Unch Crosswords
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"The clued-up crossword magazine"
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New featured puzzle up on MyCrossword - by the excellent @iguesscryptics.bsky.social!
www.mycrossword.co.uk/featured/4
www.mycrossword.co.uk/featured/4
Featured crossword No 4 · MyCrossword
Solve Featured crossword No 4 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 30 clues by Iguess. Published Mon 9 Feb 2026. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 AM
New featured puzzle up on MyCrossword - by the excellent @iguesscryptics.bsky.social!
www.mycrossword.co.uk/featured/4
www.mycrossword.co.uk/featured/4
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Here's the big one, anagram indicators added (1624 of them). This list was scraped and automatically classified (albeit with me iteratively checking things) so there's a good chance it contains errors and/or dodgy indicators. Please shout if you spot problems!
www.mycrossword.co.uk/toolkit/anag...
www.mycrossword.co.uk/toolkit/anag...
Anagram Indicators · MyCrossword
Indicates letters should be scrambled. A helpful list for cryptic crossword setters and solvers.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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And now, a cryptic crossword clue I came up with at 3am:
MMMBop (4,5,8)
MMMBop (4,5,8)
February 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
And now, a cryptic crossword clue I came up with at 3am:
MMMBop (4,5,8)
MMMBop (4,5,8)
Thanks to everyone that's bought a copy so far!
Glad to see they're arriving safely - I love seeing all your photos :)
Glad to see they're arriving safely - I love seeing all your photos :)
February 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Thanks to everyone that's bought a copy so far!
Glad to see they're arriving safely - I love seeing all your photos :)
Glad to see they're arriving safely - I love seeing all your photos :)
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Have been working my way through this Unch magazine @unchcrosswords.com. Superb, highly recommended.
February 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Have been working my way through this Unch magazine @unchcrosswords.com. Superb, highly recommended.
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Solving cryptic crosswords is not (yet) a sport in the Winter Olympics, but it's considerably safer and warmer. Join us on Twitch at 12 to help tackle new ones by Ghoti @fimjishwick.bsky.social and Serbosh! #CrypticSunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
February 8, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Solving cryptic crosswords is not (yet) a sport in the Winter Olympics, but it's considerably safer and warmer. Join us on Twitch at 12 to help tackle new ones by Ghoti @fimjishwick.bsky.social and Serbosh! #CrypticSunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
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Pleased to feature in Issue 2 of @unchcrosswords.com with a themed crossword and Nina too! @henriwords.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Pleased to feature in Issue 2 of @unchcrosswords.com with a themed crossword and Nina too! @henriwords.com
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Ooh ooh it's @unchcrosswords.com - a little bit of tangible joy
January 23, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Ooh ooh it's @unchcrosswords.com - a little bit of tangible joy
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Big thanks to everyone that’s posted a photo of Unch issue 2!
Although there are rather a lot of photos of cats.
Don’t get me wrong, cats are lovely.
But WHERE ALL THE DOGS AT?
🐶🐕🐩🐾🐶🐕🦺🦮🌭🐶
Although there are rather a lot of photos of cats.
Don’t get me wrong, cats are lovely.
But WHERE ALL THE DOGS AT?
🐶🐕🐩🐾🐶🐕🦺🦮🌭🐶
January 28, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Big thanks to everyone that’s posted a photo of Unch issue 2!
Although there are rather a lot of photos of cats.
Don’t get me wrong, cats are lovely.
But WHERE ALL THE DOGS AT?
🐶🐕🐩🐾🐶🐕🦺🦮🌭🐶
Although there are rather a lot of photos of cats.
Don’t get me wrong, cats are lovely.
But WHERE ALL THE DOGS AT?
🐶🐕🐩🐾🐶🐕🦺🦮🌭🐶
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Really enjoyed @mpcryptics.bsky.social puzzle in second issue of @unchcrosswords.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Really enjoyed @mpcryptics.bsky.social puzzle in second issue of @unchcrosswords.com
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carrie's self-promotion post:
there's still time to be the 3rd person to solve, or the 13th or so person to listen to and enjoy, what is universally lauded as the most delectable musical album of the last several months (if not years): that beloved crossword album known only as “Puzzles of 2025”.
there's still time to be the 3rd person to solve, or the 13th or so person to listen to and enjoy, what is universally lauded as the most delectable musical album of the last several months (if not years): that beloved crossword album known only as “Puzzles of 2025”.
Puzzles of 2025, by carrie z + hedra rowan
40 track album
puzzlesof2025.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:11 AM
carrie's self-promotion post:
there's still time to be the 3rd person to solve, or the 13th or so person to listen to and enjoy, what is universally lauded as the most delectable musical album of the last several months (if not years): that beloved crossword album known only as “Puzzles of 2025”.
there's still time to be the 3rd person to solve, or the 13th or so person to listen to and enjoy, what is universally lauded as the most delectable musical album of the last several months (if not years): that beloved crossword album known only as “Puzzles of 2025”.
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Prounouns in the #crossword in *1930*!
Pronouns in the news, 1930 ed: antedating and author identified. Richard Tingley, prolific crossword setter, put three common-gender pronoun clues in a puzzle that ran in late 1930; this one appeared in the Rockford (IL) Star, Dec. 28, p. 23. The puzzle ran the next day in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
February 5, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Prounouns in the #crossword in *1930*!
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I've finally made a Bluesky version of a niche Twitter account I used to run that does topical news cryptic crossword clues. If you fancy writing clues for it (I know setters follow me), DM for details!
Celebrity autograph - Virgo's for example (4,4)
Solve here:
Solve here:
Cryptick
Create a cryptic crossword clue and share it with people you know.
cryptick.wildvale.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I've finally made a Bluesky version of a niche Twitter account I used to run that does topical news cryptic crossword clues. If you fancy writing clues for it (I know setters follow me), DM for details!
🎉🎉🎉
I am tremendously honored and humbled to be nominated for Best Cryptic Crossword at the ORCAS. You can see and solve all of the nominated puzzles by donating to the Trevor Project.
crosswordfiend.com/2026-orcas-i...
crosswordfiend.com/2026-orcas-i...
2026 ORCAS Introduction |
crosswordfiend.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
🎉🎉🎉
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Just remembered I still have the latest #OffGridPod to listen to, albeit 11 days late. Fortunately, they're not time sensitive, so if you're a wordy/trivia-loving/quizzy/crosswordy type who's late to the party then you have 68 wonderful episodes waiting for you...
**Alan Gardener ’s Sandpaper – Ep. 68**
In which we borrow Alan Gardener’s sandpaper, scout for girls, track an arms race, and follow some turtles.
=== If you think you could roll along fine with all of that, please click play:
[…] […]
[Original post on offgrid.tlmb.net]
In which we borrow Alan Gardener’s sandpaper, scout for girls, track an arms race, and follow some turtles.
=== If you think you could roll along fine with all of that, please click play:
[…] […]
[Original post on offgrid.tlmb.net]
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Just remembered I still have the latest #OffGridPod to listen to, albeit 11 days late. Fortunately, they're not time sensitive, so if you're a wordy/trivia-loving/quizzy/crosswordy type who's late to the party then you have 68 wonderful episodes waiting for you...
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Breakfast in America? Thanks for getting it all the way over to me, @unchcrosswords.com!
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Breakfast in America? Thanks for getting it all the way over to me, @unchcrosswords.com!
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Episode 7 of Crosstalk with @bewilderingly.bsky.social is out now!
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6x9j...
Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6x9j...
Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Episode 7 of Crosstalk with @bewilderingly.bsky.social is out now!
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6x9j...
Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6x9j...
Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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I think there are four basic grids that crosswords tend to be based on. I don't know if they have names, but this is what I call them:
February 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I think there are four basic grids that crosswords tend to be based on. I don't know if they have names, but this is what I call them:
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Hooray, it’s here! Many thanks to Matt for replacing the first copy which went AWOL somewhere in Royalmailland…
@unchcrosswords.com
#crypticcrosswords
#crosswords
@unchcrosswords.com
#crypticcrosswords
#crosswords
February 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Hooray, it’s here! Many thanks to Matt for replacing the first copy which went AWOL somewhere in Royalmailland…
@unchcrosswords.com
#crypticcrosswords
#crosswords
@unchcrosswords.com
#crypticcrosswords
#crosswords
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My cryptic crossword #lightbulbmoment of the day today is realising that “American intern” is an anagram of “ancient mariner”.
February 2, 2026 at 12:43 PM
My cryptic crossword #lightbulbmoment of the day today is realising that “American intern” is an anagram of “ancient mariner”.
Recommended 👉
Issue 5 is out now to subscribers! Four new variety cryptics from @henriwords.com, @juffowup.bsky.social and Roger Wolff!
www.gnomoncryptics.com
www.gnomoncryptics.com
The Gnomon
Variety cryptic crosswords
www.gnomoncryptics.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Recommended 👉
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Very excited to dig into the new issue from @unchcrosswords.com!
January 28, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Very excited to dig into the new issue from @unchcrosswords.com!
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Yesterday this lovely magazine arrived in such an official-looking envelope I briefly suspected I was being recruited into a secret society. Which isn’t far off: setting & solving cryptics often feels like belonging to a very happy secret society. Many thanks to @unchcrosswords.com & @wyrd.systems!
January 31, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Yesterday this lovely magazine arrived in such an official-looking envelope I briefly suspected I was being recruited into a secret society. Which isn’t far off: setting & solving cryptics often feels like belonging to a very happy secret society. Many thanks to @unchcrosswords.com & @wyrd.systems!