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A podcast about pen and paper puzzles, presented by the world's most popular Sudoku channel.

Cracking The Cryptic Podcast Cracking The Cryptic

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    • 5.0 • 43 Ratings

A podcast about pen and paper puzzles, presented by the world's most popular Sudoku channel.

    Cracking the Cryptic - the Podcast - Episode 6 - Chatting the Cryptic

    Cracking the Cryptic - the Podcast - Episode 6 - Chatting the Cryptic

    In the final episode of the Cracking the Cryptic Podcast (season 1), Mark, Peter, and Simon answer some user-submitted questions.

    • 57 min
    Cracking the Cryptic 5 - YouTube

    Cracking the Cryptic 5 - YouTube

    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/BbN89j5
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    • 52 min
    Cracking the Cryptic 4 - Picking the Puzzle

    Cracking the Cryptic 4 - Picking the Puzzle

    Cracking the Cryptic describe how they choose which puzzles should go up on the channel.

    • 56 min
    Cracking the Cryptic 3 - Live Events

    Cracking the Cryptic 3 - Live Events

    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!

    • 53 min
    Cracking the Cryptic 2 - Solving the Sudoku

    Cracking the Cryptic 2 - Solving the Sudoku

    Cracking the Cryptic and Peter C. Hayward discuss how to solve a sudoku!

    • 1 hr 3 min
    Cracking the Cryptic 1 - Pilot

    Cracking the Cryptic 1 - Pilot

    This is the pilot episode of our podcast! If it proves popular, we will make more!Some notes from the show: •You will delight Mark if you pick up a copy of the best sudoku book of all time: https://jellybeangames.pledgemanager....•You will deeply upset Simon if you check out the book of computer-generated puzzles on Peter’s shelf: https://amzn.to/2R5cQ4e•This episode was sponsored by Jellybean Games. Check out their bright, colourful games at https://jellybean.games/​ and use the promo code “BOBBINS” in the store to get 20% off!•This is an interesting article about the ”I’m An Accountant” song: https://www.intheknow.com/post/accoun...​ •The book on Peter’s shelf is, indeed, called “Gnomes”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomes_...​) •Logic-Masters Germany (specifically Peter’s puzzles) can be found here: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselporta...​ ▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀ https://discord.gg/BbN89j5​
    Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/crackingthecryptic
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 58 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
43 Ratings

43 Ratings

Robynstar ,

Shortcuts are Z, X, C, V

I enjoy this podcast a lot! It’s very cheery and relaxing, and it’s lovely to see some of the chemistry between Mark and Simon!

From listening to episode 6…

I had assumed that the clickety clackety I hear from Simon’s keyboard meant he was using keyboard shortcuts. Now I want to know what that sound is!

If you press Z, you go into the mode of entering big numbers. V goes into the color mode, etc. You can also use the number keys to enter colors in the grid!

EuphoniousGoose ,

Learning So Much

Have just loved the podcast - it broadens the things I feel I have learned since discovering the channel last year. The insights into puzzling, setting, competing, etc. are a perfect complement to watching the solves themselves and picking up sudoku skills. Down to earth and a good laugh!

CCotreau ,

Simply enjoyable

For someone who had some interest in solving sudokus for a few years when the pandemic hit, I never thought I would be looking to YouTube to watch people solve sudokus until early this year, and I’ve become addicted, and I really enjoy the dynamic between Simon and Mark on the podcast!!!

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