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With an all-female lineup, Nick should have been reminded that it's International Women's Day

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Alt last numbers: (4x3-1)x(9+7)

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 01, 2019 2:52 pm
Three vowels every time, regardless of what came up - I wish they both could have lost.

Great game though!

Yes, in pretty nearly every round I was shouting ANOTHER VOWEL !

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Last numbers alt:(50+4+3)x2x6 - surprised Rachel went the long way round after starting with 57

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SUZERAIN to beat SUNNIER

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ALGORIST to beat TAILORS

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Maths - but never really got into it, so only achieved a pass. (I'd have been happier in engineering, but I got to Uni on the strength of my school maths, so that wasn't an option.)

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Here it may refer to LPG

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3rd numbers alt: (9x10+25+1)x7

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2nd numbers alt: (25+5)x9

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Alt last numbers:(10+7)x5x8=680

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A simpler alt: (100-9)x6=546

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2nd numbers: (9x(6+1)+5)x(10+3)= 884

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Alt 3rd numbers: 75x8x9/10

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Tom S wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:23 pm
Gah it's just the coconut that is the issue in Bounty, and the nuts in Snickers............

No particular preferences otherwise

, but entirely agree about those.

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Tom S wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:23 pm
Gah it's just the coconut that is the issue in Bounty, and the nuts in Snickers............

No particular preferences otherwise

, but entirely agree about those.

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Alt last numbers : (100-2)x(25-10-8)

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APTEROUS in RESPONAUT round - and neither saw it

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IMAGOES was an alternative

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I've never even thought of getting a pizza cutter, as I don't buy pizza.

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I don't have a nomination, but am protesting against the inclusion of boxers - whose objective is to inflict brain injury - the one part of the body which never heals. (They even wear padded gloves to protect themselves against injuring themselves in doing so.) :( I don't think their purpose is to ...

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I don't have a nomination, but am protesting against the inclusion of boxers - whose objective is to inflict brain injury - the one part of the body which never heals. (They even wear padded gloves to protect themselves against injuring themselves in doing so.)

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Alt 1st numbers (75+50-10-8)x6

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:21 am
I'm always a bit surprised that POUNDER isn't one of those "in combination" words.

TOBESTER was in round 7. Not valid though as it's a name.

POUNDER would be OK as someone who pounds something into a pulp

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Avoiding the easy way (still in time, though)

312=(5+7)(10+4x4)
498=6(10x8+7-4)

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Fenella Fielding - for me, the sexiest voice ever!

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When I'm on holiday I have a full English (and don't need lunch) but it's too much hassle to cook for myself.

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8x51 was obvious, and then saw 17 was available

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Last numbers was a bit boring, so found a fun alternative: (5x5-1)x(8+9)

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One from Catsdown

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What is unfortunate is that it is probable that as other octochamps come along he'll be pushed further and further down the list of seeds - although I don't think there are enough rounds left for him to lose a final place altogether.

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When one of my friends died his family kept his site up so that his friends could post in remembrance

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:24 pm
Society seems to think you can't be pro Palestinian without being accused of being an anti-semite.

.. which is ironic because the Palestinians are also a Semitic race

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After doing 75x8=600, and needing to take off 76, it was astonishing that the challenger didn't at once see that he should have used 7 as the multiplier - pressure of the occasion, I guess.

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BA (pass only) Maths - subsequently paid fee to register as MA. Oxford/Cambridge? Or does anywhere else do this? I don't know anything about this, but it reads like "I got a BA and then I paid to upgrade it to an MA without doing any work". Is that what is meant? Is this common? There's probably so...

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Noel Mc wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 21, 2018 6:54 pm

Peter Mabey wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 16, 2018 7:04 pm
BA (pass only) Maths - subsequently paid fee to register as MA.
Oxford/Cambridge? Or does anywhere else do this?

Cambridge

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Dunno why 114 was tricky : it's obviously 19x6 , so 25+3-9 x 7-1 with time to spare

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BA (pass only) Maths - subsequently paid fee to register as MA.

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ABORAL to beat ARBOR

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Harlan Ellison - legendary in the SF fan world

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GARTERED as alternative to REGRATED

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INDWELT to beat BLEWIT
A couple of interesting alternatives for the numbers:
(25+9x(6-4))x(10+1) = 473
(75/3-7)x9 = 162
If I see factorisation of a the target, I like to go for it & I saw these in time

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More concise way for last numbers: (75-6)x7 = 483

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I hoped to beat MEGABIT with GAMBITED, but the verb doesn't seem to be allowable, even though it's regularly used by chessplayers

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ALGATES is OK, not that I saw it at the time

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Was hoping to beat WAHOOS with ATISHOO but Scrabble only

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Although Y isn't in the 'vowel' box it is certainly pronounced as one in RHYTHM

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Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 27, 2018 5:40 am

Peter Mabey wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:49 pm
(100+7)x50x9/75+25 = 667
If you legitimately got that, especially in time, that's amazing.

Way out of time - took around half an hour after exploring blind alleys (2001/3 and 23x29 obviously weren't going anywhere, but 100+567 looked promising)

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(100+7)x50x9/75+25 = 667

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DEMERARA to beat DREAMER

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Odd that in the last numbers she could have got within 2 by simply taking the 30 she had from her 900, but decided to use the 50 to finish further away - heat of the moment, I suppose !

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A simpler way : (25-9)x5x6 = 480

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It was a pity that it wasn't realised that this episode would have been transmitted on International Women's Day, so there was no recognition of the occasion

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FUNGOUS to beat FAMOUS

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As I commented in 'add up the numbers' the first one can be found without rearranging - (25-4+6)x(3x5-4)=297

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A nice variant is to try to achieve the target by simply inserting operators & brackets without rearranging the numbers
e.g. (25-4+6)x(3x5-4)=297

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Furthermore, Rachel sometimes beats Susie (not to mention the audience) on the words !

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There is still some music to be found on Radio 3 and Classic fm even though the latter is invaded by film and game stuff, and Einaudi pootling around aimlessly

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Great game. Great show. Great players. Great series. Need I say more? Well done to both! I echo this. Except to add - shit conundrum. Should be a real word. I concur - however, although I didn't get the conundrum, it is a word I'd had occasion to use in my days in the aerospace industry (back in th...

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Was hoping for WARISONS in R1, but Scrabble only

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