Spoilers For Wednesday November 30th 2011

[James Robinson]

As we're approcahing the end of the 11th month, everything is now in place for the finals, which begin in 8 days time.

So, now we're going to start the search for who will be the carryover champion for the new Hewer era in the New Year.

First up is our new champion, Phyllis Styles, who from a seemingly lost position, managed to beat Kirsten Thompson by a single point, but can she maintain her winning pedigree today, I wonder

Join me for an earlier than normal Robinson Recap later. (In case you're wondering, I'm not on strike, I just took the day off. )

[Stewart Gordon]

Unless I saw a phantom letter, my ability to spot nines seems to have OUTLASTED theirs....

[James Robinson]

Unless I saw a phantom letter, my ability to spot nines seems to have OUTLASTED theirs....

You actually swapped one of the D's for a T, Stewart...........

[James Robinson]

WIDEOUT as an alternative 7 in round 6.

[James Robinson]

2nd Numbers Alt. (after time): (25 + 10 + 3) x 8 = 304 - Cost me a max game too, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[James Robinson]

MOSAIC in round 11.

[James Robinson]

NERVINE in round 12.

[James Robinson]

3rd Numbers Alt.: ((75 + 9) x 6) - 2 = 502 or to be adventuruous: ((75 - (6 x 2)) x 8) - (9 - 7) = 502

Not the best of games today, but I still got a 14-maxer, so I'm happy.

Recap up within the hour,........... hopefully.

[Jack Worsley]

With a contestant aggregate score of 108, I make that the lowest of the series.

1st numbers alt: (100-10-3)x8-9-8=679
2nd numbers alt (out of time): (75+10+8)x3+25=304
3rd numbers alt: (75-2)x7-9=502

[Gavin Chipper]

Has anyone said (8*8+3)*10+9 for the first numbers? I thought it was quite neat.
I did the (25+10+3)*8 method for the second one as well, so a couple of quite satisfying ones I thought.
And for completeness, I did (75-2)*7-9 for the boring last one.

[Andy Platt]

With a contestant aggregate score of 108, I make that the lowest of the series.

Yeah, maybe we should get an apterite to destroy her

Has anyone said (8*8+3)*10+9 for the first numbers? I thought it was quite neat.

Did it the same way actually mate - was really struggling until I abandoned the 100... counter-intuitive.

I've got nothing to add really. Did DC mention ENTHUSE in round 13? That's what I had. And ABHORS in round 8 but they beat it anyway.
I think I twelve-maxed that, which is okay. Conundrum took ages... on apterous you'd never have ING written out in the scramble for an ING solve so I was looking elsewhere for ages. Bad habit.

[Richard Priest]

Did DC mention ENTHUSE in round 13?

Yes they did.

[Chris Marshall]

She is an apterite Andy...sort of. 56 games. Does that count? 50% record against me

[David Williams]

All these alternatives for the third numbers, and no-one went for

9 x 8 x 7 - 2 = 502

9 x 8 x 7 for 504 is the only sum I remember as opposed to working out. I also spent the whole 30 seconds trying without success to use it to get to 304 in the second numbers.

[Johnny Canuck]

How come INFOLDS^ isn't in?

[Mike Brown]

How come INFOLDS^ isn't in?

According to the ODE, it's considered to be an outmoded spelling of ENFOLD, although INFOLDED and INFOLDING are still O.K.