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Mark versus the American Crossword Puzzle
🕑 Added 2025-04-25 08:00:33 +0000 UTCSee how Mark does aganst the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament final puzzle ("A Clues" - the hardest). He's (meant to be) given 20 minutes to solve the puzzle - but it isn't easy.
Stick around to the end of the video to find out who won the competition, and how long they took on this final puzzle!
Here's where you can watch Mark do his best: https://youtu.be/1xTrTPJYY2Q
Bear in mind that Mark's specialism is cryptic crosswords, and the American style is quite a different beast - but it gives quite a lot of people the opportunity to note how much better they are than he is!
The tournament took place in Stamford, Connecticut on April 4th-6th 2025, and you can see a video from it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FshPcBEjBXo&t=7894s
We can't give you the puzzles from the tournament to solve, but you can pay for them (as Mark did) here: https://www.acptonline.com/puzzle-archive
