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Peter Mabey

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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RAMULUS in R4

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I guess that Susie was really relieved to find SLITTIER was valid, as there was an H there to give an alternative

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Third numbers alt.: (50+7)x4x2

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It always surprises me that when contestants can get near the target by multiplying the large number by something they fail to see that all they need to do is adjust the multiplicand by using one of the small numbers, as Rachel showed in the first and third numbers rounds here.

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Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 04, 2017 7:51 pm
Did I hear "only an 8" used in a round today?

Yes - it looked as if MILEPOST + A was going to come to something - "epistomal" perhaps, as EPISTOME is OK, and you'd expect the related adjective to exist, as PERISTOME/PERISTOMAL are listed.

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Last numbers alt: 4x(6+7)x(3x5+2)

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La donna e mobile - because the Duke is such a loathsome character

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so why should non-tea drinkers be expected to faff about with tea? Because to make an adequate cup of tea, you literally put a bag in a cup then pour water on it. But what foreigners don't understand that the only way to get it right is that it must be BOILING water - as my mum said 'take the pot t...

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Chat up girls

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You only need a maximum of four colours to make a political map of the world without any adjacent countries having the same colour Is this still true when considering exclaves and colonies that aren't connected to the countries' main landmasses (e.g., Sint Maarten as part of the Netherlands)? No, t...

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As I meant to say here - PURLIEUS to beat USURPER

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PURLIEUS to beat USURPER

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Also PATRIOTS - I was hoping to beat MELODIES with EMBOLISED, but that's Scrabble only

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Alt 3rd numbers: (25+6)x(10+100/50) = 372

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Last numbers alt: (9x5+3)x(5+7)=576
previously (6x10+9)x8=552 and (75-50/25)x3=219

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AGARIC to beat CHAIR

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PORKIES instead of SPOKIER

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I was hoping to beat RELATER with AXLE-TREE, but it's only in (with the hyphen) as an obsolete version of AXLE.

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I guess that the Clegg wanted the Liberal Democrats to get into government to try to introduce a fair voting system, and was forced to drop the manifesto commitment on fees, being prevented from opposing the Tory policy as a condition of joining with them. Of course, the Conservatives could see that...

Peter Mabey · Re: Spoilers for Friday, 26 May 2017 Last numbers: (75-7)x50x9/(10x10) = 306

Last numbers: (75-7)x50x9/(10x10) = 306

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After all that chat about football, surprised that nobody got OFFSIDES in RI

Peter Mabey · Spoilers for Tuesday 21 March 2017 R1 TUTORIALS

R1 TUTORIALS

Peter Mabey · Re: Spoilers for Friday 17 March 2017 DOWERING to beat WEEDING

DOWERING to beat WEEDING

Peter Mabey · Spoilers for Thursday 16 March 2017 R1: FELLOES

R1: FELLOES

Peter Mabey · Spoilers for Wednesday 15 March 2017 OPPIDAN to beat PARDON

OPPIDAN to beat PARDON

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James Robinson wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:19 pm

Peter Mabey wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 13, 2017 7:13 pm
PARTIAL in R1
Wasn't there only one A there??

Yes, my scribbled H looked like one

Peter Mabey · Spoilers for Monday 13 March 2017 PARTIAL in R1

PARTIAL in R1

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Was so well-known as a front hook in Scrabble that I didn't think of checking

Peter Mabey · Spoilers for Thursday 9 March 2017 BOVATES in R12

BOVATES in R12

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WITHAL in R13

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Euan Slatter wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:52 pm
Frank Feilding, Fabian Gieffer, Richard O'Donnell, Max O'Leary.

... and Einstein

Peter Mabey · Spoilers for Monday 6 March 2017 GYRATION as beater in IRONY/ANGRILY round

GYRATION as beater in IRONY/ANGRILY round

Peter Mabey · Re: Spoilers for Thursday 23 February 2017 JALOPIES beats OPALINE

JALOPIES beats OPALINE

Peter Mabey · Spoilers for Thursday 23 February 2017 COTTAGED to beat DECAGON etc.

COTTAGED to beat DECAGON etc.

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WORRIED + T = WORRITED

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:04 pm

Peter Mabey wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:59 pm
I was hoping for GAMBITTED in the last letters round, but the verb isn't in the OED, though Chambers does have it.
I wondered about that and also wondered whether GAMBITTED or GAMBITED was more realistic.

I've checked what Scrabble allows, and there's only GAMBITED

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OIKIST as a beater in R13

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I was hoping for GAMBITTED in the last letters round, but the verb isn't in the OED, though Chambers does have it.

Peter Mabey · Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 9) OPERON to beat PORNO

OPERON to beat PORNO

Peter Mabey · Spoilers for Wednesday 18 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 7) R7: UNSUITED

R7: UNSUITED

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Matt Morrison wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:45 pm
guys, all you need to do is refresh. if normal refresh doesn't work then hard refresh (CTRL-F5) - it's just the CSS is cache

Yes, I needed to do that, too (being on Chrome)

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BILIOUS to beat BROILS

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Never heard of Pasha or watched Strictly, so needed Google to tell me what that was all about

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Quarks rhymes with marks, as they were named for "three quarks for muster Marks" in Joyce's Finnegans wake (which I think alludes to the hoarse cry of a bird)

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Chrome went down for a few minutes, so didn't see other thread started

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