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 Introduction 
 00:00 • 3min 
 Magic or Puzzles? 
 03:16 • 3min 
 Puzzles and Magic 
 05:51 • 2min 
 What's Cruciverbalism? 
 08:01 • 2min 
 Enigmatology - The Study of Puzzles 
 10:01 • 4min 
 Crossword Puzzles - Pattern Recognition 
 14:11 • 2min 
 What Is a Cryptic Crossword? 
 16:18 • 4min 
 Mark Halpin's Puzzles Within Puzzles 
 20:15 • 2min 
 The Social Aspect of Crossword Puzzles 
 22:17 • 2min 
 Scrabble Pattern Recognition Game 
 24:14 • 2min 
 Sakara - A New Year's Resolution 
 25:50 • 5min 
 What Are the Word Searches? 
 30:40 • 2min 
 The New York Times Crossword Puzzle 
 32:36 • 2min 
 Misdirection Is the Art of Giving People Something to Look At, Right? 
 34:10 • 3min 
 Do Daily Puzzles Keep Your Brain Sharp? 
 37:05 • 2min 
 Cryptocrosswords - A Great Daily Free Word Puzzle 
 38:44 • 2min 
 Is It a Different Part of the Brain That Fills in Blank Spaces? 
 40:57 • 2min 
 The New Word Game - Anagrams 
 43:12 • 2min 
 Sunday Crosswords - Can You Do Them? 
 45:20 • 2min 
 Do Words Get Implanted in Your Subconscious? 
 47:03 • 2min 
 What Is Rhyming Slang? 
 49:00 • 3min 
 The New York Times Crossword Challenge 
 51:35 • 2min 
 Crosswords for the Not-Five of Heart 
 53:21 • 2min 
 Rebus, R-E-B-U-S. 
 55:37 • 2min 
 Jurassic World Puzzles - Are There Any Good Puzzles? 
 57:23 • 2min 
 Is the Word Panda on Your Mind? 
 59:13 • 2min 
 The Halloween Puzzle I'm Most Proud Of 
 01:01:06 • 2min 
 What Sucks About Writing Puzzles? 
 01:03:02 • 4min 
 What's Your Favorite Word? 
 01:06:43 • 2min 
 The Enigmatist by David Kwong 
 01:08:30 • 2min 
 All and Cheese on Twitter and Instagram. 
 01:10:11 • 3min 


