Long Story Short @playlongstoryshort.bsky.social A daily word game. One true news sentence, cut to the five words a headline would keep. Wordle scoring, five tries, no sign-up. New one at midnight. https://sheets.works/long-story-short
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
@rkempley.bsky.social @rkempley.bsky.social
Grievous Devious @furikake-pancake.bsky.social
Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social Ex UK gov econ incl 2 years in Euro Parl econ & monetary cttee. Normandy. Semi-veggie. UTV
EN & FR (DE after beer). Views personal etc. Welsh. And French
Born at 325ppm
Pat Cousins @patcousins.bsky.social Crossword solver on YouTube, lazy writer.
GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social Please don’t put me on a list. Lots of typos. 🇺🇸
/s =Sarcasm
Musician
My poetry is mostly on Ko-fi
https://ko-fi.com/gigie91173. Learning cryptic cxwd
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. You are my Algonquin roundtable.
@kohaxw.bsky.social @kohaxw.bsky.social
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
QueenKong👑💙🌊🦋 @queenkong24.bsky.social 🦋☮️🦋keep showing up Resisters.
-DEMOCRACY.
NO KINGS
@QueenKong24
#FBaRmy
#Texan
#resist #FBR
#DEMSCONNECT
🚫BOTS-🚫DMz
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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!
Tom Gough @mister-gough.bsky.social IB (formally A Level) and IGCSE maths teacher. Love a crossword and nibbling on a Geometry Snack. Enjoy mucking about on Desmos.
Nordic OSINT Monitor.bsky.social @nordicosintmonitor.bsky.social Tilannekuvaa hybridi-, kyber- ja infovaikuttamisesta ja varautumisesta Pohjoismaissa, Baltiassa, Itämerellä ja JEF‑alueella.
Situational OSINT on hybrid, cyber & info influence and resilience in Nordics, Baltics, Baltic Sea & JEF.
Researcher & Kindle Writer @diagarchbooks.bsky.social www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHY17TQL
Harry Smith @harry-smith.bsky.social
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
DC Scrabblegram (David / Dave) @dcscrabblegram.bsky.social A kindhearted wordplay enthusiast who used to make Scrabblegrams. 🦉
www.davesscrabblegrams.com
Book ⬇️
https://penteractpress.com/store/scrabblegrams-david-cohen
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
Smylers @smylers.uk Ilkley Christian geek board-gamer puzzle/quiz/crossword fan and parent
Milo @milo-xwords.bsky.social Has plenty of time, so filling it with quizzing, crosswords, and the like.
https://mycrossword.co.uk/Milo
Spelling Boo @spellingboo.bsky.social Unaccepted and unacceptable Spelling Bee submissions.
The Griddy @griddyxword.bsky.social sports, crosswords, things of that nature
The Griddy is a daily NFL mini crossword by devinmcintyre.bsky.social
Solve here 👉 https://crosshare.org/griddyxword
Nate Hendley @natehendley.bsky.social Toronto-based writer and author of several true-crime and history books. My latest book, Atrocity on the Atlantic, recounts the torpedoing of a Canadian hospital ship in WW1.
Books: https://tinyurl.com/4rvtkp7d
My website: www.natehendley.ca
Dan Davison @danjdavison.bsky.social Teacher. Books, poetry, theatre & I’m learning to set cryptic crosswords
Claire Bennie @clairebennie.bsky.social Advisor on Housing Design and Development
wearemunicipal.co.uk
Also: art deco flats; choral music, cryptic crosswords (Ruskin)
Skeleton @skele10man.bsky.social aka TheFunnySkeleton aka SkeletonMan
The Steven Universe Smack Studio guy and Minute Cryptic enthusiast
19 US
Matt @flamingbear.com Theater // Science // Crosswords // Bear
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine"
Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop
Sign up for updates - unchcrosswords.com
@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social Burrowing rodent fan, music lover, tune mangler. Thinks your playlist is derivative. #MDANT #UTV #vanguardista
Punktoady @punktoady.bsky.social Check out my YouTube! (link below)
https://linktr.ee/punktoadisdead
Gridogram - Word Game @gridogram.com Let the grid speak to you... Each Gridogram hides a famous quote, trace words in the grid of letters to discover it. Play now ▶️ https://www.gridogram.com/
Coot @coot.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter in the Independent, the Times, the Times Quick Cryptic (as Loon), Unch magazine and on MyCrossword
The Cryptic Mystic @thecrypticmystic.bsky.social I try to demystify cryptic crosswords on my YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/@The_Cryptic_Mystic
Silly Little Games @playsillylittlegames.com Silly Little Codes 🐡🫧
The original (free!) daily rebus puzzle game.
Interpret a puzzle to crack the code — a new Code is released daily at midnight.
Share your score and tag us!
playsillylittlegames.com/codes
Puzzle Patzer @puzzlepatzer.bsky.social Patzer: from German; patzen, 'to bungle' - usually used in chess for an inexperienced player.
Chess, sudoku, comics and other nonsense 😉
@silentknightsk.bsky.social @silentknightsk.bsky.social Fan of all things cryptic
LRLR @lrlr.bsky.social Clues: minutecryptic.com
Crosswords: The Age, SMH, Saturday Paper
@caroline387.bsky.social @caroline387.bsky.social
Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social Cryptic crossword lover, bridge player and quiz nut. Run the wonderful Wednesday night QVQL (with a little help!) - a free individual quiz.
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.
Yule Lad @yulelad.bsky.social
John Flanagan @watfordjohn.bsky.social Grandpa, Carer, Watford fanatic, ex-teacher and gardener.
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
Stewart Milimu ilondanga @iam1stewart.bsky.social 🌟 Passionate about Tech | Futuristic Thinker | Innovator | Digital Transformation Advocate 🚀 Join me on a journey through the digital landscape as we explore groundbreaking tech, share insights, and shape the future together. Let's connect
Sandy @sandyclegg.bsky.social
David JeremysIron @davidjsiron.bsky.social UK FE library worker, neurodivergent, he/him. Also a (very) amateur cryptic crossword setter at https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/ as JeremysIron.
Matt @wyrd.systems 📖 Publishing Unch, a cryptic crossword magazine: unchcrosswords.com
📺 Streaming on Sundays: https://twitch.tv/CrypticSunday
🪑 Sitting on benches
☕️ Drinking coffee
🌍 Lewes, UK
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript: www.pscript.app
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.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!
Unscreen Yourself! @unscreenyourself.com 📚💙 Interrupt Doomscrolling
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Get your free 7 Day reset ⬇️
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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
Sara Goodchild @sarathegood.bsky.social Science, editing, cryptic crosswords!
itsmecelina @handle.invalid Wistfully enigmatic in an undiagnosed way. I like foraging, camping, reading, cooking, hyperfixating and taking leisurely strolls through my chronic depression. Obnoxious, white, SJW witch, defender of drag queens, drinker of caffeine, social media noob.
SkyWizard @skywizardmusic.bsky.social I make Electro pop with big ideas, in-your-face vocals and a dash of rock 'n' roll.
New Single "Wolfdog" out now!
https://linktr.ee/skywizardmusic
Kirty Vedula @kirtyvedula.bsky.social Machine learning @ASML. ML for science. Ph.D. 2020. Husband, father, nerd. Based in San Diego, CA.
Mohammad Safari @msafariofficial.bsky.social • The Official Account Of Mohammad Safari
• Musician | Producer | Actor | DJ
• Social Media Manager
• eFootball Pro Player
• Entrepreneur
g.co/kgs/RrqRVw
msafariofficial.com
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.)
Jamandham, LLC @jamandham.bsky.social CREATING PHENOMENAL WORD GAMES!
jamandham.com
@gnomoncryptics.bsky.social @gnomoncryptics.bsky.social
Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social Writer, word nerd, film buff. Currently codeveloping a sci-fi board game called Derelict. He/him.
Board game deets: https://waxriver.com/
Crossword blog: http://realpuzzlingstuff.com
Andy Mace @maceysings.bsky.social Lefty pro singer. Reasonably good.
Mobsie6 @mobsie6.bsky.social British Musician, Cook, Atheist, Coder, Biker and Lefty.
If you're on the right and I block you. Good, fuck off back to Twatter, we won't miss you. Pro Palestine. Oh and Bollox to Brexit. I also block people who use Memes as a form of argument.
ZellyBeans :) @united777lovers.bsky.social Mystical goober 🌈
I enjoy talking about the subtleties of life and sharing in the arts.
YOU are community, YOU are the gold.
Love your neighbor, you are one!
Wishing you a lovely day 🌈😊
Dominic @dojydoj.bsky.social Rarely comment, like to read what others say. Lefty liberal/socialist
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.
Kieron Andrew 🏳️⚧️👨🏻🦽 @kieron-andrew.bsky.social Bristol, UK
Trans Man 🏳️⚧️
Wheelchair user 👨🏻🦽
#SpinaBifida #Hydrocephalus #ChronicPain
Interests:
🔸 #Wrestlesky 🤼
🔸 #WorldTravel ᯓ ✈︎
🔸 #BristolCityFC ⚽️
🔸 #LasVegasRaiders 🏈
🔸 Making worldwide friends! 🌏(if your profile is BLANK I will NOT add you!)
Larry Snyder @larrysnyder.bsky.social ISE and Deputy Provost for Faculty Affairs @LehighU. Teach Algs and Social Justice class. Research on applied OR. Author of Stockpyl Python package for inventory mgmt. Co-author of Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory. Crossword enthusiast and constructor.
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
John David @johndavid.bsky.social Doctor Who | Podcaster | RPG Storyteller & GM | Werewolf The Apocalypse | Gamer | Once Human | Division 2 | Hearthstone | Roleplaying Games |
@mariuskane on X / Twitter
Glenn Turner ♦️🐦⬛ 🏳️🌈 @glennturner.bsky.social Full-stack web dev! Media omnivore, misfit, writer of oddities! Seeking opportunities! Blogs at https://mediaclature.com! He/They
JenBeee @jenbeee.bsky.social crossword doer, cat person, marching band mom
EMU Event Management UK @eventmanagementuk.bsky.social Delivering bespoke and unique events
Jess Shulman @jessshulman.bsky.social Freelance editor, crossword constructor, also busy with kids, music, books, paddleboarding, youth baseball, TV, cats/dogs... she/her
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
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