David Astle (alias DA)
Crossword maker. Evenings host ABC Vic. Writer, and Wordplay columnist SMH & The Age. Verbaholic. My views only davidastle.com
@bethanieblanchard.bsky.social
Media Strategist | working in the strat mines | your friend from the bad place x
@davidmgreen.bsky.social
Radio & televisionman. Wrote for Mad As Hell. Trawling through old video tapes on VHS Revue. Melbourne via Adelaide.
@meganclement.bsky.social
Journalist in Montreuil/Paris with words in NYT, Guardian, CNN and more. Author of DESIRE PATHS, a memoir. Editor of Impact, a newsletter of feminist journalism. Lecturer in journalism at the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle. Co-founder of The Gender Beat.
@somsram.bsky.social
Puzzle Editor @Amuselabs Cryptics for @the_hindu, @httweets, Minis on @BostonGlobe, @theindiamini Author - #crypticcrossroads Vol. 1,2 & 3, CFA Charterholder
@thestephenhall.bsky.social
Actor in things, including ‘Mad As Hell', TV writer, author, and now playwright. Basically, I just want to be kind. https://www.thestephenhall.com/
@rexparker.bsky.social
Correct crossword opinions / aka Michael Sharp / Teaching lit stuff at Binghamton University
@markhumphries.bsky.social
Tall and blonde. Good teeth. Will fetch a fine price at market.
@wordfoolery.bsky.social
Word history - books, blog, LMFMRadio Comedyfic - Channillo Love to read, craft, garden in Ireland My Books - wordfoolery.wordpress.com/my-books/ Weekly Word Blog - http://www.wordfoolery.wordpress.com/ Newsletter - subscribepage.io/wordfoolerywhispers
@flashling.bsky.social
Cryptic crossword blogger @ fifteensquared.net taking a temporary break and now trying my hand at amateur setting. Occasional dog walker and crib player. Used to do professional firework displays but got too old. A Leics exile in Ipswich.
@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 🐉🏡🔥)
@lanegreene.bsky.social
Editor and language guy at The Economist. Author of Writing With Style: The Economist Guide (2023). https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Style-Economist-Guide-Books/dp/1639364374
@george-dunford.bsky.social
Digital, writing, arts, books and travel. Co-author of Micronations and The Big Trip. Solo dad, kitten parent. Hoping for that old Twitter energy of collaboration and consideration.
@peterwmurphy1.bsky.social
#HumanRights #ClimateAction #auspol #USPolitics #journalism #SciFi #history #books #RefugeesWelcome Sydney, Australia 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 http://linktr.ee/peterwmurphy1
@tomfreeman.bsky.social
Occasional editor and writer. Purveyor of half-baked opinions. Intermittently able to make my nieces laugh. (SnoozeInBrief on Twitter) My blog on usage, editing and suchlike: https://stroppyeditor.wordpress.com
@ygrene.bsky.social
i want to do everything all the time https://bsky.app/profile/ygrene.bsky.social/feed/aaad75xnfxh32
@willaus.bsky.social
Ephemera, Vintage Toys, Pop, Pups & Politics. Melbourne Australia Insta @toltoys_kid
@anthonyetherin.bsky.social
Writer & musician. Formal poet. KNIT INK (AND OTHER POEMS): https://store.deepvellum.org/products/knitink AnthonyEtherin.com
@stuartkells.bsky.social
History of books, history of money. Enterprise Fellow, Melbourne Institute #UniMelb. Editor #LibraryPlanet. Author of Alice, The Library, Shakespeare’s Library, Penguin & the Lane Brothers
@okeating.bsky.social
Pen for hire. Pencil for loan, as long as you give it back sharpened. #Liverpool
@debbiezhou.bsky.social
Small but loud. Film & TV producer / development person / usually with opinions. Sydney transplant in London, dreaming about the ocean.
@drvanessapirotta.bsky.social
Wildlife scientist 🐋 | Woman in STEAM | author | vessel operator | Sydney | 🇲🇹🇮🇹 | 🐳🐳 calves www.vanessapirotta.com https://www.instagram.com/drvanessapirotta/profilecard/?igsh=ZnpieTR6cWV6Mm9t
@patricklenton.bsky.social
(He/him) freelance writer and editor. Author of some books. My debut novel ‘In Spite of You’ out in 2025. Subscribe to my newsletter: https://heterosexualnonsense.substack.com/ Read my articles: https://linktr.ee/patricklenton
@batshit-auspol.bsky.social
Weird and wild moments from Down Under. Smash follow! (And for clarity, just because something's Batshit that doesn't mean we think it's bad)
@derekharrison.bsky.social
Keen cyclist, lover of crosswords and manager of the Crossword Centre website
@canadiandictionary.bsky.social
Canada's first new general English dictionary in two decades. Developed by a not-for-profit consortium including Editors Canada, the UBC Canadian English Lab, and the Strathy Language Unit at Queen’s University. https://linktr.ee/canadianenglishdictionary
@sjdictionary.bsky.social
Site features, announcements, vocabulary, observations-- from the team of the NEH-funded Johnson's Dictionary Online. RT does not imply endorsement. Also on 🧵. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com
@mossdef.bsky.social
Music teacher/crossword maker. Mog in The Independent, myself in the WSJ and elsewhere. Cryptics editor at AVCX. he/him patreon.com/squarechase
@archelina.bsky.social
NHS librarian in Sussex UK, also crossword compiler (Angel), poet, editor, toast in the machine. Weekly crossword streams on Twitch @ crypticsunday. I like crime fiction, telly and cold water. She/her.
@danilic.bsky.social
Investigative Humourist. Host @ARationalFear Podcast. Winner 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Australian Podcast Awards Best Comedy Podcast. 🏆🏆🏆
@tonythorne007.bsky.social
Slang, new language, etymology, cultural history. Language Consultant at King's College London.
@waywordradio.org
Public radio's lively language show! On-air in US, free podcast worldwide. https://waywordradio.org words@waywordradio.org. Toll-free US/Canada 24/7 1-877-929-9673 or https://wa.me/16198004443 #linguistics #etymology #podcast #books #language
@grammargirl.bsky.social
Grammar Girl. Podcaster. Author of seven books about language. Quick and Dirty Tips founder. Bad skier. she/her http://linktr.ee/grammargirl #AmWriting The 5/13 GG podcast #AmReading The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (Bannen)
@jamesfindlay.com.au
ABC broadcaster and writer. Views mine, not of my employer. 📚 'Great Sexpectations' out now.
@skirwingle.bsky.social
Dabbler, dilettante, fartaround if you like. Crossword clues, limericks, bad jokes, ambigrams, logos, fonts, passable cartoons.
@geraintg.bsky.social
INCLUDES 24 ICONIC 90S SONGS FROM: Britney Spears | Boyz II Men | Christina Aguilera | TLC | R.E.M. | Ace of Base | Natalie Imbruglia | The Verve Z | *NSYNC and many more!
@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
@davegorman.bsky.social
36hrs of TV stand-up on youtube: https://youtube.com/@davegorman235/ I also set crosswords. Bluth in the Indy, Fed in the Graun, Django in the Telegraph Davegorman.com
@charliemethven.bsky.social
I set cryptic crosswords as Methuselah and Chameleon (see https://mycrossword.co.uk/Methuselah and https://mycrossword.co.uk/Chameleon) and write questions for Only Connect • charliemethven.com
@uncleskinny.bsky.social
Chemistry and crossword nerd (Setting puzzles as Skinny in the Independent, Gumm in the FT). Loves music, chickpeas, Pixies best album is Surfer Rosa. Centrist liberal. Feminist. The green and the grey of the Pennines.
@knutcrosswords.bsky.social
Cryptic crossword compiler for The Independent & The Blizzard (as Knut), The Financial Times (Julius), The Daily Telegraph (Toughies as Hudson) & The Times (QC as Bjorn) Location: Freiburg, Black Forest
@tomgauld.bsky.social
Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available to preorder! www.tomgauld.com