In the final episode of the Cracking the Cryptic Podcast (season 1), Mark, Peter, and Simon answer some user-submitted questions. This episode was sponsored by Coffeebean Games. You can follow them at Twitter.com/PlayCoffeebean This is where you can reserve the greatest sudoku book of all time: https://jellybeangames.pledgemanager.... One of the all-time best panel show moments: Kevin Bridges on Would I Lie To You: https://youtu.be/qkpyd2lr4dI A very brief clip of Mark on Countdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7aV6... Mark in Bridget Jones’s Diary (walking past the car at 0:22): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNkP2... •Brian Bilston’s poem Refugees: https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/poem/... ▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀ https://discord.gg/BbN89j5Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecrypticSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cracking the Cryptic describe their YouTubing experience and The Algorithm. Transcripts now available at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FjDkVGaOwL8UpYh2Me2hfGlpTtx4Kjko?usp=sharing Fleb! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTlGuNR-3QM0PMPNCAcAX2w CGP Grey's Machine Learning video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9OHn5ZF4Uo Peter's Setting the Sudoku videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3uGel8-yk&list=PLlpOSsHmIZE-v8kmXDfj8qbN0Gq2QkqrT ​▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀ https://discord.gg/BbN89j5Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecrypticSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cracking the Cryptic describe how they choose which puzzles should go up on the channel. Peter's favourite puzzle he's ever set: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=00069G Richard Stolk's weekly sudoku series: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Benutzer/eingestellt.php?name=Richard ​▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀ https://discord.gg/BbN89j5Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecrypticSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cracking the Cryptic tell of their experiences with live puzzle events! Cryptic Crossword conventions, sudoku-solving soirees, pencil-puzzle parties: we've got it all! Mark tells the tale of the Sudoku Scammer: https://youtu.be/Wy_k0Tywpb4 The Nikoli puzzle website: https://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/ Jesper's hybrid sudoku which Simon hopes to try on the channel: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=0004OG The Fluster puzzle which Peter spent 9 hours not solving: https://youtu.be/NYyqI2L8bPQ ​▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀ https://discord.gg/BbN89j5Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecrypticSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cracking the Cryptic and Peter C. Hayward discuss how to solve a sudoku! Where to start, why it’s fun, what to look for, and the most controversial topic in sudoku: what exactly is bifurcation?•Ken Endo’s brilliant Castle Wall is the second puzzle solved in this video: https://youtu.be/lA1_IXku-ts•Cracking the Cryptic interviewed TanTan in February: https://youtu.be/CuIHDxowMWM•Peter got a recording of his meeting with John Cleese: https://youtu.be/P0oHGT6ChRE•The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks: https://amzn.to/3oZ0BDm•If you’re new to Sudoku, these are some CTC recommendations: https://youtu.be/XRfFPaUxTfM https://youtu.be/awn59Aw2bo8•Or check out Peter’s 1-2 star difficulty puzzles: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselporta...This episode was sponsored by Night Crew. Listen to the podcast at https://www.nightcrewpodcast.com/Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecrypticSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.