Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Thanks to Jane Street for sponsoring this video. Play the puzzle at the link below:
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Learn more about Jane Street internships at
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Our new website, with many thanks to GeorgeTheToad: crackingthecryptic.com
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▶Credits◀
Music: Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann
Logo: Melvyn Mainini
Opening Credits: Burak Mescioğlu
▶ABOUT US◀
Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the 14-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles.
Thank you for watching!
Simon and Mark
#crypticcracking #puzzle #sudoku
▶ Contents ◀
0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel
04:40 8am puzzle
07:09 9am puzzle
14:45 10am puzzle
20:31 11am puzzle
27:06 Noon puzzle
34:10 1pm puzzle
44:16 2pm puzzle
51:00 3pm puzzle
56:48 4pm puzzle
1:03:48 Answer extraction
Description:
Thanks to Jane Street for sponsoring this video. Play the puzzle at the link below:
jane-st.co/CTC-in-a-pickle
Learn more about Jane Street internships at
jane-st.co/internship2027-CTC
Our new website, with many thanks to GeorgeTheToad: crackingthecryptic.com
▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀
discord.gg/BbN89j5
▶ OUR VIDEO CATALOGUE – CATEGORISED WITH LINKS◀
tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue
▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀
crackingthecryptic@gmail.com
Snailmail: Mark Goodliffe, Box 102, 56 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4UB
▶FOLLOW US◀
Twitter: #crypticcracking
@crypticcracking
Instagram @crackingthecryptic
▶Credits◀
Music: Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozart's Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann
Logo: Melvyn Mainini
Opening Credits: Burak Mescioğlu
▶ABOUT US◀
Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the 14-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles.
Thank you for watching!
Simon and Mark
#crypticcracking #puzzle #sudoku
▶ Contents ◀
0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel
04:40 8am puzzle
07:09 9am puzzle
14:45 10am puzzle
20:31 11am puzzle
27:06 Noon puzzle
34:10 1pm puzzle
44:16 2pm puzzle
51:00 3pm puzzle
56:48 4pm puzzle
1:03:48 Answer extraction
![Solving all the Way to ... Entropy
Heres where you can attempt Rising Entropy by Sneppix: https://sudokupad.app/0de8h97n0c
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits along a thermometer increase from bulb to tip. Every set of three consecutive cells along a peach line must contain a low digit [123], a medium digit [456], and a high digit [789].
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Our new website, with many thanks to GeorgeTheToad: https://www.crackingthecryptic.com
▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀
https://discord.gg/BbN89j5
▶ OUR VIDEO CATALOGUE – CATEGORISED WITH LINKS◀
https://tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue
▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀
crackingthecryptic@gmail.com
Snailmail: Mark Goodliffe, Box 102, 56 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4UB
▶FOLLOW US◀
Twitter: #crypticcracking
@crypticcracking
Instagram @crackingthecryptic
▶Credits◀
Music: Lucy Audrin (Piano): Mozarts Sonata no 16; and Mark’s outro music by Riffclown.
SOFTWARE: Thanks to Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Sven Neumann
Logo: Melvyn Mainini
Opening Credits: Burak Mescioğlu
▶ABOUT US◀
Hi! Were Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UKs most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. Were also cryptic crossword aficionados. Mark is the 14-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the worlds best puzzles.
Thank you for watching!
Simon and Mark
#crypticcracking #puzzle #sudoku
▶ Contents ◀
0:00 Theme Music & News around the channel
2:00 Rules of today’s puzzle
2:45 Start Of Solve - Lets Get Cracking! Solving all the Way to ... Entropy](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8keMe9GYAIU/mqdefault.jpg)









