@rkempley.bsky.social @rkempley.bsky.social 
franci dimitrovska @francidit.bsky.social narrative designer @ the sims
toronto-based
little portuguese on my landlord's side
Games World of Puzzles @gamesmagazine.bsky.social Official news and updates from Games World of Puzzles magazine.
Visit us at https://gamesworldofpuzzles.com
Carina @carinadarosa.bsky.social Writer, knitter, and crossword constructor. Lil AVCX alum. And know the entire You’ve Got Mail script, sorry. She/her. carinadarosa.com
Minas Karamanis @minaskar.bsky.social Astrophysicist and proud cat dad. He/him
Views are my own.
Jason Himsl (he/him/his) @jasonhimsl.bsky.social Education Officer in Ontario’s Ministry of Education where I'm supporting ELL and Secondary English curriculum writing. Passionate advocate for kids and literacy. Any opinions expressed are solely my own.
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.
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)
@ecclescrosswords.bsky.social @ecclescrosswords.bsky.social Crossword Compiler in Sneinton, Nottingham. Was an organic chemist. Maybe again some day. Still playing cricket and hockey.
@grainnemaguire.bsky.social @grainnemaguire.bsky.social 
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)
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
The Cryptic Mystic @thecrypticmystic.bsky.social I try to demystify cryptic crosswords on my YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/@The_Cryptic_Mystic
@gnomoncryptics.bsky.social @gnomoncryptics.bsky.social 
Charlie Methven @charliemethven.bsky.social I set cryptic crosswords as Methuselah and Chameleon and write questions for Only Connect • charliemethven.com • he/him
@malaika-h.bsky.social @malaika-h.bsky.social 
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
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
owen @obergs.bsky.social he/him 🏳️🌈
crossword constructor
2025 acpt d division champion
tinyurl.com/bergsteinpubs
dissonantgrids.blogspot.com
Jonah Ostroff @ostroffj.bsky.social Associate Teaching Professor at UW Seattle. Math, puzzles, & public transit.
@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social Crossword-botherer, aka Amoeba, Weatherman, and Tango. Also anonymously in the Times and Telegraph.
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon 📖
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
✨ lauraehall.com
🔎 cfia.org
🎙️ secretlives.games
Michael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social What fresh hell is this
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MichaelKupperman
Art 4 Sale: https://michaelkupperman.com/shop
PuzzleGirl @puzzlegirl65.bsky.social i spend all day filling things with water and charging things | crossword puzzle enthusiast | how is there no pink ribbon emoji? | i miss obama | she/her
Mad Dog Cryptics @maddogcryptics.bsky.social Very independent cryptic crossword setter. To the god of death: Not Today! Traveller, participant, LGBTQIA2S+ ally. #BLM Resist!
These Puzzles Fund Abortion @tpfa.bsky.social We are the crossword puzzle pack that raises money for abortion funds.
Learn more and solve sample puzzles at www.abortionpuzzles.com
Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca In a world drowning in conflict and grief, we crave what keeps us alive: joy—our daily bread; hope—our living water; kindness—the roof over our souls.
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
Liz Maynes-Aminzade @lizzymaynes.bsky.social Puzzles & games editor at The New Yorker
Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social Puzzles for everybody! From Eric Berlin http://www.puzzlesnacks.com
Olivia Mitra @livienna.bsky.social she/her 🌈 crossword constructor and editor✨ free Palestine 🇵🇸
Jeff Schwartz @jeffurry312.bsky.social One-time Countdown (UK) contestant (28/10/97), one-time Jeopardy! contestant (1/1/07), president of the National Puzzlers' League (2019-24), he/him
anna @ort.bsky.social anna from crosswords
yes, i am fun at parties
ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social crossword puzzle girl. jokes woman. (she/her)
banner art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
Robyn Weintraub @robynw414.bsky.social Crossword puzzle constructor for @nytimes.com, @newyorker.com and @people.com; Mom; big fan of truth/science/democracy
Emily Saso @emilysaso.bsky.social #Author of THE WEATHER INSIDE and NINE DASH LINE. Interested in cults, geopolitics, witches.
John McIntyre @johnemcintyre.bsky.social Retired Baltimore Sun editor, flaneur. Author of “The Old Editor Says” and “Bad Advice.” Kentuckian transplanted to Baltimore. 
Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
Skeptical Science @skepticalscience.bsky.social Non-profit science education organization building public resilience against climate misinformation. More at http://sks.to/welcome
Hollywood Steve Huey @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social Music nerd, Yacht Rock webseries host, ex-VH1 talking head, ex-Allmusic, podcast co-host (Beyond Yacht Rock 2000, Yacht or Nyacht). Cubs/Bears/Spartans/Red Wings/Angel City FC. Still working on the yacht rock book. Please enjoy my niche special interests
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
Indigenous Editors Association @indigeditors.bsky.social Serving & advocating for Indigenous editors & storytellers. Tag us in your PAID opportunities for Indigenous people and we'll share!
https://linktr.ee/indigeditors
Emma Hoyle, STEM editor @emmahoyle.bsky.social Expert STEM (incl physics) & economics copyediting & proofreading. Helping scholars & businesses prepare winning manuscripts since 2004. CIEP Advanced Professional Member. #LaTeX 🧪📈📉
emmahoyleeditor.com
Sid Sivakumar @sidsivakumar.bsky.social crossword puzzles and such | (just refer to me by my name, it’s 3 letters and easy)
MattJPuzzleGuy @mattjpuzzleguy.bsky.social I write Jonesin' Crosswords (alt. newsweeklies across US) Trivia, puzzles, TV, music... I'm tryin' to have fun here.
http://crosswordnexus.com/jonesin/
maelstro.wixsite.com/mattjones
Scott Weiss @squonk777.bsky.social Computer science professor, board game enthusiast, audio escape room creator. 
Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social Humor writer, former New York Times Games columnist (Ret.) I may have helped you with the crossword.
Tyler Hinman @thatpuzzleguy.bsky.social That kid from Wordplay (2006). I do puzzles and sometimes other stuff.
Francis Heaney @francisheaney.bsky.social Puzzles, ties, music, frivolity. Puzzlewright Press in the streets, AVCX in the singly-printed sheets. He/they.
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.
A.J. Jacobs @ajjacobs.bsky.social Bestselling author, journalist, TED talker, human guinea pig, overthanker, and your cousin. 
Dan @danfeyer.bsky.social Mostly crosswords
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS @kokedit.bsky.social Medical editor helping researchers in 20+ nations get published in 60+ medical journals. No GenAI/LLMs. Member of ACES, AMWA, BELS, CSE, EFA. Board-certified editor in the life sciences. She/her. https://www.kokedit.com
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
Josh @genericuserid.bsky.social crosswords, medicine, housing, transportation, things of that nature
James Harbeck @sesquiotic.bsky.social Louche left-wing nerd. Words, food, music, beverage alcohol. MA linguistics, PhD theatre. jamesharbeck.com, sesquiotic.com
kim vu @dcwdkim.bsky.social but I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent and they're actually really, really nice
The Rackenfracker @therackenfracker.bsky.social Variety puzzles and cryptic diversions. Winner of the inaugural ORCA crossword award for Best Variety Cryptic of the Year.
AVCX Classic @avcx.bsky.social The best indie crosswords since 2008. Avxwords.com. Owned by no one but us; supported by no one but our solvers. Fair pay for creators always.
Bethany Halford @bethanyhalford.bsky.social Science writer and senior correspondent at C&EN. Opinions here are mine and mine alone (she/her).
Signal: bethanyhalford.29
Rachel Fabi Ph.D. @fabioethics.bsky.social associate professor of bioethics • immigration, public health ethics, crosswords • she/her • http://abortionpuzzles.com • views my own
The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com
James M. Fraleigh @jamesmfraleigh.bsky.social Deadlines are my lifeline! Solo copyeditor (academic, scholarly, textbooks, trade/narrative nonfiction) and proofreader (any genre!). 🍩 appreciator. Enthusiastic New Jerseyan 🤌🏻 user. Trivial Democratic apparatchik. He/him.
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
Brian Cross @briancross.bsky.social Introvert. Fan of puzzles, reason, comedy, trivia, guitar, puppies
Raspberry Ale @raspberriel.bsky.social slightly unstable, eternally tired ✿ rhythm game idiot ✿ she/they ✿ arcaea top 200 (when i lock in)
info: https://raspberriel.carrd.co/
current profile pic: haruka kiritani (project sekai)
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.)
Greg Pliska @gregpliska.bsky.social Husband, father, composer, puzzler. World traveler, culture hound, book lover.
Coming soon, THE PUZZLER PODCAST on iHeart.
Jamie Ding @feathersmcg.bsky.social he/him | Erstwhile streamer of cryptic crosswords and Kingdom Hearts at https://twitch.tv/FeathersMcG
Amy J. Schneider @amyjschneider.bsky.social Copyeditor. Crazy dog lady. Singer. Wife. Runner. Wino. Not necessarily in that order. (she/her)
Lori Paximadis @loripax.bsky.social book editor • artist • connector
perpetual resting boss face
work smarter, not harder
owner: Pax Studio LLC, Systems & Shortcuts
member: ACES, EFA, CIEP (Professional)
Editors of Words feed > https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:thqvmqvxhwkmz7sxwsy2yqfy/feed/a- M Max Woghiren @mbingo.bsky.social
Elizabeth d'Anjou @elizdanjou.bsky.social Freelance editor and workshop presenter. Editing instructor at TMU. Vegetable gardener. Shares space with husband, dog, cats, and bunny. Doting aunt. Ask me about bringing Eight-Step Editing to your team or organization. https://eightstepediting.ca
Nathan Curtis @tshellstudio.bsky.social Autistic puzzle constructor in the Boston area; part-time math teacher and recovering composer. I post variety puzzles at www.patreon.com/nathancurtis, and my latest puzzle hunt is available at verwalds-treasures.tortoiseshellstudio.com. He/him/his- S Diane @synoddiane.bsky.social I don't know, maybe I'll link to my Tumblr posts here or something.
john stuart thrill @jsthrill.modphi.com butlerian jihad now
⚠️ this account makes jokes ⚠️
he/him • philosophy professor • learning to be useless
a lotta yall still dont get it ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape
scribblewise @scribblewise.bsky.social Read my webcomic at https://wisecomic.com/
EditorMark @editormark.bsky.social Focus: the free exchange of ideas. Editor, writer, ally. Advocate for plain language, journalism, diversity, tolerance. Believes universities, corporations and other institutions should not be arms of the state (i.e., antifascist). Host, That Word Chat.
Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com Internet linguist. Wrote Because Internet, NYT bestseller about internet language. Co-hosts @lingthusiasm.com, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics.
she/her 🌈
Montreal en/fr 🇨🇦
gretchenmcculloch.com
Robin Marwick @electricland.bsky.social Freelance medical editor, alto, digital packrat, occasional traveller, trying to make things better. If you tell me a tomato is a fruit not a vegetable, you’ll get a lecture. 🇨🇦 She/her. https://linktr.ee/rmarwick
Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com Certified Professional Editor • cookbook indexer • plain language trainer • mental health researcher • adjunct prof • #AngryJellyDonut • #LyricsPrompt prompter • #ParticipateInResearch booster • author, #AfterTheFeast • she/her • www.ivacheung.com
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com climate scientist
posts 100% my own
🇨🇦 is my home
distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech
chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy
board member, Smithsonian NMNH
advisor, Lawson Climate Inst UofT
alumna, UToronto and UIUC
author, Saving Us
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social Linguist, lexicographer, language commentator, all-around word nut.
https://linktr.ee/benzimmer
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!
Cruciverbology etc. @elisecorbin.bsky.social she/her
university student by day, puzzle person by (very late) night
cruciverbology.com
crosswordr.com/elisecorbin
jenna lafleur @jennalafleur.bsky.social big gay dork who does crosswords & likes it when a guitar makes a weird sound. lost on jeopardy
dc ✧ she/they ✧ established 1998 ✧ profile picture by @maximumgraves.bsky.social
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
kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social crosswords n stuff
kateschmate.fun
Benjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social Professor of music and sound in Asia. Editor of @avcx.bsky.social crosswords. Posts about pop music, sound, Thailand, NYC, anthropology, puzzles, TNG.
Author of “Bangkok after Dark” (Duke 2025) and “Bangkok Is Ringing” (Oxford 2019).
Will @tlmberwolves.bsky.social Wolves (US), Wolves (UK), Loons, Lynx
Lil AVCX leadership
Puzzles at https://halfbakedpuzzles.blogspot.com/
sara @cantorlope.bsky.social just a smalltown melon
they/them
Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social video game reviews @ slantmagazine.com
cryptic crossword solves @ twitch.com/thatcrypticguy
Chris King @ckingsc.bsky.social I write questions (Palmetto Trivia & Only Connect) and puzzles (Chris Words).
David Harris @herocomplex.bsky.social Comics, psych, sign language + video game lawyer. Once the 69th best crossword solver in the world and *very* occasionally making crosswords and crasswords at http://GridProQuo.blogspot.com. Personal account. He/him.
Amanda Rafkin @amandarafkin.bsky.social LA-based crossword constructor/editor of the USA Today crossword 🧩 pianist 🎹 game enthusiast 🎲 🏳️🌈
kayebrown ✨ @kayebrown.bsky.social streaming crosswords and games!
twitch.tv/kayebrown
Steve Mossberg @mossdef.bsky.social Music teacher/crossword maker: WSJ, Times, Independent (Mog), and elsewhere. Cryptics editor at AVCX. he/him
patreon.com/squarechase
Melissa D. Hellman @hellmanmd.bsky.social Omnivore. Editor. Cat person. Ice hockey. Gymnastics. Knitting. Cookbooks. Dessert and baking. Science. She/her. I post only for myself.