Simon FAILS But What Does He Do Wrong?!

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Simon has a go at today's Times cryptic crossword, which is considerably harder than average difficulty. But something goes wrong... very wrong. What will you make of it? Let us know in the comments!!
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@longwaytotipperary 2 жыл бұрын

How on earth do you consider this a fail????? two letters out of that brutal puzzle? You are just brilliant!!!

@efa666 2 жыл бұрын

Simon's restraint to not call the guy with

@kea2878 2 жыл бұрын

Thought I'd have a go at the puzzle before watching the video ... and after a few clues I realised I'd written the puzzle, which was a surprise. But it still took me

@damadclown 2 жыл бұрын

Your face when you're still stuck on the first clue and the guy who's about to finish in half an hour calls himself "imbecile". Don't apologize Simon, you're amazing

@DArtagnonW 2 жыл бұрын

I just love cryptic crosswords. They hit everything I love about wordplay.

@paulmyrin5028 2 жыл бұрын

32:45

@jwolfe01234 2 жыл бұрын

A difference between sudoku and cryptics on this channel: In Sudoku, when Simon or Mark miss something, I get annoyed because it slows them down and they often never discover what they missed because they find another way. When Simon missed "Automatic Pilot" here, I knew he would find it eventually, so I was just sitting there, "wait for it, wait for it, ...." And then he found it and he was annoyed enough for the both of us.

@tremkl 2 жыл бұрын

I do believe that because “public” can refer to a community, I have heard someone refer to “their public” meaning their community of supporters.

@gnfnrf 2 жыл бұрын

I got into this channel through the Sudoku videos. Simon (Mark too) is a much better Sudoku solver than I am, but I can usually follow along with his solves, and sometimes even replicate them.

@stephenbeck7222 2 жыл бұрын

Simon: posts cryptic crossword solve displaying brilliant command of the English language.

@DaleKingProfile 2 жыл бұрын

Just for completeness, ME is indeed the abbreviation for Maine, since MA=Massachusetts, MI=Michigan, and MN=Minnesota

@emilywilliams3237 2 жыл бұрын

I so enjoyed this. I confess that I did not watch it like a hawk (which is how I watch most of the sudoku content on CTC), but allowed your dulcet tones to wash over me in a partially foreign language while I did some embroidery. At one point my husband was in the room and heard you read a clue, give a word or two of explanation, and then fill in some obscure word. He laughed - because it is so hard for us American crossword solvers to even begin to grasp how these cryptics work. But I am beginning to understand much better, and I could explain the clues to several answers as I talked with my husband. I can't actually recognize it for myself yet, but I am much better at understanding how you got there. Thanks so much for doing this, Simon. I love seeing this other side of your splendid mind.

@LittleBallOfPurr 2 жыл бұрын

If you don't know why he was looking up the word Spelunking, you've got a wonderful Sudoku video to check out, from last night.

@EchoMirage72 2 жыл бұрын

Well I wouldn't have gotten any of these ... but Ganymede is the largest moon (and of the Solar System) of Jupiter.

@JimmyLundberg 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading more cryptic crossword content! It's really amazing to watch.

@mustamakkara9373 2 жыл бұрын

e is the base of the natural logarithm (ln), it's 2.7ish, and it is indeed referred to as Euler's number.

@Faith276 2 жыл бұрын

This was genuinely so fun to watch!! I don't think you're a failure, it's amazing how you get these clues so quickly and how committed you are to understanding them. It's a pleasure to watch!