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The Cryptic Mystic
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Добавлен 5 мар 2024
I provide helpful tips and insights to help beginners and others solve cryptic crosswords. I do this mainly through clue-by-clue video tutorials of existing cryptic crosswords.
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.72
In this video I solve the Cryptic Crossword from the Daily Telegraph from 5th September 2024.
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60sec guide to cryptic crosswords to help explain the fundamentals before getting started with the solve here --ruclips.net/user/shortsy_0NDI0KK0c?feature=share
I take you through each clue, explaining how you can get to the answer, discussing common types of clue and how to spot them.
An ideal watch for any beginner looking for tips and tricks of cryptic crossword solving.
How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword
0:00 Intro
1:15 Let the solving begin
#crypticcrossword #crypticclues #beginners #how...
buymeacoffee.com/thecrypticmystic If you enjoy my content, feel free to support the channel at Buy Me A Coffee :)
60sec guide to cryptic crosswords to help explain the fundamentals before getting started with the solve here --ruclips.net/user/shortsy_0NDI0KK0c?feature=share
I take you through each clue, explaining how you can get to the answer, discussing common types of clue and how to spot them.
An ideal watch for any beginner looking for tips and tricks of cryptic crossword solving.
How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword
0:00 Intro
1:15 Let the solving begin
#crypticcrossword #crypticclues #beginners #how...
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Tackling a Toughie! Step-by-step Solving of a tougher Cryptic Crossword - No.4 - A lovely puzzle!
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In a new addition to the channel, I attempt to solve the Toughie Crossword from the Daily Telegraph 4th September 2024. This is usually a more difficult challenge than the usual Cryptic Crossword, and I thought it could be a nice variation to include one of these crosswords per week. buymeacoffee.com/thecrypticmystic If you enjoy my content, feel free to support the channel at Buy Me A Coffee :...
Special Edition! Step-by-step guide to Solving a SUBSCRIBER's Cryptic Crossword
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In a special edition of my walkthrough videos, I solve a cryptic crossword created for the channel by Tim Shaw (@timshaw9627 ) a subscriber to the channel! A fantastic puzzle it is too! 60sec guide to cryptic crosswords to help explain the fundamentals before getting started with the solve here ruclips.net/user/shortsy_0NDI0KK0c?feature=share I take you through each clue, explaining how you can...
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.71
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In this video I solve the Cryptic Crossword from the Daily Telegraph from 2ns September 2024. buymeacoffee.com/thecrypticmystic If you enjoy my content, feel free to support the channel at Buy Me A Coffee :) 60sec guide to cryptic crosswords to help explain the fundamentals before getting started with the solve here ruclips.net/user/shortsy_0NDI0KK0c?feature=share I take you through each clue, ...
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.70
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.70
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.69
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.69
A walk through the Guardian's entry-level Quick Cryptic crossword from 24th August 2024 - No.6
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A walk through the Guardian's entry-level Quick Cryptic crossword from 24th August 2024 - No.6
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.68 - a tough one!
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.68 - a tough one!
Special Edition! Step-by-step guide to Solving a SUBSCRIBER's Cryptic Crossword - challenging!!
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Special Edition! Step-by-step guide to Solving a SUBSCRIBER's Cryptic Crossword - challenging!!
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.67 - slight Spanish Theme
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.67 - slight Spanish Theme
A walk through the Guardian's entry-level Quick Cryptic crossword from 17th August 2024 - No.5
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A walk through the Guardian's entry-level Quick Cryptic crossword from 17th August 2024 - No.5
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.66
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.66
Tackling a Toughie! Step-by-step Solving of a tougher Cryptic Crossword - No.4 - A lovely puzzle!
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Tackling a Toughie! Step-by-step Solving of a tougher Cryptic Crossword - No.4 - A lovely puzzle!
Special Edition! Step-by-step guide to Solving a SUBSCRIBER's Cryptic Crossword
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Special Edition! Step-by-step guide to Solving a SUBSCRIBER's Cryptic Crossword
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.65
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.65
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.64
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.64
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.63
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.63
Tackling a Toughie! Step-by-step Solving of a tougher Cryptic Crossword - No.3 - A belter!!
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Tackling a Toughie! Step-by-step Solving of a tougher Cryptic Crossword - No.3 - A belter!!
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.62
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.62
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.61
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.61
A walk through the Guardian's entry-level Quick Cryptic crossword from 3rd August 2024 - No.4
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A walk through the Guardian's entry-level Quick Cryptic crossword from 3rd August 2024 - No.4
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.60
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.60
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.59
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.59
Tackling a Toughie! Step-by-step Solving of a tougher Cryptic Crossword - No.2
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Tackling a Toughie! Step-by-step Solving of a tougher Cryptic Crossword - No.2
Cryptic Doubles - Side-by-side, guided solving of a Daily Telegraph Cryptic Crossword - No.8
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Cryptic Doubles - Side-by-side, guided solving of a Daily Telegraph Cryptic Crossword - No.8
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.58
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.58
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.57
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.57
Tackling a Toughie! Step-by-step Solving of a Cryptic Crossword - No.1 - My head explodes at the end
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Tackling a Toughie! Step-by-step Solving of a Cryptic Crossword - No.1 - My head explodes at the end
Cryptic Doubles - Side-by-side, guided solving of a Daily Telegraph Cryptic Crossword - No.7
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Cryptic Doubles - Side-by-side, guided solving of a Daily Telegraph Cryptic Crossword - No.7
Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.56
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Beginner's step-by-step guide to Solving a Cryptic Crossword - No.56
That was an excellent puzzle from the Telegraph. Thank you, Martin, for your very clear parsing of each clue.
Some excellent clues as always and great fun. I think I’m getting better at solving anagrams quickly instead of having to write all the letters scrambled
I got that one! 😎
The word is banana
Lovely stuff, a very enjoyable solve 🧠
I got confused between what was the direct clue and what was the wordplay. nice one
First two thoughts was Feminist or Fanatic, but I love how perfectly adherent fits as well as the explanation of how to figure out the answer.(Not sexist, just abrasive.)
3D - Terce is one of the divine offices (like prime and vespers), the OED informs me
No worries regarding the web crash, but I have noticed over the last several videos that the clue window tends to cut off the last one or two clues.
Thank you! Yes, this is to do with how the telegraph now display the crossword. They have a scrolling box - when I scroll, you should be able to see the clue I scroll to.
This is fantastic 😎
Thank you! Tim did an amazing job! :)
FUGITIVE :) Sometimes I find it easier to work backwards, especially when the definition is obvious.
Yes, I'd say that's how most cryptic solvers work - try to find the definition and go from there
I like ur style sir, was fun doing this crossie together
Thank you :) Glad to hear you enjoyed it :)
Loving our new den of nerds!
Me too! :)
Hugely enjoyable, Tim and Martin. Loved the callbacks and self-referencing and, especially, the economy. Lincoln Green, like tights themselves, is a bit of a stretch.
Yeah. Over economical there. Another clause would be playing fair. Poor old Martin gets the raw material unfortunately. Bit of a stretch is great joke though!
Thank you Conor! HaHa - bit of a stretch :D
Don't feel sorry for me, Tim :) I'm having a great time with these :)
(SPOILER ALERT) I can see why newspapers have editors! I apologise for the shiny surfaces that caught my eye without providing enough fodder for the solver. Snapper possibly/dish in yesterday's newspaper is my attempted but failed double definition of whitefish with a surface intended to suggest paparazzi. I thought everyone on earth would pick up on the entirely superfluous reference in 20a to the brilliant Alan Rickman in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, but there is clearly one lout on the planet who doesn't appreciate his genius! Lincoln Green, the green colour (lush cast) of hosiery worn by the Merry Men (Men In Tights) clearly needed an added explanatory definition but I was seduced by the brevity of the joke and I can see that it isn't playing fair with the solver. I had "green cast" at first but then "lush cast" was just a great joke but I should have added another clause to level the playing field. Suggestions welcome for how to clean that one up. Great solve Martin. Unfortunately you're my editor so you get the raw material and have to clean it up in real time on camera. The least I can do is buy you a coffee.
Thank you Tim! Please don't apologise. I think in the video I've recommended of Dean Mayer livestreaming a Cryptic Crossword construction he says something about the the double definitions should be different things , ie. they shouldn't both refer to fish Thanks for the explanations - and your brilliant crossword. And also for the coffee contribution :) Much appreciated :)
I suspect whitefish is just a double definition?
Yes Jim. A laboured and in retrospect not funny enough double definition.
Yes, that's right Jim, although I couldn't see it at the time :)
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Any chance your puppy could make an appearance in one of your videos? 🐶
Yes - I think she'll definitely be making an appearance - watch this space!
I thought it was Lincoln from the crossing letters. And isn't Lincoln Green a colour? And green is lush?
You are my hero Kate! That is exactly what I was going for, but looking back I should have added another layer to give the setter a better chance. Not everyone has your eagle eye and insight of British culture.
Brilliant Kate - well done for getting that! :)
So many great surfaces, with clever threading of Robin Hood. And Fox duck etc deserves to be in a crossword hall of fame
Bless you Kate! I have a go.
I couldn't agree more, Kate!
Sums are not set as a test on Erasmus. Either way you look at it, this is a good example! (10)
Palindrome :) nice one Tim 😀
We need a dog cam!
🤣 I think a Martin cam as I try to deal with the dog would be highly entertaining
A great video explaining a great puzzle. I particularly liked the the 11a Spoonerism.
Thank you Arthur. Yes that was a good one, even though sometimes Spooner clues fry my brain 🤣
China is Cockney rhyming slang - China Plate = Mate. Good videos, everything is well explained.
Thank you Michael! Great to know
Nice one, enjoy the puppy shenanigans
Thank you Kate 😂
In Australia, but that didn’t stop me working my way through the four seasons.
Haha! Great :)
The Times clue needs a?
Donkey jacket. Apparently Michael Foot's wife wasn't happy about that because of the sartorial inaccuracy.
Battle cry
Ruby Murray was a singer.
Liszt
Tower
Your videos help me learn cryptic crosswords the logics of the clues are amazing 😊😊
Thank you for letting me know :) That's great to hear :)
I got that one!
Great stuff!
Got this one.
Great stuff, Mamatha! :)
Another fine puzzle from the Telegraph. I figured that NO- HOPER was the correct answer for 13a quite early on. However, it took a long time for me to realise that “mobile” was being used as an anagram indicator! Thanks for the video.
Thank you Arthur! It was a great puzzle, I agree!
Some witty surfaces there, even adding your own joke conflating Captain Hook and Long John Silver! I bet the setter wishes they'd thought of that.
Haha! I knew as I was saying it that I was probably talking nonsense!
Thanks, I do look forward to the guardian easy. Do you have any insight in to cognitive methods for solving anagrams? I notice the guardian arranges the letters in a circle. That definitely helps, but curious if there are other methods. Also, is it cheating?
Sorry for the late reply, I was travelling back from holiday and have spent the last 2 days 1) getting my house in order, 2) getting a new puppy! so haven't had loads of time. To answer your question, I don't see it as cheating - recognising that the clue is an anagram is more than half the battle I think. I tend to look for common suffixes or prefixes - eg -tion, -ing, pre-, re-, etc Also, I find writing the letters completely randomly scattered on the page rather than in a circle works for me - hope this helps :)
25&28 across were hilarious. And I got quite a few. Great puzzle
Nice one on getting quite a few :) Also, I agree with you, some very funny clues in this one :)
On 23d i think the homophone is leak read backwards kale?
That's an interesting take - I thought the different vegetable they were referring to was the bean. I like your thinking :)
Nice!
Thanks :)
Lovely puzzle. Lots of great clues. Managed to solve most of it before you’re excellent solve. Kicking myself for not seeing “ Gong” before you explained it, Martin.
Nice one on getting most of it solved, Arthur. That's great to hear :) 'Gong' was a nice clue I thought :)
Some great clues there!
Absolutely! I agree :)
Quite benign for a Friday. Or maybe you just make it look like that : ) Great solving.
Thanks Tim! Yes, I think it was on the gentler end of the scale for a Friday, definitely :)
Thanks for the tip on the mycrossword website. Easy to share (even for a Luddite like me) and let's the setter concentrate on wordplay and surfaces rather than grid construction.
why is student L?
A synonym for student is learner, which cam be abbreviated to L
Yay! Got this one.
Nice one👍
Neat = cattle. Archaic. En = spacing in typography.
Thank you! Both new to me - good to know 😀
Neat = Ox, cow, bull according to Chambers. Never heard of that meaning before.
Thank you! Me neither 😀 good to know
keeping fit.... fit = apt. so, fit is inside cain... cain is keeping fit. Nice clue.
Of course it's apt...I fell down a personal trainer hole 🤣🤣