The Times Crossword Friday Masterclass: 12 July 2024

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@grahamhawes7146 2 ай бұрын

I think for 12 down we need to take the word INDIGENCE and replace the letter D (first of deaths) with TELL (report as a verb). Great solve.

@Anne_Mahoney 2 ай бұрын

Exactly: I saw that, too, once Simon had done all the difficult bits. 😺

@paulellingham9358 2 ай бұрын

That's a ridiculous clue

@msdangerbadger 2 ай бұрын

I imagine I was not the only woman watching this absolutely bemused you had to pause over whether an 'internal' is a kind of medical exam! Ask Mrs Simon, if you need more clarification...

@esti369 2 ай бұрын

As someone who has recently had a baby, I can confirm this is very much a thing…😂

@longwaytotipperary 2 ай бұрын

😄

@Anne_Mahoney 2 ай бұрын

I know the term "house officer" but when Simon had so much trouble with it I started wondering if it's mainly American. I was reassured to see it in his Chambers.

@hillrp1 2 ай бұрын

Poverty=Indigence Report=tell First of death=d So indigence but replace (cover) the d with tell gives intelligence

@phyphor 2 ай бұрын

Nicely explained!

@chitraagarwal8259 2 ай бұрын

This was really brutal.. Thankfully it was the only word that fit

@thescrewfly 2 ай бұрын

Indigence, Simon, a very Times cryptic word! (I suppose this counts as shouting at him?)

@tonyroberts3926 2 ай бұрын

INDIGENCE Looks like Simon has never been in poverty INTERNAL (where a laparascope goes) he hasn't suffered one of these procedures either! lucky bugger

@annastevenson27 2 ай бұрын

Well thank goodness. Universal balance is restored.

@debrabowen4276 2 ай бұрын

Simon’s end of the week cryptic crossword videos are a high point for me.

@PassionPopsicle 2 ай бұрын

Don't mind the delay in the slightest - you putting out videos at all is a treat, and we're positively spoiled by the amount! Having to wait a bit once in a while is probably good for us 😅

@cloudbringer104 2 ай бұрын

I agree.

@framebadger 2 ай бұрын

Thanks - I know it's the equivalent of spotting a naked single before you in your sudoku videos, but this beginner did get colander straight away.

@waynethomas7406 2 ай бұрын

Have commented several times about the help contained in these videos but it bears saying again. What I find most useful, as I have now learned the basics, is the commentary and the explanation of your thought process. The particular deconstruction of the clue has helped enormously in avoiding the linear interpretation of the words and finding the crazy pathing route often needed to solve, impetigo being an excellent example here. 🙏

@MarkBennet10001 2 ай бұрын

(c)limb(s)?

@phyphor 2 ай бұрын

That's my take, as well

@chitraagarwal8259 2 ай бұрын

Yes.. I thought this was obvious, since it was one of the few i got right away and simon saying JAMB and then not being able to justify LIMB for so long just made me doubt myself!

@archivist17 2 ай бұрын

Thaks Simon! That was a corker!

@rodstuart2419 2 ай бұрын

Internal - house officer is an intern, add A and L from the start of the words applying and laparoscope. A laparoscope is an instrument for facilitating an internal examination, or in medical slang, an internal. So if a house office applied a laparoscope to do this, they would be performing an internal.

@tomwaitsfornoman 2 ай бұрын

"tiffin" is a word still used in India today, meaning an individual packed lunch often delivered to office workers. Could be both food for one (person) and for one (o'clock)

@kurohone 2 ай бұрын

5D was a massive troll, because TRUSTEE would have fit almost as well with the definition.

@peterp9918 2 ай бұрын

Missed this yesterday so delighted to see it this morning.

@ColinStiles-o9r 2 ай бұрын

Managed to solve but with a few “bung-ins” so thanks for helping me parse. Thought colander one of the best clues I’ve seen.

@Raven-Creations 2 ай бұрын

I paused the video at 2:13 and scanned the clues looking for a way in. I drew a complete blank at most of them, finding it hard to even work out which was the definition. Trussed, scalpel, and mourned were just about the only givens (would ur = you are have been allowed by the previous editor?) I did get indifference, which led to irresistible. Once I had the D, sped became available, which let to impetigo. Once I could see the clue for 15D, that was also a given, and it started to open up. The bottom half turned out to be much easier. Intelligence was a nicely constructed clue - tell (report) inside indigence (poverty) after losing its D. The position of "covering" was a bit misleading though. I liked co-lander. I'm surprised it took you so long to get that. You did your usual trick of failing to split "strain relationship", which my senses told me was a suspicious phrase asking to be split. Once I got diligent I chuckled too. I had considered something like a word ending -sagy or -timy, but trussed put the kibosh on that. Dilly gent was much better. I don't know why it took you so long to get limb. It's within the limits of "climbs" (extends upwards). The sides of a doorway "project"? The jamb is the side pillars of a doorway, the part the hinge is fixed to, and where the striking plate for the latch are fixed. It's almost the definition of something which does NOT project. It was definitely tougher than most, but except right at the start I didn't have much trouble. I don't know if it's something you're doing (or not doing), but I've not been notified about the last two crosswords. Are you perhaps forgetting to click a check box or something?

@andreaisntavailable 2 ай бұрын

R U makes me hopeful that "modern lingo" and traditional cryptics are destined to merge :)

@missioncardiac7599 2 ай бұрын

My Saturday fix! Scored a few points today ( as in got the answer before Simon). In a hospital the intern is a house officer, and an "internal" is a short form for internal examination which can be done my a laparascope ( Lapar= abdomen, scope=see)

@davidrattner9 2 ай бұрын

Continous thank you Simon for going above and beyond to solve the masterclass for us!!!

@grahamross1422 2 ай бұрын

Read widely to solve crosswords. As I studied the NHS clue, the words "Findlayson truss" swam up out of my subconscious. Always helpful to have a bit of Kipling in your cryptic locker. (In this case 0:11 "The Bridge Builders")

@stuartslater198 2 ай бұрын

Simon - “I really haven’t got a clue”. Me - “Well, you do; you absolutely do in fact: you’ve just read it out”.

@gamergirl4u 2 ай бұрын

Friday evening or Saturday morning, whenever this series gets another addition is always my favorite part of the week!

@icecreamandsadness 2 ай бұрын

With 17D I could just hear Simon talking about how important it is to cut the clue in the right place 😂 I didn't see the tweet so was very concerned when my Friday treat was missing, very relieved to have a Saturday treat instead.

@PeterMoore66 2 ай бұрын

Phew! Missed this yesterday - thanks for my Saturday lunchtime treat!

@grenvillephillips6998 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Simon, these are an essential part of my crossword education.

@robertchristopher1920 2 ай бұрын

Love these bonus videos! I was finally able to get 16 across on my own for the first time before Simon. Thank you for teaching me about this type of puzzle.

@henrymarkson3758 2 ай бұрын

Kind comment

@creaghant 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Simon - another great solve - I learn so much from your explanations of each clue - and no problem with it being a little later than usual 👍

@gxdxr 2 ай бұрын

12D. TELL (report) in INDIGENCE (poverty) minus D (first of deaths).

@iaincook5835 Ай бұрын

Simon, the black squares in the puzzle are extremely 4-fold symmetrical about the central black square. Is this indicative of anything, or just clever-cloggsery?

@richardfarrer5616 2 ай бұрын

For 8 down, note that a laparoscope is used to view the insides of someone. The clue is an and lit.

@Astervista 2 ай бұрын

It’s a semi and lit, “to do this” is not in the wordplay

@richardfarrer5616 2 ай бұрын

@@Astervista Fair point. The rest of the clue is required to make sense of "to do this" but I agree it's not in the wordplay.

@nicka3697 2 ай бұрын

@richardfarrer5616 an intern is a Learner so intern a L ?? Does that help?

@peterbiddlecombe1939 2 ай бұрын

I'm puzzled by the common idea that UR meaning "you are" is from texting. It's just an ancient pun. In particular, long before anybody had a mobile phone or other texting gizmo, there were cheesy birthday cards, for 18 and 21 especially, showing number plates like UR 18 or UR 21.

@scarletmanuka6170 2 ай бұрын

I got MOURNED straight away the first time Simon looked at it, and the justification for LIMB the second time he looked at that clue. Couldn't spot anything else but I'm happy with that :)

@markhawthorn7438 2 ай бұрын

Ref the parsing of TRUSSED, I think it is to be read as 'with truss', a truss being a support (esp a medical one), rather than tied up - which is, of course, also a verbal meaning of truss.

@peterdunlop7691 2 ай бұрын

Laparoscopy is keyhole surgery of the abdomen which I would think of as an internal procedure, so would that be an &lit?

@TheNikoado 2 ай бұрын

35:05, 42:38. I think this setter had way too much fun coming up with puns to use in homophones...

@nickr3115 2 ай бұрын

Friday just wasn't the same without my dose of the cryptic! Really enjoyed it today as catch up.

@SwimCycleRunCoach 2 ай бұрын

climbs limited?

@leehazell7633 2 ай бұрын

Ah finally. My Saturday can begin 😊

@longwaytotipperary 2 ай бұрын

Yay!! You’re back!!!!

@davidrattner9 2 ай бұрын

Makes our Saturday even more special!! ❤❤

@longwaytotipperary 2 ай бұрын

@@davidrattner9 yes!! ❤️❤️ My A/C quit and have to buy a new one!! 90+F every day! 🥵 New A/C coming Monday!!!!

@davidrattner9 2 ай бұрын

@@longwaytotipperary yikes..cant believe it finally went out and were forced to buy a new one. Hot summers no fun without A/C

@longwaytotipperary 2 ай бұрын

@@davidrattner9 Truth!!! Spent an hour in the grocery store yesterday - just because it was cool!!

@grimsqueaker5333 2 ай бұрын

I got 2 answers before Simon, and finally starting to get how to split the clues. Previous crosswords may as well have been in Greek for all I could understand😅

@Ornette14 2 ай бұрын

Indigence, lose d, add tell

@Єнот-т4й 2 ай бұрын

That was a brutal puzzle - congratulations on sticking with it and getting the correct solve! I would not have got anything on the clue without your prompting but maybe INTERNAL - INTERN + (A)pplying + (L)aproscope ??

@emilywilliams3237 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic. I love these even though I don't really get it very much! Thanks, Simon.

@vinyl1Earthlink 2 ай бұрын

I was thinking that the the video didn't show up because Simon couldn't finish the puzzle - a bit mean of me, but possible. It did take me 69 minutes, but I parsed every clue, because with this kind of puzzle you really have to in order to be sure your solution is correct.