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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Inquisitor in The Winter Gardens Blackpool. Maybe good to have a distraction or fifty? #cryptic #crossword

POV of solving the Inquisitor crossword puzzle in a ballroom with Latin dancers behind

PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Here’s an example of what you can do with these (don’t worry this grid is not a spoiler!) and what you get in the download 👍

The PDF includes clues and a puzzle to complete, grid pattern, alphabet, hints and solutions and decorative ideas

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My brilliant crafty wife has started an Etsy shop! She’s selling quick and witty cross stitch kits. There’s keyrings, magnets and, you’ve guessed it - cross stitch #cryptic #crosswords! Lots more to come 🤩 www.etsy.com/uk/shop/quic...

An image of a Keyring with a cross stitch pattern reading “I’m very fond of walking”

Another keyring, this one in black and red with a picture of a bat. It says “Bats about you”

A preview of a cross stitch pattern which is a cryptic crossword titled “good vibes”

One more keyring, this one with a picture of a llama with the caption “ no drama”

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Any queries, follow me and drop me a message. Would love to hear from you if you've got ideas or questions about creating impact for your research with visual communication (or crosswords, whatever you prefer!).

A testimonial - “Joining the infohackit course has been one
of the highlights of my PhD programme. Having the opportunity to develop my visual communication skills, with a research specific focus has been invaluable.”
Madi, University of Cambridge

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you don't know me, I'm a graphic designer with 25 year career communicating information - and over a decade's experience of training researchers at Universities in the UK, Europe and beyond!

Picture of Peter Moore Fuller, presenting a lecture on design. On the PowerPoint there are to blocks of text for comparison.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Howdy #scicomm 🧪 folks! I'm offering a new online workshop called "introduction to design skills for communicating research" on Zoom on the 23rd September 1-5pm BST. Details here: www.infohackit.com/intro-to-des... Shares appreciated!

A panel advertising a new workshop "introduction to design skills
for communicating research" from the training company infohackit. The workshop is on Zoom on the 23rd September 1-5pm (BST). You can improve your design literacy with theory of colour, images, typography and composition as well as practical software skills to put them into practice. The workshop will help you make better
• Conference posters
• Infographics
• Journal figures
• Graphical abstracts

A graphic showing RGB and CMYK colour systems, and two examples of design fonts (Arial and Times). The times font has highlights showing it's serifs (the little decorations some fonts have). There's also a caption that reads "Boost your knowledge of graphic design"

The panel shows graphic design software (Affinity) in use, with a layers panel open showing the components of an illustration. The illustration is of a red kite (the bird!) rendered in simple vector objects.

The panel shows a screen grab from the infohackit Dicord server, with example posts from a forum about different design topics – eg. text wrap in Affinity

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Delightful long weekend at Harlequin Fayre playing with The Dead Set, and running a crossword solve-along on the curio stage, solving @guineverecryptic.bsky.social’s recent Quiptic :)

Pencil sketch from an audience member of The Dead Set. Two guitarists, and a double bass player in the foreground - a drummer just visible in the background. Artist - Alethea Tweddle

A rainbow over a dusty festival field - tents in the background

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

As seen on Reddit… Interesting idea!

A crossword clue - Bite-sized food? (6)
The dots of the two i’s and the question mark, as well as the dash, are coloured blue. The rest of the text is black.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Playfair in the @economist.com today featuring: 💃🏻 Brazen couple tango indecently – Playfair cutting in (12) www.economist.com/interactive/... (Subs) Appropriate as I’ve spent 12 hours at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool today. And no, I haven’t cut in during anyone’s tango.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

In today’s @economist.com crossword… Came out with a climbing qualification including a little medal (7) Dominant pose? Trump looks silly (9) www.economist.com/interactive/... (Subs required)

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Latest Playfair grid in @economist.com today! Including: 🎹 Performing Mozart’s fourth including one really difficult passage (6,2,6) 🥕Discovered King had grown vegetables, planted neatly thus (2,1,3) www.economist.com/interactive/... (Subscription required)

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Whilst I appreciate BBC Norfolk's anagram-based reporting - they could have taken it one step further... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #anagram

A road sign "Itteringham, please drive slowly"
A mock-up road sign "IT Nightmare, please drive slowly"
Another mock-up sign "IT Nightmare, all speed is very low"

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Re-reading Vonnegut. This from Cat’s Cradle.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Is this an error in my guardian book of cryptics or left blank on purpose? What would you put in this space? Keep out of the black and into the white. There’s nothing in this game for two in a light!

Introduction to a book of crosswords. The subtitle “instructions” has no content underneath.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Doesn’t even join up… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Hasn’t ruined Christmas though. Big festive love to all! X

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Delighted to be back as Bard in the @the-independent.com today. puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... Big cheese beat restriction, having discovered tax not applicable (3,6) Very impressive bit of extreme picknicking (4) Here’s the family engaged in some extreme picknicking on Skye.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Lecturing about design literacy for the first time today on a new MSc module in Science Communication at UEA and got sketched by one of the students! This is how straight I think my nose is. Others may disagree.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Greetings from Bergen @unchcrosswords.com ❄️ Just finished an excellent puzzle by @liari.bsky.social

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Thanks to YouTube Music for offering up a tesselating bleak landscape of forgotten musical favourites. Spooky.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

It’s grid on one side and ruled on the other…. Very useful. Uncoated paper obvs.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

It’s not easy. Gave it a go. I’ve ended up with a lot of fours. Would probably do some eight letter clues in those!

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

First puzzle (great stuff @guineverecryptic.bsky.social ) solved in red ink - looks very stylish @unchcrosswords.com

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Squee! Been a good while since I’ve bought a hardback on day of release. I’ve read everything again in anticipation (what a joy!). Can’t wait to see how it ends… #bookofdust

The hardback cover of The Book of Dust, Volume Three, The Rose Field. Cover shows a desert scene with two riders on camels.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Join me for an afternoon learning how to solve cryptic crossword puzzles in the fine city of Norwich on the 7th September. Tickets here: thehollowaynorwich.com/events/RVb6g... Shares and word of mouth appreciated!

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

No reversal indicators allowed when setting at Norwich Cathedral.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

What a lovely time this afternoon at The Holloway in Norwich running a Cryptic Crosswords for Beginners session. Lovely people came. We solved clues and drank tea. Will definitely do this again! Great venue. If you’re about in Norwich it’s on St Benedict’s St #cryptic #crosswords

A table with paper and pens. Projection of a slide “Cryptic Crosswords for Beginners”

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Excellent shopping work here from Reddit user u/spacecadet06. Bravo.

A receipt from the supermarket Asda. There are 26 items each starting with different letter of the alphabet.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Still here for a couple of hours yet, but here’s the solution. 1. WENT 2. FINAL 3. GAINED Which entered into what3words will take you to the Winter Gardens, Blackpool where our son has been competing this weekend. Well we WENT, but no FINAL was GAINED. Good time had by all though!!

A ballroom in Blackpool with dancers on the floor and a big crowd watching

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

On our way from Paddington for the Word Puzzles conference at Oxford! Looking forward to meeting many of you #cryptic #crossword people there!

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Fun. Couldn’t believe there was an oilfish though. Is three easier or harder? Not sure!

More animal anagrams. Image shows that Eel + Lionfish + Adder = Deer + Eland + Oilfish

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

My latest puzzle is in the Independent today. You can play for free here. puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... Featuring: Do good, good dog (7) 📷 by me Modelling by Clyde. #cryptic #crossword #puzzle #dog

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Lovely time training at UCL this week :) never actually made it to the famous quad before. Also saw Jeremy Bentham-bot through the window.

UCL quad at dusk with columns lit up, the moon in the sky

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

One more pre-Christmas plug for my charity crossword in aid of Shelter. Delighted to have doubled the fundraising target, can we treble it?! 🎄🎄🎄 PDFs to gift from - xmas.chopinclues.co.uk Solve online on MyCrossword - mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2170 Shares appreciated! Merry Christmas!

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Looking for a crossword gift for friends and family this year? 🎁 My charity #cryptic #crossword can be downloaded at xmas.chopinclues.co.uk with voluntary donation in aid of Shelter. You can also solve online at mycrossword. We've already hit our £50 target, hoping we can double it!

A cryptic crossword on a table decorated with Christmas lights and baubles.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Can a large language model solve crosswords? It might have helped the LLM solve the clue in Fig 1 if it was fairly written! #cryptic #crossword Here’s the paper, in fairness to the authors they’ve used a dataset of Guardian & Times clues arxiv.org/abs/2412.09012 Cc. @alanconnor.bsky.social

The abstract and first figure of a paper about computers solving crossword clues.
The clue featured is: Language model beheads little Alma (5).

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

FB memory provided this gem about my home town from Paul in the Guardian in 2017. Clearly he has visited…

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It was wonderful. There was also a surprise set with just two of them on the piano stage, which was just an old upright on a palette. Someone got engaged during Book of Love

Magnetic Fields play End of the Road Festival

Two members of the Magnetic Fields play on a small stage

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

I was outside the amazingly named John Doe of Diss in South Norfolk. Disappointingly, John’s wife’s name is Angela not Jane. 1. TOWEL 2. THRASHED 3. PROPOSALS Putting that into what3words provides the answer. Pretty sure I’ve seen “Norfolk town” for DISS in a couple of cryptics.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Hopefully not the same one as Marlow Murder Club 🤦‍♂️

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

I am looking forward to the new BBC drama Ludwig. But this image tickled me. Setters… do you work like this? If not, what is your setting practice?

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

Annual visit to Houghton Hall in Norfolk. This year featuring 100 Gormley statues, all at exactly the same height above sea level and therefore many different plinths and holes required. Excellent. On until the end of October.

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Really pleased with the enthusiastic responses to my puzzle in the Independent yesterday. Thanks to Duncan for his review on 15 squared and the commenters too. Most encouraging. www.fifteensquared.net/2024/09/03/i... In celebration, here’s a pic of me which bears some thematic relation.

Four actors dressed in World War I uniforms

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

Anyone else having trouble opening it?

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

Beautiful day in the sunshine playing music at Denver Mill. Props to Fred the percussionist who accompanied every artist in the marquee from 11am to 6pm 😯

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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Lovely time at the Merchant’s House in Norwich playing music yesterday eve and catching up with old friends. Presented with this napkin review at the end of my set.

A napkin with handwritten comments.
“Took me to space with your songs, a meadow of sunsets and stars - Zev XOXO”
“Didn’t know such beauty was possible with 12 strings and a moustache (heart) TB.”

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