The 2023 GCHQ Christmas Challenge: SOLVED

*** KICKSTARTER - JUST HOURS LEFT *** There’s just 30 hours left to get involved with our Kickstarter and secure a wonderful Xmas present for the puzzler in your life (which might be you!): *** TODAY’S PUZZLE *** We absolutely love the GCHQ Christmas Challenge every December. Simon tries it today - complete with his Christmas hat - and has an absolute blast. Download the puzzles at the following link: *** OUR DECEMBER COMPETITION & SIMON’S BONUS SOLVES *** 100 4x4 Snackdoku pack from the Skunkworks was released on 1 December as our monthly reward. Simon’s solve of Broken Secrets by TotallyNormalCat was also released yesterday. You can try that puzzle here: There’s also Mark’s latest battle with The Times’ Club Monthly Special cryptic crossword. Join us on Patreon (for as little as $2): *** ORDER OUR NEW BOOK AT THIS LINK *** If you would like to get hold of a physical copy of our new book, Cracking The Cryptic’s Greatest Hits - Volume 2, there is still a chance. Visit the link below: *** NEW GAS PACK: VOLUME 2 IS OUT *** The new GAS (Genuinely Approachable Sudoku) pack is out on all platforms here: 60 original puzzles by Clover, Bill Murphy and Philip Newman!! Earn party hats and dinosaurs with these brand new puzzles! ▶ SUDOKU PAD - Use Our Software For Your Puzzles ◀ You can input classic sudoku puzzles into our software and help support Sven, the programmer responsible for the wonderful user interface we all use to play these puzzles everyday. The app also comes with 12 handmade puzzles from us: iOS: Steam: Android: ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad” ▶ Contents Of This Video ◀ 0:00 Theme music & puzzle Intro 2:00 Puzzle 1 3:03 Puzzle 2 4:26 Puzzle 3 6:41 Puzzle 4 11:45 Puzzle 5 15:28 Puzzle 6 18:27 Puzzle 7 26:54 Meta Puzzle ▶ Contact Us ◀ Twitter: @Cracking The Cryptic email: crackingthecryptic@ Our PO Box address: Simon Anthony & Mark Goodliffe Box 102 56 Gloucester Road London SW7 4UB (Please note to use our real names rather than ’Cracking The Cryptic’.) ************************************************************** ▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀ ▶ OUR BACK CATALOGUE – ALL CATEGORISED WITH LINKS!◀ ▶ *NEW* CRACKING THE CRYPTIC MERCHANDISE◀ ▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀ crackingthecryptic@ ▶FOLLOW US◀ Twitter: @crypticcracking Instagram (for how to solve daily clues from The Times): We also post the Wordle In A Minute videos on TikTok.