Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 151)
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Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 151)
Always nice to see a former S64 player doing well the second time round.
Rebecca would have been my fifth opponent if I had lasted that long.
Beaters today CONCHIES in R2 and MODERATE in R4.
And ARSENIC is not a compound!
Rebecca would have been my fifth opponent if I had lasted that long.
Beaters today CONCHIES in R2 and MODERATE in R4.
And ARSENIC is not a compound!
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 151)
Alt 2nd numbers (6+10/5)x50+(7x2)=414
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 151)
Well I don't know how far in advance the conundrums are chosen, but BRIGANDRY was a toughie, especially against two new contestants!
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You know it's tricky when they have to go to Susie for a definition!Peter Thomas wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:13 pm Well I don't know how far in advance the conundrums are chosen, but BRIGANDRY was a toughie, especially against two new contestants!
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 151)
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 151)
I thought ARCHETYPE the other day was pretty tricky as well!Peter Thomas wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:13 pm Well I don't know how far in advance the conundrums are chosen, but BRIGANDRY was a toughie, especially against two new contestants!
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 151)
It is better that there is an element of randomness to the Con difficulty (except for in the finals when they are harder by design).Peter Thomas wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:13 pm Well I don't know how far in advance the conundrums are chosen, but BRIGANDRY was a toughie, especially against two new contestants!
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 151)
Agreed with both. Although I suppose they had to use CREEPYHAT on that day because Halloween (eve).Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:18 amI thought ARCHETYPE the other day was pretty tricky as well!Peter Thomas wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:13 pm Well I don't know how far in advance the conundrums are chosen, but BRIGANDRY was a toughie, especially against two new contestants!
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 5th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 151)
ARCHETYPE had been used as a conundrum twice before and on both occasions it had been spotted.