C1: Champion Dan Spinks (3 wins, 257 points.) An Apterite, and married to former contestant, Claire Spinks.
C2: Challenger Dave Butler. Originally from England, but now lives in Ireland. He's a massive fan of the Canadian baseball team, Toronto Blue Jays.
DC: Susie Dent and making his DC debut, Ore Oduba.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: L U B A R E T B S
R02: V T A E N D I A T
R03: 75, 100, 50, 25, 7, 9. Target: 278.
TTT: CANTDICE - "You can't dice vegetables safely with a blunt knife, it'll lead to this."
R04: M N U A R S I A G
R05: S E F O W I S R S
R06: 25, 75, 3, 6, 8, 1. Target: 576.
R07: G E R A T I R E J
R08: N O C Y L E U E A
R09: 100, 75, 25, 50, 8, 6. Target: 507.
TTT: ROSECHAT - "Dame Hird observes the body parts."
R10: T I O M W I R Z A
R11: T E N A P E S I T
R12: H C U E T D I L O
R13: K A M E N A M H G
R14: 8, 9, 10, 5, 6, 1. Target: 575.
R15: R E I N C L O S E (conundrum)
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Round 1: L U B A R E T B S
Dan: rubbles
Dave: BARBELS (7)
DC: BARBULES (8)
OT: BALUSTER (8)
Score: 0–7 (max 8)
Round 2: V T A E N D I A T
Dan: DEVIANT (7)
Dave: DEVIANT (7)
DC: ATTAINED (8)
Score: 7–14 (max 16)
Round 3: 75, 100, 50, 25, 7, 9. Target: 278.
Dan: 275. (9 x 25) + 50 (7)
Dave: 277. Mistake in working.
RR: 278. ((100 / 25) x (75 + 7)) - 50 (10)
Score: 14–14 (max 26)
Teatime teaser: CANTDICE -> ACCIDENT
Round 4: M N U A R S I A G
Dan: GRAINS (6)
Dave: RINGS (5)
DC: MARINAS (7) IGUANAS (7) AMUSING (7)
OT: GUARANIS (8) MAGUARIS (8)
Score: 20–14 (max 34)
Round 5: S E F O W I S R S
Dan: FIRES (5)
Dave: FRIES (5)
DC: ROSSIES (7)
OT: OSSIFERS (8)
Score: 25–19 (max 42)
Round 6: 25, 75, 3, 6, 8, 1. Target: 576.
Dan: 575.
Dave: 576. (75 x 8) - 25 + 1 (10)
Score: 25–29 (max 52)
Ore talks about his role in the West End show, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Round 7: G E R A T I R E J
Dan: GARTER (6)
Dave: GRATER (6)
DC: GREATER (7) TEARIER (7)
OT: REGRATE (7) RIGAREE (7)
Score: 31–35 (max 59)
Round 8: N O C Y L E U E A
Dan: CLEAN (5)
Dave: CLEAN (5)
DC: LUNACY (6)
OT: AUNCEL (6) CANULE (6) COULEE (6) ENLACE (6) LAUNCE (6) LEUCON (6) LOANEE (6) UNCLAY (6) UNLACE (6)
Score: 36–40 (max 65)
Round 9: 100, 75, 25, 50, 8, 6. Target: 507.
Dan: 506. (75 x 8) - 100 + 6 (7)
Dave: 508. (100 x 6) - 75 - 25 + 8 (7)
RR: 507. (((100 / 25) + 50) x 8) + 75 (10)
Score: 43–47 (max 75)
Teatime teaser: ROSECHAT -> THORACES
Round 10: T I O M W I R Z A
Dan: RATIO (5)
Dave: ATOM (4)
DC: MATZO (5)
OT: MORITA (6) ZMIROT (6)
Score: 48–47 (max 81)
Round 11: T E N A P E S I T
Dan: peatiest - (NOTE: PEATIEST should've been allowed, but a bug meant loads of -IER and -IEST words went missing...
)Dave: PANTIES (7)
DC: SAPIENT (7) PATTIES (7) PATENTS (7)
OT: PIANETTES (18)
Score: 48–54 (max 99)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "leg" and "booby prize".
Round 12: H C U E T D I L O
Dan: TOUCHED (7)
Dave: DILUTE (6)
DC: CLOTHED (7) HIDEOUT (7)
OT: CLOUTED (7) COUTHIE (7) DUCTILE (7) DULCITE (7) DULOTIC (7) DUTCHIE (7) LICHTED (7) LITHOED (7) OUTHELD (7) OUTLIED (7)
Score: 55–54 (max 106)
Round 13: K A M E N A M H G
Dan: MANGE (5)
Dave: MANGE (5)
DC: MANAGE (6)
OT: AGNAME (6) GAMAHE (6) GNAMMA (6) KANGHA (6) KHANGA (6) MAGAME (6) MAKHNA (6)
Score: 60–59 (max 112)
Round 14: 8, 9, 10, 5, 6, 1. Target: 575.
Dan: 570. (((9 + 1) x 10) + 8 + 6) x 5 (7)
Dave: 580. ((9 x 6) + 5 - 1) x 10 (7)
RR: 575. (((10 + 9) x 6) + 1) x 5 (10)
Score: 67–66 (max 122)
Round 15: R E I N C L O S E
No one buzzes. The answer was SCORELINE.
Final Score: 67–66 (max 132)
Statistics Corner
Dan:
Total score - 67
Raw score - 74
Total % of max - 51
Raw % of max - 56
Total average score per round - 4.5
Raw average score per round - 4.9
Number of maxes - 1
Dave:
Total score - 66
Raw score - 81
Total % of max - 50
Raw % of max - 61
Total average score per round - 4.4
Raw average score per round - 5.4
Number of maxes - 1
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=87