Spoilers for Thursday July 4th 2013 (Series 69 Prelim 4)

[Jordan F]

As I celebrate Independence Day here, Steve Grimble celebrates his second win. Can he get a third?

Join James for the recap later.

[Peter Mabey]

BETOKEN as beater

[szodiac]

Distinctly heard Nick mention Steve's first opponent last Tuesday was Mark.... but did not mention a final score.

Mauro

[Philip Jarvis]

Distinctly heard Nick mention Steve's first opponent last Tuesday was Mark.... but did not mention a final score.

Mauro

I reckon it was Mark D and the Countdown Team did not realise until after the recording that it was Mark Deeks who had applied under an alias.

[James Robinson]

Distinctly heard Nick mention Steve's first opponent last Tuesday was Mark.... but did not mention a final score.

Mauro

I reckon it was Mark D and the Countdown Team did not realise until after the recording that it was Mark Deeks who had applied under an alias.

Yeah, but he lost, so that's a return that backfired spectacularly, wasn't it

I thought I had hyperion in round 1, but instead HYPERON was fine. STEPDAD in round 4 too.

[Philip Wilson]

Hmm, so how many times does Nick mention a contestant's opponent's name from two shows previous?! That was weird!!!
Wonder why Susie thought we were eating biscuits! I was waiting for the connection with bogeys [bogies] and she never mentioned them again!!

[Mark Deeks]

Distinctly heard Nick mention Steve's first opponent last Tuesday was Mark.... but did not mention a final score.

Mauro

I reckon it was Mark D and the Countdown Team did not realise until after the recording that it was Mark Deeks who had applied under an alias.

Wasn't a very good choice of alias if I kept my first name the same, was it?

[Dave Preece]

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[John Douglas]

R4 - wasn't POSTDATED (9) possible?

[Zarte Siempre]

R4 - wasn't POSTDATED (9) possible?

No - tried it myself.