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John Garcia

Tony Atkins wrote:Was pleased when Josephine selected three large, but sad when Rachel had to show them how.

I did (50+9) x (25-8-7) = 590

John Garcia

Anyone else notice that both Countdown and Eggheads had Whovians as contestants today? They lost too.

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WAITRONS for 8 in R1

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(100*9) - 75 - 8

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FORSAKE as another 7 in R13

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Callum Todd wrote:Thank you for all of that Dylan, and thank you also to Zarte and Jen, for their radically different but equally inspiring pep talks before the final.

Maybe it's just me, but I'm visualizing this as Zarte's and Jen's pep-talk:
http://youtu.be/i0GW0Vnr9Yc

John Garcia

If Carlsberg made countdown finals they couldn't have come up with one like this!

Wowsers! Congrats to both players for a fantastic show.

John Garcia

Great game! I did manage to get the conundrum, but only at 28s or so. Sad to see Jen go! But Callum was a strong player, and much improved from the heats it seems. I hope there are more close contests ahead!

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DAIKONS in R2
MISHEAR in R4

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TARRIEST for 8 as a DC equaller.

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Some bright posters overcome this by putting the "answer" in white or small type, it would be more appealing if Tony did this. On several other forums there is a [spoiler]spoiler BBcode[/spoiler], e.g. see here: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/misc.php?do=bbcode#spoiler The text is hidden...

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Jack Worsley wrote: No idea about the eights in R8. Edit: According to Lexplorer, there's only one eight in that round.

Yeah only one 8 in that round in the current dictionary, though 2 in the new dictionary.

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Tony Atkins wrote:Couple of 8s in R8 but not "heapings"(+a) that I went for.

Yeah I got fooled by that too!

I got HEROISED for 8 in R1 unlike DC who only seemed to declare HEROISE

John Garcia

Peter Mabey wrote:R2 beater: PANTILED

Also DENTINAL

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Anyone get the scientific 9 in round 1? I got ENTHRONE, but don't remember what the other letter was? Ok answering my own question, turns out the other letter was an I. So ENTHRONE + I = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ p.s. just as a general point, I love the "did you get the 9 in round X ..." type que...

John Garcia

Tony Atkins wrote:Anyone get the scientific 9 in round 1?

I got ENTHRONE, but don't remember what the other letter was?

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Tony Atkins wrote:Quick way to make the 11 in 2nd numbers: 6+(50/10)

That's the way I did it! Not sure why Rachel used the extra 10.

I can't remember if DC got a 7 in R5, but they missed DOTTIER.

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THERAPIES for 9 in R9

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Great game.
SAMPHIRE as an alt 8 in R5

Sadly I went for the hyphenated FOLD-OUT instead of HOLDOUT.

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4th alt numbers: (50x10)-75=425; (8+1)x3=27; 425+27=452

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Alt 1st numbers 50x(4-1)=150; 150-6+1=145; 145*5 = 725
PERVIEST for a DC beater in R4

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Tony Atkins wrote:
Andy Platt wrote:Matrices in round 10 to beat the corner.
I got that one, but missed the other beater in round 2, the sonata round.

Yeah Matrices kinda jumped out. Surprised DC dropped the ball on that one.

John Garcia

Callum Todd wrote:(9x6+6)x8+2

Alternatively 8x9=72; 72x6 =432; 100/2=50; 432+50=482

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Dave Preece wrote: Kidding?

No straight up. That's all I remember of the (unique) solution - divide by 25 at the end.

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Gavin Chipper wrote:You must all remember Jon O'Neill having SULPHATED disallowed against Conor in the 30th birthday championship thing.

Dang, that hurts. I'd forgotten. I reckon SULPHATED should be put in the dictionary. It would make a great conundrum if nothing else!

John Garcia

Martin Long wrote:Very difficult 4L selection for the 3rd numbers round. I got to 831 using the same method as Mark and spent a fair amount of time after viewing the show trying to get 832 and still couldn't get it.

Hint: The final step in the solution is to divide by 25.

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I don't think SULFATE can be used as a verb, it's just a noun as far as I know. It isn't a verb in the OED, but it is a verb in other dictionaries, e.g.: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sulfated and is a not uncommon word in scientific papers, e.g. many of the first page of a google search are sci...

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Callum Todd wrote:R5 identical selection to R12 yesterday! (thanks Zubair for pointing that out)

HEPARIN again as well as that OUTSIDES / SUBEDITS round. Seems some letters need shuffling!

Thought SULFATED might be there for 8 (as an alt to defaults), but apparently not, only SULFATE.

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HIDEOUTS for 8 in R4

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Tony Atkins wrote:But I didn't get either available beater in R2...anyone?

Was that the MUQINALEG round? If so yeah I got the ING word. Surprised DC didn't spot either.

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MIXTAPE in R12 for an alt 7 to DC's APOTHEM

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Managed 976 out of time - ((6+7+1)x9)-4)x8 I assume Rachel got the last numbers okay as my picture froze? Yeah she managed it ok. For the 3rd numbers I did: (6x8)+1=49; 4+7+9=20; 49*20=980 to get 2 away from 978 in the other direction. For the 4th numbers Rachel did: 75+2=77; 7+6=13; 77*13=1001; 7-...

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Dan McColm wrote:
75 1 9 3 7 6 @ 872.

Thanks! I did
75-9=67; 7+6 = 13; 67 x 13 = 871; 871+1=872

John Garcia

Tony Atkins wrote:
Zarte Siempre wrote:(That was posted before Rachel did it the same way)
Well done, but have you made 872 yet? There at least 2 ways to do it, it seems.

What were the numbers again? Many thanks.

John Garcia

Callum Todd wrote:... and I think it's back down again now.

When it was up it was up, when it was down it was down, when it was only half-way up it was simultaneously both up and down in a weird quantum entanglement kind of thingy.

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David Barnard wrote:For another few days I imagine

How comes???

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Zarte Siempre wrote:NOSEDIVE in R14

In the numbers game??? How did you manage that one?

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Alex could have added an N to AGORAS to form ANGORAS. Surprised DC didn't spot that.

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EGOTIST as an alt 7 to TOOTSIE
Also easier last numbers (10+6)*8 = 128.

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Zarte Siempre wrote:Is apterous down? Why yes! Yes it is!

I can confirm. Tango down.

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2nd numbers game:
(6x6)+50-1=85; 85x5=425; 425-2=423

Another great game and score from Jen.

John Garcia

Gemma Church wrote:Evening - yes he is returner - he mentioned that he'd been on before

I thought he looked a bit too comfortable for a challenger. Makes sense. Well played Gemma, and bad luck on the loss today. Hope to see you in the finals.

John Garcia

4th Numbers: (5+4)x(100+7)=963; 75/3=25; 963+25=988

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Jason Larsen wrote:As of right now, 11:10pm BST, it is up.

It was up just now, I was playing a game, then it froze at 10.42am. It's apparently down now.

When it was up it was up, when it was down it was down, when it was only half-way up it was neither up nor down!

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It was down. Then it was up. Now it is down. Or maybe half-way up. I'm giving it a new name: Duke-of-York-itis.

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Matt Morrison wrote:Can some people other than me start pestering Charlie for an official Facebook presence? At the moment it's about three people reading Google+ and Ziggy repeating messages here. Go on Charlie!

I would be appreciative of that too! Don't do google plus. P.s. thanks for the info Ziggy.

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Site is down for me at the moment.

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Going down, down, down, down, down, down:
http://youtu.be/Zmzv5xJ4wE4?t=55s

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Good points both!

John Garcia

Well played Dylan. There's another record, too... Until today, David O'Donnell and Kirk Bevins jointly held the record for the fewest rounds lost in a 15-round-per-game octorun; they were each beaten in only three rounds. Dylan was beaten in only two rounds out of 120. Yowsers! Does anyone know if ...

John Garcia

Tony Atkins wrote:Well done to Dylan for 13 max game - though I got DENIZENS but missed the one that DC missed in R2.

Stupidly I thought ENDZONES might be in.

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szodiac wrote:
John Garcia wrote:AFFINE for 6 as a round beater in the UNFIX round
Beats Jessica's effort on that round... which was NUFFIN

Mauro/Jessica

NUFFIN is nice - better than AFFINE!

P.S. had Dylan got the conundrum, would that have been the largest winning margin ever?

John Garcia

Not sure why Rachel laughed at 112 being the target, as small targets are notoriously difficult as proved by Leone. I just about managed 112 with 7x10+50-10-1+3 and there is also a 56x2 way but none are too obvious. Agree completely, I just about got it too! AFFINE for 6 as a round beater in the UN...

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EMULATING for 9 in R2

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Andy Platt wrote:TAMPONED in round 1- DC spotted it in the last ever 3-numbers-round game (excluding specials) but not here.

There is a 3rd 8 in R1 which I only just spotted.

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PHONATED for 8 in R1

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51 x 18 for the 2nd numbers. Good debut btw!

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Jack Worsley wrote:HEADSHOT to go with HOTHEADS in round 10, as well as some other sort of head.

I think even Rachel got S***HEAD judging by her smirk.

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SYNCOPE in R4
BRIDAL in R5

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HEIRDOM as an alt 7 in R5

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