PeterMF
@petermoorefuller.bsky.social
Crosswords - Chopin (mycrossword), Bard (Independent), Playfair (Economist) & Glyph (Guardian)
Scicomm (infohackit)
Music (peteplays12)
Scicomm (infohackit)
Music (peteplays12)
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Issue 2 available for (pre)sale now: unchcrosswords.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Issue 2 available for (pre)sale now: unchcrosswords.com
Lecturing about design literacy for the first time today on a new MSc module in Science Communication at UEA and got sketched by one of the students!
This is how straight I think my nose is. Others may disagree.
This is how straight I think my nose is. Others may disagree.
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Lecturing about design literacy for the first time today on a new MSc module in Science Communication at UEA and got sketched by one of the students!
This is how straight I think my nose is. Others may disagree.
This is how straight I think my nose is. Others may disagree.
Back in the @economist.com crossword today as Playfair. Featuring:
Dating app where Canadian swinger bags Frenchman (6)
US President after Auntie’s money, initially journalist surprised (8)
Confirmation of holiday cover for head of chemistry (10)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Dating app where Canadian swinger bags Frenchman (6)
US President after Auntie’s money, initially journalist surprised (8)
Confirmation of holiday cover for head of chemistry (10)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Weekend crossword for Nov 22nd 2025
A weekend crossword based on the week’s news
www.economist.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Back in the @economist.com crossword today as Playfair. Featuring:
Dating app where Canadian swinger bags Frenchman (6)
US President after Auntie’s money, initially journalist surprised (8)
Confirmation of holiday cover for head of chemistry (10)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Dating app where Canadian swinger bags Frenchman (6)
US President after Auntie’s money, initially journalist surprised (8)
Confirmation of holiday cover for head of chemistry (10)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Thanks to YouTube Music for offering up a tesselating bleak landscape of forgotten musical favourites. Spooky.
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thanks to YouTube Music for offering up a tesselating bleak landscape of forgotten musical favourites. Spooky.
Well blimey it’s been an exciting few days for this puzzle. Lots of head scratches, penny drops and some brilliant feedback.
Thanks indeed to everyone that’s followed me since or sent me a message about it. This crossword community is ace.
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
Thanks indeed to everyone that’s followed me since or sent me a message about it. This crossword community is ace.
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 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Well blimey it’s been an exciting few days for this puzzle. Lots of head scratches, penny drops and some brilliant feedback.
Thanks indeed to everyone that’s followed me since or sent me a message about it. This crossword community is ace.
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
Thanks indeed to everyone that’s followed me since or sent me a message about it. This crossword community is ace.
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
Thank you @mister-norm.bsky.social !
This crossword is exceptional www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
Hard but very much worth the effort.
Hard but very much worth the effort.
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 9:19 AM
Thank you @mister-norm.bsky.social !
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It’s me in the Independent today.
Sample clue:
Cantankerous ill youngster straddles potty (5)
You can solve this cryptic crossword FOR FREE at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent
Sample clue:
Cantankerous ill youngster straddles potty (5)
You can solve this cryptic crossword FOR FREE at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent
The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent
Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.
puzzles.independent.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
It’s me in the Independent today.
Sample clue:
Cantankerous ill youngster straddles potty (5)
You can solve this cryptic crossword FOR FREE at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent
Sample clue:
Cantankerous ill youngster straddles potty (5)
You can solve this cryptic crossword FOR FREE at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent
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 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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...
Another one!
Great to be back as Playfair in @economist.com today (subs), featuring:
🩺 Doctor’s downright intense replacement (12)
🎹 Dance music ultimately built on repetition around beginning of 90s (6)
🎬 List odd characters in Burton’s Oscar winner (6)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Great to be back as Playfair in @economist.com today (subs), featuring:
🩺 Doctor’s downright intense replacement (12)
🎹 Dance music ultimately built on repetition around beginning of 90s (6)
🎬 List odd characters in Burton’s Oscar winner (6)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Weekend crossword
A weekend crossword based on the week’s news
www.economist.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Another one!
Great to be back as Playfair in @economist.com today (subs), featuring:
🩺 Doctor’s downright intense replacement (12)
🎹 Dance music ultimately built on repetition around beginning of 90s (6)
🎬 List odd characters in Burton’s Oscar winner (6)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Great to be back as Playfair in @economist.com today (subs), featuring:
🩺 Doctor’s downright intense replacement (12)
🎹 Dance music ultimately built on repetition around beginning of 90s (6)
🎬 List odd characters in Burton’s Oscar winner (6)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
I’m back in the Indy today!
Featuring:
🔴 Red, gold and brown a bit too much (6)
🎖️ Call it a day having received medal and diamonds (2,2,3)
🎵 Show Me Love, Spinning Around and Come What May? (7)
Play for free here:
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Featuring:
🔴 Red, gold and brown a bit too much (6)
🎖️ Call it a day having received medal and diamonds (2,2,3)
🎵 Show Me Love, Spinning Around and Come What May? (7)
Play for free here:
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent
Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.
puzzles.independent.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I’m back in the Indy today!
Featuring:
🔴 Red, gold and brown a bit too much (6)
🎖️ Call it a day having received medal and diamonds (2,2,3)
🎵 Show Me Love, Spinning Around and Come What May? (7)
Play for free here:
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Featuring:
🔴 Red, gold and brown a bit too much (6)
🎖️ Call it a day having received medal and diamonds (2,2,3)
🎵 Show Me Love, Spinning Around and Come What May? (7)
Play for free here:
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Oh bugger off Acrobat.
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Oh bugger off Acrobat.
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Rather chuffed to report that my friendly, feathered and equally foolish alter ego Loon makes his debut in The Times Quick Cryptic series today.
#cryptic #crossword
#cryptic #crossword
October 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Rather chuffed to report that my friendly, feathered and equally foolish alter ego Loon makes his debut in The Times Quick Cryptic series today.
#cryptic #crossword
#cryptic #crossword
First puzzle (great stuff @guineverecryptic.bsky.social )
solved in red ink - looks very stylish @unchcrosswords.com
solved in red ink - looks very stylish @unchcrosswords.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
First puzzle (great stuff @guineverecryptic.bsky.social )
solved in red ink - looks very stylish @unchcrosswords.com
solved in red ink - looks very stylish @unchcrosswords.com
Squee! Been a good while since I’ve bought a hardback on day of release.
I’ve read everything again in anticipation (what a joy!). Can’t wait to see how it ends…
#bookofdust
I’ve read everything again in anticipation (what a joy!). Can’t wait to see how it ends…
#bookofdust
October 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Squee! Been a good while since I’ve bought a hardback on day of release.
I’ve read everything again in anticipation (what a joy!). Can’t wait to see how it ends…
#bookofdust
I’ve read everything again in anticipation (what a joy!). Can’t wait to see how it ends…
#bookofdust
New puzzle from me today in @economist.com 🥳
(Subscription required)
Sample clue:
One let a man in lycra out? That’s gutsy! (10,5)
(Subscription required)
Sample clue:
One let a man in lycra out? That’s gutsy! (10,5)
In addition to our daily mini crossword, @economist.com now has a weekend 15x15 cryptic. Try your hand at this one, set by the magnificently monickered Playfair (@petermoorefuller.bsky.social)
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
October 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New puzzle from me today in @economist.com 🥳
(Subscription required)
Sample clue:
One let a man in lycra out? That’s gutsy! (10,5)
(Subscription required)
Sample clue:
One let a man in lycra out? That’s gutsy! (10,5)
This is so unbelievably basic.
Degrees are not purely vocational.
Careers are not linear.
Interdisciplinarity is essential.
My own journey is from a degree in English into marketing, into design, into science communication. My arts background is incredibly valuable to my work in science.
Degrees are not purely vocational.
Careers are not linear.
Interdisciplinarity is essential.
My own journey is from a degree in English into marketing, into design, into science communication. My arts background is incredibly valuable to my work in science.
So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.
It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.
It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.
October 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This is so unbelievably basic.
Degrees are not purely vocational.
Careers are not linear.
Interdisciplinarity is essential.
My own journey is from a degree in English into marketing, into design, into science communication. My arts background is incredibly valuable to my work in science.
Degrees are not purely vocational.
Careers are not linear.
Interdisciplinarity is essential.
My own journey is from a degree in English into marketing, into design, into science communication. My arts background is incredibly valuable to my work in science.
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🥁🥁🥁 I set the October puzzle in the Guardian’s Genius series under my new setting name ‘Odo’
Ever since I started crosswording it’s been my ambition to get into the Guardian, it’s always been ‘my paper’. Many thanks to @alanconnor.bsky.social for the opportunity
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
Ever since I started crosswording it’s been my ambition to get into the Guardian, it’s always been ‘my paper’. Many thanks to @alanconnor.bsky.social for the opportunity
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
Genius crossword No 268
Deadline for entries is 23:59 GMT on Saturday 1 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
October 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
🥁🥁🥁 I set the October puzzle in the Guardian’s Genius series under my new setting name ‘Odo’
Ever since I started crosswording it’s been my ambition to get into the Guardian, it’s always been ‘my paper’. Many thanks to @alanconnor.bsky.social for the opportunity
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
Ever since I started crosswording it’s been my ambition to get into the Guardian, it’s always been ‘my paper’. Many thanks to @alanconnor.bsky.social for the opportunity
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...
Someone from my recent crossword workshop sent me this clue from a Telegraph Toughie book:
Warning that 2011 might split, for example? (9,5)
Crossers are R _ V _ R _ I _ G _ I _ H _
So very likely REVERSING LIGHT?
Can anyone parse it?
Warning that 2011 might split, for example? (9,5)
Crossers are R _ V _ R _ I _ G _ I _ H _
So very likely REVERSING LIGHT?
Can anyone parse it?
September 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Someone from my recent crossword workshop sent me this clue from a Telegraph Toughie book:
Warning that 2011 might split, for example? (9,5)
Crossers are R _ V _ R _ I _ G _ I _ H _
So very likely REVERSING LIGHT?
Can anyone parse it?
Warning that 2011 might split, for example? (9,5)
Crossers are R _ V _ R _ I _ G _ I _ H _
So very likely REVERSING LIGHT?
Can anyone parse it?
Crossword folks, what do we think about multiple definitions AND wordplay in a clue?
Example, Imogen 29,663:
Check on a rod for fish (5)
I don’t like it, but would be interested to know how others feel about it.
Example, Imogen 29,663:
Check on a rod for fish (5)
I don’t like it, but would be interested to know how others feel about it.
September 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Crossword folks, what do we think about multiple definitions AND wordplay in a clue?
Example, Imogen 29,663:
Check on a rod for fish (5)
I don’t like it, but would be interested to know how others feel about it.
Example, Imogen 29,663:
Check on a rod for fish (5)
I don’t like it, but would be interested to know how others feel about it.
Pre-order done ✅
I am absolutely delighted to tell you that @unchcrosswords.com - a new #cryptic #crossword magazine coming out in October, that I have had the immense pleasure of helping out on (alongside some *lovely* people) has today opened up UK pre-orders for its launch issue 🚀
unchcrosswords.com
unchcrosswords.com
Unch Crossword Magazine
Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine
unchcrosswords.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Pre-order done ✅
I’m headed to the wonderful Wells Maltings on November 4th for another beginners cryptic crossword workshop.
This time with afternoon tea included!
www.wellsmaltings.org.uk/events/a-beg...
This time with afternoon tea included!
www.wellsmaltings.org.uk/events/a-beg...
A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO SOLVING CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS: A WORKSHOP WITH AFTERNOON TEA - Wells Maltings - Wells Cinema and Theatre
A Beginner’s Guide to Solving Cryptic Crosswords In this workshop, Peter Moore Fuller (Bard in the Independent Crossword) will introduce you to the wonderful world of cryptic crosswords where playful...
www.wellsmaltings.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I’m headed to the wonderful Wells Maltings on November 4th for another beginners cryptic crossword workshop.
This time with afternoon tea included!
www.wellsmaltings.org.uk/events/a-beg...
This time with afternoon tea included!
www.wellsmaltings.org.uk/events/a-beg...
I attended a design industry event at a big Ed tech conference not too long ago, chatted to teachers and I’m afraid this satire is too late.
“To design is to think” Dieter Rams.
Let’s not outsource the thinking eh?
via @skirwingle.bsky.social
“To design is to think” Dieter Rams.
Let’s not outsource the thinking eh?
via @skirwingle.bsky.social
Art class
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
September 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I attended a design industry event at a big Ed tech conference not too long ago, chatted to teachers and I’m afraid this satire is too late.
“To design is to think” Dieter Rams.
Let’s not outsource the thinking eh?
via @skirwingle.bsky.social
“To design is to think” Dieter Rams.
Let’s not outsource the thinking eh?
via @skirwingle.bsky.social
Just got round to watching the documentary on C4 about Norwich Castle. Highly recommend. Also highly recommend a visit to the renovated keep - I’ve been twice already.
Congrats to all involved!
Seen 'The Castle: Rebuilding History'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
Congrats to all involved!
Seen 'The Castle: Rebuilding History'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
The Castle: Rebuilding History
Follow Norwich Castle's restoration: one of Europe’s most complex heritage projects
www.channel4.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Just got round to watching the documentary on C4 about Norwich Castle. Highly recommend. Also highly recommend a visit to the renovated keep - I’ve been twice already.
Congrats to all involved!
Seen 'The Castle: Rebuilding History'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
Congrats to all involved!
Seen 'The Castle: Rebuilding History'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/t...