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Revision as of 17:46, 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
8167 11/12/2023 P Mark Goodliffe 117 – 41 Nicola Lawson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Marcus Brigstocke Susie Dent 122

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