Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)

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Toby McDonald
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Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)

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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)

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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 ;)
Yeah a certain bot could go on to do great things here!
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Toby McDonald wrote: Tue May 14, 2019 5:12 pm seems like a decent player too with ISOPTERAN and his R14 solve
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 apterous
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)

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Neil A Collins wrote: Tue May 14, 2019 8:32 pm
Toby McDonald wrote: Tue May 14, 2019 5:12 pm seems like a decent player too with ISOPTERAN and his R14 solve
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 apterous
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.
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)

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Gavin Chipper wrote: Tue May 14, 2019 9:42 pm he could be up against someone potentially extremely good in the near future.
Potentially :D 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.

And I really need to remember that EGOTICx > GEOTIC
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th May 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 80)

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I said to my hubby that he must be an Apterite with spots like that!
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Chris Wylie wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 9:24 am I said to my hubby that he must be an Apterite with spots like that!
Did he have spots? I didn't notice any :D
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)

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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)

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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.
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