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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Thu Jan 24, 2019 1:27 pm Brendan game 6. Surely he'll octo now?

I'd say he's more likely to on Monday tbh.

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You know you're reaching the critical stages of the CoC when Susie starts needing to define the conundrum answers. (This one is still unpencilled too!)

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Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 9:33 pm Can honestly say that is the toughest conundrum I think I have ever seen - would not have got that in 100 million years!

I think that one actually is in Ascension -- mind you, I still only got it because I remember setting it myself.

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James Robinson wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:39 pm DHELIBONG as the scramble for the conundrum...., am I missing a joke, or does no-one know how to spell DELHI??

DHELIMUGS in Series 70 also. Curiouser and curiouser.

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Jennifer Steadman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 3:51 pm
Ryan Lam wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 3:10 pmpegging

Signature checks out.

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Joy! Looks like I'm stuck at work over lunch hour today. Anyone else can do the recap if they're up for it - otherwise I'll wikify it tonight.

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Apto-magic for the Wynn!! Great start to the tourney despite the subpar max score and commiserations to Phil for being within striking distance for so long.

Got 828 in the fourth numbers game via (5*5-2)*9*4 I believe.

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri Dec 14, 2018 2:16 pm PATIENT as an equaller in Round 1, surely? Can't believe the studio missed that.

Or you could garnish DC's FETA to make FETATION.

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Today's recap is up for grabs if anyone wants to make it this afternoon! Not gonna have time to 'cap it up within an hour. For the rest of the world, Mark Jeary gears up for game four today -- and due to the layout of the series leaderboard, it's all the way to Series 80 or nothing if he hopes for a...

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I'm actually quite impressed regarding how quiet everyone on here managed to be about Robin's absence, with the finals presumably having been planned four months ago or so.

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If Aptery is indeed correlated with octochampdom, Apterite Sam Reilly may give us a ninth, but he'd have to start either tomorrow or Monday to make the S79 deadline.

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STOWED can take a preceding RE-.

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Now that I have a full-time job I'd have to say that a Saturday slot would be quite convenient! They managed six-day-a-week broadcasts for several months in Series 54 (early 2006) -- does anyone know why the Saturday show was put there?

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 12:51 am 7th president of the United States of America Andrew Jackson is back for game three!!!!

...of his second term, in fact.

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When was the last series where a 7-time champion didn't make the finals? Was it Series 47? As a wiki/Countdown history geek I should totally remember this... guess I've gotta turn in my card now

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A car.

Social skills.

A pizza cutter.

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So last night I dreamt I was watching Countdown with the intent of recapping it, and things got... interesting. The person in the champion's chair was a male Apterite and clearly part of the 900-club/CoC material crowd, and he was facing off against an elderly woman named Debra Nycholls (spelling on...

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CECIL has been repeating a LONG sequence of Martin May's targets -- won't be long before the repeated sequence hits itself if this keeps up.

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You can come back after 5 years. Zarte did. I think that is dependant on how the opponent does, as Zarte lost to a CoC champ, but Alan seems capable, so we will see how he does, as if he octos, that may help Chris out, but I am not sure as to whether that is an official or unofficial stance. Don't ...

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Can't get any details for today's show at all -- therefore, anyone else who has the details can go ahead and do the recap, I don't mind. Have they just stopped putting them online for some reason?

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:18 am How come the episode ain't on the wiki yet?

Sorry dude -- couldn't get access to the subtitles file today, which is usually how I've been transcribing them. Are there subtitles for this episode on 4oD for you? I can't tell if they're down for everyone or just me...

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If DC said REMORSE in the NORMLESS round, they done screwed up -- and the wiki will need to be edited.

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Poor Vicki... I whitewashed her.

1st Numbers Alt.: (75 - 1) * (1 + 3 + 3) - 50

SONORITY to match TOURNOIS.

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This series must be approaching the record for greatest number of people who have been provisionally ranked #1 seed, though I suspect Series 21 is still tops (see the factoid on the page).

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I'll be really surprised (and disappointed) if mike doesn't make the 800 club After today, I honestly don't think he's that likely to anymore -- he'd need his highest score so far (115) to qualify. Still doable by all means if he gets a niner, though, and he's also probably going to yet again make ...

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Oh yeah. And. PEGMATOID in the first round.

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Without revealing his real last name, does anyone know if this challenger is "Alex H" from Apterous?

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Were any of the CoC shows billed as being the 7000th episode? Officially that won't be until the second week of Series 80 proper, but the celebrations of "thousandth" episodes have tended to be slightly before the actual ones.

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Pleased to get a max game here, though dampened somewhat by the max score being so low.

4th Numbers Alt.: (25 * 4 - 1 - 7) * 6

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David Williams wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:10 pm
Tom S wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:20 pm No joy for Unstarted in R1....
Those of us who followed it with DISAGREER in R2 would have got off to a pretty poor start.

Though they would be in pretty respectable company

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Mike is an Apterite, though he seems to have only played a double-digit number of games. Respect to both him and Tealin for assembling the highest joint score of the series so far.

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LATERISED!

EDIT: Was also hoping for SEACOAST in the FACETS round but it's CSW only. Cripes.

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Robin's range of heat scores must be one of the largest of any octochamp, though I suspect Glen Webb is still tops.

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PURPOSER to beat RAPPERS/POURERS.

Four octochamps in 33 games... mad skillz from Robin and all the others.

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Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2018 1:53 pm Has any Octochamp ever got 0 conundrums? He's 0/6 so far.

Ryan Taylor got only 1/8. I think there may have been octos with 0/8 success rates in the 9 round era (Lindsay Denyer comes to mind).

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I hope Robin's scores keep linearly increasing and he gets like 150 in his last game.

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Um... Janet, I doubt "pronounciation" is Received Pronunciation.

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That conundrum answer was somewhat topical, as it's Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). For a couple more hours, anyway.

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MATRONAGE to beat GARMENTO.

Nice job completing the octochampdom hat-trick, Dave!

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All of the targets since Tuesday have been repeats of a sequence from last week. Tony got parts of both repetitions.

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Thanks for confirming, Philip!

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After the letter D was put up in Round 8 (PLAUDIT round), am I right in thinking that Sam asked for "another" consonant and Rachel mistakenly picked an A from the vowel box? Or did I just mishear him saying "a vowel"? Quite a close game, especially for so late in a run -- respect...

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"Can I have a concert, please, Rachel?" in the first letters round after the first break. Even the subtitles recorded him saying that!

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It's LARGEBAPS all over again.

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I predict Wynn and Chafer-Cook will get through to the first and second semi-finals, prevailing by a lot of points each time. Then Stewart Holden and Craig Beevers will crash the party and battle it out in the final.

Also, are there two Moles?

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Including his original stint in 1999, Tony has had four different DC guests in five games. Freaky, huh?

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Another repeated CECIL sequence is on the march. R3 yesterday matched R14 of this episode from November 2017, and all targets since have been the same.

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Hat Fuzz.

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At least 6 times a day, sometimes 7-10 if I'm in a work environment that features free coffee. IBS is a bastard.

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Took me an embarrassingly long time to remember what NEUROMAS + T was...

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DLEEROTHF uses the same name but is probably too hard for a heat game

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Philip Wilson wrote: ↑Fri Aug 17, 2018 2:55 pm Strange unpronounceable conundrum scramble!

I thought this at first too but, being a fan of Van Halen and other classics, I think it might have been intended to spell out "D. Lee Roth".

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Why does the wiki show "* *" for MARLIER - that was said so should have no "*"? Because MARLIER isn't a word. And never has been. A double asterisk is a signal that there is an administrative error afoot. If MARLIER is indeed not specified in Premium, this will be at least the s...

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I can't have been the only one who mentally asked "Is it GANDISEEG?" on the second Teatime Teaser...

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Tony Atkins wrote: ↑Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:29 pm Why does the wiki show "* *" for MARLIER - that was said so should have no "*"?

Because MARLIER isn't a word. And never has been. A double asterisk is a signal that there is an administrative error afoot.

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Yep, subtitles popped in just then. PAVES indeed. Thanks.

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I can't make out what word Leonora said in Round 11 (PANTIES round). Is it PAINS? PAVES? It sounds like it contains a D sound. There are magically no subtitles available for this episode either.

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PREDIKANT in the last letters round. Thank you, Sherpa Shilty.

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1st Numbers Alt.: (100 - 75) * 8 - 1 - 1

2nd Numbers Alt.: (50 + 25 + 3 + 5) * 6 - 5

RESONATE+F is AFTERNOSE.

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CECIL's repetition has left the building. For now, anyway.

1st Numbers Alt.: (75 + 25 + 10) * 8 + 2

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