Martin Grasdal 🍁 @mgrasdal.bsky.social Old IT guy, nearing retirement. Living proof that a degree in Engl. Lit & Philosophy is far from useless. Lover of fiction (including sci-fi & fantasy), history, classics, etc,. Classical music lover.
Ben Yoskovitz @focusedchaos.co Founding Partner @ highlinebeta.com, venture studio + VC firm. We build and fund companies, often with corporate partners.
Author of Lean Analytics and FocusedChaos.co. Maker of Wordspine.com
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social A reader. A coder. Against certainty. A one-time London marathon runner.
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
Snealy Bobo @snealy-bobo.bsky.social Making games at UFO Society. GM of weird sci-fi story-driven tables.
Spellcase, in soft launch: playspellcase.com
Adam An @adamanlx.bsky.social https://theycallmezeal.me he/him
LV @saralvaidy.bsky.social
@zem42.bsky.social @zem42.bsky.social
Narich Violetfathom @frengible.bsky.social I contain multitudes, today I am a stoned yet odd bedeviled hero with a soothing disrespect for authority
brad @bradlebeau.bsky.social what the hell, sure
norah sharpe @norahsharpe.bsky.social 2023 acpt e division champion, 2024 westwords beach champion, 2025 lollapuzzoola pairs co-champion, 2026 acpt pairs 2nd place, 2026 westwords pairs 1st place, 2026 lollapalooza 2nd pairs, that's enough dont we think
Gennady Gorin @goringennady.bsky.social 🦠🧬📊bioinformatics, statistics, and stochastic processes.
Mo Pelzel @mopelzel.bsky.social Director of Academic Technology @GrinnellCollege | #Catholic | husband | dad | runner | cantor | #Texan | puzzle/games geek
morrispelzel.com
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Kate @katerr.bsky.social Professional yapper
John Information @katstevens.bsky.social Can still name more than six songs by 2 Unlimited
Editorial Red Pencil of Doom @kchew.bsky.social Editor. Word person. Bookstore aficionado and occasional bookseller. You say I’m a nerd like it’s a bad thing.
San Tiago Caraíva @santiagocaraiva.bsky.social Livro “A INTER ETNIA” (2014): Uma coletânea de palíndromos com diagramação especial (páginas que podem ser lidas como um grande palíndromo).
Grupo no Facebook “Gerador de Palíndromos”: Criado em 2013 para divulgar criações de palindromistas.
Neil Alexander @neilalexander.bsky.social Bicycle rider, WQuer, once an editor...
At home on unceded land of the Gundungurra people, in what is now called New South Wales
Profile pic taken on cycle tour in Rockiy Mountains, Alberta, Canada (some time ago 😉)
Header pic is Morton National Park NSW
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
Iamrobhughes @iamrobhughes.bsky.social Common Reader.
Will - the Magpie Linguist @magpielinguist.bsky.social Collector of shiny etymological facts and setter of cryptic crosswords.
Graduate doctor: that's an omen (6)
Ben Dawes @bendawes.bsky.social Game dev in Oslo. Formally of UK. Formerly of Snowcastle Games. Founder @ No Bad Weather
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Adam Simon Levine @adamsimonlevine.bsky.social Topologist, cruciverbalist, Torah nerd, punster, and friend of Emmy Purrther.
knottygrids.blogspot.com
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Comedy geek. Trivia nerd. Podcast junkie. Creator of the book Kissability: People with Disabilities Talk About Sex, Love, and Relationships (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24738917-kissability#CommunityReviews). (she/her)
Burrows @happyspacebunny.bsky.social Cryptic crossword addict and setter (MyC and Big Dave), writer and occasional software developer.
AKA happy little space bunny
@derekallen77.bsky.social @derekallen77.bsky.social
Edwin & Pete @edwinandpete.com Edwin, retired and forever 99, sits on the porch of his cottage at the end of the world. He spends his time with his AI assistant, Pete.
🌐 EdwinAndPete.com
🔆 patreon.com/EdwinAndPete
Windrun🇨🇦 @windrun27.bsky.social Nasty Canadian. Educator. Unapologetically Left Leaning. Elbows Up! 🇨🇦 No dm’s.
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 […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.nz/@rupert, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
WombleScrabble @womblescrabble.bsky.social Dedicated Scrabble Acct. (split account from main account)
WESPA & ABSP rated (not very good!)
CSW (Collins Scrabble Words)
Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social Author: Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary
Also: Word Freak, A Few Seconds of Panic, Wild & Outside
Ex: Hang Up and Listen, WSJ, NPR, AP, Daily Pennsylvanian, Pel Mel
Ruth Kapelus @ruthkapelus.bsky.social Hi 👋🏼🩷
https://rkmusings.beehiiv.com/
K. P. Hart @hartkp.eurosky.social Eg e' matematiker/I'm a mathematician
Also: mathsplainer
And: https://mathstodon.xyz/@hartkp
Jaye H 🇨🇦 @jayeh.bsky.social Reader. Lover of libraries. Wild for words, wordplay, wicked wit, and the Oxford comma. Delighted by dance. Guardian of Gaia. Feminist. Ally.
Alliteration alleviates anxiety.
M31🍁 @m31author.bsky.social 🇨🇦Canadian author by day, potato by night • fantasy nerd • book enthusiast • magical • Harvard alumna • part owner of Canada • my life is an absurd musical • Lake Ontario forever
Parseword @parseword.com A daily cryptic crossword game - www.parseword.com
Walk Of Life 🇨🇦 @walkoflife.bsky.social Just walking around looking for the next great pic! Feedback is welcome. Just please don't be a dick!
James @nonzerosum.games Join a bleeding-heart liberal and compulsive speculator rambling about saving the world with win-win games at nonzerosum.games! #Philosophy #Ethics #Morality #Science #GameTheory #Economics #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social Philosopher at UVM. he/any pronouns. Likes cats and weird improvised music. Last name rhymes with "meaner." Self-photos are of Art Garfunkel.
Dark Hi and Lois content now at @darkhiandlois.bsky.social.
Justin Ladia @justinladia.com Graphic designer, puzzle person, and kendo practitioner from Winnipeg.
justinladia.com
Currently writing about daily puzzle games at indexingthedailies.com
Patience @freesolitaire.win A challenge every day except Sundays: hard deals, time trials, short runs.
Daily issues are automatically posted, the rest is not. 🤓♦️
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
@ownreward.bsky.social @ownreward.bsky.social All things Puzzles | Birds | Poker | Islanders | Mets | Dems | Tim Minchin | IPAs
andeux @weedatman.bsky.social Berkeleyan. Lover of groovy music (jazz and rock).#BillsMafia 🦬, Buffalo Sabres, formerly Oakland A's. Math nerd, programmer. Crossword junkie. Part-time 🐈cat bed. Reader.Modified free-form bocce player.
Also @andeux@sfba.social
Salsifice @mercross.bsky.social The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government.
Katie Steckles @steckl.es Mathematician, robot fan, auntie and unstoppable thingdoer from Manchester. she/her
clr @clr-xw.bsky.social
@cricket82.bsky.social @cricket82.bsky.social Word enthusiast, (very) amateur crossword setter (as Cricket) at mycrossword.co.uk
franci dimitrovska @francidit.bsky.social narrative designer @ the sims
toronto-based
little portuguese on my landlord's side
J S Docherty @jsdocherty.bsky.social Funny stuff, occasionally on here, occasionally on other sites, sometimes on the Telly and Radio.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/james-docherty/
Michael Andersen @mjandersen.bsky.social Stares at numbers at Simon and Schuster, runs ARGN.com - more ARGs, escape rooms, immersive theater, and puzzle stuff than you probably want to hear
Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social Pen for hire. Pencil for loan, as long as you give it back sharpened. #Liverpool
Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social Coffee cryptics daily ☕️
Founder of CoffeeCryptics.com
Indie maker behind searchmonkey.dev & coffeetap.app
Guy Norman Bee @guynormanbee.bsky.social Motion Picture & TV Director/Writer.
Los Angeles & Chicago
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066218/
M @vanadis123.bsky.social Uncommon sense. High skill no will.
My views are not those of my employer
Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social I work with universities to help them work better. #HigherEducationPostcard #FreyaDog Liable to proselytize about #ClimateChange #HigherEducation #Consultant #Swansea #Deltiologist #SWFC
Gavinski Camerova @middaydolomite.bsky.social Mixing fact, fiction and puns. Enthusiastic about Bing search, Delay Repay and railway infrastructure.
Pocketshepherd @pocketshepherd.bsky.social
Diskgrinder @diskgrinder.bsky.social Generated in the sixties by a reel to reel telephone cassette eight track cartridge Bakelite teasmade
Julie 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🎶🎾 @julieonlife.bsky.social Trying to be good... Frequently failing, but still trying. World-class procrastinator with a penchant for a cryptic crossword, exiled Boltonian, choral singer, tennis player, eater of cheese.
No DMs.
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!
James BC @jbcworldwide.bsky.social Member of the general public
The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. We also have a mighty fine prints shop.
https://publicdomainreview.org
bertolt rekt @voidwarbler.online Bi cyclist (emphasis on the ' '). Silly-voice-doer. Affable eejit.
He/him.
Icon by the inimitable @chuckdrawsthings.bsky.social
Banner is a Tandberg TCD-310 aka the zenith of tech design, a peak humanity will never attain again
Pat @maytce.bsky.social Retired doodler. Let’s all just try to get along, shall we?
Triangle O. Daver @fingzxd.bsky.social
Joyzzle @joyzzle.bsky.social Crosswords reimagined.
www.joyzzle.com/play
David G. @logophage.bsky.social Librarian, puzzler, cat guy, and yes, occasional logophage.
@sisyphus06.bsky.social @sisyphus06.bsky.social
Keith Williams @clubcrosswords.bsky.social Editor @ The Crossword Club - solver and setter of thematic barred cryptics
Simon Ferris @simonferris4234.bsky.social Climate issues, Maths. Crosswords. Here to get away from X.
Adam Larter @adamlarter.bsky.social Comedian, artist, fool.
I run Weirdos Comedy (which doesn't yet have an account here).
Kevin Weatherwalks @kevinweatherwalks.bsky.social Content creator | KevDubSolves | KevDub Codes
🌴 https://linktr.ee/kevdub
🏅"Insufferable leftist"
or as I would describe myself:
Progressive AuDHD Xennial humanist rebuilding my life in Chico, CA
Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social I write games & jokes. Sometimes both.
⌛ past: journalist & presenter @ ONM, OXM, Nintendo Life, The Guardian, GameSpot, Xbox, Minecraft, etc
🔮 present: games writer @ Moonstone Island, Owlchemy, & Hello Kitty Island Adventure
@ Nova Scotia, Canada
Rob L @robll.bsky.social Woodworker, Science, Architecture, OSINT, Politics, A Multipotentialite. Greatly afflicted by what I'm told is MECFS
Dorset Resident
Lia @liaroblesgil.bsky.social Nature and Geography Editor for The Canadian Encyclopedia | Freelance Writer | Amateur Photographer
BSc, MSc 🌿🐿
liaroblesgil on Instagram
Games World of Puzzles @gamesmagazine.bsky.social Official news and updates from Games World of Puzzles magazine.
Visit us at https://gamesworldofpuzzles.com
Bren McGowan @brenmcgowan.bsky.social Engagement and health policy nerd, but very likely to post about birds, books, coffee, crosswords, opera, plants and theatre.
Coeliac and vegan (for the fun of it).
Northerner transplanted into the South. All opinions my own - and I've plenty to spare.
Larry "lahosken" Hosken 🇺🇸 👀 @lahosken.bsky.social Coding, encoding, and decoding in San Francisco USA. Mostly on https://hachyderm.io/ but I check Bsky a few times a day. He/him
https://lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/self/contact/
User №246748
Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social Photography, music, art, literature, philosophy, science
Photos my own unless it’s a repost
“You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself” Alan Watts
Pat Cousins @patcousins.bsky.social Crossword solver on YouTube, lazy writer.
Franck @franckchester.bsky.social Food loving French Cestrian Nerd
Likes:
- Chester UK - see Feed & Starter Pack
- Software Architecture
- politics & pokémongo
- books & photography
**I do not necessarily follow back** - don't take it personally, I just prefer a tightly curated feed
David Buchanan @retr0.id reverse engineering, cryptography, exploits, hardware, file formats, and generally giving computers a hard time
Fedi: @retr0id@retr0.id
Macroblog: https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/
Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social Associate Political Editor @NewStatesman. Devout classicist, "indulgent editrix", at one point the only Ancient Greek teacher in South Korea
EnigMarch HQ @enigmarchhq.bsky.social EnigMarch is a daily puzzle creation challenge that began in 2022. Every day in March, we'll share a prompt to be used as inspiration to create a puzzle. Designers of all skill levels are welcome. Use #EnigMarch to share your puzzles!
Chain Bear @stuartcb.bsky.social You might know me for F1 or my nudey drawings.
Nick @11th-earl-of-blah.bsky.social Educator, software developer and all-round geek, music fanatic (prog, art rock, electronica & more), interested in democracy and green issues.
@pythoneer@cyberplace.social on Mastodon.
https://bandcamp.com/11th-earl-of-blah
nj @notwebsafe.bsky.social undefined
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
someguyinthefridge @someguyinthefridge.bsky.social
Jean Wood @jeanwood.bsky.social Ex UK language teacher now ITE tutor NPQLTD. Yorkshire born and bred but marooned in Lincolnshire. Remainer 🇪🇺. Interested in Education UK politics, cooking and eating. #FBPE Please don’t DM - it’s a block from me.
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.
Derek Bowman @derekxword.bsky.social Crossword enthusiast, pixie 🧚
Jasmine G @jasminegardens.bsky.social Mom, gardener, pagan blue dot in a red state.
#BlackLivesMatter
#LoveisLove
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! 📺)
Cristian @cristianpintos.com Illustrator
Xàbia 🇪🇸 🇺🇾
https://cristianpintos.com/links
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