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@juffowup.bsky.social
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I make cryptic crosswords mostly at gnomoncryptics.com And stream them at twitch.tv/juffo__wup (Not the ones I make. I stream other ones.)

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juff @juffowup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dropped another of my old Browser puzzles onto MyCrossword. One across sure looks clunky to my eye three years later, but I think I still love it. www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3951
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Cryptic crossword No 3,951 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,951 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 30 clues by juff. Published Thu 24 Sep 2026. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 24/09/2026
Remember, ‘fewer’ is generally used when you’re talking about a smaller number of things that can be counted. Use ‘more’ when you want to indicate a larger number.
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Longyfan @longyfan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Back in the Indy as Longitude today! Yes, you’re plugging USB into box the wrong way round (6-2) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/daily-...
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Bill Wilkinson @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Adored 1D: Set pieces in Western’s classic action sequence. Great job @longyfan.bsky.social Minute Cryptic Mini Crossword - 11 September, 2026 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪⬛ 🟪⬛🟪⬛🟪⬛⬛ 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟪⬛🟪⬛🟪⬛🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 ⬛⬛🟪⬛🟪⬛🟪 ⬛🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 I used 0 letters I used 0 hints My time was 00:07:50 www.minutecryptic.com/minis/91?utm...
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ecclescrosswords.bsky.social @ecclescrosswords.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sad news that The Independent is to stop its Cryptic Crossword in November, barring a last minute change of heart. It has forged its own distinct identity and will leave a great hole. Particular credit to Mike for introducing so many new great new setters to the professional ranks.
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m really trying not to go for cheap heat on here but you can write off any politician that does not support trans rights without equivocating because it’s the morally correct thing to do and additionally because it means they’re not above selling anyone out.
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Mikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
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Henri @henriwords.com · 07/09/2026
Beyond delighted to make my #cryptic #crossword setting debut in the Times Quick Cryptic as Jaspa today! Hope you enjoy it ☺️ #AchievementUnlocked
THE TIMES
Monday, 07 September 2026
Times Quick Cryptic No 3400 by Jaspa
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Mike D’Angelo @gemko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Didn’t think I’d live to see it: Virtually every SCTV episode is now on Netflix. (The one that’s missing is highly unusual, featuring none of the show’s cast at the time.) Some rights-based cuts/substitutions of music, but fewer than I’d have guessed. It’s 95% complete. Incredible.
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RFKNephew @rhnstncowboy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I FUCKING LOVE CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS
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Audrey Farnsworth @audipenny.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
me giving a speech to a bunch of hot dogs: you guys I’m really sorry. I don’t know why I’m here or why any of us are here. Do you know why I’m saying this to you? Have we all died
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
because my kids were both born on medicaid in eastern kentucky, they got imagination library books in the mail for a little while. always felt like a package delivered from a world just a little better & kinder than ours.
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Dana Nightingale 🏳️‍⚧️ @danaenight.northsky.social · 24/08/2026
I need something to do at 4 am on my French balcony during a summer night that isn't smoking but still has that aura
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Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Welcome to the forest.
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right
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Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Tomorrow night, I'll be doing an all-Gnomon Cryptic Crossword stream. Expect massive shenanigans courtesy of @gnomoncryptics.bsky.social, and remember—if you like what you see, don't subscribe to my channel, get a subscription to www.gnomoncryptics.com. twitch.tv/thatcrypticguy @ ~9:00 PM Eastern
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thatcrypticguy - Twitch
Enthusiast of all things puzzle-y; all-in on cryptic crosswords especially and any wordplay-based puzzle that has a compelling, funny voice. Grew up on Infocom and LucasArts, which probably explains a...
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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 16/08/2026
Unch readers - Do check out this excellent puzzle from Crenditi. As Juff says, it's a companion piece to the puzzle they have in our latest issue...
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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 12/08/2026
Here’s another sample clue from issue 4, this one from Crenditi, the ‘nom de croix’ of @juffowup.bsky.social and @longyfan.bsky.social for their UK collabs: 'Frick’ (not ‘f**k’) is written after other bad language (8) Not ordered yet? It’s still available [currently UK only] at unchcrosswords.com
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Unch Crossword Magazine
Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine
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juff @juffowup.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Happy to present the first MyCrossword puzzle from “Crenditi”, which is @longyfan.bsky.social and me when we do UK-style puzzles together. This one serves as a companion piece for the puzzle we have in Unch #4, which is arriving now-ish. @unchcrosswords.com www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3787
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Crenditi (Cre Nditi) · MyCrossword
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
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juff @juffowup.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Well, hey! @longyfan.bsky.social and I wrote today’s parseword clue, at www.parseword.com. Neat!
parseword.com
Parseword - A tricky wordplay game
Transform phrases through wordplay to solve cryptic crossword puzzles.
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juff @juffowup.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Just woke up from a truly magnificent nap
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gnomoncryptics.bsky.social @gnomoncryptics.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
August issue is out! Five new variety cryptics from Probably Apocryphal, @joeadultman.bsky.social , Bob Weisz, Roger Wolff, @juffowup.bsky.social , and Kyle Dolan.
Five overlapping barred crossword grids.  Three are numbered and normal-ish looking.  Two are non-numbered, and one of the non-numbered ones has some shaded squares and an S and E pre-filled.  What on earth could be going on there?
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Patrick Fenelon @patrickfenelon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Someone said my brother's dog looks like Jeff Daniels, & now I can't unsee it
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 01/08/2026
just said this on another post but it bears repeating: the thing about continuing to give money to any jk rowling properties or the nyt is not that they’re shitty about trans people, which they are. it is that both of these entities MATERIALLY CONTRIBUTE to the legal challenges to trans rights
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James Wood @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Roguelike Deckbuilder
Rogue and Gambit from Xmen 97
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Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Tonight's cryptic clue of the day from @juffowup.bsky.social allows me to share Mixfont's new "Decoy Font," so come for the hilarious wordplay and stay for the hopefully AI-proof font.
crosswordscholar.wordpress.com
7/23/26
Decoy Font from Mixfont [Decide to use a font size that’s completely impractical?] (3) Andy Yingst, The Gnomon, June 2026, [Clever title] I can’t really replicate the effect of this clu…
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justine zhang @tisjune.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
@avcx.bsky.social is great. i am approaching the end of their (extremely generous) free trial period and need to remind myself to subscribe. some of the clues are "text my funny and based friends immediately" tier, which is much more than i can say of the NYT.
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Jack H Keynes @wearingcrocs.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I'm back in the Independent! (Bluejacket #11, 12417, Sat 25th Jul 26) 24a: God can set about creating a heaven (8) 7d: Pleased at cheque finally clearing (5) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
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Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I fell asleep early last night and was busy catching up all day today, so here's a belated (but great) cryptic clue from @juffowup.bsky.social that I think most of us can relate to, even if we've hopefully never been in these exact (wet) shoes.
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7/20/26
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash [DOWN CLUE]Loses control of your bladder outside hotel, needing to go up and change (7) Andy Yingst, Gnomon, “masterpiece,” February 2026 I talk a lot abo…
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Jamie Ding @feathersmcg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
FYI, Ben Affleck and I will be on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? tomorrow.
The set of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? with Jamie Ding and Ben Affleck, seated in the contestants' chairs, facing Jimmy Kimmel, seated in the host's chair.
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Oscar Villalon @ovillalon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It’s not often in history when you can behold a billionaire who is also, say, the head of the most powerful country ever known to planet Earth, and think, without hesitation, without qualification, “Man, what a loser.”
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
DTF St Louis is sublime? Why didn’t it break through more? It’s NOT what I thought it was. Beautifully crafted. Much artier and weirder than I thought it would be. Highly recommend. Need to know about why the police station is unnecessarily wonderful - like a theatre set for a Kafka adaptation. Love
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Game Changer @gamechanger.dropout.tv · 14/07/2026
➡️ Go to Dropout to watch new Game Changer now: watch.dropout.tv/videos/coun...
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Count the Rice - Season 8 - Dropout
It's a race to the bottom for Zach, Jiavani, Anna, Demi, Catherine, Hannah, and Ify.
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Mark S @4flush.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Delighted to be making my debut as Flush in the Independent today! 😄 Sample clues include: - Social pint I arranged for elected officials (11) - Row with son over right way to bond (7) - Body temperature, roughly (5) Hope you enjoy! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
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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.
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Pierre @snoutcat.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Happy Canada Day + Happy (Belated) Pride! 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈
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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Well, that's a bad sign.
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Matt @wyrd.systems · 23/06/2026
The one true heatwave video www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRX...
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Man in a bin during Summer 2022 Heatwave across England and the United Kingdom.
YouTube video by Erd Wright
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Jack H Keynes @wearingcrocs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I'm back in the Independent! (Bluejacket #10, 12385, Thu 18th Jun 26) 12a: Ride going downhill as Spooner's lover was loud in bed? (9) 6d: Card game using queen but not jack (3) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
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juff @juffowup.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
2 hrs ago: Oh thank god, I've sent these two difficult emails I was stressing over, thank god that's dealt with, whew, time to relax. Now: Oh goddammit they wrote back already wtf aaaargh
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Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
How long?
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juff @juffowup.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
@longyfan.bsky.social and I (as Crenditi) did today’s Parseword. I wonder if this makes us the first to have done both a parseword and a minutcryptic? www.parseword.com
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Parseword - A tricky wordplay game
Transform phrases through wordplay to solve cryptic crossword puzzles.
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Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Sent one back to pick up university application Great surface that neatly hides [application], and yeah, I'll agree what makes a clue "hard" especially in Parseword is when you have tons of options. I had the right parse with so many wrong words. Parseword #130 ⏱️ 3m44s ✅ 4 Assists 🗿 Challenge Mode
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gnomoncryptics.bsky.social @gnomoncryptics.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
New issue of the Gnomon out now, with puzzles from @juffowup.bsky.social , Bob Stigger and Anthony Hoover (aka Cypherhouse) www.gnomoncryptics.com
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The Gnomon
Variety cryptic crosswords
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Sara Goodchild @sarathegood.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This month's WSJ variety cryptic is a collab between fellow Canuck Paul Hunsberger and yours truly. We had a lot of fun working on this and I hope you will give it a whirl! Free to download here: prod-i.a.dj.com/public/resou...
Splitsville: a cryptic puzzle by Sara Goodchild and Paul Hunsberger. A barred cryptic grid split diagonally inside a crevice with a town on either side.
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Longyfan @longyfan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A new crossword! Thanks as ever to @mycrossword.co.uk! Live with dog to increase excitement (3,2) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3502
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Cryptic crossword No 3,502 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,502 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 33 clues by Longyfan. Published Wed 27 May 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
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✩MAJI✩ working on comms! @majibomber.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Tiny caged amongus...
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Jack H Keynes @wearingcrocs.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I'm back in the Independent! (Bluejacket #9, 12361, Thu 21st May 26) 1a: Iambic verse of song that's short and clear (6) 1d: Bejewelled ring is pale when lit by day (8) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... ERRATUM: PLEASE TREAT 17 ACROSS AS THOUGH "FORTIFIED WINES" READ "PORTS".
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a bird @prosthemadera.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
oh boy
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Longyfan @longyfan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Today’s my Indy debut :) Here’s one: Spotted in lover’s pendant, go red (9) Have fun! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Lover’s pendant
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