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Steve Redfern got his first win yesterday. Can he get his second today?

Join James R. for the recap later.

MURIATED in the 2nd round.

Steven M. McCann wrote:MURIATED in the 2nd round.

I tried that too but apterous says only muriate and muriates are valid.

RAVELIN as an alt I got on TV in R1.

PAISAN as one of a few beaters in R4

alt second numbers (100-9)x(4+3)-10-1

METATES one of two beaters in R8

Don't tell us what LUTENIST means then. It's someone who plays the lute, which is what I would have guessed except that it doesn't fit the clue - something about playing this in a Bedfordshire town. You don't play a lutenist!

Rare to see either contestant use that sort of method to get to 858, let alone both!

Stomate in R8

DRAINER in round 1, ERRATUM in round 2, ZANIES in round 4, ASPECTED in round 7, BEFIT in round 10, GUENONS in round 11 and DUGITES/QUOITED in round 12.

Did anyone noticed Nick's laughing before the clock ticking in round 10? I'm still puzzled why he was laughed :/

There are some nice alternative number solves here I think although the last one took me quite a bit longer than 30 seconds! Prime factorisation is a complex problem (2 x 3 x 11 x 13)

Alt first numbers: 75 x 7 + (25 - 6) x (100 / 50)
Alt second numbers: (100 - (3 x 10)) x 9 - 4
Alt third numbers: (75 + 50 - 9) x (100 / 25) - 2
Alt fourth numbers: (100 - 25 + 3) x ((2 x 5) + 1)

Also spotted that 78x11 was an available solution to 858 for the second time this week

Philip Wilson wrote:Also spotted that 78x11 was an available solution to 858 for the second time this week

Just realised the first time was in the April 10th special, which I only watched this week