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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This year at Westwords: a new division means new prizes! The winning pairs of both difficulty levels at our in-person tournament will receive these custom necklaces. Are you more of a BE PA WEST 20 or a ST IR WORDS 26? Registration is still open at westwordsbestwords.com!

Nesting necklaces, the left necklace reads "BE / PA / WEST / 20", the right necklace reads "ST / IR / WORDS / 26"

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Registration for Westwords 2026 is now OPEN! Take a time out and be among the first to secure your spot. Visit our website for more details: westwordsbestwords.com

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

📢📢📢 It's happ3ning! 📢📢📢 Westwords III Sunday, June 14 Berkeley, CA Individual and pairs solvers welcome If you haven't competed previously, you can sign up for email updates at our website. See you in June! westwordsbestwords.com

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Westwords | June 22 | Bay Area & Online

Westwords 2025 is in the books! Thanks to all of our solvers, volunteers, and constructors for making it a huge success, and congratulations to the winners! The puzzle packs from 2025 and 2024 can be ...

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

It's almost here! 🤠 Westwords is on Sunday June 22 and we've got a day of joy-giving, brain-tickling puzzles ready to be enjoyed by solvers both in-person and online. If you haven't registered yet, there's still time! ✍️ westwordsbestwords.com

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Westwords | June 22 | Bay Area & Online

Westwords Crossword Tournament | Sunday, June 22, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific time | Berkeley, CA, and online Learn more about us below, and explore our site via the menu at the top of the ...

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

i truly love the puzzle i made for TPFA. link here to donate and check it out! ❤️

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

📢 Registration for Westwords 2025 is now OPEN! Visit our website to check out the details and secure your spot. We can't wait to solve with you! ✏️ www.westwordsbestwords.com

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These Puzzles Fund Abortion @tpfa.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Drumroll, please… 🥁🥁🥁🥁 Announcing our all-star constructor and editor lineup for These Puzzles Fund Abortion 5! #tpfa5 #crosswords #abortion #reprojustice #fundabortion

graphic announcing These Puzzles Fund Abortion 5, with 27 constructor names, 3 editors, and 4 guest editors

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

just gonna drop this here

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Puzzles for Palestine 2, a charity crossword pack partnering with the Palestine Aid Society of America, is now available! A donation to the fundraiser gets you 22 original puzzles by some of the best constructors in the business: www.puzzlesforpalestine.com

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Puzzles for Palestine

It's been more than a year. The genocide in Palestine—foremost in Gaza, but also throughout the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria—rages on. Thus, we do too. Whether this is “welcome back” or “welcome in,” ...

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These Puzzles Fund Abortion @tpfa.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Hello, BlueSky! Please follow our page so you can hear all about TPFA5 when it launches this spring. We can’t wait for you to see what we’ve been working on!

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 16/12/2024

Can you arrange these cartons chronologically? Play Laugh Lines, from our Cartoons & Puzzles Issue: nyer.cm/Bfmk5Tb

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Christopher @grnpointer.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Everybody wants to talk about "Exit, pursued by a bear" and nobody wants to talk about "Enter Pericles, wet"

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

i love this grid 🥰 give my not-too-hard apple news+ puzzle today a whirl! apple.news/JCAjm4HbLRhS...

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Christopher @grnpointer.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

If youre in New York, you can also watch at the Pete's Candy Store watch party next Wednesday 12/19! 6:30!!!

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tobias menchies @itsstanpark.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

had the great joy of competing on Pop Culture Jeopardy! with two of my dearest buds, @itsabigail.bsky.social and offline Simon. You can watch us on Amazon Prime one week from today (Dec. 18)!

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

screaming at this caption but anyway LOOK FOR THESE FINE PEOPLE ON POP CULTURE JEOPARDY NEXT WEDNESDAY!

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Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Once again Goodreads is ground zero for internet drama

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

i got these at a gas station in rural california and i really wish i could say they were better than they are

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Abolitionist Mail Project @massamp1312.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Join us in reaching out to more than 100 incarcerated people in Massachusetts this holiday season by sending us stamps or signing up to write cards www.abolitionistmailproject.com/winter2024

An image of a hand holding a card reaching through bars towards another hand. We are sending hundreds of New years and holiday cards to incarcerated people in massachusetts! We need your help to reach them

Stamp drive.
1go to usps.com
2 select forever stamps
4 have them delivered to our PO box
4 feel warm inside
Or pop old stamps in an envelope

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

this sentence is about music but perfectly captures something i think a lot about crosswords

"Lately, pop music has become even more reliant on visual shorthand, a series of unarticulated but essential codes, an unspoken, IYKYK insularity."

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

GOT CALLED A COOL AUNT BY MY 16 YEAR OLD NEPHEW I'VE OFFICIALLY MADE IT

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

weekly easy midi themed crosswords by moi 🙂‍↕️ crosswordclub.com/themed-puzzl...

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Themed Puzzles Archive

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Registrants, check your inboxes! We emailed out all the essential info today, along with a little bonus 😉 Haven't registered yet? There's still time! The tourney is a week from Sunday. Click to sign up! 🤠 www.westwordsbestwords.com/westwords-home

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Westwords | June 23 | Bay Area & Online

Westwords Crossword Tournament | Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific time | Berkeley, CA, and online Click here or select "Tournament" in the top menu to view details and register!...

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

Miss the stream but still want to experience the constructor reveal? Check this out 😉➡️ www.westwordsbestwords.com/westwords-ho...

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 15/04/2024

🗣️ Constructor reveal incoming!!! Tune into the Boswords Twitch stream tonight at 6 Pacific to find out who will be making the 7 puzzles for Westwords. We're so excited for you all to see this lineup 🤩 www.twitch.tv/boswords

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

A bit of exciting news: Westwords now has MERCH! 👕👜🎊✨💫 Is your wardrobe missing a tee or hoodie with the crossworld’s cutest (ioho) logo? Does your pencil and/or mug collection need a reno? Would a sticker make your life complete? WE GOT U!!!

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

hey everyone, britannica has helpfully translated the chinese zodiac into h*rry p*tter so that finally this inscrutable asian tradition can be accessible to white people! this is at the top of their home page btw! very cool and not at all totally racist

Screenshot from Britannica.com that includes the text, "The dragon is arguably the most auspicious sign of the Chinese zodiac, and people born under it are said to possess strength, charisma, and confidence (basically, they've been sorted into Gryffindor by the calendar)."

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 27/01/2024

📣 Registration for the Westwords crossword tournament is now OPEN! We can't wait to solve with you all!! In-person enrollment is capped at 150, so visit our website soon to learn more and register 🎉🙏 www.westwordsbestwords.com

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 31/12/2023

Fellow solvers! We are very excited to announce that registration for Westwords will open on Saturday, January 27! 🎉📆🤠 The tournament will take place on June 23, a Sunday, from 11 am to 5 pm Pacific time, with time beforehand for arrival, and a break for lunch.

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 28/12/2023

If you didn't take our interest poll, you can still do so! Head to our website for the link. Make sure to enter your email address in the poll. www.westwordsbestwords.com

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

Pals! We wish to experience joy with a 2023 crossword roundup. What were your favorite: - puzzles you solved? - clues you encountered? - clues you wrote? Let us know in the replies!!

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

We'll have more to share very soon 👀 In the meantime, tell us: what crossword-related gifts are you buying or eyeing this holiday season?? 🎁

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Ross Trudeau @rosstrudeau.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

noting a conspicuously good crossword by @kateschmate.bsky.social 🤩 apple.news/JPOEZnIzfS3u...

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

made an unhinged blog puzzle for the first time in awhile 😌 kateschmatecrosswords.weebly.com/blog/superca...

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Westwords Tournament @westwords-xwt.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Hello, crossworld! It is so exciting to be able to say this: mark your calendars for the first-ever Westwords Tournament, to be held June 23, 2024, in Berkeley, CA, and online!!! 🎊🗓🌴😎📝👯🥰

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

alex boisvert built a site where you can browse and solve avcx puzzles in-browser (after logging in with your avcx credentials) and you should all be using it avcx.crosswordnexus.com

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Nate Cardin (he/him) @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

AVCX Cryptics is open for submissions for the month of September! Check out our submission guide here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Lil AVCX @lilavcx.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

Lil AVC X is looking for editors to be a part of our 2024 Team! We are seeking experienced constructors that would like to gain editing experience and are willing to serve as a mentor for a constructor. Deadline for application: October 2 Details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Chris Conroy @conroyforreal.bsky.social · 28/08/2023

RIP to the sentence “Here, let me Google that for you,” the single most useful clapback of the 00s and 10s, killed by Google becoming absolutely useless for discovering any correct information whatsoever

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 12/08/2023

seeing donations from familiar names has been filling me with so much warmth and gratitude, thank you all ❤️

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 12/08/2023

hi friends. i know there are so many worthy maui funds to donate to. if you can spare it, i'd be so grateful for any donations to benefit my cousin and her children, who live in lahaina and lost everything. thank you 🙏❤️ gofund.me/dbe8601d

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

couldn't be more excited to announce that, after many years, my cat has finally made the same "meow" sound as in "kitty" by the presidents of the usa

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kateschmate @kateschmate.bsky.social · 08/08/2023

not much happened today but it WAS a good time to be a girl who'd stocked up raspberry lemonade recently

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