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Mark Goodliffe
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 twelve-time winner of The Times Crossword Championships, with a remarkable ten-year undefeated run spanning 2008 to 2017. He is also a former UK Sudoku Champion.
Goodliffe is well known alongside Simon Anthony, who represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships, for their YouTube channel Cracking the Cryptic. On this channel they demonstrate (and occasionally live-stream) challenging paper-and-pencil puzzles, mainly Sudoku but also cryptic crosswords. The channel has been active since 2017, but grew in popularity during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. It now boasts over 500,000 subscribers.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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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 | ||
8168 | 12/12/2023 | P | Mark Goodliffe | 94 – 38 | Paul Woodward | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Marcus Brigstocke | Susie Dent | 120 |
External Links
- Cracking the Cryptic on YouTube