Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social Ex UK gov economist incl 2 years in Euro Parl econ & monetary cttee. Normandy. Level 1 umpire. Semi-veggie. UTV
EN & FR (DE after beer). Views personal etc. Glamorgan CCC fan. Welsh. And French
Born at 325ppm
Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social Songwriter, wordplayer, constrained/formal poet, editor, bassist and guitarist, backgrounds in physics and publishing.
KNIT INK (AND OTHER POEMS): https://store.deepvellum.org/products/knitink
AnthonyEtherin.com
Cayce Pan @felinexwords.bsky.social Graduate student & cryptic crossword setter from Taiwan. Feline 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
Andrew @andrewt.net I am: Andrew https://www.andrewt.net • The Cell Tower guy https://www.andrewt.net/puzzles/cell-tower/ • Polymath on MyCrossword https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/Polymath
Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social Coffee cryptics daily ☕️
Founder of CoffeeCryptics.com
Indie maker behind searchmonkey.dev & coffeetap.app
Catnip @catnipfields.bsky.social Lithuanian, quizzer, jigsawer, long term k-pop fan, crocheter, and several other kinds of nerd. I think I'm awesome, you should too. She/her.
Viresh Ratnakar @viresh.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Anyone living in an anyhow town. Cryptic crossword setter Gussalufz for #TheHinduCrossword and elsewhere. He/His/Him.
My bridged bluesky account: @viresh.bsky.social
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@viresh, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Will - the Magpie Linguist @magpielinguist.bsky.social Collector of shiny etymological facts and setter of cryptic crosswords.
Graduate doctor: that's an omen (6)
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
Matthew Marcus @mabuse.bsky.social Jeopardy! and Times Crossword Champion (semi-retired)
Dan Schwartz @danschwartz.bsky.social "danandbabka"
Burrows @happyspacebunny.bsky.social Cryptic crossword addict and setter (MyC and Big Dave), writer and occasional software developer.
AKA happy little space bunny
Ben Dawes @bendawes.bsky.social Game dev in Oslo. Formally of UK. Formerly of Snowcastle Games. Founder @ No Bad Weather
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
Tom M @tommessenger.bsky.social Head of Maths at a sixth form college.
NUFC Twitter Bot @nufcjournalistbot.bsky.social Sharing the X posts from the (imho) best Newcastle United journo/fan accounts who haven't fully migrated over to bsky.
Alys Cummings @alyseliza.bsky.social Makes documentaries 🎥 loves crosswords 🖊️ reads novels 📚 writes ✍️ New Writing North Emerging Creative Associate ⬆️
Debut novel Murder Most Cryptic out
October 2026 Penguin Michael Joseph 🇬🇧🐧🇬🇧
February 2027 Minotaur 🇺🇸🐂🇺🇸
Lives North East 🌊🌅
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)
#Podcast: #OffGridPod
Royalist@RoyalKendama;Author
Jokes quiz classics #cricket #juggling […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.vivaldi.net/@TheVoidTLMB, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Pat Cousins @patcousins.bsky.social Crossword solver on YouTube, lazy writer.
someguyinthefridge @someguyinthefridge.bsky.social 
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
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.
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%)
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
tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social A billion things could be wrong, and aren’t. 👍
Try one of my cryptic crosswords at: https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/tpgrammar
Harry Smith @harry-smith.bsky.social 
Fiddler on the Pouf @izzienogoud.bsky.social Member of the cruciverse
Jon @ The Maths Vault @mathsvault.bsky.social Maths teacher and founder of Maths Vault: a brand new resource platform that delivers bespoke, unique and intuitive resources. Author of ‘Heroes (Or, How To Help Your Kids Rock At Maths). Self confessed Funko nerd!
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!
@cricket82.bsky.social @cricket82.bsky.social Word enthusiast, (very) amateur crossword setter (as Cricket) at mycrossword.co.uk
ALP @adamlp.bsky.social Withnail bore, Fowles nut & Lib>Xim
A smug cryptic setter in the Indy (5)
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine"
Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop
Sign up for updates - unchcrosswords.com
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)
Dan Davison @danjdavison.bsky.social Teacher. Books, poetry, theatre & I’m learning to set cryptic crosswords
Paul Henderson (aka Phi) @phipedro.bsky.social Crossword setter for British national newspapers, the BBC, and crossword editor for the Church Times (Church of England newspaper)
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. 
Ouroboros @ouroborosop.bsky.social Setter of cryptic crosswords, including Independent No 12,103. I also drum for black metal band Oppress. and punk band Butt Plug Babies.
CrypticBlah @crypticblah.bsky.social Rubbish German half back (4)
www.mycrossword.co.uk/Blah- P PostMarkCryptic.bsky.social @postmarkcryptic.bsky.social
David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.social Crossword maker. Evenings host ABC Vic. Writer, and Wordplay columnist SMH & The Age. Verbaholic. My views only davidastle.com 
Hawk Crossword @hawkcrossword.bsky.social Composer of original puzzles. I’m probably best known for themed crosswords.
LRLR @lrlr.bsky.social Clues: minutecryptic.com
Crosswords: The Age, SMH, Saturday Paper
The Void ザ・ヴォイド @thevoidtlmb.moth.social.ap.brid.gy 1st gaijin #kendama 6th Danけん玉六段
#Crossword setter(Mev/Prak)
#Podcast: #OffGridPod
Royalist@RoyalKendama;Author
Jokes quiz #cricket #juggling yo-yo […]
[bridged from https://moth.social/@TheVoidTLMB on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Charlie Methven @charliemethven.bsky.social I set cryptic crosswords as Methuselah and Chameleon and write questions for Only Connect • charliemethven.com • he/him
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.
Tramp @tramp1.bsky.social Neil Walker
Cryptic crossword setter for The Guardian (Tramp). Have also set for Indy/i (Jambazi), FT (Skitnica), The Times, The Telegraph (Vagabundo), IQ and The Listener.
Alan Connor @alanconnor.bsky.social www.alanconnor.com/log/
Author: 188 Words For Rain etc
Screenwriter: Borat 2, The Rack Pack etc
Compiler: Everyman, House of Games etc
Jokes: HIGNFY, Brooker etc
Editor: Guardian crossword 
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
PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social Crosswords - Chopin (mycrossword), Bard (Independent), Playfair (Economist) & Glyph (Guardian)
Scicomm (infohackit)
Music (peteplays12)
Jack H Keynes @wearingcrocs.bsky.social conthinging, crosswording. https://jackhkeynes.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.
Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social Fiend in feline shape. Mostly cryptics, sometimes other puzzles. Still not panthchesh. they/he hella gay 🏳️🌈
I’m Dave Williams. You’re probably not @skirwingle.bsky.social Walking under the career ladder. Crossword clues, limericks, bad jokes, ambigrams, logos, fonts, passable cartoons.
William Snow @willsnow8.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter - Bluebird (Independent), Solomon (FT) and Conto (elsewhere). Currently benefitting from limiting my social media use.
Flashling @flashling.bsky.social Cryptic crossword nut. Used to blow things up professionally.
Coot @coot.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter in the Independent, the Times, the Times Quick Cryptic (as Loon), Unch magazine and on MyCrossword
Lowdown Cryptic @lowdowncryptic.bsky.social Canada’s rep for World Crossword Federation, coordinating the US & Canada Cryptic Championships (July 2026) 🏆 My cryptics: Crossweird, The Browser, AVCX, OoLF, Minute Cryptic. Scrabblegrams monthly. Letter banks repeatedly. He/him 🇨🇦 Insta: lowdowncryptic
Steve Mossberg @mossdef.bsky.social Music teacher/crossword maker: WSJ, Times, Independent (Mog), and elsewhere. Cryptics editor at AVCX. he/him
patreon.com/squarechase
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.
Raider @mycrossword.co.uk Occasional cryptic crossword setter for The Independent and creator of MyCrossword http://mycrossword.co.uk
Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social video game reviews @ slantmagazine.com
cryptic crossword solves @ twitch.com/thatcrypticguy
Joe Pasini @joeadultman.bsky.social tabletop game designer, cryptic crossword constructor, and union steward
Crosswords: joeadultman.blogspot.com
Streams: twitch.tv/joeadultman
@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social Crossword-botherer, aka Amoeba, Weatherman, and Tango. Also anonymously in the Times and Telegraph.
CranberryFez @cranberryfez.bsky.social Cryptic crosswords - Cranberry barred thematics, Fez at mycrossword.co.uk/Fez
Mitz @mitzcrosswords.bsky.social Crossword geek (Guardian crossword stats database), politics obsessive (but when the fun stops, stop), intolerant of intolerance. Appropriately butterfly mind - it flits about all over the place. The Archers is real life.
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
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
Mick Hodgkin @mickhodgkin.bsky.social Puzzles Editor, cryptic crossword setter, limerick writer, former TV news producer. Only Connect semi-finalist 2015-16. 
Sowmya Ramkumar @somsram.bsky.social Puzzle Editor @Amuselabs Cryptics for #minutecryptic, #the_hindu, #Hindustantimes, Minis on #theindiamini Author - #crypticcrossroads Vol. 1,2 & 3, CFA
Charterholder
@ecclescrosswords.bsky.social @ecclescrosswords.bsky.social Crossword Compiler in Sneinton, Nottingham. Was an organic chemist. Maybe again some day. Still playing cricket and hockey.
Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social Mostly baking and crosswords
Sitter Crosswords @sitterxwords.bsky.social Cryptic clues posted most evenings, usually an anagram (cold-solve friendly) and often topical.
My (other) main hobby is wandering middle-class neighbourhoods on summer afternoons and shouting, "Alexa, set an alarm for 3am".
Josh Roach @iguesscryptics.bsky.social 24-year-old cryptic crossword setter appearing as Major (The Independent, Unch) and Iguess (MyCrossword)
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.
Dan Dickens @brockwellgrecian.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter. Grecian in the Independent and Brockwell in the Guardian.
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/
Mark S @4flush.bsky.social Setting crosswords as Flush on MyCrossword.co.uk
@sirdakka.bsky.social @sirdakka.bsky.social 
Daniel Peake @quizzydan.bsky.social Deputy Puzzles Editor at a UK newspaper, picture researcher / question writer for Only Connect.
I stream puzzles and games a few evenings a week at: twitch.tv/quizzydan
All views here are my own and not those of any of my employers.
Longyfan @longyfan.bsky.social I make cryptic crosswords. Find them at mycrossword.co.uk/longyfan – also on various occasions in The Independent (Longitude), The Gnomon, Minute Cryptic, Parseword, The Browser, Cryptic Crossweird, MyCrossword featured, and Unch
He/him
Henri @henriwords.com I have never disembowelled myself (5)
I start to drum, interrupting Ringo! (3)
#cryptic #crossword setter as Henri (MyCrossword, Unch, Inquisitor, Gnomon and henriwords.com) and Odo (Guardian). One of the Unch Bunch. Rob Townsend, really
Liari @liari.bsky.social Crossword setter - as Liari (The Independent, Unch); Apus (Times QC); Pavo (Guardian); Potoroo (w/ Umpire, Telegraph Toughie); Myself (Telegraph, Crossword Flow and elsewhere).
One of the Unch Bunch.
Super-duper Independent crossword setter? (5)
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
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!
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
eimi @eimi-indy.bsky.social Brighton and Calabria-based crossword setter and editor, perennially heartbroken Spurs fan, lover of great music
John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social Crosswords. Quiz. Ale. Classical Music. Cricket. Cornwall & Yorkshire.
Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social Freelance writer, full-time reader, commission-me-anytime reviewer. (For many, most of the places you'd imagine, plus some you might not. That's the joy of freelancing...) susiemesure.com