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David Kwong is the author of an upcoming kids book of magic tricks called how to fool your parents, which will be out in 2023. Follow him at David Kwong on Instagram and Twitter. His website is davidquongmagic.com. And he also sells a gorgeous card set called enigmas, which features four of these special puzzle cards. He says they're not too hard. They just require you to think outside the box. So solve all four puzzle cards in that deck unlocks this online puzzle hunt. If you listen to the end of the episode, I tell you a secret. This week, secret is that we just went to Tucson, Arizona for the Thanksgiving holiday we

Crosswords! Puzzles! Wordles! Magic? Ah yes, world-renowned Enigmatologist David Kwong drops in to chat about the intersection of sleight of hand and brain games, covering everything from Scrabble strategies to how to get away with a surprise party unsuspected. Also: crosswords and dementia, how puzzles are like hot sauce, a secret group of Hollywood magicians, his most clever clues, cryptic crosswords, international slang, Wordle’s many derivatives, and how to get over your intimidation of all those empty squares.

Follow David Kwong on Twitter and Instagram

His website

The ENIGMAS playing card deck – with puzzles!

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