Solving the NYT Saturday puzzle

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.

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  • @nicholashawkins4347
    @nicholashawkins43474 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @berban
    @berban2 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @CrosswordRobert
    @CrosswordRobert3 жыл бұрын

    Loved watching you solve this and I would love to see more regular crossword content!

  • @drek7361
    @drek73612 жыл бұрын

    11 minutes is how long it takes me to solve Monday puzzles. And that’s when I get lucky.

  • @TwoFourFixate

    @TwoFourFixate

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @bitflippingmuckraker2148
    @bitflippingmuckraker21483 жыл бұрын

    As a crossword nut myself, I enjoyed watching you solve this. Saturdays are no joke!

  • @soxnation1000
    @soxnation10002 жыл бұрын

    This is so impressive, I'm an American who loves crosswords and I can never solve the harder NYT crosswords

  • @CodySantas
    @CodySantas2 жыл бұрын

    Just started doing crosswords and this was quite impressive!

  • @chloemacomber1344
    @chloemacomber13442 жыл бұрын

    wow this was impressive to watch. great job!

  • @vangoumazg
    @vangoumazg2 жыл бұрын

    Impressive, greatly done

  • @pauladityashaw4590
    @pauladityashaw45903 жыл бұрын

    Can you do more of these??????Plsszzz

  • @TwoFourFixate
    @TwoFourFixate Жыл бұрын

    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*.

  • @funkydisciple
    @funkydisciple Жыл бұрын

    You make it look easy

  • @ifyouareorientedyouwin
    @ifyouareorientedyouwin3 жыл бұрын

    Very nice

  • @Thermoskan1
    @Thermoskan12 жыл бұрын

    This takes my wife and I about an hour to do it together... Alright, English is our second language, but Jesus, dude!

  • @Melissamms
    @Melissamms2 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @mckernan603
    @mckernan603 Жыл бұрын

    Legend!

  • @jonathantaylor7973
    @jonathantaylor79733 жыл бұрын

    wow!

  • @infintiyward
    @infintiyward2 жыл бұрын

    WOW

  • @christianhennessey1191
    @christianhennessey11912 жыл бұрын

    This is a doddle compared to Listener.

  • @Luckingsworth
    @Luckingsworth2 жыл бұрын

    25 across is ham and cheese and you say cheese for the camera!