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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 29d

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a man in a suit and tie is saying oh my god okay it 's happening .

Alt: Michael Scott (US Office) saying oh my god okay it's happening .

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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 7h

This is a good claim to fame!

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Joel B. Eisen @joeleisen.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much to @willsnow8.bsky.social for solving my crossword puzzle at www.twitch.tv/contocrosswo...!

contocrosswords - Twitch

I solve puzzles from mycrossword.co.uk, often on a Wednesday, late morning.

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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 1d

I see what you did there

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The Void ザ・ヴォイド @thevoidtlmb.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Oh, is it… err… September already? 😉#cryptic #crosswords #1across

September issue of 1Across: puzzles by Eclogue, Araucaria, Gollum, Pendorne, and Doc.

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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 2d

Having opened this up and had a good thumb through, I can confirm this seems like an EXCELLENT book and I'd highly recommend it to anyone into #cryptic #crosswords.

Interesting behind-the-scenes stuff as well as 90 puzzles (mostly standard, but some fun-looking barred ones too).

Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 2d

Got my copy! 📚

A book, on a table. The book is called "All Squared, A Life in Crosswords" by Tom Johnson

Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 2d

Got my copy! 📚

Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 2d

Oh gosh. I see what you mean.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 2d

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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Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder that I'll be spending my birthday day off from work streaming a solve of DASH 12 tomorrow on www.twitch.tv/thatcrypticguy.

I'll still be solving cryptics starting at 9 Eastern that night, too! Catching up with stuff from dilly, Jake A, nate, Dylan, PiGuyN and the two latest Crossweirds.

Twitch

Twitch is the world

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Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social · 2d

So as to manage my sleep better, I will likely be doing a shorter Tuesday evening stream, but adding a second evening stream on Wednesdays or Thursdays. I have Cohen's AVCX, Yingst's "Figure Eight" (from Gnomon #3), some WSJ cryptics from Dean Felch, and the latest Mossberg in my queue.

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Henri (& Odo) @henriwords.com · 3d

🥁🥁🥁 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...

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

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Rob Teszka @robteszka.bsky.social · 4d

I stumbled upon this wonderful, extremely niche essay about poetry, close reading, odd fads, T.S. Eliot, animal imagery, and the infamous cryptic crossword setter Torquemada: publicdomainreview.org/essay/beastl...

Beastly Clues: T. S. Eliot, Torquemada, and the Modernist Crossword

Just a few years after The Waste Land appeared — a poem whose difficulty critics compared to some “pompous cross-word puzzle” — Edward Powys Mathers (alias: Torquemada) pioneered the cryptic: a puzzl...

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Norbert Natvig @norwegiannaturist.bsky.social · 3d

How would you rate your cryptic crossword skills?🤔😁

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Lowdown Cryptic @lowdowncryptic.bsky.social · 3d

I have a new #cryptic #crossword out today – my fifth puzzle for The Browser 😀 I'll post a few clues this week...

Sadly, weekly cryptics in The Browser will wrap up at the end of this year ☹️ DM me for details on how to get the puzzles

Thanks to long-time editor Dan Feyer and all the test-solvers!

The Browser Crossword
Cryptic #241 by Larry Kline
October 5, 2025 - edited by Dan Feyer
3 cryptic clues from the crossword:
You have to fill it during long rides (4)
U.S. anthem is played with gusto (10)
Browser crossword constructor and editor ultimately in error (7)

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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 3d

Gutted to read about this in last week's update. Just printed yours out, & looking forward to it :)

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Rachel Playforth @archelina.bsky.social · 4d

It's not just me with a new cryptic on MyCrossword this weekend! We'll be solving a couple live at 12 noon, set by Umpire @mpcryptics.bsky.social and Flush @4flush.bsky.social #CrypticSunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday

Twitch

Twitch is the world

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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 4d

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Peter @dasjarg.bsky.social · 5d

www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...

You may CLAIM to be a nerd, but if you're not into cryptic crosswords then frankly I doubt your commitment to the nerd cause.

Help (that’s a clue)! Can you name the Guardian’s missing mystery crossword setters?

A prisoner and a heart surgeon – plus a clutch of teachers and comics … We’ve found names, photos and life stories for nearly all the Guardian’s compilers since the beginning of cryptic time. Please h...

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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 5d

❤️

Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · 5d

'Once you learn to follow the logic, the solution comes into focus. A tiny intersection of poetry and mathematics.'

Lily Bryant on how cryptic crosswords helped in grieving her grandfather.

A Five-Letter Word for Loss

Cryptic crosswords became a ritual to process my grief.

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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 5d

Oh nice one 🦋🐝

Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 5d

Nice

Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 5d

aha even better here's a link to @rexparker.bsky.social's own post about it:

rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2008/07/sund...

("TREASURE ISLAND" ILLUSTRATOR, 1911 / TOWN AT THE EIGHTH MILE OF THE BOSTON MARATHON) - SUNDAY, Jul. 6, 2008 - Brendan Emmett Quigley

Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: "What the H?" - puns involving changing W-words to WH-words Thorny as all hell, but too ofte...

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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 5d

you must cross that noun with reasonably common words and phrases or very common names." How this came to be was the clue - "1A: Town at the eighth mile of the Boston Marathon"'

Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 5d

New word on me: NATICK

from www.bestofnatick.com/natick-cross...:

'@rexparker.bsky.social (a pseudonym) states that the Natick Principle is as follows: "If you include a proper noun in your grid that you cannot reasonably expect more than 1/4 of the solving public to have heard of...

What is the Natick Crossword Principle?

Rex Parker's term to address an unusual circumstance while attempting to solve a crossword puzzle. Learn more.

www.bestofnatick.com

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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 6d

🎉🎉🎉 SUBSCRIBE NOW THIS IS A GOOD CROSSWORD COLLECTION 🎉🎉🎉

gnomoncryptics.bsky.social @gnomoncryptics.bsky.social · 7d

Issue #3 of The Gnomon is out now to subscribers!
Figure Eight, by @juffowup.bsky.social ,
This Old House, by Bob Stigger,
Malfunctions, by @juffowup.bsky.social
and S*X, by Kieran Boyd!
We hope you enjoy!

Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 6d

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