C1: Champion Damien Doughty (2 wins, 171 points.) A creative director from Bristol, but originally from Spalding, Lincolnshire.
C2: Challenger Jack McFadyen. An electrical meter reader from Fulham, Greater London. He got married near Gretna Green on New Year's Eve 2019.
DC: Susie Dent and Colin Murray.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: S R T E E A C N T
R02: N S F R I E O D N
R03: 75, 3, 5, 10, 2, 8. Target: 426.
TTT: YOUTUBING - "The wealthiest football clubs end up doing this to all the rest."
R04: C K G R E I O L P
R05: M F T L A I E U W
R06: 50, 5, 8, 5, 2, 6. Target: 409.
R07: D R C L A E I A V
R08: D R D H E O I E Z
R09: 25, 1, 10, 5, 9, 3. Target: 244.
TTT: MEANBEAST - "It's below the ground floor, how humiliating."
R10: T P T N A O I E G
R11: Q R H D T U E A S
R12: T D X S I E A M O
R13: N S R V E I A W M
R14: 8, 7, 5, 3, 5, 2. Target: 280.
R15: C O N G O I C O N (conundrum)
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Round 1: S R T E E A C N T
Damien: CREATES (7)
Jack: CREATES (7)
DC: NATTERS (7) RECANTS (7) ENTREATS (8)
OT: NETCASTER (18)
Score: 7–7 (max 18)
Round 2: N S F R I E O D N
Damien: FRIENDS (7)
Jack: FINDERS (7)
DC: DINNERS (7) INDORSE (7)
OT: INFERNOS (8)
Score: 14–14 (max 26)
Round 3: 75, 3, 5, 10, 2, 8. Target: 426.
Damien: 426. ((75 + 10) x 5) + 3 - 2 (10)
Jack: 425.
Score: 24–14 (max 36)
Teatime teaser: YOUTUBING -> OUTBUYING
Round 4: C K G R E I O L P
Damien: LOCKER (6)
Jack: LOCKER (6)
DC: POKIER (6) GROCKLE (7)
OT: PRELOGIC (8)
Score: 30–20 (max 44)
Round 5: M F T L A I E U W
Damien: EMAIL (5)
Jack: FUTILE (6)
DC: FAIL (4) TIMEFUL (7)
OT: ALUMITE (7) MALEFIT (7)
Score: 30–26 (max 51)
Round 6: 50, 5, 8, 5, 2, 6. Target: 409.
Damien: 409. (8 x 50) + (5 / 5) + 2 + 6 (10)
Jack: 409. (8 x 50) + 5 - 2 + 6 (10)
Score: 40–36 (max 61)
Colin talks about finding the secret of enduring love, by mentioning a 110-year-old husband and 104-year-old wife who were the world's oldest living couple based in Ecuador. (At the end of the show, a voiceover on the credits had revealed that the husband had passed away since the show was recorded...
)Round 7: D R C L A E I A V
Damien: CAVIAR (6)
Jack: CRADLE (6)
DC: DRIVEL (6) CADAVER (7) CAVIARE (7) RADICAL (7)
OT: CAVALIER (8) VARICEAL (8)
Score: 46–42 (max 69)
Round 8: D R D H E O I E Z
Damien: DERIDE (6)
Jack: HIRED (5)
DC: HEROIZE (7) HEROIZED (8)
Score: 52–42 (max 77)
Round 9: 25, 1, 10, 5, 9, 3. Target: 244.
Damien: 244. (25 x 10) - 5 - 1 (10)
Jack: 244. (25 x 10) - 5 - 1 (10)
Score: 62–52 (max 87)
Teatime teaser: MEANBEAST -> ABASEMENT
Round 10: T P T N A O I E G
Damien: POTTING (7)
Jack: POTTING (7)
DC: PATTING (7) PETTING (7) PINOTAGE (8)
OT: OPTATING (8) POINTAGE (8)
Score: 69–59 (max 95)
Round 11: Q R H D T U E A S
Damien: SQUARED (7)
Jack: HARDEST (7)
OT: DATHERS (7) DEARTHS (7) QUAREST (7) QUARTES (7) QUASHED (7) QUASHER (7) SHARTED (7) THREADS (7) TRASHED (7)
Score: 76–66 (max 102)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "ineffable".
Round 12: T D X S I E A M O
Damien: ATOMISED (8)
Jack: TAXIED (6)
DC: MOISTED (7) OXIDATES (8)
OT: MODISTAE (8) OXAMIDES (8)
Score: 84–66 (max 110)
Round 13: N S R V E I A W M
Damien: REMAINS (7)
Jack: REMAINS (7)
DC: WAIVERS (7) WIREMAN (7) VERMIAN (7)
OT: MARINES (7) MINERAS (7) NERVISM (7) RAVINES (7) SEMINAR (7) WIVERNS (7)
Score: 91–73 (max 117)
Round 14: 8, 7, 5, 3, 5, 2. Target: 280.
Damien: 280. 8 x 5 x 7 (10)
Jack: 280. (8 / 2) x 7 x (5 + 5) (10)
Score: 101–83 (max 127)
Round 15: C O N G O I C O N
Damien buzzes on 3.25 seconds to say COCOONING which is correct.
Final Score: 111–83 (max 137)
Nice to see a proper typeface being used for the conundrums.
(Futura, I'm told. 
)Statistics Corner
Damien:
Total score - 111
Raw score - 116
Total % of max - 81
Raw % of max - 85
Total average score per round - 7.4
Raw average score per round - 7.7
Number of maxes - 8
Jack:
Total score - 83
Raw score - 101
Total % of max - 61
Raw % of max - 74
Total average score per round - 5.5
Raw average score per round - 6.7
Number of maxes - 5
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=82