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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 13h

Added to your phone dictionary by a wayward thumb on some previous impassioned occasion, perhaps

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 18h

I'm back on @puzzmo.com today: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-... Theme's a bit of a groaner, ye be warned. :P

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Puzzmo - Cross|word

Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

But in the matter of the missing toilets, they still have nothing to go on

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm excited to share that the cooperative sci-fi board game @lizfischer0.bsky.social and I are developing, Derelict, is entering a new phase of playtesting -- which means we're looking for testers! You can learn about the game and join our Discord here: waxriver.com Art by @crowwkui.bsky.social 💚

"Looking for playtesters!" Five character portraits: a green-skinned Creature from the Black Lagoon-esque alien named Jax; a white pink-haired woman in overalls and goggles named Maddie; a Black male with close-cropped hair, a syringe, and a purple-accented lab coat named Gart; an Asian woman with a flight headset, a turtleneck, and fingerless gloves named Kara; and a stocky, mustachioed white man with a massive neck and a yellow coat named Davey.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Love it! I feared a "font of knowledge" pun was coming towards the end there 😆

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Back in Puzzmo today. See what surprises await in the fill and clues... www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...

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Puzzmo - Cross|word

Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

You're verging on JJJ territory there

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

New puzzle on my puzzle blog: realpuzzlingstuff.com/can-you-crac... I'm fond of the theme here -- hope you are too! 51A: Contributor to a video game, briefly (3 letters) 18D: Spot of tea? (5 letters)

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Can You Crack It? - Real Puzzling Stuff

13-Down: Like some buns and breakups

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Would never have expected the Bones and All pull! Loved that movie. Speaking of borderline horror, I reckon you'd have many thoughts on Ari Aster's Beau Is Afraid.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Happy to be back in the LA Times with a themed Thursday #crossword this week! I figured the film biz theme would be fitting for a solver base of Angelenos. That said, anyone (including you!) can solve for free at www.latimes.com/games/daily-... @latimes.com #puzzle #games

A rotationally symmetric themed crossword grid on the LA Times' website. The highlighted clue, [Screenwriter's assignment?], corresponds to an answer 9 letters in length.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I wrote today's Morphology word ladder #puzzle for The Daily Baffle. Check it out here: dailybaffle.com/morphology Alas, it sounds like Morphology is coming to an end, so this may be my last one.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I appreciate that "cosplay" has made its way into your rhetorical arsenal.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Flashing back to my first Disco Elysium playthrough. I'd been relying on autosaves for the opening couple hours. Killed myself trying to break a door down and lost all progress bc the autosave files were borked. rip

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Just posted a new #crossword to my #puzzle blog: realpuzzlingstuff.com/royal-flush/ Hope you enjoy the (topical) theme! 👀 46D: Partly or pertly, but not portly (6 letters)

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Royal Flush - Real Puzzling Stuff

36-Across: Lilac or lavender

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I still shudder at the memory of MS Word suggesting that Copilot could help me compose a birthday card for my (hypothetical) 5-year-old daughter.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Nintendo's games are actually among the least likely to feature this sort of imagery.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

A cryptic clue in honor of @feathersmcg.bsky.social: Elite "Jeopardy!" player repeatedly correct (4,4,4)

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

And the second 30 will go a lot quicker than the first 30 :)

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Been really digging Death Howl of late myself :)

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

A few more casual snaps around Mueller Lake #photography

Late-day sunlight filtered through the bright green leaves of a lakeside tree.

An Egyptian Goose grooms itself atop a large rock in the lake, lit from the right by the setting sun.

A scoliotic tree in silhouette by the lakeside. Waterfowl also in silhouette on the lake's surface. Setting sun in the background.

The crisply defined wake of a Muscovy duck making its way across the lake's surface.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A few years ago, a "10 out of 10 qualified journalists agree: POTUS is out of his damn gourd and unfit for office" banner above every article might have been helpful. These days, I wonder if it'd even move the needle.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I authored today's Morphology #puzzle. Play here: dailybaffle.com/morphology

A 14-clue Morphology word ladder puzzle. Clues are listed on the left; fields for answer inputs are provided on the right.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Of late, I've honed an anti-roach approach involving a disused blender jar I inherited from a former housemate, a flattened Barilla box, and, naturally, the toilet. Miss me with those spindly house centipedes, tho.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Back in the New York Times today, friends! Please solve responsibly. #crossword #NYTxword

The blue button from the NYT Games app to play the Tuesday, Mar. 31 crossword by Ryan Patrick Smith.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

You were right the first time! Hanged is for executions.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Whitman would perhaps take less offense ... tho even Thoreau was "erect and lone"

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

If you've got solid foundational ideas for narrative elements + mechanics, you could absolutely get a small cluster of friends together and make it happen :)

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

With the Oscars fast approaching, I thought I'd share my personal top ten #movies of 2025. 🙂 1. Sorry, Baby 2. Sentimental Value 3. Hamnet 4. Bring Her Back 5. Eddington 6. It Was Just an Accident 7. Marty Supreme 8. 28 Years Later 9. No Other Choice 10. One Battle After Another Vive le cinéma! 🍿

"A film by Eva Victor: Sorry, Baby." A young woman clutches a kitten bemusedly as a big puffy cloud and blue sky loom overhead.

"Sentimental Value, a film by Joachim Trier." An older man and his daughter stand together in a lush garden. They are close enough to be talking, but he looks past her and she past him.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I've been struggling too. Rooting for you, Rach!

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Just uploaded a new #themeless #crossword to the blog! 👀 16A: Like bends and bends sinister, in heraldry (7 letters) 4D: Draft dodgers? (11 letters) realpuzzlingstuff.com/dietary-fibe...

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Dietary Fiber + Whimsical Foes - Real Puzzling Stuff

A challenging free-to-play themeless crossword puzzle by constructor Ryan Patrick Smith.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

"Guess they were armless after all"

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

*Gives her the Handbreaker 9000 with no instructions* 😆

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I definitely favor descriptivism over prescriptivism when it comes to lexicography (and, ultimately, I imagine you do too), but I'll admit I lament the trajectories of "moot" and "high-concept."

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Kaveh Akbar's recent novel "Martyr!" powerfully illustrates the generational trauma of this.

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Hell yeah. Love that first one especially

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 25/02/2026

i don't play the resident evil games but i've always admired their ability to give stuff names that are both dumb and cool. raccoon city. umbrella corporation. tyrant virus. all very dumb, all equally cool

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Glad they included the English; would have had no idea what those were otherwise :P

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Ryan Patrick Smith @writerlyryan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

This was such a good movie. Grateful to have caught it on the big screen.

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