Cracking The Cryptic

GCHQ's codebreakers voted this puzzle, designed by their Chief Puzzler "Colin", as the single best Puzzle Of The Year. We finally got our hands on a copy and tried to crack it... Our attempt took over 2 hours... Full video link in the reply below! @GCHQ #puzzleoftheyear

A brilliant crossword in @thetimes today from their crossword editor @serpent_xwords! And is that a trap we spy in one of the clues ;) Here's our masterclass: youtu.be/yhflGS630Fo @Mickhodgkin #crossword #minutecryptic

Two sudoku experts return to The Artisan Of Glimmith now to see how they get on with this clever puzzle game! Come and join the fun: youtube.com/live/0rBQjvHPp… #puzzle @playglimmith

Shoutout to Jess, one of the radio presenters on @GORadio985, for her words about how awesome variant sudokus are! She's correct, by the way!

Play the puzzle here: sudokupad.app/dgpf3zkpjp Watch Simon attempt it here: youtu.be/zWudy39jjEQ

Would you find this tiny 5x5 sudoku even remotely difficult? Play it yourself at the link below or watch whether a sudoku expert found it hard in the video link!

It's Friday so here's our masterclass on solving today's @thetimes crossword! This one has a sting in the tail so we'd love to know how you all got on with it! youtu.be/2F7BGlN41PE #crossword #minutecryptic @serpent_xwords @Mickhodgkin

It's Friday cryptic masterclass time again! It's a world-class puzzle, and well worth a few minutes of your time to understand: youtu.be/oTZfIHm5Evs Enjoy the cryptic genius at work in creating these clues @serpent_xwords @Mickhodgkin

Two sudoku experts are DEEP into their Blue Prince journey - like Atelier-deep... Come and see if they can get through this mad stage... streaming right now! youtube.com/live/vzXeRdtV9… @dogubomb #blueprince

A little bit of news — we've just hit 700,000 subscribers on YouTube. Thank you so much to everyone who watches, solves along with us, and makes our little corner of the internet such a lovely place to spend time. None of this would exist without you❤️

If you've been missing the Rat Run puzzles of Marty Sears these last weeks, check out tonight's worthy substitute. It's like Rat Run, it's just the cupcake and rat are invisible... which makes it quite... hard. Sudoku doesn't come much better than this: youtu.be/-pN0-1lMBpw

Today's Times Crossword Masterclass features a cryptic by Roger Phillips: youtube.com/watch?v=VMdlb0… It's a great puzzle, and have we detected a new type of clue? Check it out! @Mickhodgkin @serpent_xwords

Full video link: youtu.be/zKRn5WbmedA (You can play the puzzle too by clicking the link given in the video description.)

GCHQ's codebreakers voted this puzzle, designed by their Chief Puzzler "Colin", as the single best Puzzle Of The Year. We finally got our hands on a copy and tried to crack it... Our attempt took over 2 hours... Full video link in the reply below! @GCHQ #puzzleoftheyear

Two sudoku experts are back in the Blue Prince mansion right now - only for the 52nd time! Do join us if you're free... youtube.com/live/9r4myloEF… @dogubomb #blueprince

Let's try again... The first upload refused to process so here's a new link to the video - which should hopefully work this time... Our @thetimes masterclass for today: youtu.be/lz-Vy5pMvDI @serpent_xwords @Mickhodgkin #crossword #minutecryptic

Wow. It's Friday so, of course, we've done our Masterclass solving today's @thetimes crossword. It's by Ed Hall and it's a STUNNING puzzle. youtu.be/v8YI7fPHAW8 @Mickhodgkin @serpent_xwords #crossword #minutecryptic

Two sudoku experts return to the Blue Prince mansion right now - and the atelier no less...(hopefully)... do join us if you're free! youtube.com/live/71v1vbpTg… @dogubomb #blueprince

Ok, the video took ages to process but it is now viewable... apologies if you've been waiting: youtu.be/j9c0SOa295s

It's time for our Friday masterclass solve of @thetimes cryptic crossword - how will Simon cope with the clues and the 40 degree heat?!? youtu.be/j9c0SOa295s @Mickhodgkin @serpent_xwords #crossword #minutecryptic

We are back in the Blue Prince mansion for the 50th time tonight (right now!). Love to have your company if you're free! youtube.com/live/zyTfNHK6E… @dogubomb #blueprince