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Solving the NYT Saturday puzzle
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- čas přidán 21. 05. 2018
- To coincide with competitive crosswording appearing on HBO’s Real Sports today, Mark puts himself through the wringer with the New York Times Saturday puzzle.
As an American who has been solving the NYT crossword for years, I really enjoyed watching this! It’s impressive how you figured out the Americanisms. Maybe if I watch enough of your cryptic videos I’ll be able to learn to do those-I’ve tried a few but they’re quite tough for the uninitiated! Cheers from California.
I've never watched someone else solve a crossword puzzle and to be honest I'm a bit disappointed there aren't any tricks! You basically do the exact same thing I do, just mull over the clues and skip many of them the first time through. The main difference is when you guess it's usually correct. Thanks for the video!
Loved watching you solve this and I would love to see more regular crossword content!
As a crossword nut myself, I enjoyed watching you solve this. Saturdays are no joke!
11 minutes is how long it takes me to solve Monday puzzles. And that’s when I get lucky.
Same here, but worse, *Dre K* . . . I recently set an embarrassing personal record when-on 2 consecutive Monday puzzles-I was faced with a cross of 2 clues that I simply had no idea about. I failed to complete 2 successive Monday puzzles . . .
Hey, somebody’s gotta *not* do it . . . ¿Why *not* me?
There . . . I’ve owed it . . . Let the slings and arrows fly, my friends.
This is so impressive, I'm an American who loves crosswords and I can never solve the harder NYT crosswords
wow this was impressive to watch. great job!
Just started doing crosswords and this was quite impressive!
Impressive, greatly done
Top o’ the Day to You, Sir.
◊ Cracking-fine solve. Very well thought out.
Very minor question . . . just wonderin’ ova heah (I’m from beautiful Boston):
Situation:
- You are looking at a clue that is in the past tense-for example, #10 DOWN, *Blathered on and on*.
- You immediately recognize that the answer to this clue will, most likely, end in the past-tense-indicating letters *ED*. Obviously, there is no guarantee that these letters will be correct-but, if I were a gambling creature, I’ll take this bet every time.
- ¿Why do you then *not* immediately fill in the answer-ending letters *ED*? As you know, it is very unlikely that the answer to this particular clue will *not* end in the letters *ED*.
- If you are concerned with attaining the fastest-possible time for your solve, it seems-at least, to me-that *not* immediately filling in the anwer-ending letters *ED* will simply force you to take the time to re-evaluate the end of the clue the next time that you come back to it . . . and it forces you to-a second time-conclude [ ¿ *conclued* ? ;-) ] that the ending letters will, most likely, be *ED* . ¿Why not simply fill in these letters when you see the clue . . . thus, saving yourself the few seconds that you will spend when you have to re-analyze (re-analyse) the clue?
As I say, this is a very minor point, and I am in no way criticizing you . . . Quite simply, I am trying to absorb as much of your thinking and strategy as you are willing to put out here.
*Thank You* very much for your *insights* and *help*.
Can you do more of these??????Plsszzz
Very nice
Legend!
This takes my wife and I about an hour to do it together... Alright, English is our second language, but Jesus, dude!
Wow yeah I can confirm as an American this is much easier because I'm a dumbass but I got a few of the Americanisms immediately. Really impressed with your solving skills!
wow!
You make it look easy
Just like Chuck Norris
WOW
This is a doddle compared to Listener.
25 across is ham and cheese and you say cheese for the camera!