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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

oh hey i'm 10 puzzles old! Samuel or Eilleen, or so they're known - an old-fashioned couple? (5) Prophet is one I see supporting nothing sinful (7) 24/7 coverage of annual theme lit up (3,3,4) Wildebeest comfortable changing sides (4) ...and many more! www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3954

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Cryptic crossword No 3,954 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,954 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 29 clues by metagloria. Published Thu 24 Sep 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"You guys were getting TWO brains?"

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Ben Dawes @bendawes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Looking for a cosy cryptic grid to do? Try my latest MyC! www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3902 Whack editor for description of cut-off pants (5) Don't stop mobster with a new boss (2,2,3,2) Fluttering eyelids in a sleazy way (7) Name for somewhere cat protects horse (7)

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Cryptic crossword No 3,902 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,902 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 37 clues by NoBadWeather. Published Thu 10 Sep 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New one from me to shake the rust off! Thanks to @bendawes.bsky.social for testing and helping refine some surfaces. Surprising way to get hater into cryptic crosswords? (5-10) Difficulty talking athletic regulations, perhaps, for Spooner? (7) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3874

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Cryptic crossword No 3,874 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,874 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 30 clues by metagloria. Published Fri 4 Sep 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Ben joined a one-entrant puzzle-setting contest with a 3 hour time limit and he won

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Let's go! Starting with @henriwords.com's tribute to a legend and we'll see what happens from there... twitch.tv/metagloria

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hmm… I could stream a few puzzles in an hour or two, to catch my companions across the pond before bedtime. Who’s got a puzzle for me?

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

They're calling it the easiest Times puzzle of all time

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Impromptu Saturday night MyC solves! twitch.tv/metagloria

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Catnip @catnipxword.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Test solver: lovely surface, and I can see why it appeals, but I'm afraid it really does need to be "half *of* full"

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

can every times puzzle be a Tuesday puzzle? i just got my second straight sub 9 Tuesday full 🔥

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

How do y'all feel about "letter bank" clues? I don't like them but am thinking about using one because it kinda works really well. How can they be clued fairly, accurately, and sufficiently?

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Welcome to the most bonkers grid I've ever set. Big thanks to @bendawes.bsky.social for testing and improving! Consumed by anxiety, compose endlessly from organ (10) "This stinks" - beginning of review on The Fifth Element (5) Ladies perhaps with quiet kink? (4) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3777

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Cryptic crossword No 3,777 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,777 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by metagloria. Published Fri 7 Aug 2026. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Ok brief interruption but I'm back with more puzzles! Come over and I'll solve one of yours!

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thinking I may do a MyC catchup stream this evening before all the Brits go to sleep 😅 My feed has recent puzzles from @ouroborosop.bsky.social, @magpielinguist.bsky.social, @gumbootcrosswords.bsky.social, and @guineverecryptic.bsky.social among others. Priority will go to whomever's in chat!

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I came in one spot behind Ben, but here's my own offering for the Canadiana speed-setting contest! Papa's neighbor Oscar is from Montréal? (9) Six esteemed men who sailed to Canada? (7) Money crazy, or so it's said (6) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3747

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Cryptic crossword No 3,747 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,747 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by metagloria. Published Fri 31 Jul 2026. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Once my brain recovers from the speed-setting competition I did over the weekend, I get to tackle what is unquestionably the most difficult grid I've ever set for myself. There's a bit of a gimmick to it that I think/hope will be worth it. But this puzzle is gonna be BRUTAL!* (*SNITCH of ~85)

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

whoops I accidentally hit publish on my newest grid! guess you'll just have to solve it a day earlier :) Harry curtailed identification of copper (5) Work on big problem for small creature (7) Handle working in book returns (4) ...and many more! www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3722

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Cryptic crossword No 3,722 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,722 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by metagloria. Published Thu 23 Jul 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Am I tough enough to tangle with a Toughie? Let's find out! twitch.tv/metagloria

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Do Ben's puzzles, this is a *really* good one

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sitting on a finished puzzle you can't release until Friday night due to self-imposed temporal spacing

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Spongebob Waiting in Diner

ALT: Spongebob Waiting in Diner

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

don't you hate when stuff like "rules" and "convention" and "having proper grammar" gets in the way of a perfectly lovely surface reading

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Ben Dawes @bendawes.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Just published puzzle that was a monster to set! Thanks for the help @metagloria.bsky.social The challenge - no pure charades - &lits aplenty and a couple cheeky DDs and CDs for good measure. Sink your teeth into it and let me know how you do! www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3670

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Cryptic crossword No 3,670 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,670 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by NoBadWeather. Published Fri 10 Jul 2026. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Breaking my "biweekly puzzle drop" rule to bring you what I strongly feel is my best work on MyC yet. See if you agree! Bard can eke out lively movement? (10) President is trying to suppress healthcare (9) Shredded agent has place surrounded (6) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3671

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Cryptic crossword No 3,671 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,671 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 30 clues by metagloria. Published Fri 10 Jul 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Late night cryptic party, come hang out! twitch.tv/metagloria

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

C, E.G.? (5,5) (It doesn't *really* work but I like the idea of it anyway)

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Saturday Times quick, what on earth 🤯

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

In case any of you Brits have insomnia, or any of you Yanks never have evening streams to watch, I'm going to solve some recent MyC puzzles over on twitch. If you stop by and ask me to solve a puzzle or yours, I definitely will! twitch.tv/metagloria

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Solving some recent MyC puzzles!

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Biweekly puzzle drop! Tried a little something new. Thanks to the excellent @bendawes.bsky.social for testing and helping refine a clue or two. One might see us rebuilding places of worship (7-6) Fling from part of Australia is ongoing (7) and more! www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3641

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Cryptic crossword No 3,641 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,641 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 29 clues by metagloria. Published Fri 3 Jul 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Amusing error/easter egg I discovered while setting: If you try to search for the definition of LOGIN on the Collins dictionary website, it thinks you *want to* log in...

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Ben Dawes @bendawes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

New grid! I've been working hard on trying to hone my clues to be "publishable" (in a very general sense) so if you have the time to try it out and leave a comment it would mean the world! mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3625

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Cryptic crossword No 3,625 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,625 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 25 clues by NoBadWeather. Published Mon 29 Jun 2026. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm just as good a solver as Andy Fisher!* (*relative to myself)

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I have another full grid clued and ready to go... ...but I'm not gonna post it this week. I just posted a grid last week, and I think "a puzzle a week" is too lofty an expectation for myself. But a puzzle every other week? That's probably achievable.

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Ben Dawes @bendawes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Cryptic crosswords have been one of many hobbies I obsess over in waves, but now MyCrossword makes it so much easier to make them than my old "spreadsheet mangling" methods... Anyway, I made another! mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3560

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Cryptic crossword No 3,560 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,560 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 28 clues by NoBadWeather. Published Wed 10 Jun 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

In my younger, more avant-garde days, I inflicted this monstrosity upon my solvers 1A/20A/33A: In extension of letter, Krautrock band with one extremely minuscule grain tower filled with birch evenly at convention on crust cracker sees two separated by ones outside with black lung (45)

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I want to hear how you approach setting! Do you wait for inspiration to strike, like "Ooh I just came up with a great clue for GARDENIA" and then start building a grid around that? Do you have a go-to theme that helps you seed grids? How do you avoid painting yourself into a corner? Etc.

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Matt // metagloria @metagloria.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the follow-backs so far, I'm delighted to see how the cryptic community is thriving on this site. Today I bring you my second submitted puzzle to MyCrossword. I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think! mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3540

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Cryptic crossword No 3,540 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,540 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 28 clues by metagloria. Published Fri 5 Jun 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

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