fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Add confession b3ta.com/addfess
Buy book amazon.co.uk/s?k=very+best+of+fesshole&tag=b3ta-21
Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social Crossword maker. XwordInfo stockholder. Parent of 2.
"Making puzzles is my passion" - Jigsaw from "Saw"
RIP Craig Etui and stuff 😴
Jason Lengstorf @jason.energy I make tv for developers at @codetv.dev
jason.energy/links
he/him
Rob Watts (RobWords) @robwords.com YouTube word nerd. Host of RobWords and Words Unravelled.
David Squires @davidsquires.bsky.social Illustrator, cartoonist, five-a-side gun for hire.
Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social Coffee cryptics daily ☕️
Founder of CoffeeCryptics.com
Indie maker behind searchmonkey.dev & coffeetap.app
Parseword @parseword.com A daily cryptic crossword game - www.parseword.com
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!
Pat Cousins @patcousins.bsky.social Crossword solver on YouTube, lazy writer.
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
Scott Tolinski @tolin.ski Cohost of @syntax.fm
Executive Producer @Sentry.io
Creator of Level Up Tutorials -> now a part of Syntax
Bboy, Denver, Michigan
I like to explore and teach web dev topics.
Josh Wardle @josh.powerlanguage.co.uk I created Place and The Button @reddit. And more recently Wordle.
www.powerlanguage.co.uk
P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com CTO at Bluesky. Not a nerd.
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
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
T Campbell @tcampbell1000.bsky.social Writer on wordplay, crosswords, comics, and other items of questionable utility. Editor of The Journal of Wordplay, creator of Ubercross Abecedaria.
Claire Bennie @clairebennie.bsky.social Advisor on Housing Design and Development
wearemunicipal.co.uk
Also: art deco flats; choral music, cryptic crosswords (Ruskin)
Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social Opinions my own. https://sarah.dev
Distinguished Engineer @ Google, Chrome
Formerly Google Core Infrastructure
Formerly Vue Core •
Frontend Masters teacher •
O'Reilly Author •
https://www.engmanagement.dev/
https://github.com/sdras
Rob Manuel @robmanuel.b3ta.com B3ta.com, @fesshole.bsky.social, @anonopin.bsky.social
Friz Frizzle @frizfrizzle.bsky.social Award-finding comedian
Avatar by Nat Young
Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social Funniest Joke Edinburgh Fringe 2019-2022. Comedian, kids book author, illustrator, Art person. All my stuff is here: https://linktr.ee/Ofalafel
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
Matt Brophy @brophdawg11.com Helping folks build better websites
Remix/React Router @Shopify 💿
Philadelphia
Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social Head of data journalism at The Economist
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
Kent C. Dodds 🌌 @kentcdodds.com Husband, 6x Dad, Latter-day Saint, Dev, Educator
🏹 http://EpicProduct.engineer
⚡️ http://EpicAI.pro
🌌 http://EpicWeb.dev
🚀 http://EpicReact.dev
🏆 http://TestingJavaScript.com
Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social Oh god not again (📺🎬: ITG, 📚: Curtis Brown)
@heroncrosswords.bsky.social @heroncrosswords.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter: back page Daily Telegraph, Heron (Times Quick), Turnstone (Guardian).
Rufus Hound @rufushound.com He/him/us/ours/lovely/jubbly
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.
Orta Therox @orta.io Somewhat indie games dev/founder on @puzzmo.com with @stfj.net and friends - always thinking about dev tooling
Prior work on @typescriptlang.org and @artsy.net
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Phil Makepeace @philmakepeace.bsky.social Chess coach, chess consultant, fun uncle
www.makepeacewithchess.com
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine"
Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop
Sign up for updates - unchcrosswords.com
eimi @eimi-indy.bsky.social Brighton and Calabria-based crossword setter and editor, perennially heartbroken Spurs fan, lover of great music
Angela Barnes @angelabarnes.bsky.social "Comedian"
Mock The Week, QI, Live at The Apollo, HIGNFY
Host of The Archers Live at 75 tour - https://www.fane.co.uk/the-archers
Cold War and Mid Century Modernist nerd.
The Archers obsessive
Prone to inexpert F1 ramblings.
Swims. Naps. Bunkers.
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
@stemwinder @stemwinder.bsky.social Burrowing rodent fan, music lover, tune mangler. Thinks your playlist is derivative. #MDANT #UTV #vanguardista
Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social (Mostly amateur) musician, mathematician, tutor, coder, crossword setter, sports enthusiast, lefty dreamer, living in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.
Cayce Pan @felinexwords.bsky.social Graduate student & cryptic crossword setter from Taiwan. Feline at mycrossword.co.uk
The Cryptic Mystic @thecrypticmystic.bsky.social I try to demystify cryptic crosswords on my YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/@The_Cryptic_Mystic
GitHub @github.com The AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software.
Mick Twister @twitmericks.bsky.social There was an old fellow named Mick,
A topical verse was his shtick,
But as dear old Twitter
Got ever more bitter
He jumped to Bluesky double-quick.
Ross Trudeau @rosstrudeau.bsky.social crosswords, word play, birds, soccer
a ross and down
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social Writer. 
Mateusz Burzyński @andarist.bsky.social programmer but also a little bit of code-poet wannabe, maintaining XState, Emotion, Changesets, redux-saga & more, OSS enthusiast
@silentknightsk.bsky.social @silentknightsk.bsky.social Fan of all things cryptic
Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social Quiz Writer & Game Designer.
Poly, Non-binary, and other scary things.
They/Them/She/Her
Genius Game | Squid Game | Only Connect | Bridge of Lies | Finish Line
Ricky @ricky.fm React core team • Forbes 30 worst over 30
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. 
Perry Byrne @evilflea.bsky.social Silly artwork, puns, Maths. Possibly some stand-up/poetry/writing if I find the time. Occasional cryptic crossword setter. Had the evilflea handle for ages, trying out a stage/pen name.
Jack Shepherd @lovefromjack.bsky.social Puzzle creator at Lil Snack. Formerly BuzzFeed. Big time cat guy. My newsletter about words and, like, grammar or whatever: https://onwords.substack.com/
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!
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.
Jack H Keynes @wearingcrocs.bsky.social conthinging, crosswording. https://jackhkeynes.co.uk
Chris Evans @mpcryptics.bsky.social Maths teacher by day, cryptic setter by night (Umpire/Potoroo)
Henri @henriwords.com I have never disembowelled myself (5)
I start to drum, interrupting Ringo! (3)
I judge, like dad (5)
Crossword setter: Guardian, Inquisitor, Times, Gnomon, henriwords.com and more. Puzzle editor at Unch. Rob Townsend, really
Dennis Duncan @djbduncan.bsky.social Associate Prof @ucl.ac.uk | FRHistS | INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE | NYT, LRB, Guardian, WaPo, TLS | Book history, Oulipo, translation | Rep: Anna Webber/A.M.Heath
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)
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
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
Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social One of the Daily Telegraph 50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century (49th). Also an author. And producer. And a whole life away from work if you can imagine.
David O’Doherty @phlaimeaux.bsky.social song and dance man
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
Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social Writer, poker player and accidental quiz show host.
⭑ salma @whitep4nth3r.com whitep4nth3r.com
Staff Engineer at [REDACTED].
I am not on The Internet.
♥ drummer, maker of musics @chromasetica.com
John Finnemore @johnfinnemore.bsky.social Writer, comedian, actor, puzzle-maker. I'm not really sure what the right word for that last one is.
For now, I'm only here to bags my name in case this one takes off. But I hope it does. 
Mark S @4flush.bsky.social Setting crosswords as Flush on MyCrossword.co.uk
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/
Go Crossword @gocrossword.co.uk Free crossword-setting app at https://www.gocrossword.co.uk
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.
Dan Dickens @brockwellgrecian.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter. Grecian in the Independent and Brockwell in the Guardian.
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.
Chris Zetter @zetter.bsky.social Software engineer, writes #ruby and making a book about #sql
https://chriszetter.com / https://technicaldeft.com
Top Womble @topwomble.bsky.social I hang out, I try to write crosswords, and I like people. (he/him)
Play my puzzles here: https://crosshare.org/Womble
Melanie Branton @melaniebranton.bsky.social Spoken word artist, Green Party member, lover of linguistics and cryptic crosswords, hater of plastic (she/her or they/them)
Colin Murray @colinmurray1.bsky.social 👋 I present Countdown(Channel 4)🕰️ + radio(5live)📻
Insta:mrcolinmurray
‘It’s only love, with a little bit of rain.’ Nick Cave, 2021
Rebekkah May 🇨🇦 @rebekkahmay.bsky.social Proud Unionist & English Teacher. OTF Governor. (Also, crossword enthusiast, lover of hounds, domestic arts diva.) @ me to get any #NYT article unlocked. #MapleMeidas #OntEd #OnPoli #LdnOnt #Sighthounds #Whippet #ItalianGreyhound #BlueCrew #RHAP
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
Mad Dog Cryptics @maddogcryptics.bsky.social Very independent cryptic crossword setter. To the god of death: Not Today! Traveller, participant, LGBTQIA2S+ ally. #BLM Resist!
John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social Crosswords. Quiz. Ale. Classical Music. Cricket. Cornwall & Yorkshire.
Josh Roach @iguesscryptics.bsky.social 24-year-old cryptic crossword setter appearing as Major (The Independent, Unch) and Iguess (MyCrossword)
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.
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!
ALP @adamlp.bsky.social Withnail bore, Fowles nut & Lib>Xim
A smug cryptic setter in the Indy (5)
Jhey ʕ·ᴥ· ʔ @jhey.dev designing interfaces. engineering experiences.
many can build it. few can explain it.
@shopify brand design studio
👰♀️ @seaotta.dev
Smylers @smylers.uk Ilkley Christian geek board-gamer puzzle/quiz/crossword fan and parent
@ecclescrosswords.bsky.social @ecclescrosswords.bsky.social Crossword Compiler in Sneinton, Nottingham. Was an organic chemist. Maybe again some day. Still playing cricket and hockey.
Lepus Xwords 𓃹 @lepusxwords.bsky.social Crossword setter – Lepus (personal), Wat (Herald)
Charlie Methven @charliemethven.bsky.social I set cryptic crosswords as Methuselah and Chameleon and write questions for Only Connect • charliemethven.com • he/him
CranberryFez @cranberryfez.bsky.social Cryptic crosswords - Cranberry barred thematics, Fez at mycrossword.co.uk/Fez
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
Ian Simpson @iangsimpson.bsky.social Engineer from Edinburgh, Scotland. Co-inventor of Square Routes®, a word puzzle that appears in The Times each Saturday.
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".
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
Wes Bos @wesbos.com Fullstack Dev ❯ JS⚛ CSS Node ❯ JavaScript30.com ❯ wesbos.com/courses ❯ 🔥 Tips ❯ Podcast @syntax.fm
Cassidy @cassidoo.co Making memes, dreams, & software!
Sr. Director of Dev Advocacy at GitHub. Married to a dweeb and mom to a nerdy toddler + baby combo. She/Her ✝️ CHI 🏠
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