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Michael Wallace

I always think a really good clue should be able to stand alone outside of the crossword and still have one definite answer, that when you get it you just know that 'yep, that's the answer', rather than it being one of several possibilities, all of which are equally viable and you need to get lette...

Michael Wallace

to be honest, he (the dude who's on at the moment, this Alastair chap?) seems alright - he's suitably inoffensive, at least, although admittedly I've mostly given up paying any attention to what they talk about before the first ad break, so for someone to be inoffensive to me they basically just hav...

Michael Wallace

No, you can use an exchange word. For instance I had the clue: That yellow is a frightful job (5) Job = chore (anagram) = ochre. Ah, on further reading (i.e. wikipedia) it seems that it's just hardly ever done: "This kind of clue is called an indirect anagram, which in the vast majority of cry...

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surprised neither of them just went for the 6x8 route...

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ARTICLED as an equaller?

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also STERILE?

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Sounds good. I'll get the ball rolling: Jo Brand Fat bitch Katie Price fucks around, contracting strain of hepatitis (2,5) Whilst this is indeed a superb clue, I was always under the impression that you can't anagrammise a word you've clued to (that is, to have an anagram of JORDAN, you actually ha...

Michael Wallace

I didn't Jason :D . I finished number 9 seed in the series but I was invited back to the finals as a reserve player. Hence, if someone couldn't make it to the finals on the day in Leeds, I would replace them and play. So you'll have to wait and see if I got the chance to play :) So basically you sp...

Michael Wallace

I suppose I have been rearranging my dissertation supervision meetings to make sure I can be home in time for countdown...

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I've been getting gradually better at cryptic crosswords since my dad introduced me to them a few years ago. My main problem now is often not having the old school vocabulary/general knowledge that's often required (I often find crosswords with phrases that I've never heard of because they were only...

Michael Wallace

15 - MARIJUANA (slow and steady wins the race, or something)

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In before everyone else does the easy ones:

8 - XENOPHOBE
12 - VALIDATED
16 - ZOOKEEPER

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my boyfriend is proud for getting MITOTIC in round 13

(I say proud, he's just showing off

)

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Joseph Bolas wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:I want to see that challenger get another game
Yeah , she could say that Jonathan's risks put her off and she lost .

To be honest, she could claim Des put her off (but then again, who couldn't?)

Michael Wallace

I want to see that challenger get another game

Michael Wallace

David O'Donnell wrote:What did both players declare in the REMOTES round?

REMOTES

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David O'Donnell wrote:My fucking signal is going crazy, bring back aerials - digital is rubbish !

I feel your pain - most of the time when I'm watching stuff on terrestrial I just have it on analogue because constant slight fuzziness is better than it just stopping every other second

Michael Wallace

clearly the cool kids do it the 164*5 way

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ahoy, thar be spoilers, etc.

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3rd Numbers Alt: ((9 - 1) x 25) + 7 So what's the consensus then? Will Jonathan make it to octochamp-dom? I'd be surprised if he doesn't - although he's pretty sloppy when the numbers are anything harder than really easy. He seemed to have a bad day today (I'd've thought a man who can spot GRADIENT...

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what about PREFAB? (I'll get around to downloading the word list eventually, honest...)

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is SENORAS in?

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and SIMPERING, presumably?

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you never know, maybe this woman will suddenly become an amazing countdown god for the 2nd two halves (who then goes on to lose inexplicably tomorrow...)

maybe

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it's not looking good for Mr. Cullen...

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What does this guy need to overtake him? I seem to remember seeing about half a dozen different numbers...

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37 is KILOBYTE?

(obviously I'd solve all of them, but I'm just passing through...)

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Howard Somerset wrote:Good quiz, Jason.

If I'd have taken more time over spelling, I'd have got three more points and come off bottom place. I read porn as pawn.

Looking forward to the next one now.

Ditto

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1st numbers alternative (since they seem all the rage these days):

100-(2x7) = 86
86x10 = 860
860-6-3 = 851

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OMG SPOILERS What spoilers? EDIT: I realise now you may just be claiming to be a mathematical genius :geek: :P Moreover, you've given away that DO'D didn't fly into a mad rage when an opponent chose a consonant after PRORATES came out, destroying the studio before the finals could conclude (and car...

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OMG SPOILERS

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am I not right in thinking that if this guy goes on to win all his games he'll have won game 7 as the last of the series? (I'm basing this on thinking the first quarter final is next thursday, you see) I read elsewhere on the forums that the finals begin on June 12th which, if correct, would leave ...

Michael Wallace

am I not right in thinking that if this guy goes on to win all his games he'll have won game 7 as the last of the series? (I'm basing this on thinking the first quarter final is next thursday, you see)

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It's 4am so why shouldn't I waste my time doing this? 1. Leave. Scrabble? 2. Take. (why not) 3. Take. 4. Leave. Somebody who loves me? 5. Leave. New York. (edit: Ok yes there's an O in it, no sniggering at the back there...I totally *can* blame that one on the time though, right?) 6. Leave. Ox? 7. L...

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What about those of us with mediocrity complexes?

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no VOMITING??

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MANLIEST as an equaller too in round 6?

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jasoncullen wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:TRIOLETS in round 4?
There was only 1 "T" Michael

Hence the ? - it was rather a last-minute spot, which might explain the phantom letters

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bit of a shocker
7*75 = 525
(100+50)/25 = 6
525+6/2 = 528

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TRIOLETS in round 4?

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that was totally a jeffrey

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stop trying to show off/make people look stupid and tell us

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You know what to do (and is MAGGIES in (equaller for round 2)?)

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ohhhh, that rings a bell now, actually - so when they said today that someone had 'miscounted' was that just a politer way of saying 'someone cheated'

Michael Wallace

SCIAENID equaller. I missed the opening, did they mention about the challenger being on before when his opponent cheated (saying PROMATE and then claiming she had PRONATE)? They said that he'd been on before but that someone had "miscounted" (or something like that). I was not aware of th...

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does FAUCETS not count for being American? (or have I just mis-seen the letters in round 9?)

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Today's show started with some god-awful 'joke' from some guy called 'chris corby', let's hope that the show picks up from here

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I'm presuming there are loads, but I was proud of getting GRANDEES (since I usually manage to miss it)

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By the way did anyone catch Martin Jarvis's first half chat? I missed it but vaguely heard him say something along the lines of cramming it in in 90 seconds: makes you feel sorry for his missus. We thought rather the same thing. (he was telling us the story of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 90 seconds,...

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David O'Donnell wrote:That conundrum ruined my perfect game .

pwned

(although I possibly only got it because I have horrors about HEAD conundrums after BLOCKHEAD In my game...)

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(75+10+6*7)*3 as a fun (in my opinion) alternative

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David O'Donnell wrote:Awfully flat rounds thus far!

It's this new plague of 3 vowel players, it's getting a bit annoying (although admittedly the 4 vowel rounds have been pretty lame too this game).

Michael Wallace

NATURISM as an equaller? (although there's a red line under it in this window, so maybe not, now...hmm)

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(10+1)*2*9 as an alternative for those of us who love the little ones

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RECOILS as a rather boring equaliser

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did she just claim that NOTED is an anagram of DENOTE?

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M. George Quinn wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote: <3
Is that a heart on it's side or a visible fart from an invisible bottom?

It's whatever you want it to be (and more!).

Michael Wallace

dinos_the_chemist wrote:There was a young girl named Maddie
with a neglectful mummy and daddy.
Despite what they said
Lets face it. She's dead.
Raped by a Portuguese baddie.

<3

Michael Wallace

SASSIER in the last round

Michael Wallace

Before I feed this into my Statsomatic 3000 (by which I mean, play with it in R), could you confirm who went first in each game?

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