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I'll give it a go

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At first glance:

2. INCUMBENT
15. KETONURIA

5. LEMONWOOD?
25. OUTWORKER?

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Joseph Bolas wrote:*AIRMISS is listed in the dictionary as a noun so not sure if this can be pluralised.

AIRMISSES is an acceptable word, just not as a conundrum (plurals aren't aloud you see)

I'll give this new bunch a try later.

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Only caught the last 15 mins, but another v good game Matt. Toughish conundrum. I spotted it at about 13 secs but before that I blurted out ABOLITION. I've never even heard of PERIANTHS (tho I've not heard of much!) so well done for spotting that even if you didnt say it. Just realised you said it w...

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Sometimes they've had contestants who've already had relations on the show. Of course Noel always tries to spin it out as something spesh.

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Ben Wilson wrote:It was snowing yesterday in Sheffield as well. Bloody mental. :-/

And again today. Bit heavier as well.

Ben Wilson wrote:I thought it was November Rain, or is that just the song?

I like that song

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To be honest I didnt think ACEPTARMIGAN was that tricky when I made it, but then I am a chemist

Its not some obscure compound name, but if anyone (that hasn't already cheated) wants a clue: Its an easy 8 letter word with a four letter prefix

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dinos_the_chemist wrote:HOGWASH

Whoops I must have imagined that 2nd H

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HOGWASH

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Good luck

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Correct. 3 left: P, N and R.

6. GERMANINSEST
8. ACEPTARMIGAN
19. PRINCEAHOLIC

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A point of minor interest: Is it just me or hasn't this forum put its clocks forward? When you submit stuff its like you did it an hour ago. Not a major issue I know, just a bit confusing. Perhaps Soo can sort it out.

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Failure: 2 majors, 4 minors :( My driving's fine tho. Its my friggin nerves! Why is it I could keep my cool in front of millions of viewers on Countdown, but can't pull myself together and drive in front of a stranger for 40 mins w/o fucking it up! Anyway I've booked in for my 4th test, but I'm not ...

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God I hate Noel. The way he tries to make every game special. Its so fucking monotonous!

I hope one day Noel opens a giant box from the banker filled to the brim with shit and he, the contestants and the entire audience get pebbledashed. That would really make my day

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That leaves: BDGNPRT

5. DINOSRATTIES
6. GERMANINSEST
7. IPUSHGRANIDA
8. ACEPTARMIGAN
17. MAGNETHABITW
18. SQUIRTDENIAL
19. PRINCEAHOLIC

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All right so far (except for Amey Deshpande lol). Unfortunately I made a typo. Should be IPUSHGRANIDA.

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Joseph Bolas wrote:Did anyone get the clp of The Descent too at the beginning of the 2nd half?

For a minute I thought that Carol might be advertising spelunking or something, but then no one was saying okeydoke, and I realised what had happened.

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Gargh can't sleep! I'm leaving out J, X, Y and Z because frankly I cant be arsed with them: 1. NECQUIETNESS 2. PEACHYMOTHER 3. IDONTLINGUAL 4. NAIVETRAINER 5. DINOSRATTIES 6. GERMANINSEST 7. IPUSHGRANIDA 8. ACEPTARMIGAN 9. HUGTROLPENIS 10. EETSHITSATAN 11. COOKIEPEDALS 12. ITOSSUMANUEL 13. GGALLANTL...

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I believe that's Matt's debut game, and the date of my (3rd) driving test.

Good luck, Matt! (and me)

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AUDITED

Easy miss there by our champion

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LIBERTAS X. I believe they're a Latin pop group

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TRENDED as an equaller for DERATED but not sure if I'd have risked it

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Happy April Fool's day btw

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lol

If anyone has any other corn stories I'm all ears

(you know, as in ears of corn)

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Like many have already said the big August break would be good (presuming I don't have to do any resits!).

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A question for past contestants: Are there DC guests, who were on during your run, near the top of your preference list, who probably otherwise wouldn't even register on your likability radar. ie They're introduced and you think "Oh they're not the funniest guest, but I've met them and they wer...

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Kevin Thurlow wrote:It could also be a cyclohexane, pyridine (and many more...)

Pyridine is perhaps a more suitable match (Nitrogen could be the one large) but frankly no cyclic 6 carbon compound has the same iconic status as benzene

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OUTPLACES is a no no! I learnt that last time the selection came up, and this time spotted COPULATES straight away.

Also Round 10:

(100-4)x7+75 is quite a neat solution. For some reason I like adding a biggie on at the end.

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Someone needs to finetune Desbot. Thats the 20th Okeydoke this show!

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Hi Mark, first of all welcome to the group :) In response to your question (which others will probably elaborate upon better than I) probably the easiest way to improve your game is to look out for common endings ie -ING, -ED, -ER, -IER, -EST, -IES, -ISE etc. Of course there are other words like SUN...

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Gargh I missed it. And what a game I missed! When I look at the recap and get the conundrum in one second its essentially a piece of piss tho

oh Almost forgot congrats Conor!

What's happening/happened with Paul vs Ben?

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Corby wrote:That'll show his wife.

Just read this one. LOL

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Bit previous aren't you?

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yep, better than some shitty deal or no deal 'classic' where a bunch of slightly handicapped working class people 'really try their best' to randomly pick a number between 1 and 22 and then start crying because their probability logic is below that of a retarded slug. Its not all that bad. Sometime...

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Please don't do that. It's a game with one purpose: engaging your brain to kill time. Read a book. You'll get a lot more from it. Book? What are they? The last one I finished was Harry Potter in Year 7. I always end up abandoning books half way thru. I'm a slow reader and they just don't keep my at...

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Martin Gardner wrote:My favourite beef about film premiere is that it's a masculin noun in French and therefore should be film premier!

Martin

I'm confused as to how you pronounce it. Is it pruh-mear or prem-yair?

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Ditto. I'm a sucker for most puzzles, but normal su doku sucks arse and I will only do the one in the Metro as a last resort to doing work. Knowing I like puzzles I've received endless su doku gifts including SHITEDOKU where you use the aforementioned letters instead of numbers, and this Christmas s...

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Oh, sorry. Here, it makes a lot of sense to say, "You deserve a certain thing," but as for the statement, "You deserve a person," that makes no sense at all. I'm pretty sure I've seen it on several US shows, so it must exist there. Jason, when an outside observer says two people...

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Well done Joe. Not many people can say they got EROTIC on national TV

A feat I managed as well

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01. AGILERRIB 02. ALMUCEJUS 03. ANTIJUTES 04. ASSOILDIG 05. AWOLGONAD 06. CEASEFIRS 07. COLEADING 08. CRESTONYX 09. ELECTCORE 10. FEINTSINS 11. FUNDCATTY 12. IDLEFIQUE 13. ITCHYLEAN 14. LITMUSBRA 15. MIDZANIER 16. NOTBESERK 17. NURSEDIED 18. QUAILHERN 19. REACHTOAD 20. REAMSISIS 21. RECOVERUS 22. SE...

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Joseph Bolas wrote:I thought it was BLOODLIFE ).

ZOMG so did I! We both suck!

Joe Denniss wrote:Thanks guys. I hope no-one saw my smiles as being smug, because they weren't. I was just genuinely thoroughly enjoying myself

Thought you came across rather well actually. Enjoy the fame while it lasts!

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I think today's challenger Joe is a member of this group, so well done to him for winning today's game.

Anyone think John Sargeant/Sergeant looks a bit like Jo Brand?

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SWINGED Not sure if I'd have risked it though

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Charlie Reams wrote:
dinos_the_chemist wrote:They would have to find a 10-letter letter simile for it!
Synonym?

Yeah thats the one

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Its just for fun Jason. Countdown would never switch to 10 letters. For one thing after the initial title sequence where COUNTDOWN is displayed on the letters board, it wouldn't fully occupy the 10 spaces. Could you imagine? :o Same goes for the CONUNDRUM. They would have to find a 10-letter letter ...

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Here's my shitty attempt at the French language. Plz let me kno the maxes, whats allowed etc

IMAGES

MILLE

CESSE(ES?)

ROTANTE

Duel 1: No idea

Duel 2: DONCASTER?

HAUTE

REFUSER

TRAIN

CANTE

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Happy birthday Corby! How do I add mine?

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Yeah I would have risked PATIOED. I'll make note of its valid anagram

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I believe 6 small is her second favourite - I remember a show where the contestant asked her for her second favourite selection, and I was surprised by her choice (of course, this is when someone with a better memory than me comes along and corrects me...) That person is here! I think I recall the ...

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Gevin-Gavin wrote:I think it would be good to ask for three from one of the rows that isn't the top and then three from any other row of your choice. So Carol has to choose between three large or no large. Or two from a non-top row and four from any other one row.

Ooh thats brutal. She'd die!

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I am surprised someone hasn't got two of the four remaning conundrums Keep suggestions coming I am sorry, Jason. Already had my fill of these conundrum rounds after the first or second one was posted. I think you might get more interest if you and Dinos don't post them so frequently. Also, the fact...

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[quote="David O'Donnell"]Was it my imagination or did today's challenger fail to score a max on any letter round?quote]
You're right the only maxes he scored were the first 2 numbers rounds

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johnbrackstone wrote:can you have prolines for 8? (not sure if dc mentioned it as i was watching with sound off)

Nope sorry just PROLINE

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After racking my brain away at the remaining four I used a solver and I don't think TUGATIGER and HARRYPOGA are valid. Is the latter GYROPHARA? However HURTSLOPE and SHOUTTRIP are 2 excellent conundrums. Keep em coming

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here's another one guys! Apologies if these have; been seen on tv, repeated in this forum or have more than one solution :oops: I think this is a rather difficult one :mrgreen: 1. TUGATIGER 2. MAULPARIS 3. CIGARETTS 4. HOOPWRILL 5. POXYCOLDI 6. DANJUICED 7. GOINQUASH 8. ADOZETAPA 9. HURTSLOPE 10. H...

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I wish I'd wowed my chemist friends and gone for a benzene ring. Centre top, the 2 diagonally outwards, the 2 below those, then diagonally inwards. Sadly it was not to be...

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dinos_the_chemist wrote:Oops! It should have been SCREWGINRACK. WISECRACKING is correct, and also I thought it was RHODODENDRUM

No thats not even right. SCREWGINCAIK. Got there int end!

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Since I have watched Countdown, I have observed that there is no announcer on the show and the hosts do not introduce themselves. This has been true since Countdown's very first show with Richard Whiteley. Could it possibly be because the cast and crew think the hosts are household names? For examp...

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Thats all of em. Well done guys. Next one in a week or two.

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