Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)
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Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)
GEOTIC in R4
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Great game today. Sad to see Sandra go. I really thought she would win 8 but Arran seems like a decent player too with ISOPTERAN and his R14 solve. He may be stopped by a certain someone later this week though
RURALITES in R5
Great game today. Sad to see Sandra go. I really thought she would win 8 but Arran seems like a decent player too with ISOPTERAN and his R14 solve. He may be stopped by a certain someone later this week though
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)
Yeah a certain bot could go on to do great things here!Toby McDonald wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 5:12 pm GEOTIC in R4
RURALITES in R5
Great game today. Sad to see Sandra go. I really thought she would win 8 but Arran seems like a decent player too with ISOPTERAN and his R14 solve. He may be stopped by a certain someone later this week though
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)
Took a while to get going, but choices/spots/solves like those do make me wonder if he's a lurker under a pseudonym on apterousToby McDonald wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 5:12 pm seems like a decent player too with ISOPTERAN and his R14 solve
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)
I thought the same. After going something like 15-0 down, he woke up and started playing really well. But he could be up against someone potentially extremely good in the near future.Neil A Collins wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 8:32 pmTook a while to get going, but choices/spots/solves like those do make me wonder if he's a lurker under a pseudonym on apterousToby McDonald wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 5:12 pm seems like a decent player too with ISOPTERAN and his R14 solve
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)
Potentially Bet Elliott wished he'd been involved in this game. Even matching the contestants as opposed to finding difficult maxes in R2 + R13 would have given a total of 153 - Zarte's record would have been short-lived.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 9:42 pm he could be up against someone potentially extremely good in the near future.
And I really need to remember that EGOTICx > GEOTIC
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)
I said to my hubby that he must be an Apterite with spots like that!
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)
Did he have spots? I didn't notice anyChris Wylie wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 9:24 am I said to my hubby that he must be an Apterite with spots like that!
Arran's slow start may have caused Sandra to stick with her 7 in the 'retrials' round, thus helping Arran. The conundrum was pretty exciting. Would Sandra solve it having been given an extra few seconds due to Arran's attempt?
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)
I always think it's a mistake not to write the conundrum down if you don't get it after a certain amount of time.
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)
So the whole phrase "on one's Tod Sloan" became rhyming slang for "alone". That's interesting. Usually the rhyme is formed from a phrase that has meaning in itself. But what pre-existing meaning would "on one's Tod Sloan" have had?
According to both Wiktionary and what I recall being taught, the formation is actually Tod Sloan -> own.
According to both Wiktionary and what I recall being taught, the formation is actually Tod Sloan -> own.