New York Times crossword puzzle constructor (also known as a cruciverbalist), David Kwong, shows us how he makes a crossword puzzle.
David Kwong is a New York Times crossword constructor and magician.
His show in New York City, The Enigmatist, is an immersive evening of puzzle-solving, cryptology, and illusions.
Visit https://enigmatistshow.com/ for more info.
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How to Create a Crossword Puzzle | WIRED
You can tell he’s passionate about puzzles.
Why does it have to be symmetrical?
Just for aesthetics
10:05 “heart”
I’m not a native speaker, so… what the heck is a FMAJ and what’s the clue for that?
It’s a musical key. The scale of F major
@davidmurray9159 Oooh… that makes sense, thank you 😀
2025: The AI creates 1,000 puzzles in a minute — and not a single one is nearly as cool as this one… Progress…
Legit the first job replaced by AI.
DEVO MENTIONED!!!!!!!!!!!
why hasn’t this video been colour graded? it’s in LOG
in Italy we would never have 5 black squares all adjacent. Usually we have single black squares that touch only diagonally;
letters can be unchecked and we can have 2 letters “words”, usually they are little silly things that after a dozen puzzles you learn. For instance: “in the middle of the deSErt” would be “SE”. Or, “the beginning of “SPring”, would be “SP”.
And of course, using a computer, that’s cheating 🙂
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FMAJ ???
A.I. Will replace him …
Dude I am so ashamed that I watched this three times and never noticed he changed his shirt so often 😭😭 how did I not see a red or yellow shirt !?!?
2:28 67
This was amazing. thanks!
5:44 milllf 😂
In the making, this is a word search 😅
He has really good handwriting…
This is so fascinating. I recently made my own crossword and it was so much more difficult than I expected
This guy is a great instructor as a crossword puzzle creator! Bravo. Inspirational.
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