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R4 alt: DIEHARD
R8: ESTAMINET (just got it in) - a small cafe which sells alcoholic drinks
R9: 5*6*((3+3)*2+1)=390 for 2 away.

Philip A

Unbelievable, Jeff. You’re back!

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R5: FAUCETS

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R2 alt: PASSCODE (shame ‘score pads’ is two words in ODP)

Philip A

Just caught up on the ep and all this seems very overblown tbh, wouldn't say he played particularly bad and his level only really dropped in the last third of the game where he might have started feeling disheartened. Looks like he made the best out of a bad situation and came across well to me hon...

Philip A

R9: (9+1)*4=40, then add the 2 and 9 for 51 leaving *10.

Philip A

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2023 3:18 pm Was he taking the piss? I wasn't paying close attention but I didn't pick up on it.

Can’t say for certain. We’ll call this a one-off.

Philip A

I actually feel sorry for him. Not the first to score 0 (4th in fact, including 2 from 30-minute Countdown) so he’s not alone. The numbers didn’t fall nicely and he was up against a good player whose risks paid off in some of the letters rounds. Fine margins sometimes. I also recognised him from The...

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He saved his best ‘til last.

Unreal speed cubing as well. Can’t wait for more Savage in December.

Philip A

Victory for Harry will not only make him an Octochamp, but do a Rubik’s Cube solve blindfolded. Come on!

Philip A

R8: OUTARMED instead of out-dream.

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R2: SWAPTION

Philip A

Good game! I wouldn’t have been certain on UNPRICKED either.

Philip A

HATESOME and HOMELETS also in R13, and it took me 3 seconds to spot NOSEBLEED.

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PEDICATOR for an anagram of CERATOPID

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OBSTINACY was well solved by Harry.

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R5: SEXAGON

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Savage!

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R13 alt: LIMEPIT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limepit

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R1 alt: BUOYAGE

Philip A

I've attended a few scrabble tournaments and I'm really not a fan of enforced divisions which don't allow you to choose to play up, which also make it very hard to improve your rating to get out of those lower divisions - if you're towards the top you more or less have to win every game just to mai...

Philip A

Close one.

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R1: GAMETOID
R3 alt: (100-6+2)*10+8

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Devon V Somerset

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PREBAIT in R1
R13 alt; GOULDIES

Philip A

I saw OVERWROTE straight away. OVERWRITE perhaps slightly easier to unravel than its past participle.

Philip A

Fabulous performances all round. Any plans on university?

Philip A

I got ROCAMBOLE! Not on Ascension.

Philip A

So what’s the future of Catsdown, then? Still no resumption of last series and AFAIK no indication. Are they even going to make it anymore?

Philip A

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2023 10:05 am
Howie Myers wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:24 am r4: BARONISED
I looked this up at the time. It appears not to be in. (Not on Apterous anyway, so it would have to be a recent addition.)

The Oxford Dictionaries Premium website has been updated recently which is yet to be included on Apterous, but baronise is not one of the new words.

Philip A

Nice cryptic clue in the second Teaser: ruled = under, Captain James = cook.

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For time slot viewers, the episode after this starts 5 minutes earlier at 2:05 pm because of live Formula 1 – which Channel 4 now have until at least 2026.

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Kirk Bevins will be on Channel 5 game show Puzzling with Lucy Worsley. Thursday 6th July @ 8 pm on Channel 5 and My5.

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Kirk Bevins is on Episode 3, Thursday 6th July @ 8 pm.

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R4 alt: DEBONAIR
R10: PAENULAS

Philip A

Well done on making the Grand Final, Cillian; good score but came up against someone on the top of his game on the day. Ronan – phenomenal, remarkable, outstanding. To wrap it up with a personal best of 150 says it all. Above all, both all-round top guys and hope you’ll be back on the show again in ...

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All over!

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R8 alt: RADIOUS

Ronan on great form once again.

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R4 alt: TIDEWAY

Philip A

Forget The Ashes. This is the one to watch; the Grand Final featuring Ronan Higginson, the first person since the 30th Birthday Championship to achieve two maximum-scoring games, up against Cillian McMulkin, who has the joint-highest single game score ever. This should be stellar.

Philip A

R1: GOLDITE

No potashes x.

Philip A

Some contest, very well played both. Ronan the first person since Conor Travers to achieve a maximum-scoring game more than once.

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Former Sky Sports pundit Jeff Stelling is to return to Countdown as guest in Dictionary Corner at some point in Series 88, marking his first appearance on the show since stepping down as presenter in 2011.

Delightful news for Countdown fans.

Philip A

Very well done, Adam. The training paid dividends and no doubt you’ll carry on that competitive mindset in the semi-final game. Commiserations, Graham. One observation; in the last numbers game, Rachel drew the upside-down card before drawing 5 more, which means surely the last card to be put up was...

Philip A

Really good questions and contestants, but as a show it needs more refinement. Too many camera cut aways. Don’t like the graphics personally. Demeanour of host is a bit odd. Feels more like a BBC 2 programme. For a show that’s not overly highbrow, it’s a bit classy. Should be teams of two or three w...

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First episode delayed by 15 minutes because of Channel 5 Live News special, Titanic Sub: Lost At Sea.

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These have been good games so far with high combined scores. Well done Dave. Well played Cillian and best of luck for Wednesday’s semi-final.

I had MIDFACES in Round 2 and it took me 16 seconds to spot INOCULANT.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:46 am
Philip A wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:36 am Unsure why tesseract isn’t in ODP.
Yeah, bit of a weird omission.

Falseagram of RASCETTES.

Philip A

Unsure why tesseract isn’t in ODP.

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Octochamp Cillian VS 6-time winner Dave. The winner plays again on Wednesday.

Philip A

After such an amazing comeback the day before it looked like she was on for the lowest ever score in the champions chair - I assume ni the end that it wasn't? My first opponent scored 27 having won on debut with 103. It should in fact have been 20, but due to DOTTIER being wrongly allowed with only...

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Thursdays 8pm, Channel 5. Lucy Worsley hosts.

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An enjoyable match. Well played as ever, Ronan. I missed REGIMENS, but spotted SUBVOCAL. Andrew scored more points than what most No. 8 seeds have achieved; well bowed-out especially on the conundrum. Cillian against Daddy Cap tomorrow.

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Ronan VS Andrew The finals begin here - one day earlier than originally scheduled due to a cancelled recording, meaning (not for the first time) the Grand Final will not be on a Friday. 110 contestants took part; only 2 became Octochamps, the fewest for 13 years. But these 8 worthy finalists will do...

Philip A

I like the new typeface for the cards (playing on a new Motorola).

Philip A

Some comeback from Sarah Bibby, especially with that 6-small solve in the final numbers (I had her solution after 20 seconds). Good contest.

Philip A

Unlucky Graham, but well done on claiming 4th seed.

It means for the first time in 13 years when Oliver Garner won, just 2 Octochamps for this series; it’s the third time it’s happened in over 21 years of ‘45-minute’ Countdown.

Philip A

R10: No untrailed* but a chestnut 9 in UITLANDER - South African word for a foreigner or outsider.

Philip A

To be fair, the contestant clearly uttering ‘eccession’ for such a common word in ‘accession’ is a bit weird. Some quiz shows do insist on a “phonetically correct” rule so this isn’t unique. Unfortunate, but I think at least in preliminary matches they should allow some leeway, or perhaps ask for sp...

Philip A

1,041 - he places 2nd. A fabulous run.

The finals run from 21-23 and 26-29 June. Adam Dexter is up next very soon so this series is really going to shape up over the next 4 weeks.

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