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Thank you so much for supporting our channel, and enabling us to bring you extra puzzles and other content. It is our pleasure to bring these to you.
This month, three Looney Tunes characters are arguing over a sandwich, and must amass points to try and win it. You have t...
2021-09-01 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patreons,
Just before we launch this month's Patreon Reward, we have finally put together a solution video to Heatwave, the puzzle pack by grkles which was last month's Patreon Reward, and features thermo and slow thermo sudokus, hence the title.
Many congratulations to all the suc...
2021-09-01 14:08:25 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patreons,
Just before we launch this month's Patreon Reward, we have a bit of business to tidy up. First of all, we are attaching the solution to Cracking the Case of the Roman Tragedy, the murder mystery cooked up by Alice & No-Feet McGee, with puzzles by them and SciFiFan, Jam...
2021-09-01 13:57:56 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patreons,
Here Mark takes on the Times Monthly Club Special - the most cruel and arcane cryptic crossword that gets published regularly. It's for Times Crossword Club members, and the compiler alternates: despite what Mark says in the video, this month it's Richard Rogan's puzzle.
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2021-08-26 09:43:58 +0000 UTC View PostHi All,
Thanks to the Patreons who support this channel. When Zetamath sent us this fascinating hunt called Elements of Sudoku, we were thrilled to have a chance to bring it to you, because we love bringing you great extra content.
There are no instructions provided with the hunt – ...
2021-08-22 10:00:30 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
Thank you ever so much for supporting our channel, and so allowing us to bring you so much extra content. This month's reward is an amazing pack of puzzles from grkles, who is a brilliant constructor. The pack is called Heatwave, and can be downloaded below.
You c...
2021-08-01 15:49:56 +0000 UTC View PostHi, $3 Patreons and above!
Thank you SO much for supporting our channel. Because you do that, we are able to bring you extra content like Jovi_al's unbelievable sudoku extravaganza Something for Everyone ... AND solution videos like this one!
Mark takes you through six of the puzzles ...
2021-07-26 20:34:36 +0000 UTC View PostMark takes on a week's worth of Times Crosswords, explaining (to an extent) what he's thinking as he goes, and letting you into the mind of a champion solver, as well as the minds of six cryptic crossword compilers.
See if he can get them each done in the 5-6 minutes he's always aiming for ...
2021-07-16 16:02:48 +0000 UTC View PostHi All,
Thanks to the Patreons who support this channel. As a special 5,000 Patreons reward, we are delighted to bring you the promised Murder Mystery sudoku hunt "Cracking the Case of the Roman Tragedy".
Many thanks to Alice & No-Feet McGee for curating this hunt, and of co...
2021-07-07 18:35:54 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patreons!
Thank you for supporting our channel. Here is the reward for this month - jovi_al's sudoku extravaganza, entitled Something for Everyone. It is a relay of 20 different sudoku types, all of an approachable standard!
We have a really special prize for this reward - a ...
2021-07-01 16:33:27 +0000 UTC View PostAs requested by some of our patrons, here is a video in which Simon demonstrates how overpowered the races of Zerg, Protoss and even Terran (!) are when playing against him in the incredible video game StarCraft 2.
Simon used to try to play this game very seriously when he worked in ...
2021-07-01 12:19:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy sudoku hunt was incredibly popular - here's how it could be solved.
Feel free to jump to one of the puzzles that was troubling you or where the explanation for the hint to puzzle 4 is revealed. The individual puzzle explanations begin at 1:04, 15:19, 28:...
2021-06-18 09:23:46 +0000 UTC View PostIf you are addicted to watching Mark struggle with the monthly Times Cryptic Special for its Crossword Club members, you won't want to miss this episode.
Bear in mind whilst watching that Mark is the most successful competition cryptic crossword solver in history, and almost the only person...
2021-06-16 09:09:59 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
As mentioned in this evening's video, we wanted to take another look at Sumanta Mukherjee's puzzle from yesterday. Mark's solve is really remarkable because he got to a solution without certain tricks. Simon has no qualms about employing all sorts of deviance ...
2021-06-11 19:56:52 +0000 UTC View PostHere it is! Our hunt themed on THGTTG!! We really hope you enjoy it. If you manage to finish it then drop us an email at crackingthecryptic@gmail.com - we'll being doing shoutouts on the channel for the next week at least :)
Thanks as always for your support and good luck!...
2021-06-01 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to Priyam Bhushan (@punchingcatto) for co-ordinating this wonderful document. Read the constructors' stories of their journeys as constructors and try a commemorative puzzle from each of them!
Mark is asked to record his solve of the Times Crossword (from Friday 21st May) as Simon expects him to find it difficult...
Can he beat the 10-minute barrier?
Find out here:
2021-05-28 13:44:31 +0000 UTC View PostEvery month Mark takes on the deadly cryptic that is The Times Monthly Club Special. Sometimes he slays this dragon - in the end - other times, the dragon fights back and scores a win on points or even by knock-out.
What will happen with April's Club Special? Surely St George's Day will ins...
2021-05-24 18:35:38 +0000 UTC View PostMay's monthly reward was Matyas Martinka's amazing puzzle hunt Build Your Own Sudoku.
We have split the video explaining how to solve the hunt into four parts, which can be viewed at the following links. Congratulations to everyone who sent in a correct silution (listed at the end of the fi...
2021-05-23 16:34:04 +0000 UTC View PostSimon recommended that Mark record his solve of today's Times daily cryptic Crossword!
Does that mean it's going to be really hard or really easy?
Find out in this video ...
2021-05-13 18:35:11 +0000 UTC View PostAs mentioned in last night's video, here is the Star Wars puzzle pack put together by Philip Newman. Lots of great sudokus and art here - enjoy!!
There's a teaser too at the link below :)
Here's the Puzzle Pack of Star Wars themed sudoku put together on Discord that has been mentioned in today's videos.
Thanks to Philip Newman for assembling it and sending it to us.
We're delighted to share a bonus solve with you of a puzzle apiyo made to celebrate the World Snooker Championship - which will finish tonight at The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
This puzzle has a LOT of rules, befitting the great game that inspired it! You can watch Simon attempt it ...
2021-05-03 22:45:14 +0000 UTC View PostAs mentioned in tonight's video, there was a sudoku setting Battle Royale on Discord recently in which Tyrgannus, clover and Sam Cappleman-Lynes went toe-to-toe to see who could create the best sudoku in an hour (!) The sudoku type was selected by jovi_al and it was judged (blind) by TotallyNorma...
2021-05-02 19:30:59 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patreons,
Thanks for your continued support for us! We are thrilled to present as our May reward puzzle, the attached puzzle hunt, Build Your Own Sudoku, by Mátyás Martinka. Many thanks to Mátyás for creating this and sharing it with us and yourselves!
Remember that wo...
2021-05-01 16:59:46 +0000 UTC View PostHello crossword fans! Here Mark attempts to take revenge on the Times Monthly Club Special - the Times's special cryptic crossword with insanely recherché vocabulary.
See how he does battle with it, and whether he can get to a finish without consulting dictionaries and word-matchers ...
2021-04-23 10:11:14 +0000 UTC View PostAs mentioned in last night's video, Simon was keen to try a new logic puzzle published by the incredible Phistomefel so we've released his attempt as a bonus video! We love the theme of this one where the idea is that rocks roll into the grid and then tumble down hills! (If anyone has...
2021-04-16 13:01:20 +0000 UTC View PostHello Everyone!
Thanks for your support on the channel - and thanks for all the interest in Everything Wrogn is on Fire, DiMono's follow-up to his astonishing Everything is Wrogn puzzle, that took Simon over an hour to solve.
DiMono has recorded his own video explaining how to ...
2021-04-15 12:59:15 +0000 UTC View PostHere is Mark's longest battle yet with The Times Monthly Club Special.
Roger Phillips is the compiler of this one - see if he can defeat Mark ... and keep watching all the way to the end!
See the video here:
Hello Everyone,
Thank you so much for supporting us on Patreon! You enable us to do everything we do on the channel and here. We are incredibly grateful.
DiMono's puzzle Everything is Wrogn (2021-04-01 13:01:21 +0000 UTC View Post