C1: Champion Kirk something (1 win, 127 points.) I think this is a good score
C2: Challenger Fiona Shaw, a retired nurse from Lincolnshire, married to Mark with 2 cats, Ross and Fat Dave. She enjoys gardening, writing and fine dining, and fancies herself at pistol and rifle shooting in the 2012 Olympics.
DC: Susie Dent and Phil Hammond.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: P R P I O E L A G
R02: Y L P E O E S S H
R03: C M M L A O A U I
R04: N R T S A O E A R
R05: 25, 5, 7, 9, 4, 10. Target: 760.
TTT: ACENIGHT - "Not playing by the rules. Is it your heart?"
R06: W S D S E A U F P
R07: T N G E O I D E G
R08: N N J D A I E M N
R09: T X Q T A E E N K
R10: 100, 50, 6, 8, 3, 4. Target: 176.
TTT: RENTDIVE - "Turned upside down, like Scottish Edward"
R11: H D R I A E R I M
R12: N T R U E A E L R
R13: V T Z R I O O I B
R14: 75, 100, 4, 6, 3, 1. Target: 918.
R15: D I G I T M A T E (conundrum)
Yesterday marked the much-awaited return to our screens of our very own Kirk Bevins, AKA The Kirkulator, AKA The Bevatron, AKA father of my child (ummm scratch that last one) In his opening game Sir Kirk thwarted his opponent scoring 127/130 which constitutes some sort of record that may or may not have the word "debut" in its title. Its highly anticipated that he'll become an octochamp and join the 900 club (or if he continues at this rate he may necome the first member of the 1000 club!) Kirk also has a penchant for using an obscure word where an ordinary one will suffice, so let's see what he cooks up today!
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Round 1: P R P I O E L A G
C1: PERGOLA (7)
C2: loppier
DC: GRAPPLE (7)
OT: GLOPPIER (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)
Round 2: Y L P E O E S S H
C1: HOPELESS (8)
C2: HOPELESS (8)
OT: SPYHOLES (8)
Score: 15–8 (max 16)
Round 3: C M M L A O A U I
C1: CLAIM (5)
C2: CALM (4)
DC: malic (its one of those words that only precedes acid)
OT: CALAMI (6) LAMIUM (6) MACULA (6)
Score: 20–8 (max 22)
CALAMI is the plural of calamus which has various meanings
LAMIUM is a plant otherwise known as the dead nettle
MACULA is a part of the retina
Round 4: N R T S A O E A R
C1: SANTERO (7)
C2: ROASTER (7)
DC: NARRATES (8)
OT: AERATORS (8)
Score: 27–15 (max 30)
Uncharacteristic miss by our lexohero. You can see the anguish on his face. At least he got to play an interesting 7.
Round 5: 25, 5, 7, 9, 4, 10. Target: 760.
C1: 756. (7x5+4)x25-10-9 (7)
C2: 760. Mistake in working.
RR: 760. (25x7+10+5)x4 (10)
Score: 34–15 (max 40)
Phil Hammond talks about getting shitfaced with his bitch in a field
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Teatime teaser: ACENIGHT -> CHEATING
Round 6: W S D S E A U F P
C1: PASSED (6)
C2: PAUSED (6)
DC: wussed
OT: FUSSED (6) SPADES (6) PAUSES (6) UPASES (6) PSEUDS (6)
Score: 40–21 (max 46)
Round 7: T N G E O I D E G
C1: TEEING (6)
C2: DOTING (6)
DC: TONGED (6) TINGED (6)
OT: DENOTE (6) DOGGIE (6) EDGING (6) ENDITE (6) GEEING (6) GIDGEE (6) GONGED (6) TIGGED (6) TOEING (6) TOGGED (6)
Score: 46–27 (max 52)
Looked like a good selection at first but the 2nd G killed it, except for... GONDITEEG - Nordic variation of our favourite Richard Brittainism
Round 8: N N J D A I E M N
C1: MEDIAN (6)
C2: MAIDEN (6)
DC: NANNIED (7) (unrisked by Kirk)
Score: 52–33 (max 59)
Round 9: T X Q T A E E N K
C1: EXEAT (5) makes its 2nd appearance in as many shows
C2: KNEE (4)
DC: EXTENT (6) (Jeff)
OT: EXTANT (6)
Score: 57–33 (max 65)
Round 10: 100, 50, 6, 8, 3, 4. Target: 176.
C1: 176. 100+50+8x3+6-4 (10)
C2: 176. 100+50+3x4+8+6 (10)
Score: 67–43 (max 75)
Teatime teaser: RENTDIVE -> INVERTED
Round 11: H D R I A E R I M
C1: HEDARIM (7) Susie is delighted when Kirk declares it only to find it's not there
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C2: MARRIED (7)
DC: HARRIED (7) MARDIER (7) HARDIER (7)
OT: ADMIRER (7) HAIRIER (7)
Score: 74–50 (max 82)
Round 12: N T R U E A E L R
C1: NEUTRAL (7)
C2: ETERNAL (7)
OT: RELEARNT (8) URETERAL (8)
Score: 81–57 (max 90)
Round 13: V T Z R I O O I B
C1: VIBRIO (6) Awesome
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C2: ROBOT (5)
DC: booz
OT: BORZOI (6)
Score: 87–57 (max 96)
Round 14: 75, 100, 4, 6, 3, 1. Target: 918.
C1: 919. He misses it. Oh NO! (SorryJason)
C2: 918. (75x4+6)x3 (10)
Score: 87–67 (max 106)
Round 15: D I G I T M A T E
C1 buzzes on 5 seconds to say MITIGATED which is correct.
Score: 97–67 (max 116)
Some miserable letters rounds today meant Kirk couldn't strut his vocabulary like yesterday. The middle half especially was very frustrating, yielding mostly 5s and 6s. You could tell Kirk just wanted to flop his brain out on the desk! Still a great game though. Interestingly today Kirk scored one point over the average of his 2 debuts. There's definitely more to come. Watch out!
Recap brought to you by Mole Kid's dad, the expert at Mole station.
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=60