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Tony Atkins

Well done Chris! All the best people get 95 in their first game...

Tony Atkins

Like Jessica I thought the first one was easy, but took about 40s to do the other two, the last (9-2)x(50-(4/4))+10.
DEPOWERS as a beater in R2 and GUAVA as a fruity alt to MANGO in R1.

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I did the middle numbers two different ways - 32x10+25 and 250+100-5 - you can work out the details...

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I see Tom Leslie is an apterite, but played up to his rating.
I did the second numbers by the alt method ((75/5)-6)x(100+8) and the third ((10+6+1)x50)+75+3.

Tony Atkins

PS I have only just spotted the Jo Brand themed conundrum scramble - very apt.

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Another good showing by Paul, and unlucky for Andrew to get such a stong champion.

Alt in R2 of PEARLITE and REAVERS in R13. Did the second numbers 16x52-1 and the third 7x101+37.

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Let's hope Paul can cope with the early morning after the night before.

FRAPPED as an alt to PARADES etc in R11 and MEDIACY in R12 (though I tried mediancy).

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Baljeet did well again, especially spotting the 9, but could have got to 460 easily on the first numbers using 5 times
rather than Rachel's 9 times to make 459. Equallers I saw were WANTERS in R6 and VAGUER in R13.

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Baljeet looks like being a good player - though she needs to sharpen her numbers. I did the second numbers by my
favourite 25 squared solution and there are several solutions to the third.

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Well done to Nick for keeping his cool, shame Suzy missed on the numbers.
The easy way to 878 is ((100+10)x8)-(5-3) of course.

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Well done Peter considering it was an early morning show.

Equallers ENJOINS in R9, IODIDE in R12, CARPELS in R13.

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ONENESS is fine as a beater. UNJOIN is an alt to ADJOIN in R7 and SWILLER to LOWLIER in R8.

Well done Jack! Shame about the nerves. Howver not an easy conundrum - after a minute I had convinced myself
the answer was FILESAVER. Too much time on the computer I guess...

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Lots of 6s in R1 eg SALINE and ANKLES.

Well done to the Kid for his 9 wins in a row! Though not his best permance today - I think he needs 24 hours off to recover!

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SERRIED/DERRIES were in R2 the shielder/RELISHED round. OUTSIZED in R6.

I think the lad is a bit tired - he probably didn't sleep much overnight. At least he will get a good
lunch before the next two shows (8th game and QF1). (Actually delete the "good" as it's the studio canteen!)

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James Robinson wrote:
Tony Atkins wrote:LABOUR as beater in R8 (CABAL round).
That would be nice, but there was no R there, so a bit of a BLOB.

Ah it was two Bs - one of them definitely looked like an R this afternoon. LABOUB then for 0.

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MISCUE as equal in R4 (QUICKS round) and LABOUR as beater in R8 (CABAL round).

Loved the way EPILATOR(S) appeared twice.

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The Kid stuffed me hollow there. Found an alt to the first numbers way out of time by 29x32.

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Equallers MATURED/MATURES in R2, AWOKEN in R7, SHEILA in R12. Like Stewart my big moment came when I beat Jonathan in R11. Well done Jonathan - keep it up!

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When Jonathan told me he was on today, I knew I was in for a treat. I almost paced him, losing by 5 in the end.
Anyway great play "the kid"!

Equaller in R1 was HOMIEST and I had HOORAY in R11 later beaten by DOORWAY. Did the second numbers by 450-61.

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Jordan F wrote:It's also the end of Alastair Stewart, who while certainly not terrible, I remember him being better in other appearances in my opinion.

Better contestants too last year!

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NAPPIEST in R3, FORGOT as equal in R9.

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John's 488 is of course a typo for 482.

Nice see my old mate Alistair back in the chair.

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Jordan F wrote:Could MISQUOTER be a 9? (A risk, but I wonder)

Not a good risk, nor was my meritous.

Alt second numbers (7x8x6)-10-8=318.

Tony Atkins

Last numbers game 50-1+(6x4)=73 (9+2) = 11 73 x 11= 803 Well done John, I only made that out of time, but did the second one ((8+4)x(75+6))+6=978 which is half way to Rachel's method. Otherwise only got some alts to the boring 6s, eg MANURE to MANNER, and learnt some new stems eg TRAINED+U=INDURATE...

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Suzi's 5th show reminded me very much of the 5th show by Tom Barnes back a year ago (16th May 2011), a show that would have been my 8th had I lasted that long. Fortunately Suzi was a little off form, unlike Tom, and Elaine did manage to get some beaters in. Alt second numbers (((100-(3x9))x10)-50+4=...

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So Chris has been knocked down and will probably go down another before the end of the prelims as this is arather long series (this time last year we were already into the quarter finals). I thought I had a beater in round 2 with vainness but it's not valid and went for powerman in round 6 which als...

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There are 7 possible solutions according to crossword tools .com at a difficulty of 65% - I am getting quite bruised from
where I am kicking myself for not getting it.

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Alt numbers for the hard first one, but well out of time: (3x(100+6))-(7x10)=248. WAISTED and DESPITE as alts in R12.
Nice to see the alt spelling of "my" 9 come out in R7.

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Looks like Jordan has flown off to join James in Italy, so I will have to start the thread.

Our cabin crew from Worthing, Glenn Clements, from Worthing has won two with speedy conundrum spots.
Can he survive a third? His challenger today is a talented artist called Suzi Purcell.

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I always like the way Rachel is kind and shows a different way to make the target (eg 13x52=676), rather than
finishing off the contestant's sum (by making 26 from 5, 8 and 2).

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Well done to Rachel for the last numbers solve and Susie for the 9s. One more 9 than in my first show, but some rounds
where 6 was the max, so max only 3 higher than my first show being 148, unless anyone got anything better?

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I hope my mate Alistair is okay and it was just an error in the listing magazine that James read, as the guest this week
is Lesley Garrett. Assuming that was a morning show, I can empathise with Stuart for not being able to do maths
at that time of day.

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John Brackstone wrote:Is towline allowed ?

Yes that seems to be a beater. Alts I found in R1 METTLE, and COGNATE/NEONATE in R11.

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Well played Stuart - second highest score of the series so far. (And well done Jack for 14 max game)

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Always nice to see an apterite, though quite a new member, winning a show. Would expect Stuart to win a couple more.

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AGAVES as a possible alternate in round 3? (Thinking like blue agave for margaritas but I don't know if it's a mass) They are fine as plants and not a mass noun. Shame about all the disallowed agent nouns, especially as there were some they missed that were valid, eg YEARNER in R13, together with t...

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Alt 2nd Numbers (50+25+5-4)x8=608

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I see 4od have taken down the incorrect show, but haven't put the correct one back. Sneeaked a peep at James's recap to see the scores but tried not to see the ManU reference etc.... Has this ever happened before with 4od? I seem to remember the wrong show being shown on TV quite a few years ago, or...

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Does anyone think the new player could be Matt Bayfield's brother?

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For a REAL SPOILER watch the 4od show labelled for today and you get tomorrow''s show!!!!! Complete with discussion
of Friday night being movie night!

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After two 69s George gets 96 from a good performance. Lunch must have agreed with him!

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The easy way of doing the last numbers was make the 13 by (8+7-2) and the 9 to subtract by (10-1). Alt in R11 DOURNESS.

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Was very pleased to get both 9s. Don't let anyone ever complain about the letter selections when a V and a Z give a 9.
However it went wrong when I worked very hard to make 866 in the last numbers. Only 100 out!

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I think Nick Hall must have been tired after all day in the studio. FORAMINA is an ace spot but shame about him only scoring 7 out of a easily gettable 30 for the numbers.

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BTW Nick Hall has now moved up to 4th place and will overtake Victoria James win or lose tomorrow, those at the finals
will know where he finally ended up already.

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To mark the first anniversary of my first show (first Thursday in May 2011) I managed to score 118 with a 13 max game, including beating DC on R11 with TAUTENED. Missed CAMISOLE and was too slow on the conundrum. First numbers alt: ((100-10)x6)-9=531. Other alts according to the computer: OUTSAILS i...

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Tony Atkins wrote:
Adam Gillard wrote:You can always watch it on YouTube instead.
But they were slow uploading it to the TV page yesterday.

Channel 4 seem to have fixed the problem as it is working again today.

Tony Atkins

Adam Gillard wrote:You can always watch it on YouTube instead.

But they were slow uploading it to the TV page yesterday.

Tony Atkins

Alts WASPIE in R1 and LAAGERS in R6. I was delighted to beat Rachel on that numbers but was out of time solving the second and very happy when I spotted neutrinos. I guess Nick Hall is at present watching the second Quarter Final and getting ready for his tomorrow, unless later players in the series...

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Is anyone else having problems with 4od? Watched Monday okay, but yesterday it refused to play in IE8. Switched to
Firefox and that said I needed an upgrade of Flash, which I had guessed might be the issue, and that fixed Firefox,
but IE8 still refuses to play (other channels are okay).

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Equallers were BOLSTERS in R4, ACTIVES in R8 (Nick missed the +S), CAWED in R13, and there are loads of 7s in the
MOPANIS round - so I will let James tell you those! Beater in R11 was my best word from CO:LON - AMPHORAE - though
I didn't risk adding the E to AMPHORA for the Latin plural at CO:LON.

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Bob De Caux wrote:AEGROTATS in Round 8

And I was pleased with GAROTTES for a mere 8. First numbers also 3x137.

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Roger Edwards and myself are now paid up - that's 4 of the top 13 from S64 going!

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How many winners have there been? Are there over 5000 teapots out there?

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I feel really sad now - we will never find out what Kerry's third look would be (unless she tells us what she was planning to wear in show 3).

Apterous agrees with Susie that JADEITES is now invalid, but IDEATES is an alt 7.

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Yay! We trained her well! WD Kerry.

No doubt James will tell us all the beaters, but equalisers were REMUDAS in R1, ENDNOTES in R4, PUPIL in R6,
PERTLY in R8, OUTSET in R11. And the quick way to 702 is 117x6.

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Is pingable a valid word? - if not it should be!! ODE3 has PING as a verb in the computer sense but not pingable. Equallers I got were BLIMPS in R4, HARPING in R6, WORMED in R11 and HINGES in R13. Glad someone else did my T selection though it didn't stand for Tony this time. Jonathan must have bee...

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2 Alternatives For 2nd Numbers Game: (75 x 2) + (7 x 5) + 10 + 1 = 196 (75 + 10 + 7 + 5 + 1) x 2 = 196 An easier way of making 28 for Rachel's way is (75/5)+2+1+10 or you can do ((7+5)x10)+75+1 Alt to FLASHER etc is FLUSHER and OAKIER instead of TROIKA. Nice to have POUNCES in two rounds.

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A real alt second numbers: ((100-6)x(9+1))-(2x3)=934.

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Did anyone else find that show annoying? Ms Mountford changed into Ms Dent for her bit and the contenders chair seemed to be able to swivel (whereas when I was on it was fixed so it couldn't). Though Rachel's mirth, when the player was deliberating about picking a third vowel as the last letter or t...

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