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Richard Priest

Well done James, great game. Bad luck Jack, really felt for you there.

Richard Priest

Fantastic day, really enjoyed it, great to meet up with everyone again and meet a few new faces too. And every credit to Ben and his mum for the time and effort they put into it all.

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2nd numbers (3 x 8) + 5) x 25) - (10 -4)

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The 'conundrum spots' is new to this series as far as I know. Or Mike Brown's just been wrong for a long time, which is really really unlikely. When I was involved in series 58 the leaderboard listed the seeds by wins, points and number of conundrums spotted so I assume the rule's applied at least ...

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Mike Brailsford wrote:3rd Numbers Game

(9 + 1) x 10 = 100

100 + 2 = 102

102 x 8 = 816

816 - 1 - 815

Beat me to it

Richard Priest

Kirk Bevins wrote:Oh man! No recording over the end of term?

'Fraid not, no. When I went up the other day Dudley said that there are no recordings in July or August

Richard Priest

Yet another rd 14 alternative - ((50 x 9) + 25) - 8 - (5-2)

Another great performance Jimmy, well done.

Richard Priest

Interesting that Jimy Gough chooses not to support the tennis player that looks exactly like him. Also BAIZES - I would have thought that that would have been acceptable. And I don't think in the past Susie has simply allowed/disallowed words listed as mass nouns purely on the basis of whether it s...

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Martin Gardner wrote:what's DANDER, is that what he said?

I think it means a person's temper i.e. "it gets my dander up" - an old-fashioned saying which translates as "it irritates and annoys me".

Not sure if I've ever seen a handshake before a conundrum.

Richard Priest

I remember Beth Sutton too from a few years ago, who won 3 games at the age of 15. When I filmed my heat shows just over a year ago Chris Smith (who played in the next game after I lost) spoke of a 10-year-old girl at her audition who she thought was very good, but she hasn't appeared on the show th...

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Kirk Bevins wrote:I'm not even Shore knows this place exists.

Nice

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Lunch for me please.

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Ben Hunter wrote:Innis Carson is on his way to Manchester as we speak to record tomorrow.

Might see him then, I've got an audience ticket for Tuesday.

Richard Priest

COARSENS, round 11 I think.

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Ben Wilson wrote:I'm pretty sure Bob used to host Bullseye.

I wondered if he'd been married to Bet Lynch/Gilroy.

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Kai Laddiman wrote:What were the final scores?

88-55 I think.

Richard Priest

Happy birthday Howard and Callum

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From what Danielle said to me at the finals, I don't think she's leaving through choice.She hasn't been asked to go to Manchester because they've already got someone there who does her job.But yes, she was lovely to be around and will be sorely missed

Richard Priest

Great news Lee, really pleased for you

Richard Priest

A very enjoyable read Dinos, thanks a lot.

(And I still think you were totally robbed

).

Richard Priest

Did anyone else notice than when the clock was counting down in round 10 the scores read 24-18?

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Matthew Green wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:Today's show features Julie Russell from Apterous.
I thought she was Scottish?
She's been repatriated.

Her citizenship has just come through and her passport's on the way soon.

Richard Priest

I'm quite hopeful too but will stick as a maybe for now.

Richard Priest

I noticed on one round Shane declared what I thought sounded like SEAMAN when there was only one A. It may have been SEAMEN but it didn't sound like it so I was surprised he wasn't asked to spell it.

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Innis Carson wrote:ALLIANCE?

I had ALLIANCE too.

I'm sure OVERARMS has been allowed before, but checked in the ODE2 and it seems OVERARM these days is only listed as an adjective and adverb and therefore only allowable in the singular.

Richard Priest

This is probably helpful enough here (even if slightly out of date). Does anyone know why the series 60 leaderboard displays a top ten rather than a top eight? Is it so that if finalists drop out it's easier to work out their replacements, or is something strange and new going to be happening for t...

Richard Priest

Bad luck Clare, hope you enjoyed it all the same.It looked as though you did.

Richard Priest

Grace was as good as any woman player I've ever seen. She was unlucky to be in the Fell series, although even then she wasn't that far behind him in the final. If she'd spotted CREMATION things could've been very interesting...

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I'm staying at the hotel Tuesday night but not Wednesday as am working on Thursday afternoon. Hope to hang on till the end though.

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Jimmy Gough wrote:
Rich Priest wrote:
Mark Kudlowski wrote:ANTEROOM in round 3 ?
Yes, I had that too.
Am I on your foe list or do you just ignore my posts completely?

No, I saw your post, just thought I'd confirm that it was there as Mark appeared to be unsure.

Amazingly quick conundrum spot.Thought Andrew was going to go far.

Richard Priest

Mark Kudlowski wrote:ANTEROOM in round 3 ?

Yes, I had that too.

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Ben Wilson wrote:No one felt like adding the H to SORTING to make SHORTING then?

I did.Was also hoping for an E for PAGINATES in the ADAPTING round but Fiona asked for a consonant

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INNARDS as a DC equaller, round 4.

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Chris Corby wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:
My Dad is supposed to jump in at this point and offer babysitting or a lift or something to help out.

Feeling comfortable on the spot there Chris?

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PASTICHE, round 2.

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I much prefer outdoor work when the weather's nice.

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Good to see a psychiatric nurse win, although how anyone can say they enjoy housework is beyond me....

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Janet Street Porter is looking likely to become the first female octochamp for five years, but will Kelsey Grammar stop her? It would be 2 years actually - Jean Webby in series 56. Cate's play has improved tremendously since her first couple of games, I thought she was brilliant today. Perhaps my p...

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Should be fine Junaid.See you then.

Richard Priest

I had four 8s, a 9 and a 7, missing 2 other 9s.Was 1 away on a numbers and solved the other one, and solved all 3 conundrums. Lara presided, and 4 other hopefuls attended. The only other one who was successful was David Sandbach who beat Matt Coates then lost. It was at Granada TV studios and on the...

Richard Priest

When do you want to play, Junaid? I can do Friday morning, Saturday up until about 6 or Sunday after about 11.Failing that, early next week would be ok.

Richard Priest

Ian Dent wrote:It's down Junaid.

Can't even get onto the website.

Join the club. Just felt like a game or two as well

Richard Priest

At mine we had 6 letters rounds, 2 numbers and about 3 conundrums, but we had 35 seconds not 45 - you had it easy young Laddiman :P I passed at the second attempt, the first having been 21 and a half years previously.Plenty of time to brush up (or perhaps rediscover the youthful carefree approach to...

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Speaking to Cate before the game, she was convinced she was going to lose on account of Aaron's youth. But you never can tell.

Richard Priest

I feel a huge sense of relief that Aaron is on today, having posted on Friday that he was going to be

PAKORA, round 6.

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What a pity that the ERACLOSES conundrum has already been used, in the last series final. It would have been most fitting for this one too

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Dinos Sfyris wrote:Well done Rich on getting a semi final place

Thanks Dinos, it feels good

I'm a bit concerned though that there's no-one left in the tournament with the letters 'er' at or towards the end of their surnames. My record against such players in this tournament has been very good

Richard Priest

Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Game 3

Bad luck. I'm shocked by the rudeness displayed in this game

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Me v Oliver -

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=40866

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=40873

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Matt Morrison wrote:
Rich Priest wrote:his
Spoiler. And not just in an annoying "SPOILER!!" way, I had thought it might be about the time that Claire was gonna be on.

Sorry, it's just that as apterous is fairly male-dominated I didn't think anyone would be surprised

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For those wanting to know - and to avoid annoying anyone who wants to wait till Monday - this is Cate's next opponent - http://www.apterous.org/viewuser.php?user=2547.

Or at least his nameplate was in place as I left - wasn't able to hang around to watch.

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Oliver Garner wrote:Rich, unless Apterous doesn't get put back up soon, I can't play today as I am going out at around 7. However, would tomorrow at around 5 ish be good for you?

Yes, that should be ok Oliver. See you tomorrow.

Richard Priest

Felt a bit sorry for Helen, she didn't play badly but Cate was rocking.

On Monday we will see Cate take on someone we know from apterous.

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Innis Carson wrote:TOOLBARS?

Yes, I was quite proud of that one in round 4 (spotted after 29.9 seconds).

Richard Priest

Indeed, when I was beating Keith Maynard 50-0 my feelings alternated between embarrassment at the scoreline and a looming sense of dread that I'd somehow still manage to bottle it. I know what you mean, I felt a bit like that when I was 34-0 up on Richard Wilson. I was glad when he finally got some...

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This was the first of Cate's games that I saw live in the studio, and when I saw her 2nd game the other day it reminded me of this one in that she stepped up a gear in part 3. Gerald was a nice guy, he sat just in front of me in the audience for the next show and we were comparing words and solutions.

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JimBentley wrote:BRAIN and HORN, I think.

I like Cate, she's like a totally stern Janet Street-Porter.

I spoke to her when I was up there, she seemed nice enough. Seems she used to be a maths teacher before retraining as a probation officer.

Richard Priest

Joseph Bolas wrote:It would be very nice to watch the old episodes, so obviously the answer would be yes. I don't ever see it happening though .

No, I don't think it would ever come to fruition either, although I voted yes.

Richard Priest

Wow, vintage Tournoff there, bad luck Jon. Really? I thought we were both a bit poo - in Mark's case probably unfamiliarity with the app, and in my case just being a bit poo :) You seemed to take it in turns a bit i.e. when one of you had a max the other one didn't :) Oliver - yes Friday at around ...

Richard Priest

Wow, vintage Tournoff there, bad luck Jon.

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