Alys Cummings
@alyseliza.bsky.social
Makes documentaries 🎥 loves crosswords 🖊️ reads novels 📚 writes ✍️ Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect 2024 🥇New Writing North Emerging Creative Associate ⬆️
Debut novel Murder Most Cryptic published October 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph 🐧
Lives North East 🌊🌅
Debut novel Murder Most Cryptic published October 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph 🐧
Lives North East 🌊🌅
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Puzzlers! Solve a present problem and do your bit for BBC Children in Need Day: www.fifteensquared.net/2025/11/14/3... #BBCChildrenInNeed @rnib.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Puzzlers! Solve a present problem and do your bit for BBC Children in Need Day: www.fifteensquared.net/2025/11/14/3... #BBCChildrenInNeed @rnib.bsky.social
Hanging out in Sherwood this afternoon, having a right old laugh
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Hanging out in Sherwood this afternoon, having a right old laugh
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At 51, Rian Johnson is a Hollywood rarity: a writer-director with a singular vision, able to turn his oddball, idiosyncratic stories into blockbuster hits. The success of “Knives Out” cemented Johnson’s status as an Agatha Christie for the Netflix age. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kPbcBb
Rian Johnson Is an Agatha Christie for the Netflix Age
The director revived the cozy mystery with “Knives Out.” In a new sequel, can he find his way to the end of the maze?
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
At 51, Rian Johnson is a Hollywood rarity: a writer-director with a singular vision, able to turn his oddball, idiosyncratic stories into blockbuster hits. The success of “Knives Out” cemented Johnson’s status as an Agatha Christie for the Netflix age. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kPbcBb
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The Seasonal Reposting Competition is coming! Return here on Friday for a chance to win a signed copy of one of my books ...
For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 @theguardian.com #puzzles and the stories behind them:
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 @theguardian.com #puzzles and the stories behind them:
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Seasonal Reposting Competition is coming! Return here on Friday for a chance to win a signed copy of one of my books ...
For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 @theguardian.com #puzzles and the stories behind them:
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 @theguardian.com #puzzles and the stories behind them:
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
New blog post ✍️ 🧩 www.alyscummings.com/post/cryptic...
Cryptics: a new newsletter, a new magazine
Crosswords had a real boom in the Golden Age of mystery writing in the 1920s and 30s - and it feels as if mystery novels and crosswords are in a big period of growth again, 100 years on. I am very muc...
www.alyscummings.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New blog post ✍️ 🧩 www.alyscummings.com/post/cryptic...
Awesome night at Uncanny: Fear of the Dark with @dannyrobins.bsky.social 👻
The Newcastle audience’s own ghost stories were definitely some of the most head scratching…even if I was the lone soul to change my opinion 😬
And a new book to boot 😊
The Newcastle audience’s own ghost stories were definitely some of the most head scratching…even if I was the lone soul to change my opinion 😬
And a new book to boot 😊
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Awesome night at Uncanny: Fear of the Dark with @dannyrobins.bsky.social 👻
The Newcastle audience’s own ghost stories were definitely some of the most head scratching…even if I was the lone soul to change my opinion 😬
And a new book to boot 😊
The Newcastle audience’s own ghost stories were definitely some of the most head scratching…even if I was the lone soul to change my opinion 😬
And a new book to boot 😊
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ADAM AND EVE (Anagrammed Lines)
Adam and Eve in God's garden:
So ragged and damned naïve.
Gave a song, minded an adder,
and envisaged Armageddon.
(Dogma and sin ravaged Eden
and God — and gave Man desire.)
Adam and Eve in God's garden:
So ragged and damned naïve.
Gave a song, minded an adder,
and envisaged Armageddon.
(Dogma and sin ravaged Eden
and God — and gave Man desire.)
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
ADAM AND EVE (Anagrammed Lines)
Adam and Eve in God's garden:
So ragged and damned naïve.
Gave a song, minded an adder,
and envisaged Armageddon.
(Dogma and sin ravaged Eden
and God — and gave Man desire.)
Adam and Eve in God's garden:
So ragged and damned naïve.
Gave a song, minded an adder,
and envisaged Armageddon.
(Dogma and sin ravaged Eden
and God — and gave Man desire.)
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November 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey
🇫🇷 👌🏻
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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today i’m dressed up as an overconfident mediocre white man ooOooOooOooooO
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
today i’m dressed up as an overconfident mediocre white man ooOooOooOooooO
Double Teddy post for Halloween. He arrived from the shelter two years ago today so especially thankful for my black cat today 🎃 🐈⬛
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Double Teddy post for Halloween. He arrived from the shelter two years ago today so especially thankful for my black cat today 🎃 🐈⬛
Teddy and I making some tweaks to the crosswords for Murder Most Cryptic 😊
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Teddy and I making some tweaks to the crosswords for Murder Most Cryptic 😊
Morning wave jumping 🌊 👋🏻 🌊
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Morning wave jumping 🌊 👋🏻 🌊
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The timing was great - the week that happened, @alanconnor.bsky.social wrote an amusingly opportunistic article for the Guardian that served as the gateway - the rest is history 😁
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
Love Wordle? Here are three reasons why you’ll love cryptic crosswords
Cryptic puzzles go beyond trial and error, backing up guesswork with definitions and amusing wordplay. So if you start your day with a word puzzle, the Guardian has a treat for you
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The timing was great - the week that happened, @alanconnor.bsky.social wrote an amusingly opportunistic article for the Guardian that served as the gateway - the rest is history 😁
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
Wordle 1,595 2/6
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
One day it will be in 1, one day….
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One day it will be in 1, one day….
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Wordle 1,595 2/6
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
One day it will be in 1, one day….
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
One day it will be in 1, one day….
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Good morning and doesn't this look grand.
We have a new website.
Many thanks to designer Graham Shackleton.
Marvelous.
bluemoosebooks.com
We have a new website.
Many thanks to designer Graham Shackleton.
Marvelous.
bluemoosebooks.com
Home - Bluemoose Books
The Guardian - ‘Bluemoose Books is a small but mighty literary hit factory’
Welcome to Bluemoose Books - We’re a multi award winning independent publisher based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, ...
bluemoosebooks.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Good morning and doesn't this look grand.
We have a new website.
Many thanks to designer Graham Shackleton.
Marvelous.
bluemoosebooks.com
We have a new website.
Many thanks to designer Graham Shackleton.
Marvelous.
bluemoosebooks.com
Rogue tourism post typo has crossword community in a panic
This did make me laugh… only click to see what it’s replying to if you do not object to NSFW language 😂
There's a code name for the cryptic crossword setter I haven't heard before.
October 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Rogue tourism post typo has crossword community in a panic
Ominous and apt surface for me in today’s Guardian cryptic ☔️
12a Heavy rainfall starts to move over Newcastle before long
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
12a Heavy rainfall starts to move over Newcastle before long
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
Cryptic crossword No 29,837
Cryptic crossword No 29,837
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ominous and apt surface for me in today’s Guardian cryptic ☔️
12a Heavy rainfall starts to move over Newcastle before long
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
12a Heavy rainfall starts to move over Newcastle before long
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
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The first series of SAPPHIRE & STEEL audio dramas from @bigfinish.bsky.social (including my story All Fall Down) is on sale until this Sunday: bigfinish.com/releases/v/s...
October 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The first series of SAPPHIRE & STEEL audio dramas from @bigfinish.bsky.social (including my story All Fall Down) is on sale until this Sunday: bigfinish.com/releases/v/s...
Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day 🐈⬛
(Even if the sun does give Teddy a rusty red ruff)
(Even if the sun does give Teddy a rusty red ruff)
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day 🐈⬛
(Even if the sun does give Teddy a rusty red ruff)
(Even if the sun does give Teddy a rusty red ruff)
Happy to have a clue in this weekend’s offering by Platypus…30 clues and 30 setters! Thanks to @henriwords.com
mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2788
mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2788
Cryptic crossword No 2,788 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,788 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 30 clues by Platypus. Published Sat 25 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.
mycrossword.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Happy to have a clue in this weekend’s offering by Platypus…30 clues and 30 setters! Thanks to @henriwords.com
mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2788
mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2788
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Wonderfully pedantic letter in today’s @financialtimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Wonderfully pedantic letter in today’s @financialtimes.com