Darmok: Championship Cryptic Crossword Solving via Constraint Tightening and Resilient Orchestration

arXiv:2611.13557v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present Darmok, the first automated system to reach superhuman performance on British cryptic crosswords. Unlike American-style crosswords, cryptic clues disguise an unmarked definition and compositional wordplay beneath a misleading surface reading, sparse grids leave nearly half of each word's letters unchecked, and tournament rules rank a grid with even a single wrong or blank square behind all error-free solutions regardless of speed. Competing alongside an elite human field at the 55th Times Crossword Championship in London, Darmok solved

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