C1: Champion Pierse Walsh (5 wins, 410 points.) An account manager from Ranelagh, County Dublin.
C2: Challenger John Osmond. A retired civil servant from London. He's a keen birdwatcher and has travelled all over Europe, and even seen some bald ibises in Morocco.
DC: Susie Dent and Gloria Hunniford.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: W C I R S E A D H
R02: M U N O L D E B I
R03: 100, 75, 3, 5, 4, 10. Target: 528.
TTT: EROTICFUN - "She can't contain her excitement for this, it's incredibly fruity!"
R04: T A S O V T R I E
R05: N A Z D N I U S J
R06: 25, 5, 2, 10, 8, 9. Target: 665.
R07: P C E M S I O N G
R08: M U Q E I R S O E
R09: 25, 50, 6, 10, 2, 7. Target: 941.
TTT: BONEDHUMP - "No maps and no apps, it's as basic as you can get."
R10: L A N E P R D U T
R11: R A T E O S L M A
R12: T W E O C B E K R
R13: T A H S E I P F R
R14: 100, 1, 10, 9, 2, 3. Target: 264.
R15: C I S S Y V I T O (conundrum)
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Round 1: W C I R S E A D H
Pierse: CRASHED (7)
John: CASHIER (7)
DC: RAWHIDES (8)
OT: RACHIDES (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)
Round 2: M U N O L D E B I
Pierse: BUNDLE (6)
John: unboiled
DC: UNOILED (7) BLONDIE (7)
OT: NOBELIUM (8) UNLIMBED (8)
Score: 13–7 (max 16)
Round 3: 100, 75, 3, 5, 4, 10. Target: 528.
Pierse: 527. ((4 + 3) x 75) + (10 / 5) (7)
John: 529. (100 x 5) + (75 / 3) + 4 (7)
RR: 528. (((100 - 75) x 5) + 10 - 7) x 4 (10)
Score: 20–14 (max 26)
Teatime teaser: EROTICFUN -> CONFITURE
Round 4: T A S O V T R I E
Pierse: TOASTIER (8)
John: OVARIES (7)
DC: ESTIVATOR (18)
Score: 28–14 (max 44)
Round 5: N A Z D N I U S J
Pierse: SAND (4)
John: SIN (3)
DC: DJINNS (6)
OT: INDUNAS (7)
Score: 32–14 (max 51)
Round 6: 25, 5, 2, 10, 8, 9. Target: 665.
Pierse: -
John: 665. ((10 + 8 + 9) x 25) - (5 x 2) (10)
Score: 32–24 (max 61)
Gloria talks about a family's lost aeroplane seat reservations that she covered on Rip-Off Britain.
Round 7: P C E M S I O N G
Pierse: PIGEONS (7)
John: SCOPING (7)
DC: GENOMIC (7)
OT: GENOMICS (8)
Score: 39–31 (max 69)
Round 8: M U Q E I R S O E
Pierse: ESQUIRE (7)
John: ESQUIRE (7)
DC: REQUIEMS (8)
Score: 46–38 (max 77)
Round 9: 25, 50, 6, 10, 2, 7. Target: 941.
Pierse: 955.
John: 942. ((50 + 25) x (10 + 2)) + (6 x 7) (7)
RR: 941. ((25 - 6) x 50) - 2 - 7 (10)
Score: 46–45 (max 87)
Teatime teaser: BONEDHUMP -> DUMBPHONE
Round 10: L A N E P R D U T
Pierse: PLUNDER (7)
John: PLUNDER (7)
DC: PLANED (6) UNPARTED (8)
OT: PENDULAR (8)
Score: 53–52 (max 95)
Round 11: R A T E O S L M A
Pierse: MORTALS (7)
John: MORTALS (7)
DC: MALTOSE (7)
OT: ARMATOLES (18)
Score: 60–59 (max 113)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "waging war".
Round 12: T W E O C B E K R
Pierse: WRECK (5)
John: ROCKET (6)
DC: BROCKET (7)
OT: TWOCKER (7)
Score: 60–65 (max 120)
Round 13: T A H S E I P F R
Pierse: FATHERS (7)
John: PASTIER (7)
DC: PARTIES (7) PIRATES (7) TRAIPSE (7)
OT: PATERISH (8)
Score: 67–72 (max 128)
Round 14: 100, 1, 10, 9, 2, 3. Target: 264.
Pierse: 264. (100 x 3) - (((10 / 2) - 1) x 9) (10)
John: 261.
Score: 77–72 (max 138)
Round 15: C I S S Y V I T O
John buzzes on 9.75 seconds to say VISCOSITY which is correct.
Final Score: 77–82 (max 148)
Normally, I'd say that 5 wins and 487 points might be in with an outside chance of making the finals, but even at this stage, Pierse is only #8 on the leaderboard, so I'd have to say that it's very unlikely that we'll see him again...
Statistics Corner
Pierse:
Total score - 77
Raw score - 82
Total % of max - 52
Raw % of max - 55
Total average score per round - 5.1
Raw average score per round - 5.5
Number of maxes - 1
John:
Total score - 82
Raw score - 99
Total % of max - 55
Raw % of max - 67
Total average score per round - 5.5
Raw average score per round - 6.6
Number of maxes - 2
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=81