@gnomoncryptics.bsky.social @gnomoncryptics.bsky.social 
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)
Matthew Guerrieri @sohothedog.bsky.social Composer, pianist, writer. Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. He/him.
ada's puzzles @luckyxwords.com updates on ada nicolle's crossword puzzles (luckystreak, crossword club, usa today, atlantic, etc.)
Formerly Hathor currently Jenergy @exhathor.bsky.social Immersive theater artist, puzzler, hyperactive dancer, loud-ass New York Jew, Oxford comma supporter, and a proud member of Generation Jones.
@quarnian.bsky.social @quarnian.bsky.social 
Carolyn VanEseltine @mossdogmusic.bsky.social Still game dev, Amazon, she/her, etc. Just much quieter these days.
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
https://substack.com/@senatorwarren
Krista Siren @kristasiren.bsky.social Waking up this account as I further reduce my FB presence
@carolilu.bsky.social @carolilu.bsky.social Musician, librarian, tea lover, avid reader. Gets nerdy about stuff. (she/hers)
Ellen Ripstein @ennienyc.bsky.social 
Katherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social Democratic Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives. Proudly representing the people of #MA5. Defender of women, kids & justice. She/Her
Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social Songwriter, writer writer, director of MusicAlaska / AKIMI, probably owes you an email.
Still rockin on Bandcamp, Twitch, and Patreon.
joecab @joecab.bsky.social Boston-based Apple tech pro, graphic designer, and connoisseur of puzzles, comics, cartoons, and Pokรฉmon โ๐
Sami Casanova @samicasanova.bsky.social Puzzle solver/writer, Sci-Fi fan, quilter, one-time Jeopardy! contestant
Kath @saxikath.bsky.social Newly-minted genetic counselor, editor, puzzle nerd, roleplayer, cat lover, crocheter.
etana @etana.bsky.social poet, crafter, poodle-parent, queerio, disabled, Jew-ish, femme, transmasculine, glitter. They/Them/Theirs, please.
Krista Brynn @kristabrynn.bsky.social physics & astronomy nerd | sf&f geek | ttrpg geek | mythology enthusiast | trans | AuDHD | BLM | she/her | https://sites.google.com/view/kristabrynn/home
The Rackenfracker @therackenfracker.bsky.social Variety puzzles and cryptic diversions. Winner of the inaugural ORCA crossword award for Best Variety Cryptic of the Year.
AmyRey @amyrey3.bsky.social Crossword editor, feminist, liberal. She/her- B John Lieb @boswords.bsky.social Math teacher, coach, crossword tournament organizer (check out Boswords at www.boswords.org)
Katie Hamill @haiticamel.bsky.social 
allegra @allegramk.bsky.social religion and media and tech cultures โจ eurovision ๐ crosswords ๐ฑ probably other things too - i contain multitudes ๐ง
she/her
Andrew Plotkin @eblong.com An interactive fiction guy. https://zarfhome.com, https://blog.zarfhome.com, https://eblong.com/zarf/home.html
Ian McLean @mrthewalrus.bsky.social Fond of real science and imaginary worlds, cursed with a knowledge of software engineering.
Staff Engineer for state government.
Might have coined the term 'Dire Millennial'. He/him.
Sally Hoelscher @sallyhoelscher.bsky.social Crossword puzzle constructor, editor (Lil AVC X), and blogger (USATXW), cat lover, mug aficionado, she/her
https://usatodayxwordblog.blogspot.com/?m=1
Evan Birnholz @evanbirnholz.bsky.social I write crosswords for The Washington Post. I also like cereal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/crossword-puzzles/sunday-evan-birnholz/
Rebecca Goldstein @rebecculous.bsky.social Drug hunter ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฌ | Queer ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | Crossword constructor โผ๏ธโป๏ธ | Espresso snob โ๏ธ
@nmhz.bsky.social @nmhz.bsky.social You may know me from: HJC, HCHS, RSI, MIT, ZCB, CST, NPL, JGSGB, HES, BITS, ADBE. He/him. ืืื
Mike Nothnagel @mikenothnagel.bsky.social League curler | Union officer | Crossworder | Probably the only person who owns more Ryan Lavarnway jerseys than me is Ryan Lavarnway | ik spreek een beetje Nederlands | he/him
Ricky B @ambivalentricky.bsky.social Music, puzzles, writing, politics I guess. Future former lawyer. Beginner chess player. Disdained as an "egghead" by Matt Taibbi. Banned from Great Clips 7/20/24. He / him. https://billingsgate.neocities.org/ 
LRLR @lrlr.bsky.social Clues: minutecryptic.com
Crosswords: The Age, SMH, Saturday Paper
Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social Puzzles for everybody! From Eric Berlin http://www.puzzlesnacks.com
antimony @antimonysarah.bsky.social Oh look, itโs another social media platform. 
Scott Purdy @scottpurdy.bsky.social Negative number can alter Ray Scottโs identity (9)
TK Focht (John Focht) @tkfocht.bsky.social Baseball, puzzles, trivia, progress | LA #Dodgers software lead | 4x Jeopardy champ, 3x World Series champ | https://j-ometry.com for #Jeopardy metrics | Los Angeles | he/him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Scott Weiss @squonk777.bsky.social Computer science professor, board game enthusiast, audio escape room creator. 
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
Tanis O'Connor @lemurtanis.bsky.social puzzles. games. reproductive health. trans rights. Mariner baseball. she/they. @lemurtanis.13 on signal.
Francis Heaney @francisheaney.bsky.social Puzzles, ties, music, frivolity. Puzzlewright Press in the streets, AVCX in the singly-printed sheets. He/they.- S @spelvin.bsky.social @spelvin.bsky.social
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.
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
Lizard Bench Mango @bpostow.bsky.social I was once described as "The standard combination of fencer, juggler, computer scientist, and wearer of silly hats".
I haven't fenced in many years at this point.
Doug Orleans @dougo.bsky.social Just here to grab the handle.
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.
Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov Senator for Massachusetts. Ranker on Senate Small Business Committee & HELP Primary Health & Retirement Security Subcommittee. Fighting for a Green New Deal.
Sam @sammka.bsky.social Generally friendly unless hungry. Any pronouns.
Andromeda Yelton @thatandromeda.bsky.social Libraries, software, math, Latin, nonprofit governance, weightlifting, knitting, singing, my cats, Somerville (MA), planes planes planes. Hi! ๐
Skybrarians feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a55ia2ojiv2cnshifmrc7wr6/feed/skybrarians
Dromeda @dromeda.bsky.social 
DS @anent.org Social media is the Great Filter
๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ทโ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐น๐ช๐ผ ๐พ๐ท๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ.
Popcornbender Spatch @spatch.bsky.social Writer/old-time radio actor/roller coaster rider/CAT TOWN guy/funy computar maker/etc. Wrote Pick Up The Phone Booth and Die once. Married and we have a cat. Often tells you to enjoy the show at your friendly local independent movie theater. Aquarius. Hi
Danielle @cirne.bsky.social Host of the Unf*cking The World podcast and grassroots movement at https://UTW.vote and @unfuckingtheworld.org, launching June 29 โ July 4. My other job is to simulate alternate realities and report on their development. (I'm a sci-fi writer.) they/he/she
@mpgalvin09.bsky.social @mpgalvin09.bsky.social 
Scott @ Law @compulaw.bsky.social Public Defender. More than one type of nerd. Law. Tech. Bikes. Puzzles. New England sports fan, but hopes your team does well, too. PWM->BOS->MDT
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
LeDiva, Apprentice Bodega Cat ๐โโฌ @lediva.bsky.social @lediva@lediva.masto.host
Professional geek, semi-professional performer, amateur human. Part cat, but allergic to them. NYC adjacent. Married (to @beetiger.bsky.social) poly queer trans lady. 40-something. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐โโฌshe/her
Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social Chemistry teacher. PhD. Crossword constructor. Co-editor at AVCX Cryptics. Relentless homosexual. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Winner! (Wheel of Fortune + The 1% Club) Loser! (Trogdor burninated my village ๐ก๐ฅ๐)
norah sharpe @norahsharpe.bsky.social 2023 acpt e division champion, 2024 westwords beach champion, 2025 lollapuzzoola pairs co-champion, 2026 acpt pairs 2nd place, 2026 westwords pairs 1st place, that's enough dont we think
andy "still committing to the bit" kravis @holyhegemony.bsky.social 36/crosswords. This is weird for me because it involves saying things. I *am* here to make friends.โข He/him/his.
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 โBangkok after Darkโ (Duke 2025) and โBangkok Is Ringingโ (Oxford 2019).
Tyler Hinman @thatpuzzleguy.bsky.social That kid from Wordplay (2006). I do puzzles and sometimes other stuff.
Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she
Immersipedia coming soon ๐
PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books)
โจ lauraehall.com
๐ cfia.org
๐๏ธ secretlives.games
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.)
Joshua Kosman @joshuakosman.bsky.social Retired classical music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. Co-constructor, Out of Left Field cryptic crossword. pacificaisle.substack.com. He/him
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- C Ken Stern @ckstern.bsky.social Solving a puzzle or wishing I were.
brooke husic @xws.bsky.social a. ladee (she/her) solved/wrote/edited yr crossword
catch me at @puzzmo.com
Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social video game reviews @ slantmagazine.com
cryptic crossword solves @ twitch.com/thatcrypticguy
rafa @rafaxword.bsky.social 
Brian Cimmet @cimmet.bsky.social crosswords, sandwiches, baseball, musicals โข he/him
Amanda Rafkin @amandarafkin.bsky.social LA-based crossword constructor/editor of the USA Today crossword ๐งฉ pianist ๐น game enthusiast ๐ฒ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Cruciverbology etc. @elisecorbin.bsky.social she/her
university student by day, puzzle person by (very late) night
cruciverbology.com
crosswordr.com/elisecorbin- M Max Woghiren @mbingo.bsky.social
Deb Amlen @debamlen.bsky.social Humor writer, former New York Times Games columnist (Ret.) I may have helped you with the crossword.
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.
Joe Pasini @joeadultman.bsky.social tabletop game designer, cryptic crossword constructor, and union steward
Crosswords: joeadultman.blogspot.com
Streams: twitch.tv/joeadultman
Jess Shulman @jessshulman.bsky.social Freelance editor, crossword constructor, also busy with kids, music, books, paddleboarding, youth baseball, TV, cats/dogs... she/her
Steve Mossberg @mossdef.bsky.social Music teacher/crossword maker: WSJ, Times, Independent (Mog), and elsewhere. Cryptics editor at AVCX. he/him
patreon.com/squarechase
Olivia Mitra @livienna.bsky.social she/her ๐ crossword constructor and editorโจ free Palestine ๐ต๐ธ
Michael Lieberman @footnote24.bsky.social antitrust and consumer-protection lawyer (good guys), crossword-puzzle maker
www.fairmarklaw.com
Sara Goodchild @sarathegood.bsky.social Science, editing, cryptic crosswords!
Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com Hugo nominated writer of Last War in Albion, Neoreaction a Basilisk, and TARDIS Eruditorum. Anarcho-occultist. The girl your mother lacked the imagination to warn you about.- M Galen Garrick Brownsmith @marphod.bsky.social As The Nerd Turns, Nerd-in-Residence.
(He/him or Ze/zim; nee Silversmith)
Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com Composer-Ringleader โข darcyjamesargue.com โข With Every Breath I Take out now on Nonesuch Records
ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social crossword puzzle girl. jokes woman. (she/her)
banner art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
ecta foole @ectafoole.bsky.social IGF and Hugo Award-Winning narrative designer for Freehold Games. Founding member of Nightmare Blunt Rotation. fka @inurashii. She/her. BTQ+.
Check my work out at https://ectafoole.itch.io
Snapjaw VTuber at https://twitch.tv/grastreams
Chris Shabsin @cshabsin.bsky.social Somerville, MA, USA parent of two
Googler working on experiment infrastructure. Language hackery and IDE integration stuff feels a little like knitting thneeds, but at least it's fun
https://cshabsin.github.io/
Spirit Chrysalis (they/she/fae) @spiritchrysalis.bsky.social Queer, chronically ill, nonbinary, Covid-cautious, โช๏ธ gamer/RPer. Mask up. Culturally Jewish; free Gaza. Interests widely and wildly range.
Looking for enrichment in my enclosure.
"Still, what she lacked in grace, she made up for in enthusiasm."
Locutus @locutus.bsky.social 
Jason Schneiderman @jadasc.bsky.social Editor, proofreader, polyhedral enthusiast.
anu3bis @anu3bis.bsky.social 
Rachel/tikva @tikva82.bsky.social Disability and public health geek. Guide dog handler. Queering up your disability rights and cripping your queer pride. Basically a very sweary golden retriever. Go Sox! She/her/hers. Not actually born in '82.
Patricia ๐๐๐ง๐ผ @growflet.astral.net Gamer, cosplayer, crafter, software engineer, Magical Girl and Friendly Neighborhood Nap Dragons.
๐ค๐ฉถ๐ค๐ (she/her)
Cate with a C @collegecate.bsky.social librarian, reader, sewist, mom
Working Boots @echoboots.bsky.social Ciao, cara bella! Boots on the ground for social change. Also Boots at a desk for social change. Have Words, Will Travel.
I use she/they pronouns professionally and Bluesky not professionally.
Haplo @haplo.bsky.social PRONOUNS: they, รพey
NOUNS: nerd, burner, artist, crafter, chatter, unionist, leftist?, elder
ADJECTIVES: white, queer, neurodivergent, exvangelical
VERBS: hyperfocus, make, protest, mask, post
pfp: headshot cartoon
banner: purple space blobs
Esther Brownsmith, PhD @brownsmith.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Dayton. Studying dead languages and living ideas. Interested in Hebrew Bible, gender, fanfic theory, and accessible, liberatory pedagogy. She/her.