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Gumboot is trying to maintain an elegant top line and remember her heel leads on MyCrossword. Comments very welcome (even from Craig). Flowers or chocolates? (5) Ep on box he abandoned, no fan of Stranger Things (9) Watch first act - a revelation! (3-6) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/4075

Come join for some puzzles, from @postmarkcryptic.bsky.social @thevoidtlmb.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy and others. www.twitch.tv/mpcryptics

Today is, unfortunately, last posting day for Stamp in the Independent. Fellow 'sampling' every second? Bloody odd TV chef (5) Many thanks to those who have solved, blogged, commented upon and/or complained about my puzzles over the last three years! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Was a pleasure to be at the York S&B event this past weekend. Many thanks to @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social for putting it all together. If you haven't had the chance, my forgotten-to-print puzzle is available for solving here: www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/4060

I was thrilled/honored to construct this puzzle for the S&B event and wanted to share it to my favorite place, @mycrossword.co.uk, as well. Thank you. 🍅⚾️🐝

AVCX (the crossword you want) will be doing our annual subscription drive this fall and winter. If you already like us, give us a shout! If you’re in the market for a new puzzle obsession, give us a try. Everyone can play a role. Avxwords.com

Happy Longest Day Of The Year

Great day up in York. Lovely to meet so many people I know from the online crossword space. Here's a puzzle I forgot to print and bring with me. www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/4060 Don't eat it all at once.

By no means my first crossword, but my MyCrossword crossword debut. Dylan and/or Geldof making pots of money (1,3,2,3) Get angry - Spooner’s spoken again! (3,3) Fury as Trump son snubbed by New York society (6) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/4059

It's Spooky Season, and I only gone and done a jumbo cryptic crossword. www.mycrossword.co.uk/jumbo/25 Sample clues: Say again to the inferno, let us proceed regardless (4,3,4) Vampire Evacuated Tube System? (11) Music she plays about love with Leader of Underworld (5)

Thank you **so much** to everyone who has contributed to Unch - all our excellent editors, setters, interviewees, & designers, & of course our AMAZING readers who've bought copies! Thanks to your generosity we've just donated £1000 to @readingagency.bsky.social! ❤️💰🎉 www.youtube.com/shorts/pd0PG...

Farewell then, Knut. My last cryptic crossword for The Independent. puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

A computer program has finally outdone humans at solving cryptic crosswords, echoing Deep Blue's 1997 victory over Garry Kasparov. Source: The Guardian

I set today’s Independent. I still cannot believe it is the last one. Thank you to Mike, all of the bloggers over on 225 and all of the solvers for these last 3 years. puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

I am delighted to have set the new Featured Crossword over at the wonderful MyCrossword, with clues such as: ⛵️ Boat Institute (6) 🚩 Flag and sail hung up (8) 🦆 Woman mostly eating duck or albatross? (4) www.mycrossword.co.uk/featured/22

Did you see my recent #cryptic #crossword at www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/4036 ?

Does anyone else have an opinion on this? Are you finding the extra clicks annoying?

From one cat to another, I wish Garfield well - paws crossed for a smooth recovery! As it is, the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service will depart at noon: there'll be MyCrossword puzzles from Sisyphus, Baldur & @skirwingle.bsky.social, and I might shake the Independent down if there's time? 😺

It's a Saturday night, so I've put my tin hat on and written about cryptic crosswords and AI. Thanks as ever to @mycrossword.co.uk for letting me bang on www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/will-ai...

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Just added to my bio, but I'll also mention it here: I recently took on maintaining data.crypticsbyabdul.com / georgeho-continuation.fly.dev, a continuation of GeorgeHo's cryptic clue database, with over 900,000 cryptic clues currently added (roughly 2009-2026). (1)

A silly one. www.mycrossword.co.uk/mini/358

My latest puzzle published on MyCrossword yesterday features clues such as: Bottle can discourage swallowing (8) Per dictator, crown is unfairly decided? (6) Figures old seabird's going south (8) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/4020

Branch without the first letter - ranch? (3) I set today’s Independent crossword, honouring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Find it here - puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent

Crossword editor’s desk: why the Independent’s puzzle should live on www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...

Hello to the people in the middle of the Venn diagram of Bluesky Users / MyCrossword setters! There’s a new topic up on the Forum, intended to be a place to ask/answer questions on setting and/or offer useful proactive pointers on good practice Any takers? www.mycrossword.co.uk/forum/5-sett...

In today's post, we celebrate 3 years of Puzzmo, discuss crossword bandits, MyCrossword's new forum for cryptic solvers, and puzzle sites to check out! puzzculture.com/2026/10/12/t...