Charlie Methven
I set cryptic crosswords as Methuselah and Chameleon and write questions for Only Connect • charliemethven.com • he/him
@clairebennie.bsky.social
Advisor on Housing Design and Development wearemunicipal.co.uk Also: art deco flats; choral music
@lowdowncryptic.bsky.social
Playing with words, working with tech, helping with people. Cryptic crosswords for The Browser, Out of Left Field, and AVCX. Scrabblegrams monthly. Letter banks repeatedly. He/him 🇨🇦
@rayscotchcoulton.bsky.social
Subject of an Emmy-nominated short doc about anagrams. tinyurl.com/arsmagna-doc I also make crosswords. Into all manner of geeky ephemera. He/him. Opinions are most definitely my own My puzzles: https://crosshare.org/rayscotchcoulton
@adamleepotter.bsky.social
Withnail bore, Fowles nut & cryptic Lib Journalist hired to do a hatchet job? (4)
@sarahpyke.bsky.social
gone off bios london.ac.uk/seized-books | librarylist.substack.com | #QueerBibliography
@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social
indie bookshop in Sydenham, SE London | open since 1966 | new books | second hand books | children's books | gifts | Mon-Sat 9:30-5 Sun 12-4 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@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
@thebeths.bsky.social
We're a band we play songs New single "Metal" out now: https://thebeths.ffm.to/metal 2025 tour dates and tickets: https://thebeths.ffm.to/tour
@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.
@laurasy.bsky.social
Runner (not a fast one, but I run so I’m a runner!), Guardian Crossword enthusiast (she/her)
@liari.bsky.social
Orthopaedic research engineer, mom, crossword setter for The Independent and The Browser, http://liaricryptics.blogspot.com, http://mycrossword.co.uk; as Potoroo w/ @mpcryptics
@henriwords.com
I set #cryptic #crosswords. Regular (15x15 blocked) at https://mycrossword.co.uk/henri and barred thematics occasionally in Inquisitor (OK, one so far) and mostly via henriwords.com - get free puzzles by signing up to my emails
@djbduncan.bsky.social
Associate Prof @ucl.ac.uk | FRHistS | INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE | NYT, LRB, Guardian, WaPo, TLS | Book history, Oulipo, translation | Rep: Anna Webber/A.M.Heath
@iguesscryptics.bsky.social
@thomaswilliams.bsky.social
On the quiet side. A bit peculiar. A good companion, in a weird sort of way.
@quaiteaux.bsky.social
@jimjar.bsky.social
Writer, parodist; punster; puzzler; potty-mouth; penner of odes; podcaster; free thinker; synth tinkerer; dad; hat fan. Also jimjar on Twitter
@baindex.org
Book indexer, editor, boss at baindex.org | Society of Indexers Chair, Conference Director and Fellow | CIEP APM | See also cryptic crosswords, Cymraeg, #IndexSky | Stockport, UK Society of Indexers 👉 @indexers.bsky.social www.indexers.org.uk
@lettecrosswords.bsky.social
Lucky enough to have had a few crosswords published in the Independent. Thanks to all those that have helped along the way, especially the wonderful community at https://mycrossword.co.uk/
@benjaminbnt.fr
Honnête et curieux ☆ Journaliste jeux/cultures/animation/Japon pour [tout le monde, IGN France, Blast, INA, l'ADN... clippings.me/benjaminbenoit ] ☆ Auteur Only Connect, BBC2 𓂀 "Génération Sonic" chez Third. 日本語 la nuit. PP : @charliedzilla.bsky.social
@jackryeo.bsky.social
I come up with ideas for game shows. Some of them get made. Most don't. Quizzer, sometimes swimmer. Pro-flashcards. 🏳️🌈
@miketurner.bsky.social
Senior Writer for Only Connect, QI Elf, and all round quizzer and puzzler. Not an American politician
@undeniablyalex.bsky.social
Quiz Writer & Game Designer. Poly, Non-binary, and other scary things. They/Them Genius Game | Only Connect | Bridge of Lies | Finish Line
@paulsinha.bsky.social
Two heart attacks, bypass surgery, Parkinsons. Still fighting. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/456343/one-sinha-lifetime-by-sinha-paul/9781529908534
@brockwellgrecian.bsky.social
Cryptic crossword setter. Grecian in the Independent and Brockwell in the Guardian.
@davidmcgaughey.bsky.social
Lists, connections, left-handed cricketers, alt-country middleweights, Irish novelists
@quizzydan.bsky.social
Assistant 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.
@vcorenmitchell.bsky.social
Writer, poker player and accidental quiz show host.
@guineverecryptic.bsky.social
Love cryptic crosswords, long time solver, short time setter! Love constructive feedback, eager to improve! ADHD and Mensa member - owning the wonderful US ’twice exceptional’ label 🥰 🏴
@thecobblerssicario.bsky.social
My fearsome master is the lord of shoes. I like and sometimes make video game stuff.
@satyrane.bsky.social
Professor at UEA. Medievalist, Early Modernist, Italianist. Views are very much not those of my employer, by some measure. Inglese italianato.
@jntod.bsky.social
Poetry critic and editor. Norwich is my New York. Writing about poetry here: https://someflowerssoon.substack.com/
@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.
@enigmatistelgar.bsky.social
Crosswords. Quiz. Ale. Classical Music. Cricket. Cornwall & Yorkshire.
@dontattempt.bsky.social
Crossword maker. Evenings host ABC Vic. Writer, and Wordplay columnist SMH & The Age. Verbaholic. My views only davidastle.com
@somsram.bsky.social
Puzzle Editor @Amuselabs Cryptics for #minutecryptic, #the_hindu, #Hindustantimes, Minis on #BostonGlobe, #theindiamini Author - #crypticcrossroads Vol. 1,2 & 3, CFA Charterholder
@charlotteorba.bsky.social
Musician - Quizzer - Marine Life Lover - Carer - writes a few questions for Only Connect.
@catnipxword.bsky.social
Learning to set cryptic crosswords at 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.
@danjdavison.bsky.social
Teacher. Books, poetry, theatre & I’m learning to set cryptic crosswords
@crypticblah.bsky.social
@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%)
@simonshep.bsky.social
Cruciverbalist, veggie, passionate European, enjoy words, language, cooking, wine, music: part-time genius & amateur human being (possibly vice versa)
@alanconnor.bsky.social
www.alanconnor.com/log/ Author: 188 Words For Rain etc Screenwriter: Borat 2, The Rack Pack etc Compiler: Everyman, House of Games etc Jokes: HIGNFY, Brooker etc Editor: Guardian crossword
@mitzcrosswords.bsky.social
Crossword geek (Guardian crossword stats database), politics obsessive (but when the fun stops, stop), intolerant of intolerance. Appropriately butterfly mind - it flits about all over the place. The Archers is real life.
@sitterxwords.bsky.social
Cryptic clues posted most evenings, usually an anagram (cold-solve friendly) and often topical. Other interests include music (I have objectively impeccable taste), most sports, a little amateur photography, and sporadically calling politicians wankers.