@mossdef.bsky.social
Music teacher/crossword maker. Mog in The Independent, myself in the WSJ and elsewhere. Cryptics editor at AVCX. he/him patreon.com/squarechase
7pm on erev puzzle day as usual. Excited for this one!
14.02.2026 21:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Snippet of a variety cryptic crossword puzzle. I've made 100 of them now, which is a lot of puzzles.
100 is a lot of puzzles, David. ๐
14.02.2026 19:56 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Morning nosh and puzzle regimen
Breakfast in America? Thanks for getting it all the way over to me, @unchcrosswords.com!
02.02.2026 11:54 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Fat starts to appear newly ubiquitous between gym and work (6,3)
I set today's Independent #cryptic #crossword. I hope it brightens your day!
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
No worries! I could have made it clearer!
24.01.2026 01:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0EST (Eastern Standard Time): UTC-5!
23.01.2026 23:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
The top of a cryptic crossword puzzle, cropped to show several bewildering clues.
I'm going to be hanging with Will, Hayley and other cool crossword guests on twitch.tv/bewilderingly tonight at 9PM ET while they solve a #cryptic #crossword I made for them. It's available free at www.patreon.com/squarechase if you want to play along!
23.01.2026 21:24 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Getting people access to healthcare has always been important, but itโs going to be REALLY important in 2026.
Weโve been hard at work and canโt wait to share all the fun puzzles weโve been working on.
Coming this spring: TPFA6!
I second all the advice in this very nice piece. I've found the most important, and perhaps even the most joyous thing, is to keep solving, learning, and refining my practice with the aim to make each puzzle more beautiful than the last. The journey only gets more rewarding.
30.12.2025 14:12 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Crossword x Lego
27.12.2025 19:27 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I just started solving these the other day, and love them. Nice one!
26.12.2025 16:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Person hitting some spiced rum merrily (7)
Unbelievable remixed ode to holly (4,6)
A Mossberg Christmas joint? Who knew? Honored to close out the AVCX Cryptics year under @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social's editorial eye. I hope it brightens your holiday! #cryptic #crossword
crosswordr.com/a/puzzle/ByT...
Person hitting some spiced rum merrily (7)
Unbelievable remixed ode to holly (4,6)
A Mossberg Christmas joint? Who knew? Honored to close out the AVCX Cryptics year under @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social's editorial eye. I hope it brightens your holiday! #cryptic #crossword
crosswordr.com/a/puzzle/ByT...
A rare but fun appearance by the gaffer Eimi in the Independent today, featuring this absolute corker:
Pinter play involving three people: a woman and two men (8)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Wow, Iโm really in my element on this one! These Cryptic Crossweird folks are good people doing good puzzle work. Do check them out if you havenโt yet!
15.12.2025 20:10 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A festive cryptic crossword
This is usually where I'd put some spiel about my cryptic crossword Patreon, but I'm just feeling lucky and proud to light the lights tonight. I think this Square Chase holiday puzzle is apt and, as always, free to all. I hope it brightens your evening.
www.patreon.com/posts/square...
A very enjoyable father/daughter solve!
14.12.2025 23:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Happy Chanukah to all who celebrate ๐
play.usatoday.com/crossword
PSA: Sufganiyot is a plural word. The singular is sufganiya
A festive cryptic crossword
This is usually where I'd put some spiel about my cryptic crossword Patreon, but I'm just feeling lucky and proud to light the lights tonight. I think this Square Chase holiday puzzle is apt and, as always, free to all. I hope it brightens your evening.
www.patreon.com/posts/square...
Breakfast links bloat me a lot (7)
I'm sure you'll all be shocked to hear I put food into the title of my free-to-solve holiday #cryptic #crossword in the WSJ. I hope it brightens your day!
www.wsj.com/articles/sea...
I always said those breakfast links were trouble!
14.12.2025 13:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Breakfast links bloat me a lot (7)
I'm sure you'll all be shocked to hear I put food into the title of my free-to-solve holiday #cryptic #crossword in the WSJ. I hope it brightens your day!
www.wsj.com/articles/sea...
Mo(ssber)g. I also love cats.
11.12.2025 21:51 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you! I certainly lucked out with the letters in those key entries.
09.12.2025 12:50 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Maybe 8 out of 10 Cats ended prematurely, in for broadcast (8)
It's a pleasure, as always, to set The Independent #cryptic #crossword, especially one with such a lovely palindromic number. I hope it brightens your day!
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Header image from a very fun cryptic crossword we made.
What a treat to get to set #250 in The Browser with my friend Matthew Stock! I hope it brightens your day.
07.12.2025 13:57 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Cheers, Matt! So glad you enjoyed it.
29.11.2025 20:35 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Looking forward to getting my copy!
29.11.2025 18:34 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Cheers, enjoy!
26.11.2025 00:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ooh, thank you! I apologize in advance for all Americanism-related pain!
25.11.2025 21:31 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
