Guinevere 🎲🎲
@guineverecryptic.bsky.social
Love cryptic crosswords, long time solver, now honoured to be a setter! ADHD and Mensa member - owning the wonderful US ’twice exceptional’ label 🥰 🏴🎲🎲
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Dice | The Guardian
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I’m easily pleased… it appears the Guardian crossword setter links have been fixed, so you can access all my puzzles in one place! 😀
(It was previously working for some setters, partially for some - and not at all for others)
www.theguardian.com/profile/dice
(It was previously working for some setters, partially for some - and not at all for others)
www.theguardian.com/profile/dice
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Pleased to soon be making my Unch debut amid these fine folk. Pre-order to avoid missing out! #cryptic #crosswords https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rdlatved4vzndf75wg2culva/post/3m6rte55pfs2z
Unch Crosswords (@unchcrosswords.com)
Thanks @adamlp.bsky.social @catnipxword.bsky.social @thevoidtlmb.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy @heroncrosswords.bsky.social @clairebennie.bsky.social @mpcryptics.bsky.social @longyfan.bsky.social @juffowup.bsky.social @petermoorefuller.bsky.social @henriwords.com (& Gennaro!) https://media.tenor.com/IRXV5uXVTqMAAAAC/keyaan-john-wick.gif?hh=498&ww;=498
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December 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Pleased to soon be making my Unch debut amid these fine folk. Pre-order to avoid missing out! #cryptic #crosswords https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rdlatved4vzndf75wg2culva/post/3m6rte55pfs2z
Been catching up on Off-Grid and this was great fun! I do recommend the podcast as always - and this one is especially fun! Love ‘Mr Train’!
#cryptic #crossword
#cryptic #crossword
It was a pleasure to be the General’s chief researcher on this episode of the very enjoyable Off-Grid podcast. Crossword inspired…but no prior knowledge required!
#OffGridPod
offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/11/30/m...
#OffGridPod
offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/11/30/m...
Midwinter Training Gazebo – Ep. 64 - Off-Grid
In which we erect a Midwinter Training Gazebo, set Liverpool ablaze, play some riffs, get stuffed, and look up at the lights.
offgrid.tlmb.net
December 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Been catching up on Off-Grid and this was great fun! I do recommend the podcast as always - and this one is especially fun! Love ‘Mr Train’!
#cryptic #crossword
#cryptic #crossword
🥰🥰 thank you so much to Komorník for the great fun and honour of being involved in the 3d puzzles and the work the whole team do on this valuable project!
Please do go order the calendar, for great causes! And thanks to everyone who solved the October ‘Extra’ and commented! 3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk
Please do go order the calendar, for great causes! And thanks to everyone who solved the October ‘Extra’ and commented! 3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🥰🥰 thank you so much to Komorník for the great fun and honour of being involved in the 3d puzzles and the work the whole team do on this valuable project!
Please do go order the calendar, for great causes! And thanks to everyone who solved the October ‘Extra’ and commented! 3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk
Please do go order the calendar, for great causes! And thanks to everyone who solved the October ‘Extra’ and commented! 3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk
Probably not a big surprise.. ‘hope’ is an interesting one amongst those!
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "cryptic" (169×)
2. "crossword" (86×)
3. "clue" (77×)
4. "hope" (62×)
5. "clues" (53×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "cryptic" (169×)
2. "crossword" (86×)
3. "clue" (77×)
4. "hope" (62×)
5. "clues" (53×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025
A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.
anisota.net
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Probably not a big surprise.. ‘hope’ is an interesting one amongst those!
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "cryptic" (169×)
2. "crossword" (86×)
3. "clue" (77×)
4. "hope" (62×)
5. "clues" (53×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "cryptic" (169×)
2. "crossword" (86×)
3. "clue" (77×)
4. "hope" (62×)
5. "clues" (53×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
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New puzzle on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk) with a little something extra. Grateful to @guineverecryptic.bsky.social @crypticblah.bsky.social @mossdef.bsky.social for testing & input! Learning so much from detailed & helpful conversation.
December 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
New puzzle on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk) with a little something extra. Grateful to @guineverecryptic.bsky.social @crypticblah.bsky.social @mossdef.bsky.social for testing & input! Learning so much from detailed & helpful conversation.
So happy to share this! Very much deserved and also really good to see another female setter joining the crew! Congratulations Heron, I hope it’s the first of many!
#cryptic #crossword
#cryptic #crossword
@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social
Very pleased to make my debut in the Times Quick Cryptic today! Hope you enjoy it.
Very pleased to make my debut in the Times Quick Cryptic today! Hope you enjoy it.
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
So happy to share this! Very much deserved and also really good to see another female setter joining the crew! Congratulations Heron, I hope it’s the first of many!
#cryptic #crossword
#cryptic #crossword
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Chris Lancaster, the Telegraph's puzzles editor, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease last year, and is fundraising for a wheelchair-accessible vehicle - please donate if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Chris Lancaster, the Telegraph's puzzles editor, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease last year, and is fundraising for a wheelchair-accessible vehicle - please donate if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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If you subscribe to my emails already then my free Christmassy puzzle ‘Seven Gifts So Fancy’ should have landed in your inbox today - I hope you enjoy it 🎁
If you’re not on the mailing list but you’d like a free copy of the puzzle, send me a DM
To get future free puzzles sign up at henriwords.com
If you’re not on the mailing list but you’d like a free copy of the puzzle, send me a DM
To get future free puzzles sign up at henriwords.com
HenriWords
Cryptic Crosswords by Henri
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December 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If you subscribe to my emails already then my free Christmassy puzzle ‘Seven Gifts So Fancy’ should have landed in your inbox today - I hope you enjoy it 🎁
If you’re not on the mailing list but you’d like a free copy of the puzzle, send me a DM
To get future free puzzles sign up at henriwords.com
If you’re not on the mailing list but you’d like a free copy of the puzzle, send me a DM
To get future free puzzles sign up at henriwords.com
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The lovely @johnfinnemore.bsky.social (and he won’t mind me saying that as he’s not REALLY on here) has got some pallets of this diamond (by which I mean excellent and harder than rock) puzzle back from the Unbound catastrafuck. He got zero from them for reasons. buy this and he gets deserved cash!
The Researcher's First Murder
A new Cain's Jawbone puzzle by John Finnemore.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The lovely @johnfinnemore.bsky.social (and he won’t mind me saying that as he’s not REALLY on here) has got some pallets of this diamond (by which I mean excellent and harder than rock) puzzle back from the Unbound catastrafuck. He got zero from them for reasons. buy this and he gets deserved cash!
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I set today's Independent puzzle - but I won't make a song and dance about it.
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I set today's Independent puzzle - but I won't make a song and dance about it.
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
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It was a pleasure to be the General’s chief researcher on this episode of the very enjoyable Off-Grid podcast. Crossword inspired…but no prior knowledge required!
#OffGridPod
offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/11/30/m...
#OffGridPod
offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/11/30/m...
Midwinter Training Gazebo – Ep. 64 - Off-Grid
In which we erect a Midwinter Training Gazebo, set Liverpool ablaze, play some riffs, get stuffed, and look up at the lights.
offgrid.tlmb.net
November 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It was a pleasure to be the General’s chief researcher on this episode of the very enjoyable Off-Grid podcast. Crossword inspired…but no prior knowledge required!
#OffGridPod
offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/11/30/m...
#OffGridPod
offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/11/30/m...
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Watch out Keir - I've made it to Number Ten! Hope you enjoy this - let me know... mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2901
Cryptic crossword No 2,901 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,901 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 29 clues by Ruskin. Published Sat 29 Nov 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
mycrossword.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Next #offgridpod features this crossword. Not required, but: solve in advance to avoid spoilers. https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29836
Cryptic crossword No 29,836
Cryptic crossword No 29,836
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Next #offgridpod features this crossword. Not required, but: solve in advance to avoid spoilers. https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29836
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Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
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I set today’s Guardian Prize crossword. Don’t be scared.
Waistcoat good for pulling? (7)
Finished eating skinned sea bass fillet (6)
On stage (3)
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p...
Waistcoat good for pulling? (7)
Finished eating skinned sea bass fillet (6)
On stage (3)
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p...
Prize crossword No 29,865
Prize crossword No 29,865
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I set today’s Guardian Prize crossword. Don’t be scared.
Waistcoat good for pulling? (7)
Finished eating skinned sea bass fillet (6)
On stage (3)
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p...
Waistcoat good for pulling? (7)
Finished eating skinned sea bass fillet (6)
On stage (3)
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p...
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You’ve only got until bedtime tomorrow to enter a solution for my debut as Glyph @theguardian.com Genius crossword.
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
#cryptic #crossword #puzzle
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
#cryptic #crossword #puzzle
Genius crossword No 269
Deadline for entries is 23:59 GMT on Saturday 29 November. You need to register once and then sign in to theguardian.com to enter our online competition for a £100 monthly prize
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
You’ve only got until bedtime tomorrow to enter a solution for my debut as Glyph @theguardian.com Genius crossword.
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
#cryptic #crossword #puzzle
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
#cryptic #crossword #puzzle
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The lovely Graeme Garden is getting to grips with my books! Each volume has 50 fiendish crosswords from @theguardian.com and the stories behind them with lots of extras, including puzzles previously not seen in print. All booksellers, or signed copies from boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The lovely Graeme Garden is getting to grips with my books! Each volume has 50 fiendish crosswords from @theguardian.com and the stories behind them with lots of extras, including puzzles previously not seen in print. All booksellers, or signed copies from boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
Very pleased indeed to have had the opportunity to compile today's Times Crossword.
www.thetimes.com/puzzles/cros...
www.thetimes.com/puzzles/cros...
Times Cryptic No 29398 | Puzzles | The Times & The Sunday Times
Times Cryptic No 29398
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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I've had a go at a puzzle for the American market in @avcx.bsky.social . avxwords.com. Thanks to @francisheaney.bsky.social for getting it in shape. I was advised against too much depressing reality, but was allowed one:
Perhaps Trump and Musk supporting introduction of fascism (5)
Perhaps Trump and Musk supporting introduction of fascism (5)
AVCX – Crosswords for the (not) faint of heart.
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October 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I've had a go at a puzzle for the American market in @avcx.bsky.social . avxwords.com. Thanks to @francisheaney.bsky.social for getting it in shape. I was advised against too much depressing reality, but was allowed one:
Perhaps Trump and Musk supporting introduction of fascism (5)
Perhaps Trump and Musk supporting introduction of fascism (5)
Highly recommended! I owe a lot to Boatman, this course and the connections it led to!
#cryptic #crossword
#cryptic #crossword
If you have a loved one who would like to explore crossword setting or just to get new insights into how they're created, places on my masterclass make a much-appreciated gift!
Help them release their inner fiendishness! New dates for 2026 just announced ...
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-ma...
Help them release their inner fiendishness! New dates for 2026 just announced ...
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-ma...
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Highly recommended! I owe a lot to Boatman, this course and the connections it led to!
#cryptic #crossword
#cryptic #crossword
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Why not set a clue this week? And research a powerful woman while you're at it... www.1across.org/2025/11/23/1...
1ACCWC 547 – BOUDICA – OPEN for CLUES
This week’s contest is hosted by Ruskin who won 1ACCWC 546 – TIE THE KNOT, her 2nd win taking her to the 18th position in the hotly contested 2025 1ACCWC leader board For 1ACCWC 547, s…
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November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Why not set a clue this week? And research a powerful woman while you're at it... www.1across.org/2025/11/23/1...
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@guineverecryptic.bsky.social Many thanks for the Quick Cryptic today.
Thought you pitched that at just the right level
Thought you pitched that at just the right level
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
@guineverecryptic.bsky.social Many thanks for the Quick Cryptic today.
Thought you pitched that at just the right level
Thought you pitched that at just the right level
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𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗸𝘆!
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗸𝘆!
Dice is back - hope you enjoy!
Common ‘addiction’ somewhat symbolic of feeble-mindedness (6)
King Edward’s one dropping packaging rubbish (6)
Make time for first sighting of shark, maybe capturing it (3,2)
#cryptic #crossword
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/q...
Common ‘addiction’ somewhat symbolic of feeble-mindedness (6)
King Edward’s one dropping packaging rubbish (6)
Make time for first sighting of shark, maybe capturing it (3,2)
#cryptic #crossword
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/q...
Quick cryptic crossword No 86
Quick cryptic crossword No 86
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Dice is back - hope you enjoy!
Common ‘addiction’ somewhat symbolic of feeble-mindedness (6)
King Edward’s one dropping packaging rubbish (6)
Make time for first sighting of shark, maybe capturing it (3,2)
#cryptic #crossword
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/q...
Common ‘addiction’ somewhat symbolic of feeble-mindedness (6)
King Edward’s one dropping packaging rubbish (6)
Make time for first sighting of shark, maybe capturing it (3,2)
#cryptic #crossword
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/q...