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Nate Cardin (he/him)

@naytnaytnayt.bsky.social

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Chemistry teacher. PhD. Crossword constructor. Co-editor at AVCX Cryptics. Relentless homosexual. 🏳️‍🌈 Winner! (Wheel of Fortune + The 1% Club) Loser! (Trogdor burninated my village 🐉🏡🔥)

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · 1d

Audiobooks ftw! (Especially if the narrator is amazing)

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · 1d

🙌🙌🙌

Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · 8d

Oh, heck yes! 🙌

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 9d

This is LGBTQ+ History Month, and I urge my followers who are LGBTQ+ (or just curious) to dive into one thing--a movie, novel, TV show--from your childhood or before. Look at an older gay work as something other than a relic or an error. You'll be rewarded. Your world, your SELF, will get bigger. >

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · 22d

Dissociate from the world by solving my @sfgate.com mini crossword today!

www.sfgate.com/california-m...

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · 26d

🐙 🙌

Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · 26d

Need a distraction from the news? Check out my latest crossword over at Apple News+! apple.news/JsKmC066PST-...

Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · 28d

We just saw it! Fan service a plenty 💕

Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Sep 10

LFG!!!!!

Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Sep 4

Legend!!

Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yes!

Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Sep 1

Annoyed that the NYT mini is paywalled now? Solve my mini today over at @sfgate.com instead! 💁‍♀️🏳️‍🌈

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Aug 30

Nice tight theme pair!

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Aug 30

Congrats! It was a fun solve 🙌

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Aug 26

@sfgate.com has CA-themed mini crosswords now and I wrote today’s! Check it out: www.sfgate.com/california-m...

California Mini Crossword Puzzle | SFGATE

www.sfgate.com

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Aug 25

Season 15(!) of Dr. Cardin’s Chemistry 👨‍🔬

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Steve Mossberg @mossdef.bsky.social · Aug 19

I used to make these Quiptics to help my fellow North Americans grasp the more deceptive UK cluing style by limiting the wordplay devices to one per clue. Every once in a while I get the urge to set a few more for my old blog. Here's a new batch. squarepursuit.com/2025/08/19/q... #cryptic #crossword

Quiptic Pack 2025 (#52-60)

Ah, hello, Quiptic solvers! It’s been such a long time. I hope you’re doing well! I know I haven’t shown up here in a while, but I’ve been busy with a bunch of other stuff. …

squarepursuit.com

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Aug 17

Congrats! 🎉 Maybe only 500 more until NYT finally sees how much better Sunday puzzles can get when they loosen up the word count requirements ever so slightly 😂 Keep showing that consistently solid and fresh Sundays are possible!

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Aug 15

Amazingly, the dance to that song opens one of the doors in BP! 😂

Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Aug 14

I think the later stages of the game are where we need to put our egos aside and conquer through teamwork

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Aug 14

You’re in good company! The BP end game (to the extent that I’ve even experienced any of it) is wildly obscure

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Aug 12

Bury Your Gays was so good! Please let me know how this one is

Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Aug 10

Let’s go!!!! You legend! 🙌🙌🙌

Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Aug 9

Where did you get a crossword blackwing??

Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · Aug 7

Oh yeah, my search history from researching crossword themes / clues confuses my algorithm so much 😂