Longyfan
@longyfan.bsky.social
I make cryptic crosswords. Find them at mycrossword.co.uk/longyfan and sometimes in The Browser with Juff, The Gnomon, or even on Minute Cryptic a few times
He/him
He/him
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If you subscribe to my emails already then my free Christmassy puzzle ‘Seven Gifts So Fancy’ should have landed in your inbox today - I hope you enjoy it 🎁
If you’re not on the mailing list but you’d like a free copy of the puzzle, send me a DM
To get future free puzzles sign up at henriwords.com
If you’re not on the mailing list but you’d like a free copy of the puzzle, send me a DM
To get future free puzzles sign up at henriwords.com
HenriWords
Cryptic Crosswords by Henri
henriwords.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If you subscribe to my emails already then my free Christmassy puzzle ‘Seven Gifts So Fancy’ should have landed in your inbox today - I hope you enjoy it 🎁
If you’re not on the mailing list but you’d like a free copy of the puzzle, send me a DM
To get future free puzzles sign up at henriwords.com
If you’re not on the mailing list but you’d like a free copy of the puzzle, send me a DM
To get future free puzzles sign up at henriwords.com
Forgot to mention that I’m half of Crenditi… can’t wait for Unch 2!
I'm very excited about the excellent puzzles we've got lined up for Issue 2, coming out in January.
Setters this time will be:
ALP
Gennaro
Catnip
The Void
Heron
Ruskin
Umpire
Crenditi
Bard
Henri
That's 8 standard cryptics, an alphabetical jigsaw, and a barred thematic. Fun!
unchcrosswords.com
Setters this time will be:
ALP
Gennaro
Catnip
The Void
Heron
Ruskin
Umpire
Crenditi
Bard
Henri
That's 8 standard cryptics, an alphabetical jigsaw, and a barred thematic. Fun!
unchcrosswords.com
Unch Crossword Magazine
Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine
unchcrosswords.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Forgot to mention that I’m half of Crenditi… can’t wait for Unch 2!
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I'm very excited about the excellent puzzles we've got lined up for Issue 2, coming out in January.
Setters this time will be:
ALP
Gennaro
Catnip
The Void
Heron
Ruskin
Umpire
Crenditi
Bard
Henri
That's 8 standard cryptics, an alphabetical jigsaw, and a barred thematic. Fun!
unchcrosswords.com
Setters this time will be:
ALP
Gennaro
Catnip
The Void
Heron
Ruskin
Umpire
Crenditi
Bard
Henri
That's 8 standard cryptics, an alphabetical jigsaw, and a barred thematic. Fun!
unchcrosswords.com
Unch Crossword Magazine
Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine
unchcrosswords.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm very excited about the excellent puzzles we've got lined up for Issue 2, coming out in January.
Setters this time will be:
ALP
Gennaro
Catnip
The Void
Heron
Ruskin
Umpire
Crenditi
Bard
Henri
That's 8 standard cryptics, an alphabetical jigsaw, and a barred thematic. Fun!
unchcrosswords.com
Setters this time will be:
ALP
Gennaro
Catnip
The Void
Heron
Ruskin
Umpire
Crenditi
Bard
Henri
That's 8 standard cryptics, an alphabetical jigsaw, and a barred thematic. Fun!
unchcrosswords.com
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Issue 2 available for (pre)sale now: unchcrosswords.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Issue 2 available for (pre)sale now: unchcrosswords.com
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Gnomon issue 4 is coming in one week, with five more variety cryptics. Now featuring more blocks than ever! With puzzles by @longyfan.bsky.social @matttheshirt.bsky.social @therackenfracker.bsky.social and @juffowup.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Gnomon issue 4 is coming in one week, with five more variety cryptics. Now featuring more blocks than ever! With puzzles by @longyfan.bsky.social @matttheshirt.bsky.social @therackenfracker.bsky.social and @juffowup.bsky.social
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We're spoilt for choice on MyCrossword this week! Have picked two cryptics to stream from setters we haven't attempted in a while: Fez (as Blancheflower) @cranberryfez.bsky.social and Longyfan @longyfan.bsky.social. Join us at 12 noon GMT! #CrypticSunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We're spoilt for choice on MyCrossword this week! Have picked two cryptics to stream from setters we haven't attempted in a while: Fez (as Blancheflower) @cranberryfez.bsky.social and Longyfan @longyfan.bsky.social. Join us at 12 noon GMT! #CrypticSunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
Been a few months…
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2832
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2832
Cryptic crossword No 2,832 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,832 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 34 clues by Longyfan. Published Sat 8 Nov 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Been a few months…
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2832
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2832
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Gnomon's second full issue is out now to subscribers, with four new variety cryptics!
www.gnomoncryptics.com
Puzzles from @longyfan.bsky.social (Roland Ingram), @henriwords.com (Rob Townsend), @juffowup.bsky.social (Andy Yingst), and Roger Wolff!
www.gnomoncryptics.com
Puzzles from @longyfan.bsky.social (Roland Ingram), @henriwords.com (Rob Townsend), @juffowup.bsky.social (Andy Yingst), and Roger Wolff!
The Gnomon
Variety cryptic crosswords
www.gnomoncryptics.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Gnomon's second full issue is out now to subscribers, with four new variety cryptics!
www.gnomoncryptics.com
Puzzles from @longyfan.bsky.social (Roland Ingram), @henriwords.com (Rob Townsend), @juffowup.bsky.social (Andy Yingst), and Roger Wolff!
www.gnomoncryptics.com
Puzzles from @longyfan.bsky.social (Roland Ingram), @henriwords.com (Rob Townsend), @juffowup.bsky.social (Andy Yingst), and Roger Wolff!
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Do not go out in the midday sun today - stay in and do some cryptic crosswords with us instead. We have MyCrossword puzzles set by of @longyfan.bsky.social and @ouroborosop.bsky.social this week! #CrypticSunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
July 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Do not go out in the midday sun today - stay in and do some cryptic crosswords with us instead. We have MyCrossword puzzles set by of @longyfan.bsky.social and @ouroborosop.bsky.social this week! #CrypticSunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
Been a while since you solved one of mine? Been a while since I posted! Here we go.
Thanks as ever to @mycrossword.co.uk
and to @liari.bsky.social, @juffowup.bsky.social, and Elderism and friends for testing!
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2547
Thanks as ever to @mycrossword.co.uk
and to @liari.bsky.social, @juffowup.bsky.social, and Elderism and friends for testing!
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2547
Cryptic crossword No 2,547 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,547 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 33 clues by Longyfan. Published Sat 12 Jul 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Been a while since you solved one of mine? Been a while since I posted! Here we go.
Thanks as ever to @mycrossword.co.uk
and to @liari.bsky.social, @juffowup.bsky.social, and Elderism and friends for testing!
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2547
Thanks as ever to @mycrossword.co.uk
and to @liari.bsky.social, @juffowup.bsky.social, and Elderism and friends for testing!
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2547
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live now solving quartiles/@officialgocomics.bsky.social/ @puzzmo.com by @norahsharpe.bsky.social and @tlmberwolves.bsky.social/ @gnomoncryptics.bsky.social by @longyfan.bsky.social !
www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv
www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv
June 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
live now solving quartiles/@officialgocomics.bsky.social/ @puzzmo.com by @norahsharpe.bsky.social and @tlmberwolves.bsky.social/ @gnomoncryptics.bsky.social by @longyfan.bsky.social !
www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv
www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv
Check out the brilliant minutecryptic.com because it’s doing a great job of getting people into cryptics (and it’s me today 😊)
June 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Check out the brilliant minutecryptic.com because it’s doing a great job of getting people into cryptics (and it’s me today 😊)
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I have been toying with the idea of setting up a crossword magazine thing. Analogue ftw.
If you are interested in any way please drop me a line here:
letterbird.co/magazine
I’ll gather email addresses and keep you in the loop.
(a bit vague right now so please be patient! 😅)
If you are interested in any way please drop me a line here:
letterbird.co/magazine
I’ll gather email addresses and keep you in the loop.
(a bit vague right now so please be patient! 😅)
Contact Matt
Send Matt an email with Letterbird.
letterbird.co
June 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I have been toying with the idea of setting up a crossword magazine thing. Analogue ftw.
If you are interested in any way please drop me a line here:
letterbird.co/magazine
I’ll gather email addresses and keep you in the loop.
(a bit vague right now so please be patient! 😅)
If you are interested in any way please drop me a line here:
letterbird.co/magazine
I’ll gather email addresses and keep you in the loop.
(a bit vague right now so please be patient! 😅)
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Tonight, a stream I've very much been looking forward to: I tackle the new variety cryptics from The Gnomon! (www.gnomoncryptics.com)
Come watch me be bewildered and astonished on Twitch at around 9:00 Eastern, www.twitch.tv/thatcrypticguy.
Come watch me be bewildered and astonished on Twitch at around 9:00 Eastern, www.twitch.tv/thatcrypticguy.
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
June 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Tonight, a stream I've very much been looking forward to: I tackle the new variety cryptics from The Gnomon! (www.gnomoncryptics.com)
Come watch me be bewildered and astonished on Twitch at around 9:00 Eastern, www.twitch.tv/thatcrypticguy.
Come watch me be bewildered and astonished on Twitch at around 9:00 Eastern, www.twitch.tv/thatcrypticguy.
Here’s another #minutecryptic !
www.minutecryptic.com
You can support Minute Cryptic by solving on the site and clicking through to the video :)
www.minutecryptic.com
You can support Minute Cryptic by solving on the site and clicking through to the video :)
June 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Here’s another #minutecryptic !
www.minutecryptic.com
You can support Minute Cryptic by solving on the site and clicking through to the video :)
www.minutecryptic.com
You can support Minute Cryptic by solving on the site and clicking through to the video :)
Love reading the comments on the Minute Cryptic videos. So many people just getting into cryptics and being delighted/frustrated as they go!
My clue today:
minutecryptic.com
My clue today:
minutecryptic.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Love reading the comments on the Minute Cryptic videos. So many people just getting into cryptics and being delighted/frustrated as they go!
My clue today:
minutecryptic.com
My clue today:
minutecryptic.com
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A TRANS PERSON MADE YOUR PUZZLE is LIVE !!!!
donate at least $10 USD to an American trans charity and receive 10 puzzles by trans constructors
edited by me and @cantorlope.bsky.social
beautiful cover art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
happy pride :)
tinyurl.com/transxwords
donate at least $10 USD to an American trans charity and receive 10 puzzles by trans constructors
edited by me and @cantorlope.bsky.social
beautiful cover art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
happy pride :)
tinyurl.com/transxwords
June 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A TRANS PERSON MADE YOUR PUZZLE is LIVE !!!!
donate at least $10 USD to an American trans charity and receive 10 puzzles by trans constructors
edited by me and @cantorlope.bsky.social
beautiful cover art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
happy pride :)
tinyurl.com/transxwords
donate at least $10 USD to an American trans charity and receive 10 puzzles by trans constructors
edited by me and @cantorlope.bsky.social
beautiful cover art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
happy pride :)
tinyurl.com/transxwords
Excited to solve and proud to be in the first full issue of The Gnomon!
First full issue of The Gnomon is live now, with five puzzles from @longyfan.bsky.social , @bewilderingly.bsky.social, and @juffowup.bsky.social , and from guest editors @joeadultman.bsky.social and Skaldskaparmal.
www.gnomoncryptics.com
www.gnomoncryptics.com
The Gnomon
Variety cryptic crosswords
www.gnomoncryptics.com
June 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Excited to solve and proud to be in the first full issue of The Gnomon!
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New HenriMini!™
mycrossword.co.uk/mini/10
– Book, a new one out by female politician, talks about the French
– Reveals acceptable face of naturism and lives freely
– Long-haired Asians are discovered importing German Ford part, bottom of clutch section
Not sample clues; that’s the whole puzzle 😆
mycrossword.co.uk/mini/10
– Book, a new one out by female politician, talks about the French
– Reveals acceptable face of naturism and lives freely
– Long-haired Asians are discovered importing German Ford part, bottom of clutch section
Not sample clues; that’s the whole puzzle 😆
Mini crossword No 10 · MyCrossword
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
mycrossword.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
New HenriMini!™
mycrossword.co.uk/mini/10
– Book, a new one out by female politician, talks about the French
– Reveals acceptable face of naturism and lives freely
– Long-haired Asians are discovered importing German Ford part, bottom of clutch section
Not sample clues; that’s the whole puzzle 😆
mycrossword.co.uk/mini/10
– Book, a new one out by female politician, talks about the French
– Reveals acceptable face of naturism and lives freely
– Long-haired Asians are discovered importing German Ford part, bottom of clutch section
Not sample clues; that’s the whole puzzle 😆
Love the new mini grids @mycrossword.co.uk added to the site. Hopefully they’ll make constructing a bit more accessible. Less daunting at least.
Here’s mine:
Unsophisticated chortle when reverend’s hat falls off during transubstantiation (2-4)
mycrossword.co.uk/mini/11
Here’s mine:
Unsophisticated chortle when reverend’s hat falls off during transubstantiation (2-4)
mycrossword.co.uk/mini/11
Mini crossword No 11 · MyCrossword
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
mycrossword.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Love the new mini grids @mycrossword.co.uk added to the site. Hopefully they’ll make constructing a bit more accessible. Less daunting at least.
Here’s mine:
Unsophisticated chortle when reverend’s hat falls off during transubstantiation (2-4)
mycrossword.co.uk/mini/11
Here’s mine:
Unsophisticated chortle when reverend’s hat falls off during transubstantiation (2-4)
mycrossword.co.uk/mini/11
Happy to be on minutecryptic.com again today :)
May 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Happy to be on minutecryptic.com again today :)
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There are *so* many fine crosswords available that I really can't squeeze them all into a #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service. Still, come noon I'll be going for MyCrossword puzzles by @tpgrammar.bsky.social, @adamleepotter.bsky.social & @longyfan.bsky.social:
www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...
www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...
May 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
There are *so* many fine crosswords available that I really can't squeeze them all into a #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service. Still, come noon I'll be going for MyCrossword puzzles by @tpgrammar.bsky.social, @adamleepotter.bsky.social & @longyfan.bsky.social:
www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...
www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...
It’s been a while but…
One for your Saturday afternoon:
Senior wiping bottom half after playing in bath (5)
Store ladders to be moved (4,5)
Thanks as ever to @raidercrossword.bsky.social for mycrossword
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2435
One for your Saturday afternoon:
Senior wiping bottom half after playing in bath (5)
Store ladders to be moved (4,5)
Thanks as ever to @raidercrossword.bsky.social for mycrossword
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2435
Cryptic crossword No 2435
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
May 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It’s been a while but…
One for your Saturday afternoon:
Senior wiping bottom half after playing in bath (5)
Store ladders to be moved (4,5)
Thanks as ever to @raidercrossword.bsky.social for mycrossword
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2435
One for your Saturday afternoon:
Senior wiping bottom half after playing in bath (5)
Store ladders to be moved (4,5)
Thanks as ever to @raidercrossword.bsky.social for mycrossword
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2435
Happy to be on minutecryptic.com today!
May 15, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Happy to be on minutecryptic.com today!