This is a list of setters whose work has appeared in the three main daily blogs featured on Fifteensquared in 2021-23, including known aliases. Please let us know via Site feedback of any errors or omissions. Further information about many of these setters can be found at Crossword Who’s Who, but note the site has not been updated for some time.
*Last update: 2024-05-04*
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FT setters at Crossword Who’s Who
| Name | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | Also known as… |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aardvark | • | • | • | Scorpion (Independent) |
| Alberich | • | Klingsor (Independent) | ||
| Artexlen | • | • | • | eXternal (Independent), proXimal (EV) |
| Basilisk | • | • | • | Jack (Guardian), Serpent (Independent) |
| Bobcat | • | • | • | |
| Bradman | • | • | • | Pasquale (Guardian), Quixote (Independent, Inquisitor) |
| Buccaneer | • | • | • | Picaroon (Guardian), Rodriguez (Independent) |
| Chalmie | • | • | Alchemi (Independent) | |
| Falcon | • | • | • | |
| Flimsy | • | • | • | Nitsy (Independent) |
| Gaff | • | • | • | |
| Goliath | • | • | • | Philistine (Guardian) |
| Gozo | • | • | • | Maskarade (Guardian) |
| Gumm | • | Skinny (Independent) | ||
| Gurney | • | • | • | Raich (Independent) |
| Guy | • | • | • | |
| Hamilton | • | • | • | |
| Io | • | • | • | Enigmatist (Guardian), Nimrod (Independent) |
| Jason | • | • | • | |
| Julius | • | • | • | Knut (Independent) |
| Leonidas | • | • | • | Wire (Independent) |
| Monk | • | • | • | Harpo (Guardian), Monk (Independent) |
| Moo | • | • | • | |
| Mudd | • | • | • | Paul (Guardian), Punk (Independent) |
| Neo | • | • | • | Tees (Independent) |
| Pedrock | • | • | ||
| Peto | • | • | • | Poins (Independent) |
| Phssthpok | • | • | • | |
| Redshank | • | Crucible (Guardian), Radian (Independent) | ||
| Rosa Klebb | • | • | • | Arachne (Guardian), Anarche (Independent) |
| Sayang | • | |||
| Sleuth | • | • | • | Hypnos (Independent) |
| Slormgorm | • | • | • | Hoskins (Independent) |
| Solomon | • | Bluebird (Independent) | ||
| Steerpike | • | • | • | Italicus (Independent) |
| Velia | • | • | • | Matilda (Guardian) |
| Zamorca | • | • | • | Hectence (Guardian Quiptic) |
Guardian
Guardian setters at Crossword Who’s Who
| Name | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | Also known as… |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anto | • | • | • | |
| Arachne | • | Rosa Klebb (FT), Anarche (Independent) | ||
| Boatman | • | • | • | |
| Brendan | • | • | • | |
| Brockwell | • | Grecian (Independent) | ||
| Brummie | • | • | • | Cyclops (Private Eye) |
| Carpathian | • | • | Vigo (Independent) | |
| Chandler | • | |||
| Crucible | • | Redshank (FT), Radian (Independent) | ||
| Enigmatist | • | Io (FT), Nimrod (Independent) | ||
| Fed | • | • | • | Bluth (Independent) |
| Harpo | • | • | • | Monk (FT, Independent) |
| Hugo | • | One-off collaboration of multiple Guardian setters | ||
| Imogen | • | • | • | Vulcan (Guardian) |
| Jack | • | • | Basilisk (FT), Serpent (Independent) | |
| Kite | • | • | • | |
| Maskarade | • | • | • | Gozo (FT) |
| Matilda | • | • | • | Velia (FT) |
| Nutmeg | • | • | ||
| Pan | • | |||
| Pangakupu | • | • | • | Kcit (EV), Phi (Independent) |
| Pasquale | • | • | • | Bradman (FT), Quixote (Independent, Inquisitor) |
| Paul | • | • | • | Mudd (FT), Punk (Independent) |
| Philistine | • | • | • | Goliath (FT) |
| Picaroon | • | • | • | Buccaneer (FT), Rodriguez (Independent) |
| Puck | • | Hob (Independent), Wanderer (FT) | ||
| Qaos | • | • | • | |
| Soup | • | • | • | |
| Sphinx | • | |||
| Tramp | • | • | • | Jambazi (Independent) |
| Vlad | • | • | • | Tyrus (Independent) |
| Vulcan | • | • | • | Imogen (Guardian) |
| Yank | • |
Independent / Independent on Sunday
Indy setters at Crossword Who’s Who
| Name | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | Also known as… |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemi | • | • | Chalmie (FT) | |
| Angel | • | • | ||
| Atrica | • | • | • | |
| Bard | • | |||
| Bluebird | • | • | • | Solomon (FT) |
| Bluth | • | • | • | Fed (Guardian) |
| Brunel | • | • | • | |
| Coot | • | • | ||
| Crosophile | • | • | • | Charybdis (Inquisitor) |
| Deri | • | |||
| Dill | • | • | ||
| Dutch | • | • | • | |
| Eccles | • | • | • | |
| Filbert | • | • | • | |
| Gila | • | • | • | |
| Grecian | • | • | • | |
| Hippogryph | • | • | • | |
| Hoskins | • | • | • | Slormgorm (FT) |
| Hypnos | • | Sleuth (FT) | ||
| Italicus | • | • | • | Steerpike (FT) |
| Kairos | • | • | • | |
| Klingsor | • | Alberich (FT) | ||
| Knut | • | • | • | Julius (FT) |
| Laccaria | • | • | • | |
| Lark | • | • | • | |
| Liari | • | • | ||
| Methuselah | • | • | • | Chameleon (Guardian Genius) |
| Mev | • | • | • | |
| Mog | • | • | ||
| Monk | • | • | • | Harpo (Guardian), Monk (FT) |
| Morph | • | |||
| Nimrod | • | • | Enigmatist (Guardian), Io (FT) | |
| Nitsy | • | • | Flimsy (FT) | |
| Norman | • | |||
| Phi | • | • | • | Kcit (EV), Pangakupu (Guardian) |
| Punk | • | Mudd (FT), Paul (Guardian) | ||
| Quince | • | • | • | |
| Radian | • | Crucible (Guardian), Redshank (FT) | ||
| Raich | • | • | Gurney (FT) | |
| Raider | • | • | • | |
| Rodriguez | • | • | • | Buccaneer (FT), Picaroon (Guardian) |
| Saladin | • | |||
| Salty | • | • | ||
| Serpent | • | • | • | Basilisk (FT), Jack (Guardian) |
| Shabbo | • | • | • | |
| Silvanus | • | • | ||
| Skinny | • | • | • | Gumm (FT) |
| Stamp | • | • | ||
| Tees | • | • | • | Neo (FT) |
| Twin | • | • | • | |
| Tyrus | • | • | • | Vlad (Guardian) |
| Umpire | • | • | ||
| Vernon | • | • | ||
| Vigo | • | • | • | Carpathian (Guardian) |
| Wiglaf | • | • | • | |
| Wire | • | • | • | Leonidas (FT) |
| Xestobium | • |