Matt
@wyrd.systems
📖 Publishing Unch, a cryptic crossword magazine: unchcrosswords.com
📺 Streaming on Sundays: https://twitch.tv/CrypticSunday
🪑 Sitting on benches
☕️ Drinking coffee
📺 Streaming on Sundays: https://twitch.tv/CrypticSunday
🪑 Sitting on benches
☕️ Drinking coffee
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@crypticblah.bsky.social Is this you
Tutivillus Is Watching You
For medieval scribes, mistakes couldn’t be easily shrugged off, as Tutivillus, the stickler demon, was always looking over their shoulders.
By: Amelia Soth
daily.jstor.org/tutivillus-i...
At PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje...
#books #old_manuscripts
For medieval scribes, mistakes couldn’t be easily shrugged off, as Tutivillus, the stickler demon, was always looking over their shoulders.
By: Amelia Soth
daily.jstor.org/tutivillus-i...
At PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje...
#books #old_manuscripts
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@crypticblah.bsky.social Is this you
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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
It's basically Rhinocéros except everyone is nice and they all turn at once.
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It's basically Rhinocéros except everyone is nice and they all turn at once.
I’m pleased to say that this week I have solved the Listener, the Inquistor, *and* the EV.
Probably an easy week but even so it’s a bit of a milestone for me in terms of my career as a solver, so I’m pretty happy with it.
Probably an easy week but even so it’s a bit of a milestone for me in terms of my career as a solver, so I’m pretty happy with it.
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I’m pleased to say that this week I have solved the Listener, the Inquistor, *and* the EV.
Probably an easy week but even so it’s a bit of a milestone for me in terms of my career as a solver, so I’m pretty happy with it.
Probably an easy week but even so it’s a bit of a milestone for me in terms of my career as a solver, so I’m pretty happy with it.
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Just done @henriwords.com puzzle in Unch, and it's wonderful. I don't do a lot of these types of puzzles where some entry is central and a lot of clues reference it. Times never publishes those and I rarely venture into Guardian (often too non-Ximenean). Is there a name for them? Semi-thematics?
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Just done @henriwords.com puzzle in Unch, and it's wonderful. I don't do a lot of these types of puzzles where some entry is central and a lot of clues reference it. Times never publishes those and I rarely venture into Guardian (often too non-Ximenean). Is there a name for them? Semi-thematics?
I’ve only just started doing the Enigmatic Variations puzzle the last few weeks. This week‘s was great - not too hard but enough to keep my brain busy!
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I’ve only just started doing the Enigmatic Variations puzzle the last few weeks. This week‘s was great - not too hard but enough to keep my brain busy!
No idea what took me so long but I've finally signed up.
This looks great! And lots of familiar names/faces too :)
This looks great! And lots of familiar names/faces too :)
🚨🚨🚨 new cryptic outlet alert! 🚨🚨🚨
Proud to announce Cryptic Crossweird, a venue for midsized cryptics at $2.50/mo. For launch, we have a special 4-puzzle pack featuring: @fabioethics.bsky.social, @bewilderingly.bsky.social, @joeadultman.bsky.social and us!
patreon.com/crypticcross...
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Proud to announce Cryptic Crossweird, a venue for midsized cryptics at $2.50/mo. For launch, we have a special 4-puzzle pack featuring: @fabioethics.bsky.social, @bewilderingly.bsky.social, @joeadultman.bsky.social and us!
patreon.com/crypticcross...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
No idea what took me so long but I've finally signed up.
This looks great! And lots of familiar names/faces too :)
This looks great! And lots of familiar names/faces too :)
@michpunk.bsky.social I just did 4893, my first ever completed Listener. Can't be a coincidence that I watched a couple of your videos this week. Thanks for the inspiration!
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
@michpunk.bsky.social I just did 4893, my first ever completed Listener. Can't be a coincidence that I watched a couple of your videos this week. Thanks for the inspiration!
I HAVE SOLVED THE LISTENER!
IN ONE SITTING!
OMG
IN ONE SITTING!
OMG
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I HAVE SOLVED THE LISTENER!
IN ONE SITTING!
OMG
IN ONE SITTING!
OMG
@mickhodgkin.bsky.social I'm still really enjoying your weekly emails Mick.
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
@mickhodgkin.bsky.social I'm still really enjoying your weekly emails Mick.
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I set today's cryptic crossword for The Economist. Glad to get 2d out into the ether (that's a clue)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I set today's cryptic crossword for The Economist. Glad to get 2d out into the ether (that's a clue)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Lots of fun and very clever. And something I actually know about!
So excited to be making my debut as Glyph in @theguardian.com Genius slot today.
Cheers to @alanconnor.bsky.social for the spot, and thank you so much to the great folks that tested this puzzle.
Hope you enjoy solving it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
Cheers to @alanconnor.bsky.social for the spot, and thank you so much to the great folks that tested this puzzle.
Hope you enjoy solving it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
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 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Lots of fun and very clever. And something I actually know about!
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Recently stumbled on a similar magazine called the Mendip Times during some travel and it is a thing of great joy…
Protect these publications at all costs!
Protect these publications at all costs!
November 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Recently stumbled on a similar magazine called the Mendip Times during some travel and it is a thing of great joy…
Protect these publications at all costs!
Protect these publications at all costs!
Gentle week in the Inquisitor, by the look of it. Thought I haven’t actually looked at the clues yet.
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Gentle week in the Inquisitor, by the look of it. Thought I haven’t actually looked at the clues yet.
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If you're planning on dabbling in the occult this Halloween, you might get something out of my latest exercise in Mini grid filling. Granted, that "something" might be "a dreadful pun", but still...
Checks sides of sofa, presumably wanting money (7)
mycrossword.co.uk/mini/162
Checks sides of sofa, presumably wanting money (7)
mycrossword.co.uk/mini/162
Mini crossword No 162 · MyCrossword
Solve Mini crossword No 162 on MyCrossword. 7x7 grid with 8 clues by Panthera. Published Fri 31 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
mycrossword.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If you're planning on dabbling in the occult this Halloween, you might get something out of my latest exercise in Mini grid filling. Granted, that "something" might be "a dreadful pun", but still...
Checks sides of sofa, presumably wanting money (7)
mycrossword.co.uk/mini/162
Checks sides of sofa, presumably wanting money (7)
mycrossword.co.uk/mini/162
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The November challenge from the Crossword Centre is Nonsense by Craft.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/nove...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/nove...
November 2025 Nonsense by Craft
Nonsense by Craft For nine symmetrically-placed entries, definitions in clues lead to an answer which must be treated before entry. Wordplay...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The November challenge from the Crossword Centre is Nonsense by Craft.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/nove...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/nove...
Packing for a journey tomorrow. It would be great if someone would make some kind of A5 pamphlet full of crosswords I can do on the train without getting my phone out but which - crucially - I haven't already solved before it even got printed. Please someone do this.
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Packing for a journey tomorrow. It would be great if someone would make some kind of A5 pamphlet full of crosswords I can do on the train without getting my phone out but which - crucially - I haven't already solved before it even got printed. Please someone do this.
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After a two month hiatus, a new PM is out on my crossword.co.uk. Samples:
Slower on road, son went behind papa (5,4)
One such as Dracula inspiring conclusion of classic tale (7)
African sign of disapproval is to turn around (5)
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2803
Slower on road, son went behind papa (5,4)
One such as Dracula inspiring conclusion of classic tale (7)
African sign of disapproval is to turn around (5)
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2803
Cryptic crossword No 2,803 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,803 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by PostMark. Published Wed 29 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
After a two month hiatus, a new PM is out on my crossword.co.uk. Samples:
Slower on road, son went behind papa (5,4)
One such as Dracula inspiring conclusion of classic tale (7)
African sign of disapproval is to turn around (5)
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2803
Slower on road, son went behind papa (5,4)
One such as Dracula inspiring conclusion of classic tale (7)
African sign of disapproval is to turn around (5)
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2803
Fifteen years ago today, I won a giant Angry Bird on the big claw machines on Brighton Pier.
Still my proudest achievement.
#GiantAngryBirdDay
Still my proudest achievement.
#GiantAngryBirdDay
October 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Fifteen years ago today, I won a giant Angry Bird on the big claw machines on Brighton Pier.
Still my proudest achievement.
#GiantAngryBirdDay
Still my proudest achievement.
#GiantAngryBirdDay
@jo42.bsky.social It was so nice to meet you this weekend and get to chat crosswords, Jo!
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
@jo42.bsky.social It was so nice to meet you this weekend and get to chat crosswords, Jo!
October 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM