Kelly Nguyen Dickson @kelngud.bsky.social 
Craig Spaeth @craigspaeth.bsky.social Creative at heart. Software engineer by trade. Working on @puzzmo.com and @sendingstone.com.
Nick Suttner @nsuttner.bsky.social He/him
Brewing new videogame(s)
Host @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Co-founder @furnimatgames.bsky.social
Ex-Director of Publishing @panic.com
Ex-PlayStation, 1UP, etc. etc.
linktr.ee/nsuttner
Sandy Weisz @pzlr.org Puzzle maker. Commissioner of The Mystery League. Newsletter at http://signals.fun.
Play 🪜 RADDLE: https://raddle.quest/
Steven Hicks @pepopowitz.bsky.social Ok, I guess I'm here now.
Milwaukee, software, devex, trail running, triathlon, art... All of them with astounding mediocrity.
Streaming to the void at https://youtube.com/@FriendsWithCode.
Dylan @dylliebar.bsky.social Game dev, composer, writer
Editor for @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Planning next steps ✨
Andrew Losowsky @losowsky.com Community, trust & safety, journalism, tea. Posts are ephemeral.
www.losowsky.com
@henrylindavid.bsky.social @henrylindavid.bsky.social 
Puzzmo @puzzmo.com puzzles that love you back
a zach gage and orta therox joint
www.puzzmo.com
heron @maaaaybeheron.bsky.social hi! i make crosswords :)
https://crosshare.org/heron
ben @vtben.bsky.social who cares. pick up a foot ball
national champion hoosier | cape cod evangelist | go birds | vermont | 4x marathoner
Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social Linguist, lexicographer, language commentator, all-around word nut.
https://linktr.ee/benzimmer
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 😴
Lóa Gunnars @loa-gunnars.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️🇮🇸 Game designer - lecturer - NYU Game Center ‘15 - creator of: Triple Agent, Out of the Loop and Sumer
k austin collins @melvillmatic.bsky.social film critic supposedly
vidhya @akatookey.bsky.social Trans, despite them. Organizer. Educator.
I stream sometimes: https://www.twitch.tv/akatookey
Tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/akatookey
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
Ali Ruth @ali-ruth.bsky.social DC-based humor writer and public health data scientist; writing @ the New Yorker and other outlets. Health data nerd. Broadway nerd. PhD in public health. Writing (and music!) at https://www.aliruth.com/
Madeline @madeemoiselle.bsky.social jeopardy loser, avgeek, crossword enthusiast, sporadic violin soloist
www.madelinesmidis.com
asamelson @asamelson.bsky.social Avi Lab coming to UCLA 2025
izzy kestrel @iznaut.com 🎮 Tech Designer on @blanksword.bsky.social (prev Astra Logical, No Goblin, Funomena)
🏳️⚧️ trans poly bisexual she/her
🇨🇦 Victoria, BC
🦎 Gex’s #1 fan
iznaut.com
owen @obergs.bsky.social he/him 🏳️🌈
crossword constructor
2025 acpt d division champion
tinyurl.com/bergsteinpubs
dissonantgrids.blogspot.com
Lollapuzzoola @lollapuzzoola.bsky.social the greatest summertime crossword tournament ever held annually on a Saturday in August https://www.bemoresmarter.com/lpz
rae @rae.wtf 👋 i'm a moth who likes to make cool stuff forever
✨ she/they
🌿 now: WISHLIST ROWBOT RALLY 2!!! https://play.date/g/pesto
🃏 next: solitaire, on your playdate! in catalog 10.27.2026
🪐 https://rae.wtf
@halle-p.bsky.social @halle-p.bsky.social 
@benmeyerson1.bsky.social @benmeyerson1.bsky.social - T Tom Shen @tomshen.bsky.social
Daniel Zhao @danielzhao.bsky.social Glassdoor Chief Economist
glassdoor.com/research
I post charts about the job market and workplace trends
Formerly known as @DanielBZhao on Twitter
Maryland born & raised, now in NYC
Doug Peterson @xworddoug.bsky.social 
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
Amie Walker @amiewalker.bsky.social 
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
aric @aghastronaut.com Minneapolis non-comedian
Made webcomics, did improv, and other unnecessary web stuff.
"Has a history of creating conceptual internet projects" -Billboard
(he/him)
@malaika-h.bsky.social @malaika-h.bsky.social 
@dietcoke86.bsky.social @dietcoke86.bsky.social 
Liz Maynes-Aminzade @lizzymaynes.bsky.social Puzzles & games editor at The New Yorker
sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social utility clown
writer & game developer & he/they
games @brainfruit.bsky.social
proprietor @ https://roblemsolving.com
cohost @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
tools @ https://scripto.live
previously @ colbert
av by @garrett.bsky.social
banner by john hwang
Ryan Judge @rjjudge4.bsky.social he/him | making crosswords | 1x ORCA nominee
https://ryanjudgesxwords.blogspot.com/p/pubs.html
Kate Dwyer @katedwyer.bsky.social words @nytimes @newyorker @thecut @wmag and many other corners of the web- H Hameltion @hameltion.bsky.social
Josh Wardle @josh.powerlanguage.co.uk I created Place and The Button @reddit. And more recently Wordle.
www.powerlanguage.co.uk
Black Crossword @blackcrossword.bsky.social A daily mini with a focus on Black culture from across the diaspora. blackcrossword.com
Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social Game Developer - Spooky Express, Saltsea Chronicles, Team Sonic Racing, EVADER, TV Trouble, Concentric, ████. Crossword constructor. Hobbyist potter. He/him.
zerofifty.one
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es puzzles & games @newyorker.com
allium enjoyer, otamatone virtuoso
🐣 http://jasperdavidoff.com/
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
Thea Puppydeer @theactualdeer.bsky.social mid-twenties transsexual puppydeergirlthing 🔞
All Gods no masters (except kinky ones)
it/its
Free Palestine 🇵🇸🍉
erik @e-a-rly.bsky.social anserine machine
lilith @lillustrate.bsky.social Sentient drawing slime mold. Fanart and WIPs live here ◡̈
IG: lillustrate
lilithwu.com
madebygare @madebygare.bsky.social Working at https://www.puzzmo.com/
Working on:
Corvian Curse (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2626080/Corvian_Curse/)
MossRanking (https://mossranking.com/)
Spelunky.FYI (https://spelunky.fyi/)
Game Jams (https://made-by-gare.itch.io/)
Jo Brownbridge @brownbridge.me nevertheless, puzzles (she/her)
chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social turnt tf up in the widening gyre
Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social Former academic; current library web admin. Probably gonna be saying something about Warhammer or Interactive Fiction. Tá cúpla focal agam—labhair Gaeilge liom, le do thoil.
He/him; sé/é
It’s Just A Show. @itsjustashow.com Chris and Charlotte (and formerly Adam and Beth) have a friendly conversation about MST3K, and about its weird movies and diverse cultural references.
Check it out on your podcast app or at itsjustashow.com.
David Tuffs @davidtuffs.bsky.social Crosswords / Photography / English Springer Spaniels named Penelope
https://tuffcrosswords.blogspot.com/
Sophia Maymudes @smaymudes.bsky.social Into crosswords and bridge, so just need to pick up knitting to complete the grandma trifecta. She/her.
Orca Jimmy @orca-jimmyp-xword.bsky.social Ecologist, educator, crossword constructor. They/them
lilypadxword.wordpress.com
Sid Sivakumar @sidsivakumar.bsky.social crossword puzzles and such | (just refer to me by my name, it’s 3 letters and easy)
Zelensky Stan 👊 🧊 @trentevans.bsky.social Big fan of the Constitution. Any day is a beautiful day to fight Nazis.
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
-Mark Twain
(They don’t for now btw)
Francis Heaney @francisheaney.bsky.social Puzzles, ties, music, frivolity. Puzzlewright Press in the streets, AVCX in the singly-printed sheets. He/they.
Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social Chemistry teacher. PhD. Crossword constructor. Co-editor at AVCX Cryptics. Relentless homosexual. 🏳️🌈 Winner! (Wheel of Fortune + The 1% Club) Loser! (Trogdor burninated my village 🏡🔥🐉)
saman @samanbb.bsky.social designer / artist / programmer / making videogames these days https://trashmoon.com/
Peter Wentz @pjwentz.bsky.social The one and only!- A @adrienneraphel.bsky.social @adrienneraphel.bsky.social
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
Zach Gage @stfj.net artist
game maker
co-created puzzmo
Mikey Says Hey! @erlking.bsky.social writer, composer, ersatz humanities scholar, amateur bodybuilder, very very gay
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.
Enrique Henestroza Anguiano @enriqueha.bsky.social Crossword constructor, etc.
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/
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
Robyn Weintraub @robynw414.bsky.social Crossword puzzle constructor for @nytimes.com, @newyorker.com and @people.com; Mom; big fan of truth/science/democracy
Darby Ratliff @darbyratliff.bsky.social History, exhibits, crosswords, (more) Catholic history, and baseball | #JesuitEducated | PhD in American Studies from SLU
Rachel Fabi Ph.D. @fabioethics.bsky.social associate professor of bioethics • immigration, public health ethics, crosswords • she/her • http://abortionpuzzles.com • views my own
Lila Goldenberg @lilargoldenberg.bsky.social puzzles found at craftycrosswords.blogspot.com
Mikkel Snyder @chimericnotion.myatproto.social 🇵🇭 🇺🇲 They/Them
Writer/Pop Culture Enthusiast/Luddite/Polymath (or at least trying to be)
https://buttondown.com/mixedmediawithmikkel/
Lil AVCX @lilavcx.bsky.social Midi crosswords every Sunday night and some Mondays. Mentorship for emerging constructors and editors.
https://avxwords.com/sample-puzzles/
Sonali @s0nali.bsky.social law student
Michael Lieberman @footnote24.bsky.social antitrust and consumer-protection lawyer (good guys), crossword-puzzle maker
www.fairmarklaw.com
@derekallen77.bsky.social @derekallen77.bsky.social 
Olivia Mitra @livienna.bsky.social she/her 🌈 crossword constructor and editor✨ free Palestine 🇵🇸
anna @ort.bsky.social anna from crosswords
yes, i am fun at parties
Steve Mossberg @mossdef.bsky.social Music teacher/crossword maker: WSJ, Times, Independent (Mog), and elsewhere. Cryptics editor at AVCX. he/him
patreon.com/squarechase
Sara Goodchild @sarathegood.bsky.social Science, editing, cryptic crosswords!
Jess Shulman @jessshulman.bsky.social Freelance editor, crossword constructor, also busy with kids, music, books, paddleboarding, youth baseball, TV, cats/dogs... she/her
Luke O’Neill @lukeo.bsky.social Tired
Brian Cimmet @cimmet.bsky.social crosswords, sandwiches, baseball, musicals • he/him
Amanda Rafkin @amandarafkin.bsky.social LA-based crossword constructor/editor of the USA Today crossword 🧩 pianist 🎹 game enthusiast 🎲 🏳️🌈
Cruciverbology etc. @elisecorbin.bsky.social she/her
university student by day, puzzle person by (very late) night
cruciverbology.com
crosswordr.com/elisecorbin
rafa @rafaxword.bsky.social 
ada's puzzles @luckyxwords.com updates on ada nicolle's crossword puzzles (luckystreak, crossword club, usa today, atlantic, etc.)
Matt Quintanilla @redkeg.com Product & Design Leader.
Special when lit.- C Ken Stern @ckstern.bsky.social Solving a puzzle or wishing I were.
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
allegra @allegramk.bsky.social religion and media and tech cultures ✨ eurovision 🌀 crosswords 🌱 probably other things too - i contain multitudes 🧅 she/her
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.™ He/him/his.
sextina acab-fina @giltcomplex.bsky.social everyone loves me [citation needed]
she/her ✶ crosstina-aquafina.blogspot.com