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Ryan Patrick Smith

@writerlyryan.bsky.social

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Author of puzzles, screenplays and more. He/him. Crossword blog: http://realpuzzlingstuff.com FilmFreeway page: https://filmfreeway.com/RyanPatrickSmith

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 5d

Making my Cryptic Crossweird debut today! I hope fans of #cryptic #crossword #puzzles will consider subscribing to solve my and others' work: www.patreon.com/cw/CrypticCr...

Sample clues from my puzzle:
5A Clownish activity out of Quantico (5)
10A Small subatomic particle often overlooked (5,2)

A 13x8 cryptic crossword grid (a lattice of black and white squares). It's titled "Pets in Hats," was written by Ryan Patrick Smith, and was published by Cryptic Crossweird.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, Aaron! Enjoyed your Sep. 1 Crossweird offering, btw; my fave clues were 13A, 1D, 4D + 17D 👌

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 5d

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 8d

Happy fall, #puzzle people! 🎃 I've just published a new Slide + Seek sliding puzzle for your amusement: realpuzzlingstuff.com/slide-seek-9/

Hope it makes for a fun diversion from my usual #crossword fare and everything slides into place for you! 👀

A Slide + Seek tile sliding puzzle. In its scrambled form, the grid reads PISPRO, SACHAB, KYNTED, EOTESS, DEOO, LAOR.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Back in Puzzmo today, #puzzle peeps: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

Hope you enjoy the #crossword! 😊

@puzzmo.com #Puzzmo

Puzzmo - Cross|word

Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.

www.puzzmo.com

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Sep 4

Excited to be debuting in the newly launched Daily Baffle today! The format of my #puzzle is called Morphology and will be up the alley of anyone who enjoys a good word ladder 🙂

If you've had fun with my #crossword puzzles, give it a look: dailybaffle.com/morphology

Thx to Julian for having me!

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Sep 1

Finished #SwordOfTheSea last night! 🗡🌊 Really lovely little game (abrupt ending notwithstanding)

#VirtualPhotography

A gondola lit from within sits at the edge of a cliff in the blue expanse of the Sacred River region.

The Wraith gets some air riding a shark as blue and pink hues collide in the sky above.

The Wraith's blue flame resembles the blue light in the right half of the image, while the red flame of an engraved serpent's eye illuminates the left half of the image.

The bones of ancient sea creatures litter a flooded cave, as do stalactites, stalagmites, and red kelp. In the foreground, the Wraith rides a live plesiosaur.

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 31

Relieved to know I'm not alone in this haha. And now TSA doesn't even make me remove them from my messenger bag most of the time — score!

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 31

Muscovy ducks + sea serpent statue by Mueller Lake in Austin #photography

Two Muscovy ducks (brown with red growths around the eyes) stand at the flagstoned edge of Lake Mueller, off of whose rippling surface the setting sun reflects.

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 29

The way the weather evolves in this game is just *chef's kiss* 😍

#DeathStranding #DeathStranding2 #VirtualPhotography

In his hooded jacket and exoskeletal legs, Sam looks out over the shadowed expanse of the desert as the setting sun pokes through thick cloud cover far in the distance.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just pubbed a quirky new #crossword puzzle to my blog: realpuzzlingstuff.com/drops-of-col...

Hope y'all get a kick out of the theme. 🙂

19A: Recent Best Picture winner with an acronymic title (4 letters)
28D: Xmas transmission, maybe (5 letters)

Drops of Color - Real Puzzling Stuff

68-Across: Pop artist/AIDS activist Keith

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 24

Don't sleep on #SwordOfTheSea, the latest beautiful adventure from Giant Squid Games!

The undulating landscapes and smooth snowboard-y traversal go together like PB & J, and @awintory.bsky.social delivers as always with a rich, enthralling score. 🐬

The Wraith (the player character) leaps from a mossy rooftop as ocean fauna glide by below.

A zoomed-out view of a vast chamber in which schools of tropical fish drift by and broad shafts of sun stream in through holes in the ceiling.

The Wraith looks into the camera, at rest in a patch of shade in a canyon. Two waterfalls appear behind her.

Crouched, the Wraith rides an orca with dozens of white fish on all sides.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 23

Do we get any elaboration? 😅

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 19

Just unboxed the #Daggerheart starter set 👀 Excited to get acquainted!

The Daggerheart Core Rulebook, its cover adorned with sunset hues and a range of different sample characters in action, sits beside the box of colorful cards needed to play.

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 17

Read anything by a woman challenge, difficulty: impossible

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 9

If you see this, post a knight!

Kyle Katarn (of the Jedi Knight games) cuts down a stormtrooper with his blue lightsaber.

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 9

From LA and visit frequently, tho I'm based in Austin these days. Developing a cooperative sci-fi game with a friend! (Also, my copy of the Daggerheart starter pack just arrived, and I'm pumped to dive in)

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 9

Your smile is so pretty

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 8

Pretty eyes!

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 7

Congrats! Enjoyed the theme

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 5

So exciting to have print issues of #GameInformer dropping again! Beautifully produced and solidly written magazines 🎮

An open issue of Game Informer showing two profiles from Summer Game Fest, on Mixtape and Sword of the Sea.

An open issue of Game Informer showing a mix of atmospheric and action shots from the new Borderlands, alongside the text of the write-up.

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Aug 3

New blog #crossword, friends! I think the theme material here's pretty lively; hope you agree. ✒️

realpuzzlingstuff.com/gotta-go-fast/

1A - Fabric named for a Middle Eastern metropolis (6 letters)
36A - Naturally occurring zigzag (15 letters)

Gotta Go Fast - Real Puzzling Stuff

14-Across: Hefty sword akin to a katana

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thanks! Happily, I have more in the pipeline, so you'll get your wish :)

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Jul 29

Excited to be making my @puzzmo.com #crossword debut today! Should be a fairy breezy midi solve 🙂

www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

S/o to @xws.bsky.social for all her editorial guidance!

Puzzmo - Cross|word

Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.

www.puzzmo.com

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Jul 26

Looking luminous! Tempted to say transfiguration really did come for you, at last

Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · Jul 25

Well, we are distinct inasmuch as we broke free of nature's checks + balances. We are our own sole meaningful predator; all other life exists at our pleasure now (hell, we've created whole new species just to kill them for food -- don't get me started on that). That power corrupted us long ago.

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