M2M Day 265: Challenge complete!

Max Deutsch
Jul 24, 2017 · 2 min read

This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For July, my goal is to solve a Saturday New York Times crossword puzzle in one sitting without any aid.

Yesterday, I completed the 1/14/17 Saturday NYT puzzle with only two mistakes, so I knew it wouldn’t be long before I perfectly cracked one of the 2017 puzzles.

Today, I continued on to the next Saturday of 2017, with the January 21 puzzle.

After 21 minutes and 35 seconds, I filled in the last square, and for the first time ever on a Saturday puzzle, I was shown this message…

In other words, I perfectly solved the puzzle, officially completing this month’s challenge, which I’m quite excited about.

(The last letter of the puzzle was a guess, so I was particular happy when I saw the “Congratulations” message. It could have gone either way.)

Here’s the timelapse of my solve…

And here’s the full video with commentary…

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Max Deutsch is an obsessive learner, product builder, guinea pig for Month to Master, and founder at Openmind.

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