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[[Image:Mark Goodliffe.png|200px|right|thumb|Mark Goodliffe in Series 62...]]
 
[[Image:Mark Goodliffe.png|200px|right|thumb|Mark Goodliffe in Series 62...]]
 
[[Image:Mark Goodliffe1.png|200px|right|thumb|...and 13 years later in Series 88!]]
 
[[Image:Mark Goodliffe1.png|200px|right|thumb|...and 13 years later in Series 88!]]
'''Mark Goodliffe''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 62]] and [[Series 88|88]]. As of his first appearance, he was a finance director, and as of his second appearances, he was a non-executive director and former chief financial officer. He was from London and was also a qualified chartered accountant.
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'''Mark Goodliffe''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 62]] and [[Series 88|88]]. At the time of his first appearance in 2010, he was a finance director. As of his return in 2023, he was a non-executive director and former chief financial officer. He was from London and was also a qualified chartered accountant.
  
Goodliffe is a 12-time winner of ''{{w|The Times}}'' and ''{{w|The Sunday Times}}'' Crossword Championships, with an undefeated run between 2008 and 2017.
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Goodliffe is a 12-time winner of ''{{w|The Times}}'' Crossword Championships, with a remarkable undefeated run spanning 2008 to 2017. He is also a former UK Sudoku Champion.
  
He is also well known alongside Sudoku World Champion, Simon Anthony, for their {{w|YouTube}} channel {{w|Cracking the Cryptic}}, which demonstrates and occasionally streams challenging sudoku and crossword puzzles and solves. The channel grew in popularity during the 2020 {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}} and now boasts over 500,000 subscribers.
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Goodliffe is well known alongside Sudoku World Champion, Simon Anthony, for their {{w|YouTube}} channel {{w|Cracking the Cryptic}}, which demonstrates, and occasionally live-streams, challenging paper-and-pencil puzzles: mainly sudoku but also cryptic crosswords. Active since 2017, the channel grew in popularity during the 2020 {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}} and boasts over 500,000 subscribers.
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==

Revision as of 11:01, 11 December 2023

Mark Goodliffe in Series 62...
...and 13 years later in Series 88!

Mark Goodliffe was a contestant in Series 62 and 88. At the time of his first appearance in 2010, he was a finance director. As of his return in 2023, he was a non-executive director and former chief financial officer. He was from London and was also a qualified chartered accountant.

Goodliffe is a 12-time winner of The Times Crossword Championships, with a remarkable undefeated run spanning 2008 to 2017. He is also a former UK Sudoku Champion.

Goodliffe is well known alongside Sudoku World Champion, Simon Anthony, for their YouTube channel Cracking the Cryptic, which demonstrates, and occasionally live-streams, challenging paper-and-pencil puzzles: mainly sudoku but also cryptic crosswords. Active since 2017, the channel grew in popularity during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and boasts over 500,000 subscribers.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
4962 21/01/2010 P Oliver Garner 81 – 75 Mark Goodliffe Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley John Stapleton Susie Dent 115
8166 08/12/2023 P JJ Burrows 81 – 93 Mark Goodliffe Colin Murray Rachel Riley Bob Harris Susie Dent 137

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