How to Solve Cryptic Crossword Puzzles | The New Yorker
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- Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2019
- The puzzlemakers Anna Shechtman and Erik Agard break down how cryptic crosswords work and decode this style’s double clues.
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I want a more of Erik Agard! He's a great character with a lateral-thinking mind!
This was great, I been tryin to find out about "spiritual warfare help" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Banulian Lonameron Breakthrough - (should be on google have a look ) ? Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my friend got great success with it.
1 - that's amazing
2 - I hate it.
His hair is so big because it's full of brain power
Capable of the fuzziest logic
His hair is actually short...
That's why his hair is so big.
It's full of secrets.
I love Crosswords and Cryptic Crosswords. I started understanding the cryptic ones because of that one episode of Inside No.9 where he explains the clues to solve them.
yesss same!
Can you share link?
@@BornvsMe inside no. 9 season 3, episode 3
The last one kills me because how would you know that the capital it refers to is Juneau, Alaska?
That one would definitely require some crossing letters to help solve.
I think if you HAPPEN to know about the bank note clue, you might be able to cross reference what capital might contain the same letters as the people on the bank notes.
I loved that last one -- nice! And yes the difficulty is hilarious but a lot of people crave their cryptics that way.
In fairness, I've been doing the NYT crossword for a while now, and while I'm pretty darn good at Mondays, like most people I have to cheat a lot on the later days because I simply don't know the "best-selling novel that begins in Pondicherry, India".
life of pi?
When I see the solutions to cryptic crosswords I still struggle.
I've tried to solve a cryptic crossword in the Sunday newspaper but it always stumped me. This clip is a great start on how to begin solving it
Cryptic crosswords are absurd. I love it.
How are you supposed to get Juneau?
That last one was just ridiculous.
That’d be so satisfying to get though
@@ReGGiEbayer95 no one would
How many secrets is he keeping in his hair though
This is awesome.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing!
The main issue I've had with cryptic crosswords (watching them on RUclips, not actually solving them) is often they relate something obscure that only a Brit would know about. For example, I've seen some that refer to street names (non-well-known) in London that unless you live there, you're not likely to know the word or be able to follow the clue. Other cases are words that are inherently British like "loo."
Loo, however, is a relatively commonly known word outside of the UK, but there are plenty of others that are just not known to us Yanks. :0]
Is there a cryptic crossword for Americans using American icons, and jargon?
I've not been able to find one.
Well, the New Yorker itself actually has a series of them you can find for free online. They started offering them weekly around when this video came out, iirc.
So glad for that disclaimer for the last one, that would have been a quitting point otherwise! *D'you know?* hint hint
I did not even try solving that but that seems gopd
"Go Tell It On The Mountain" as bumper music is 👨🍳😘👌
For tips & tricks to crack a different type of crossword, check out my daily TUTORIALS for the New York Times Crossword Puzzle! ruclips.net/video/odR3lx-HPes/видео.html (Today's puzzle by Erik had a CRYPTIC CLUE!)
In Australia crosswords are often printed in pairs, a cryptic and a 'normal' one.
I never knew that. I use to do crosswords but lost interest because there were facts that weren't things that I normally would know (they were pop culture facts).
great video!
Thnx man
The WSJ occasionally publishes a cryptic puzzle on the weekend.
Delightfully devious, regard Kia.
O M G! I been solving regular/easy crosswords for quite sometime now and never knew what Cryptic crosswords meant. I feel so stupid. Thank you though. TIL.
Erik Agard is the James Joyce of puzzlemaking.
The Jane Austen clue is typical of a setter in a daily UK newspaper.
Whenever I see the name "Paul", my head falls.
If get five or six of the clues I'm over the moon.
To be really honest, "Paul", either stop setting crosswords, or at least, give us humans a chance.
Nope! Still can't do them. Cryptic xwords are my kryptonite, lol. I can do american style with ease~but those? Arrrggghhhh!
I like the cryptic ones !
bruh in my country london would just be "british city" jane austen would be shortened to austen and be british author
This is horrible, I love it
Step one grow giant afro.
1:00 I must be doing very easy crosswords because if the answer is 'loo', the clue is just straight up 'british word for bathroom'.
👏👏👏MORE👏👏👏MORE👏👏👏MORE
And did I say MORE?
I've seen clues in The Nation harder than that Jane Austen one.
As a Brit I never knew there was another type of crossword.
“The Life Aquatic” beginning with bobbin (3 letters)
bob
I only knew that Jane Austen is on the £10 note 🤣
That Jane Austen clue is absurd
6 down - rap god who never sleeps 🙌
Everything I try to learn cryptic crossword I loose my mind a little
Oh I have found my self a new way to live
Bottle only party? Impossible! (2,3,2)
So, are they together now?
Her laugh is straight Julia Roberts
3:19
Them explaining cryptic crossword puzzles:
The next narcissistic serial killer: 😈😈😈😈😈
Can someone help me with a crossword please 🥺?
Yes
When I saw Figure close to 10, I was thinking of her looks lol
Traylyn
#1: This video just made me a subscriber.
#2: I can't figure out cryptic passwords to save my life.
#3: I TOTALLY ship these two!
I do agree the last one is satisfying - however not a good cryptic clue. The whole idea of a cryptic crossword is that it is complex within reason and still doable. The clue would be perfect for a Briton if it weren't for Juneau and it would be perfect for an American without the British Ten Pound Note. Particularly Juneau which is so integral in the clue is far too obscure for a cryptic clue. Setters that publish in (English) papers generally are aware of this and rely more on synonyms of woulds than obscure general Knowledge.
Also it is a bad example for a video like this when the setter himself says "It's an absolute mess". Not a good tricky clue for a beginner video
Jane Austen.... REALLY?!?
One problem with the British style is that it can use spellings that are British and European landmarks or geography for example.
And there is literal type as well
One may have used rifle criminally?
Ans Lifer - anagram of rifle and also the whole clue is a straight clue.
It's a little odd that he doesn't mention the fact that the key part of a cryptic crossword is that the definition of the answer will always be at the beginning or at the end.
Oh, he does eventually. It's just bizarre that he doesn't mention the basic concept until halfway through the video.
he does at 5:22
Shorty
primer ;v xd
#freejulianassange #no_usa_extradition #freepress... 🎅
Bit of a strange distinction between American and British.. we just have both.. the 'American' one as you call it is just called concise or simple.. actually most people in UK play this one also - probably more than cryptic now
But yeah, useful for improving my cryptic skills as I'm just a beginner. Thanks
What does the first one even mean? How is "Head of England" loo?
Head means toilet
Cryptic chad meets normal virgin
Honestly tho, normal crosswords are just worse lol
I need more weed.
the only puzzling thing about this is whether this is a video about crosswords or a just really good chick flick bc i can't follow wtf's going on but whatever i'm invested
Them explaining cryptic crossword puzzles:
The next narcissistic serial killer: 😈😈😈😈😈
kick'n' knowledge
Snake in alien surroundings - through water it sped (1-4)
Answer is E-boat not U-boat
ET is "alien"and "snake"is boa and "surrounding" indicating put boa inside ET so
E(BOA)T
Them explaining cryptic crossword puzzles:
The next narcissistic serial killer: 😈😈😈😈😈