Amateur cryptic solver/setter/enthusiast Baltimore, MD Old puzzles at https://crosshare.org/metagloria New and future puzzles at https://mycrossword.co.uk/metagloriahttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3muox6hp7js2sNew 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 https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/387404 Sep 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3muox6hp7js2shttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mu47i3xsw22sBen joined a one-entrant puzzle-setting contest with a 3 hour time limit and he won [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu47i3xsw22shttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mu3jfyuzrk2aLet's go! Starting with @henriwords.com's tribute to a legend and we'll see what happens from there... twitch.tv/metagloria [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3jfyuzrk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mu3fo7js7k2oHmm… 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?27 Aug 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3fo7js7k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mtxepai6qc2uThey're calling it the easiest Times puzzle of all time26 Aug 2026 03:17 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxepai6qc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mtplsysa3c2eImpromptu Saturday night MyC solves! twitch.tv/metagloria23 Aug 2026 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtplsysa3c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3msrogeiook2pcan every times puzzle be a Tuesday puzzle? i just got my second straight sub 9 Tuesday full 🔥11 Aug 2026 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrogeiook2phttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mspc2wh2es26Always do Liari puzzles! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 04:44 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspc2wh2es26https://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3msp67fq3ek2pHow 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?10 Aug 2026 03:35 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msp67fq3ek2phttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3msjokgupj22wWelcome 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 https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/377707 Aug 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjokgupj22whttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3msh66z3mwk2xOk brief interruption but I'm back with more puzzles! Come over and I'll solve one of yours!06 Aug 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msh66z3mwk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3msh2c6bz5k2xLet's go! Come over to my Twitch! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msh2c6bz5k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3msgjqxcjd22vThinking 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!06 Aug 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgjqxcjd22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3ms7nnq3ffk2rnew Times full personal best!03 Aug 2026 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7nnq3ffk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mrvuthhimc2sI 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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvuthhimc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mrnq2iutt22nOnce 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)27 Jul 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnq2iutt22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mrdxgk364k2wwhoops 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 https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/372223 Jul 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdxgk364k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mrbqzcyrc22iAm I tough enough to tangle with a Toughie? Let's find out! twitch.tv/metagloria [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2026 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbqzcyrc22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mraomu46j22fDo Ben's puzzles, this is a *really* good one [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraomu46j22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mraojawoxk2fSitting on a finished puzzle you can't release until Friday night due to self-imposed temporal spacing https://static.klipy.com/ii/4e7bea9f7a3371424e6c16ebc93252fe/9e/8e/VS96E9N93SDc6u7Y0.gif?hh=336&ww=498&mp4=9FOZDDCcTck5FLzk&webm=X84c3sQrZLE9O86u22 Jul 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraojawoxk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mqxjkuunys2xdon't you hate when stuff like "rules" and "convention" and "having proper grammar" gets in the way of a perfectly lovely surface reading19 Jul 2026 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxjkuunys2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mqdc4ndxzk2sBreaking 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 https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/367110 Jul 2026 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqdc4ndxzk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mqb2focaa22fLate night cryptic party, come hang out! twitch.tv/metagloria10 Jul 2026 01:59 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqb2focaa22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mpye2ispts22C, E.G.? (5,5) (It doesn't *really* work but I like the idea of it anyway)06 Jul 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpye2ispts22https://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mptnkdkz5s2qSaturday Times quick, what on earth 🤯04 Jul 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptnkdkz5s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mpt5bpgvi22wAnother great puzzle from Ben! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jul 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpt5bpgvi22whttps://bsky.app/profile/metagloria.bsky.social/post/3mprv2hprb22qIn 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 https://twitch.tv/metagloria04 Jul 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:mimginempb7g6a7fd2glef7y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprv2hprb22q