Joe Pasini @joeadultman.bsky.social tabletop game designer, cryptic crossword constructor, and union steward
Crosswords: joeadultman.blogspot.com
Streams: twitch.tv/joeadultman
Cogs @cogsturn.bsky.social I set and talk about Cryptic Crosswords!
Solve the gentle puzzles: https://cogs-turn.com/
Solve the violent puzzles: https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/Cogs
Watch me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CogsTurn
Dan Dickens @brockwellgrecian.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter. Grecian in the Independent and Brockwell in the Guardian.
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.
Greg @greginbcn.bsky.social A software engineer from the UK, living in Barcelona. I like mountains, cryptic crosswords and Blood on the Clocktower
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.
Pat Cousins @patcousins.bsky.social Crossword solver on YouTube, lazy writer.
eCitizen ⓌⒻⓅⒷ Ⓥ Ⓐ @ecitizen1.bsky.social Healthy WFPB Vegan. Child Advocate. Atheist. LGBTQI friendly. Pro-Democracy. #BlueResisters Anti-MAGA, Anti-Trump.
Retired software engineer, grandfather who likes to build & fix things. Loving relationship with a sweet woman. Lifelong learner. Prankster.
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.
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.)
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
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
Simon Ferris @simonferris4234.bsky.social Climate issues, Maths. Crosswords. Here to get away from X.
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.
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
someguyinthefridge @someguyinthefridge.bsky.social 
Cayce Pan @felinexwords.bsky.social Graduate student & cryptic crossword setter from Taiwan. Feline at mycrossword.co.uk
Harry Smith @harry-smith.bsky.social 
Mark S @4flush.bsky.social Setting crosswords as Flush on MyCrossword.co.uk
@cricket82.bsky.social @cricket82.bsky.social Word enthusiast, (very) amateur crossword setter (as Cricket) at mycrossword.co.uk
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!
Joyzzle @joyzzle.bsky.social Crosswords reimagined.
www.joyzzle.com/play
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 🌊🌅
Bedlamite Rising @bedlamiterising.bsky.social Listen to Relïgion (feat. Fronz of Attila) youtube.com/watch?v=sOHSk0796XI
Follow us on Spotify! open.spotify.com/artist/2GNVwIUPvJ01c0HkKmzFiH
itunes.apple.com/album/id/571039212
Instagram.com/bedlamiterising
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
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
Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social I quite like tardigrades. There will probably be quite a bit of crochet, dressmaking and maybe some science. Also cat.
@sisyphus06.bsky.social @sisyphus06.bsky.social 
Pat @maytce.bsky.social Retired doodler. Let’s all just try to get along, shall we?
Dmitry Adamskiy @michpunk.bsky.social i live in sandwich.
cryptics, orienteering and allotment
@heroncrosswords.bsky.social @heroncrosswords.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter: back page Daily Telegraph, Heron (Times Quick), Turnstone (Guardian).
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.
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.
Luke @helloitsluke.bsky.social 
@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social Crossword-botherer, aka Amoeba, Weatherman, and Tango. Also anonymously in the Times and Telegraph.
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
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine"
Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop
Sign up for updates - unchcrosswords.com
Milo @milo-xwords.bsky.social Has plenty of time, so filling it with quizzing, crosswords, and the like.
https://mycrossword.co.uk/Milo
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
PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social Crosswords - Chopin (mycrossword), Bard (Independent), Playfair (Economist) & Glyph (Guardian)
Scicomm (infohackit)
Music (peteplays12)
Smylers @smylers.uk Ilkley Christian geek board-gamer puzzle/quiz/crossword fan and parent
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. 
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Charlie Methven @charliemethven.bsky.social I set cryptic crosswords as Methuselah and Chameleon and write questions for Only Connect • charliemethven.com • he/him
Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social Mostly baking and crosswords
William Snow @willsnow8.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter - Bluebird (Independent), Solomon (FT) and Conto (elsewhere). Currently benefitting from limiting my social media use.
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)
Coot @coot.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter in the Independent, the Times, the Times Quick Cryptic (as Loon), Unch magazine and on MyCrossword
Josh Roach @iguesscryptics.bsky.social 24-year-old cryptic crossword setter appearing as Major (The Independent, Unch) and Iguess (MyCrossword)
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%)
Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺 @simonshep.bsky.social Cruciverbalist, veggie, passionate European, enjoy words, language, cooking, wine, music: part-time genius & amateur human being (possibly vice versa)
Perry De Wynter @perrydewynter.bsky.social I'm here for cheese and crosswords.
Claire Bennie @clairebennie.bsky.social Advisor on Housing Design and Development
wearemunicipal.co.uk
Also: art deco flats; choral music, cryptic crosswords (Ruskin)
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.
CranberryFez @cranberryfez.bsky.social Cryptic crosswords - Cranberry barred thematics, Fez at mycrossword.co.uk/Fez
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
eimi @eimi-indy.bsky.social Brighton and Calabria-based crossword setter and editor, perennially heartbroken Spurs fan, lover of great music
Lowdown Cryptic @lowdowncryptic.bsky.social Canada’s rep for the World Crossword Federation and US & Canada Cryptic Championships. Cryptics for AVCX, Crossweird, The Browser, OoLF, Minute Cryptic. Scrabblegrams monthly. Letter banks repeatedly. He/him 🇨🇦 lowdowncryptic on Insta, Blogger, Crosshare
Raider @mycrossword.co.uk Occasional cryptic crossword setter for The Independent and creator of MyCrossword http://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.
Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social Fiend in feline shape. Mostly cryptics, sometimes other puzzles. Still not panthchesh. they/he hella gay 🏳️🌈
@anuragpuzzling.bsky.social @anuragpuzzling.bsky.social Puzzling, Questioning, Reading, Solving, Thinking
Fiddler on the Pouf @izzienogoud.bsky.social Member of the cruciverse
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
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
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)
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
John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social Crosswords. Quiz. Ale. Classical Music. Cricket. Cornwall & Yorkshire.
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. 
Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social (Mostly amateur) musician, mathematician, tutor, coder, crossword setter, sports enthusiast, lefty dreamer, living in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.
CrypticBlah @crypticblah.bsky.social Rubbish German half back (4)
www.mycrossword.co.uk/Blah
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!
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