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Logic Puzzle Walkthrough
Hi everyone,As mentioned in our recent videos, we've made a walkthrough of how to solve the Double Choco puzzle from the recent UK championship. The puzzle is by master puzzle creator Robert Vollmert and has a cool theme!If you'd like to play the puzzle before watching the video, you can do ...
The Crossword The Champ Couldn't Finish
Hi everyone,We've uploaded a bonus video for our crossword viewers!Mark attempts to solve The Times' Club Monthly special - a crossword so vicious that even he can't be sure of completing it...https://youtu.be/VSgKrPfs3IQEnjoySimon & Mark
A New Puzzle Hunt!
Hi everyone,As previewed on the channel in the last couple of days, we're delighted to share this puzzle with you. The author is Nicolas Rasmussen and, incredibly, he's just 14 years old. As usual with Puzzle Hunts, the idea is to deduce an English word or phrase from the puzzle. These puzzl...
Adult Puzzle Hunt - Some Hints
Hi everyone,Thanks for all the feedback on the puzzle hunts. We're aware that a lot of people are still working on the adult hunt and wanted to share some tips (see the base of this message). Congratulations to the following who provided the first three correct solutions:First place: Marco W / P...
Phistomefel's Killer Sandwich link
I'm not sure why YouTube is truncating the link but try copy and pasting the link below if you are having problems:https://rjrudman.github.io/penpa-edit/?m=solve&p=1ZfJzis1E4b3uYxeol60hx6cLcMKsQB+IRRFiAVi84vDIBZ8n869n+ctu6o74gpQErted3VNg+389cffP//5y5wWfcsxM/Op6bBfPjb9bo+FB3yet8eUpnnK/NL0vL2/fXt/...
Patreon Reward Puzzle(s): April 2020
Following on from our recent popular treasure hunts, we've designed another one for the April reward! This one combines Starbattle, Anti-diagonal sudoku and a little word puzzle!Do let us know if you enjoy it! [The Adult Treasure Hunt has had two correct solutions so far. The Junior Treasure Hun...
Cracking The Cryptic's Puzzle Hunt No. 1
Hi everyone,As promised in our recent videos, here is the first of (hopefully) a series of Puzzle Hunts!The Hunt has been created by Neil Talbott, one of the UK's best puzzle solvers - Mark and I have tested it and we think it's awesome!How does it work? Each of the attachments is a separate...
Junior Puzzle Hunt
Hi everyone,Here is our first Junior Puzzle Hunt - we hope you'll love it. Please do give us some feedback once you've solved it. Is it too easy/too hard? Would you like more puzzles included? Feedback can be sent to:crackingthecryptic@gmail.comThe three puzzles can be played online using th...
How To Solve A Fillomino Masterpiece
Hi everyone,As mentioned in tonight's video, here is a bonus video on how to solve John Bulten's incredible Fillomino puzzle. The puzzle first featured on gmpuzzles.com so be sure to check them out - their content is very good. The puzzle is discussed in Monday's video (23 Mar 2020).All ...
Patreon Reward Video: March 2020
Here is our video on how to solve this month's Coloured Sandwich Sudoku reward puzzle. https://youtu.be/oDezEP5Q_-QAs ever, thank you all very much for supporting the channel.Simon & Mark
Hard Slitherlink by Ken Endo - The Video
As mentioned in tonight's video on YouTube, if you are interested in harder Slitherlinks then do try this wonderful puzzle from Ken Endo:http://pzv.jp/p.html?slither/15/15/1c1ci62218c1cdgcci7cb673bc818b176bc7bi6c18867836bgb77bdg61777883d8ci7bb772c727bb388bd8dibbgd1c82127ci3b2cAnd if you get stuc...
Chess Sudoku: Android now live!
Here is the link:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StudioGoya.ChessSudoku&hl=en_US
Chess Sudoku - Out On App Store!
Hot off the press so I wanted to share it with you all.https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-sudoku/id1500654482?ls=1On Steam, the game was released yesterday (and, on Android, we're still waiting on confirmation - grrrrr).Simon & MarkSteam link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250560/Chess_Su...
Patreon Reward Puzzle: March 2020
Here is the reward puzzle for March. We've returned to the popular Sandwich Sudoku genre this month and added a small twist. Do let us know if you enjoy it! In other news, our new app is due to be released today: Chess Sudoku. Here is a link to the Steam page. (We can't control the exact rel...
Patreon Reward Video: Feb 2020
Here is the video on how to solve the (difficult and devious) Hybrid Sudoku. Thank you all for supporting the channel here.Simon & Markhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewEmIixg31U&feature=youtu.be
February 2020 Patreon Reward Puzzle
Here is the reward puzzle for February. It showcases some ideas that you might like to look out for in our upcoming app: Chess Sudoku!Thanks so much as always for supporting us; we really do appreciate it.Simon & Mark
Patreon Reward Videos: January 2020
Here are two videos: one for the main puzzles and one for Christoph's bonus puzzle. Thank you all for supporting the channel here.Simon & MarkChain of Sudokus:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWYO_XPK92c&feature=youtu.beCubic Sandwich Sudoku by Christoph Seeliger:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C...
Patreon Reward Puzzles: January 2020
Here are the reward puzzles for January.Thanks so much as always for supporting us; we really do appreciate it.Simon & Mark
Patreon Reward Video: December
Here is our video on the solution to Christoph Seeliger's wonderful Thermo Sandwich Sudoku puzzle. Hope you enjoy it!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjL8e7Xrv0kSimon and Mark
Patreon Reward: December 2019
Here is the reward puzzle for December.Thanks so much as always for supporting us; we really do appreciate it.Simon & Mark
Classic Sudoku App: Now Released on all platforms
Here are the links for anyone interested:AppStore -https://apps.apple.com/us/app/classic-sudoku/id1488838275?ls=1Steam -https://store.steampowered.com/app/1188330/Classic_Sudoku/Google Play -https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StudioGoya.ClassicSudoku&hl=en_USWe really hope you enjoy t...
Our New App: Classic Sudoku
Hi all,We wanted to give our Patrons the scoop on our new app. It will be launching on all platforms tomorrow (26 Nov). You can see a short video introducing the game here:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1188330/Classic_Sudoku/Simon & MarkPS We've just heard that the Android Version is alread...
Patreon Reward Video: November 2019
If you're reading this message, massive thanks from us for being a $3+ patron - we really appreciate it.Here's our video for November's puzzle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHCFQWEhVHY&feature=youtu.be
Patreon Reward 8: November 2019
Here is this month's reward puzzle - we really like this one and hope you do too!Simon & Mark
October Reward Videos
Here are October's Reward Video(s). We did one video for each puzzle:Classic Sudoku: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFehrzlWPKUSandwich Sudoku: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ash-2MHHlOcThanks again to each and every one of you!Simon & Mark
Patreon Puzzle 7: October 2019
Here is our Patreon challenge for October. Thanks so much to all of you for your support of the channel. We really hope you like this month's puzzles - be warned, they are not easy!Simon and Mark
Patreon Reward Video: September 2019: Shikaku & Sudoku
Here is the reward video for this month's sequence of puzzles. Thanks so much to all of you for your support.Simon & Markhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-NtMy2ziqg&feature=youtu.be
Patreon Reward: September 2019
Massive thanks as always to all of you for supporting us here. In the attachment you'll find this month's reward, which mixes up Shikaku and Sudoku. We hope you like it! Mark and SimonAddendum: We've had several correct solutions to the meta but some requests for clarification. We've...
Android version of Sandwich Sudoku
Is now live. Sorry for the delay but we got there in the end. We will announce it formally in a video on the channel later today but we wanted to tell our patrons first.Simon & Mark
Patreon Video Reward August 2019: Puzzle Hunt
Here is the link to Simon's video on how to solve the final two puzzles from Derek Neal's Puzzle Hunt. A big thank you once again from us both for sponsoring us here.Simon & Markhttps://youtu.be/s_5ZLnoR8tI
