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Vignettes by zetamath

In the second of our series of videos in which Simon and Mark collaborate to solve a puzzle, they pit their combined wits against this outstanding puzzle: Vignettes by zetamath.  This is a won...

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October Patreon reward - Duality!

Hi Patreons,

Thank you so much for supporting our channel. We are really grateful, and your support helps us to keep the channel going in the form that it is.

We are delighted to presen...

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September Reward - the Solution Video

Hi Patreons,

Thanks for sponsoring us! here is the Solution Video for Linked Sudoku, the September Monthly Reward. The video description includes links for the puzzles, and the video includes...

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Jabberwocky by DadJokes

We thought you might like to watch us solve a puzzle collaboratively so we're delighted to share this video with you - made today - in which we take on the sudoku Jabberwocky by DadJokes.

It ...

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Cracking the Listener Crossword

Mark has a crack at a live solve of the Listener Crossword, a hard themed cryptic that appears each week in The Times. This is Envy by Quinapalus from August 12th, and the solution has just been pu...

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September Patreon Reward: Linked Sudoku

Hello Patreons!

Thanks for supporting us – we really appreciate it. The attached document contains links, rules and grids for this month's reward, and also how to send us the answer, by Sep...

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GASP Prize Puzzles - the Solution Video

Hi patreons! Thank you for supporting our channel. We appreciate you.

Here is a video of how to get to the solutions for this month's Genuinely Approachable Sudoku/Puzzles, starting with Kaku...

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The Crossword of Terror

Mark settles down again with the Times Monthly Club Special, the cryptic crossword that mixes extraordinary difficult clues with the most obscure of vocabulary.

This one, July's edition, is b...

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August Patreon reward - GASP

Just reposting in case people haven't noriced the attachment on the first post:

Hello Patreons!

Thanks for supporting us – we have had some great competition puzzle packs in the last ...

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August Patreon Reward

Sorry there is a short delay while we get the correct file (and attach it).  Yes, we are technological imbeciles.  It shouldn't be too long - probably just over an hour.  Watch this ...

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August Patreon reward - GASP! WITH the pdf

Hello Patreons!

Thanks for supporting us – we have had some great competition puzzle packs in the last couple of months (thanks ZooZ, Panthera, TheAsylm and Grkles!), but this month’s com...

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That criminal cryptic crossword

This is where Mark takes on that criminal cryptic crossword, the Times  Monthly Club Special, from June. The audio didn't work on the video, so  Mark has dubbed on a commentary!  &nb...

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Equal Sum Lines Solutions

Hi Patreons!

Thanks so much for supporting us, and thanks to everyone who said such kind comments about Joseph Nehme’s brilliant puzzle pack, themed on Equal Sum Lines, which was our July m...

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Equal Sum Lines - Solution Videos

Here are the first two videos from the Equal Sum Lines puzzle pack by Joseph Nehme - the rest will be released either today or tomorrow!

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Modular Lines - Competition Pack

Super excited to share with our patrons today this brand new sudoku pack based around modular lines.  We owe huge thanks to FullDeck, Missing A Few Cards, JC Godart, jeremydover, Raumplaner an...

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Modular Lines - a brand new sudoku variant

Super excited to share with you today two packs featuring a brand new sudoku variant - modular lines.  This variation is the brainchild of two eminent math(s) professors, FullDeck and Missing ...

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Whoops, and whoops again

Oh dear. Sorry for the post today of the May Times Monthly Club Special cryptic crossword, which was indeed a repeat of the video posted last month.

It turns out that for June's puzzle we hav...

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7000 Puzzles On Our Fan Discord!!!

The CTC discord server is busier than ever. And yesterday, the puzzle archive hit the incredible milestone of 7000 puzzles! All crafted and tested within the CTC discord community. That's 20 years ...

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It's Crazy Cryptic Time

Time to try May's Times Monthly Club Special cryptic crossword, the puzzle that uses the most erudite and obscure vocabulary to defeat would-be solvers.

But Mark tries it without using a dict...

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July Monthly Reward

Equal Sum Lines by Joseph Nehme (ZooZ)

Hello Patreons! Thank you so much for supporting us. Your main reward this month is a pack of puzzles themed on Equal Sum Lines.  PLEASE try them -...

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PBN Institute Puzzle Packs - the Solution Videos

Panthera, The Asylm and Grkles not only created two fantastic Japanese-Sums-based puzzle packs for our June monthly rewards, they also created solution videos for every single puzzle in them!

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Could Frame by Sam Cavnar-Johnson

This is a very nice classic sudoku from Sam which needs some complicated tricks (or bifurcation!) unless you spot its secret.

Have a go at the puzzle at the link below:

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Constructing 'Jubilee Sudoku'

Mark tries to construct a puzzle to commemorate 96-year-old Queen Elizabeth's Platinum (70 years) Jubilee.  Watch how he goes about it.

The video includes a section of Mark test-solving ...

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Jubilee Sudoku

Nobody sent us a Jubilee Sudoku to celebrate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II who is aged 96, and has reigned as monarch for 70 years.  Mark decided to try and construct one instead, and to fil...

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June monthly reward - small update

No matter how much testing is done, when a puzzle pack goes live there's always something that could have been better! This post includes the PBN Patreon Reward puzzle pack, and the Doctoral Progra...

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Patreon June Monthly Reward

Patreon June Monthly Reward

Hello Patreons! Thank you so much for supporting our channel. As this month’s reward, we are delighted to present two puzzle packs under the title The PBN Instit...

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Will that Mad Crossword make a Fool of Me?

Mark tries April's Times Monthly Club Special, the insane crossword that delves the depths of the English dictionary. How will he get on this time?

Here is where you can check out the video:<...

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Simon Solves Tapa Sudoku

Hi all, 

We hope many of you will have had a chance to watch the incredible solve of Thomas Snyder of this puzzle on the main channel already. Originally I made this video intending to p...

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The Insane Cryptic Crossword

Mark battles again with the Times Monthly Club Special. Fair warning: there will be some bonkers vocabulary ahead!

This puzzle is by Richard Rogan, and is available to Times Crossword Club me...

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May Patreon Reward - Solution Key Update

It has been pointed out - quite correctly - that there is a tie in the category we requested (total of the corner cells)!  So we are changing the solution key request to the largest total for ...

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