover. Too earnest to be funny.
Jen @bellavita4444.bsky.social singer gamer reader spy
Goodreads/Storygraph: bookandcat
Twitch Affiliate
www.twitch.tv/bellavita4444
Jaime Green @jaimealyse.bsky.social Author of THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE (2023), AT HOME IN THE STARS (2029) | series editor of THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING || she/her || jaimegreen.net
Amanda Wallwin @wallwin.bsky.social Recovering state legislative staffer, fighter for justice, mom, school board member, abortion advocate, bisexual shitposter, #actuallyautistic, Jeopardy champ.
All these things are not without their meanings. 🐋
she/they
🏡 in Hudson Valley, ❤️ in Chicago