C1: No.7 Seed Philip "The Bideford Bruiser" Aston (7 wins, 864 points.) An Apteforumite and student from Bideford, Devon. He defeated No.2 Seed Toby McDonald 104-97 in his quarter-final last Friday.
C2: No.6 Seed Dougie "The Guernsey Gunner" Mackay (8 wins, 856 points.) A company director from Guernsey, Channel Islands. He defeated No.3 Seed Chris Thorn 97-68 in his quarter-final on Monday.
DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zenon.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: D S W A O E M X C
R02: M T N E A I D R O
R03: 75, 100, 25, 6, 6, 3. Target: 690.
TTT: DANASLEEP - "Dan fell asleep by the seafront, having had a long walk here."
R04: N S V E A U Y S G
R05: R T D E A E R L G
R06: 75, 8, 2, 9, 6, 5. Target: 451.
R07: F P R O A I D J E
R08: L T Q A O A S N T
R09: 50, 75, 1, 2, 8, 10. Target: 438.
TTT: GREENFIST - "Uncle's fist had turned green, it was very septic."
R10: H W S E U E P G R
R11: K L M I O U R E O
R12: A U N R I F T A P
R13: N I T O G E R E S
R14: 6, 6, 8, 2, 10, 7. Target: 673.
R15: I C E D A N G E R (conundrum)
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Round 1: D S W A O E M X C
Philip: CAMEOS (6)
Dougie: CAMEOS (6)
DC: MEADOWS (7)
Score: 6–6 (max 7)
Round 2: M T N E A I D R O
Philip: MONRADITE (18)
Dougie: RATIONED (8)
DC: DERATION (8)
Score: 24–6 (max 25)
Round 3: 75, 100, 25, 6, 6, 3. Target: 690.
Philip: 691.
Dougie: 690. ((100 / 25) + 6) x (75 - 6) (10)
Score: 24–16 (max 35)
Teatime teaser: DANASLEEP -> ESPLANADE
Round 4: N S V E A U Y S G
Philip: GAYNESS (7)
Dougie: USAGES (6)
OT: GANSEYS (7)
Score: 31–16 (max 42)
Round 5: R T D E A E R L G
Philip: RELATED (7)
Dougie: RELATED (7)
DC: TREADLE (7) REGRATED (8)
OT: GARTERED (8)
Score: 38–23 (max 50)
Round 6: 75, 8, 2, 9, 6, 5. Target: 451.
Philip: 451. (6 x 75) + 9 - 8 (10)
Dougie: 451. (6 x 75) + 9 - 8 (10)
Score: 48–33 (max 60)
Paul does a magic trick involving the lottery numbers.
Round 7: F P R O A I D J E
Philip: PERIOD (6)
Dougie: FIRED (5)
DC: PAIRED (6) DIAPER (6) FEIJOA (6)
OT: DOPIER (6) FAIRED (6) FEDORA (6) PARODE (6) PIEDRA (6) RAJOID (6) RAPIDE (6) RAPIDO (6) REPAID (6) ROADIE (6)
Score: 54–33 (max 66)
Round 8: L T Q A O A S N T
Philip: TOTALS (6)
Dougie: TALONS (6)
DC: ATONAL (6)
OT: STATALON (8)
Score: 60–39 (max 74)
Round 9: 50, 75, 1, 2, 8, 10. Target: 438.
Philip: 438. ((50 + 2) x 10) - 75 - 8 + 1 (10)
Dougie: 438. ((8 + 1) x 50) - 10 - 2 (10)
Score: 70–49 (max 84)
Teatime teaser: GREENFIST -> FESTERING
Round 10: H W S E U E P G R
Philip: PERUSE (6)
Dougie: RUPEES (6)
DC: PURGES (6) HEWERS (6)
OT: PUGREES (7) PURGEES (7)
Score: 76–55 (max 91)
Round 11: K L M I O U R E O
Philip: loomier
Dougie: LOOKER (6)
DC: MILKER (6) MOILER (6)
OT: KOUROI (6) LOURIE (6) MOOIER (6) MOOLIE (6) MOULIE (6) MULIER (6) MURLIE (6) OKOUME (6) ORIOLE (6) ORMOLU (6) RELOOK (6) ROOKIE (6) ROOMIE (6)
Score: 76–61 (max 97)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of words relating to comedy.
Round 12: A U N R I F T A P
Philip: PURITAN (7)
Dougie: PURITAN (7)
DC: TURNIP (6)
OT: PARFAIT (7) TANPURA (7)
Score: 83–68 (max 104)
Round 13: N I T O G E R E S
Philip: GENITORS (8)
Dougie: STEERING (8)
DC: INTEGERS (8)
OT: EGESTION (8) REESTING (8) REINGEST (8) ROSETING (8) SEROTINE (8) TRIGONES (8)
Score: 91–76 (max 112)
Round 14: 6, 6, 8, 2, 10, 7. Target: 673.
Philip: 670. ((6 + 6) x 7 x 8) - 2 (7)
Dougie: 666.
RR: 673. ((10 + 2) x 7 x 8) + (6 / 6) (10)
Score: 98–76 (max 122)
Round 15: I C E D A N G E R
No one buzzes. The answer was GRADIENCE.
Final Score: 98–76 (max 132)
Interestingly, the conundrum was redone, as Dougie gave an incorrect answer, then Philip gave the infamous GANDISEEG answer..., so it was redone to remove that mention...
So, tomorrow we have the rematch we all wanted, as Zarte Siempre takes on Philip Aston
Statistics Corner
Philip:
Total score - 98
Raw score - 105
Total % of max - 74
Raw % of max - 80
Total average score per round - 6.5
Raw average score per round - 7.0
Number of maxes - 7
Dougie:
Total score - 76
Raw score - 100
Total % of max - 58
Raw % of max - 76
Total average score per round - 5.1
Raw average score per round - 6.7
Number of maxes - 6
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=78