Dmitry Adamskiy @michpunk.bsky.social i live in sandwich.
cryptics, orienteering and allotment
Jane Woods @janiewoodsie.bsky.social Biology Lecturer on #AccesstoHE. Life-long learner. Love my messy garden. Mum to 2, grandma(!) to 2. Fledgling birder. #LoveFE #UKFE
Tom @elcock.bsky.social
Macaroni @crypticmacaroni.bsky.social I make cryptic crosswords 🐧
Big Puzzles: https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/Macaroni
Little Puzzles: https://crosshare.org/macaroni
Endless rain, mac on, stirring pasta (8)
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
Graham @redgremlin.bsky.social Briton living in the French Alps. Microelectronic engineer, nature lover, canoeist, amateur photographer and teddy bear enthusiast
Family, personal and professional interests in France, UK and US
Hates what is happening in UK - not the country I left.
Dr Tom Hewitt @ethnotweeter.bsky.social #PhD in the #philosophy of music. Painter (nom de pinceau: Tom Tomos). Still trying hard to learn Cymraeg.
Louis Strong @louisdstrong.bsky.social Ace. Open University statistics graduate. He/him
matthewcr @matthewcr.bsky.social Here for art, books, film, music, comedy, food, football, cricket, history, old newspapers, birds, mountains and more.
Grievous Devious @furikake-pancake.bsky.social
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
X-POD™ @xpodtech.com “A global technology leader developing advanced occupant‑safety solutions, including the Safety‑X‑Pod®—an ejectable, crash‑proof passenger cocoon with an integrated Environmental Control and Life Support System.” https://xpodtech.com/
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.
Greg Dobbins @thatgregdobbins.bsky.social Would-be children's writer, full-time idiot.
Mike Hulley @mgh0406.bsky.social Hove resident, from Cheshire originally. Volunteer at Sussex Emmaus. BHAFC season ticket holder.
Bill Reid @callereal.bsky.social Scotland rugby and football, England cricket (watch ANY cricket), QPR fan. Open garden for the National Garden Scheme raising money for nursing charities.
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
Lepus Xwords 𓃹 @lepusxwords.bsky.social Crossword setter – Lepus (personal), Wat (Herald)
@cricket82.bsky.social @cricket82.bsky.social Word enthusiast, (very) amateur crossword setter (as Cricket) at mycrossword.co.uk
@aquifoliacea.bsky.social @aquifoliacea.bsky.social
George L. Jones @gljones1972.bsky.social I'm just a blue dot in a red state. Fighting for everything I believe in...
#BlueCrew🌊 #BLM✊🏾 #HerBodyHerChoice
🏳️🌈... LGBTQ+ Ally
🇺🇦... #SlavaUkraine
#DoNotObeyInAdvance
#MakeElitesAfraidAgain
#EatTheRich
#FuckICE #AbolishICE #ArrestICE
#NoKings
QueenKong👑💙🌊🦋 @queenkong24.bsky.social 🦋☮️🦋keep showing up Resisters.
-DEMOCRACY.
NO KINGS
@QueenKong24
#FBaRmy
#Texan
#resist #FBR
#DEMSCONNECT
🚫BOTS-🚫DMz
🦋☮️🦋
Clouve Inc. @www.clouve.com Clouve builds the bridge between great software and great business.
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
Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social Coffee cryptics daily ☕️
Founder of CoffeeCryptics.com
Indie maker behind searchmonkey.dev & coffeetap.app
@harrygreaves.bsky.social @harrygreaves.bsky.social
Janet Sparke @scintilla71.bsky.social Trying really hard to get better at setting cryptic crosswords.
Also a photography tutor, food lover and very slow runner
Liam Kelleher @tolemo13.bsky.social
Jeremy Nicholls @jeremynicholls.bsky.social Swiss patent attorney, based in Emmental. Publisher of SEN Magazine, Clitheroe, Ribble Valley.
Thomas Adam @thomasadam.bsky.social Only here for synchronicity. My main posts are over on Mastodon.
I mostly post crossword-related things here.
Oh, and developer of fvwm/fvwm3, tmux, got, x11cp
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.
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
@pecabite.bsky.social @pecabite.bsky.social
Matt Lewis @mattdlewis.bsky.social Mostly maths teaching here, some cooking, growing, art and odds & sods. PhD candidate at CEML Loughborough Uni. Asst Director at NCETM, interested in maths teachers doing research
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
Live healthily @majed99.bsky.social I am Majed and you will find everything new on my blog here. Welcome everyone.
Your daily guide to a healthy and balanced life (Live Healthy)🌱♥️
@reinersdavid.bsky.social @reinersdavid.bsky.social
@rkempley.bsky.social @rkempley.bsky.social
Pat Cousins @patcousins.bsky.social Crossword solver on YouTube, lazy writer.
@staticman1.bsky.social @staticman1.bsky.social
Harry Smith @harry-smith.bsky.social
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)
Matthew Kaner @mattkaner.bsky.social Composer. Teaches at Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Also into carpentry & cryptic crosswords
linktr.ee/matthew.kaner
@ph49.bsky.social @ph49.bsky.social
Ian Dennis @ianindentdesign.bsky.social Barnsley-born designer, photographer, watercolourist & occasional musician #OYes by Ians McMillan & Dennis. ID’s NT voted 10 in http://creativereview.co.uk/landing-page/top-20-logos/
Tom @tclancy.bsky.social Try to remember, they’re locked in here with us. Bring back Connolly’s Citizen Army.
Tomos Potter @tomospotter.bsky.social Evolutionary ecologist in the Kokko lab, JGU Mainz. Recovering guppy-botherer, interested in eco-evolutionary processes that generate and maintain diversity. Models, stats, long-term studies.
🏴 in 🇩🇪
Also likes: food, landscapes, guitars
TP Blakewell @tpblakewell.bsky.social This is an old account from 2025 when the 1st edition of Light Up The Darkness was published. The posts herein are associated with that edition only and have nothing to do with the completely different 2026 2nd edition on LightUpTheDarknessBook.com
RR @rlrossi64.bsky.social Pack it up, pack it in; let me begin. Former teacher/school leader/SENDCo currently exploring Schrödinger’s retirement. Books. Cryptic Crosswords. Football.
Ash2 I Voted Yes Australia Slava Ukraïni @ash202324.bsky.social Democratic Education. Literacy. Psychogénéalogie. Restorative Justice #NAFODinoDivision
Milo @milo-xwords.bsky.social Has plenty of time, so filling it with quizzing, crosswords, and the like.
https://mycrossword.co.uk/Milo
@beagle1306.bsky.social @beagle1306.bsky.social
Bobby Looga @unheavy.bsky.social How should I possibly know what we should do?
Tokyo Sexwale @tokyosexwale.bsky.social Not the shady South African businessman
LRLR @lrlr.bsky.social Clues: minutecryptic.com
Crosswords: The Age, SMH, Saturday Paper
@gregorypower.bsky.social @gregorypower.bsky.social Made and assembled in New Zealand.
Currently in Utah.
Loud proud Liberal
Compulsive retweeter.
Jeremy Hayes @uplymer.bsky.social
Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺 @simonshep.bsky.social Cruciverbalist, veggie, passionate European, enjoy words, language, cooking, wine, music: part-time genius & amateur human being (possibly vice versa)
@fwordxword.bsky.social @fwordxword.bsky.social
David Misstear @dmisstear.bsky.social Irish wildflowers, butterflies and other bits and bobs I see while out walking.
A!Kat ai @a-katai.com We make custom AI Assistants/Companions/Instructors/etc with heart! 🩷
https://a-katai.com
https://ko-fi.com/akatai/shop
Woman-owned ♀️ LGBTQ+-owned 🏳️🌈
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
Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social Head of data journalism at The Economist
@greenfleur.bsky.social @greenfleur.bsky.social
Christerious @christerious.bsky.social Chips tunes, speeds games, beads sprites, drums sticks, orchestrates
https://blento.app/christerious.bsky.social/ - other socials!
he/him
@heroncrosswords.bsky.social @heroncrosswords.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter: back page Daily Telegraph, Heron (Times Quick), Turnstone (Guardian).
Andy Dix @andymd.bsky.social
Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com "The clued-up crossword magazine"
Issue 4 available to order now! unchcrosswords.com/#shop
Sign up for updates - unchcrosswords.com
@jpcoaching.bsky.social @jpcoaching.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)
Simon Ferris @simonferris4234.bsky.social Climate issues, Maths. Crosswords. Here to get away from X.
SuperStarSpaniel @superstarspaniel.bsky.social Owner of spaniels.
David Pritchard @birdfossil.bsky.social Birds mostly, plus other wonders of nature. South Wales
@cyclingrover.bsky.social @cyclingrover.bsky.social
Ady Coles @adycoles.bsky.social 🌀Generalist - Strategy | Operations | Delivery. Inveterate thinker, micro-investor, business owner.
Lurker.
I also do #poetry.
trevselman @trevselman.bsky.social
@beardydaly.bsky.social @beardydaly.bsky.social
Dai 🏴 @daipenybont.bsky.social Miserablist, curmudgeon, misanthrope, republican, humanist, Cymro. Annibyniaeth!
Jonathan Lynas @jonathanl.bsky.social Tandem captain, clumsy guitarist, lefty, XTC fan- B @bluefin21.bsky.social @bluefin21.bsky.social
@swil87.bsky.social @swil87.bsky.social - H @hapdaniel.bsky.social @hapdaniel.bsky.social
John Curtis @johnecurtis.bsky.social Beer, chess & cheese
@lvjools1970.bsky.social @lvjools1970.bsky.social Vegan lefty Singing Politics Animal Welfare🥀🍀🌻
@tyg8.bsky.social @tyg8.bsky.social
Perry De Wynter @perrydewynter.bsky.social I'm here for cheese and crosswords.
Charles Flitcraft @offmessage.com How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
he/him. York, UK.
https://offmessage.com/
Fiddler on the Pouf @izzienogoud.bsky.social Member of the cruciverse
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/
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 😴
JabberKate @jabberkate.bsky.social UK, Christian, Queer. 🌈 she/her
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
John Appleton @oddbodd13.bsky.social Poet, actor, director, photographer. A heathen, conceivably - but not, I hope, an unenlightened one.
@runnyfiddler.bsky.social @runnyfiddler.bsky.social
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.
Leigh Collingwood @leighcollingwood.bsky.social Nice here, innit? 😀
She/her
RedCosmonaut @redcosmonaut.bsky.social Architect, Engineer, Lawyer, University Professor. Brit living in Moscow. Cryptic crossword afficionado.
Owned by cats, and a duck I saved.
Cayce Pan @felinexwords.bsky.social Graduate student & cryptic crossword setter from Taiwan. Feline at mycrossword.co.uk