C1: Champion Tom Vincent (6 wins, 552 (562) points.) An Apterite and financial assistant for a health and wellness business.
C2: Challenger Luke Boynton. A finance manager. He likes playing poker, and even goes to Las Vegas to play in tournaments.
DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zenon.
RR: Rachel Riley.
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R01: N T D O E A I R L
R02: H S P U E O C N A
R03: 5, 7, 3, 6, 4, 1. Target: 262.
TTT: WOODLARK - "Can you take the day off? It all depends on this."
R04: R L D I O E A T I
R05: G N S U E A H O E
R06: 50, 4, 10, 6, 10, 3. Target: 947.
R07: M R B I A O S U D
R08: P G T E A O E S N
R09: 2, 1, 10, 10, 4, 5. Target: 977.
TTT: BLESSRUM - "Has a snooze to Paul's golden song."
R10: R L F I A U O G S
R11: P N T E I O W R L
R12: S D D A U E A M T
R13: K N C R I O E N U
R14: 100, 1, 8, 9, 5, 9. Target: 768.
R15: T H W A C K P R O (conundrum)
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Round 1: N T D O E A I R L
Tom: RODENTIAL (18)
Luke: RODENTIAL (18)
DC: IDOLATER (8)
Score: 18–18 (max 18)
Round 2: H S P U E O C N A
Tom: PAUNCHES (8)
Luke: PONCEAUS (8)
Score: 26–26 (max 26)
Round 3: 5, 7, 3, 6, 4, 1. Target: 262.
Tom: 261. (((7 x 3) + 5) x (6 + 4)) + 1 (7)
Luke: 261. (((6 x 5) - 4) x (7 + 3)) + 1 (7)
RR: 262. (5 x 4 x (7 + 6)) + 3 - 1 (10)
Score: 33–33 (max 36)
Teatime teaser: WOODLARK -> WORKLOAD
Round 4: R L D I O E A T I
Tom: TOILED (6)
Luke: EDITORIAL (18)
OT: RADIOLITE (18)
Score: 33–51 (max 54)
Round 5: G N S U E A H O E
Tom: ganoush
Luke: HOUSAGE (7)
OT: AENEOUS (7)
Score: 33–58 (max 61)
Round 6: 50, 4, 10, 6, 10, 3. Target: 947.
Tom: 946. ((10 + 6 + 3) x 50) - 4 (7)
Luke: 946. ((10 + 6 + 3) x 50) - 4 (7)
RR: 947. ((4 + 6) x 10 x 10) - 50 - 3 (10)
Score: 40–65 (max 71)
Paul does a magic trick involving breaking an apple in half with his hands, and breaking a banana in 3 without touching it.
Round 7: M R B I A O S U D
Tom: BRAIDS (6)
Luke: MAROUDIS (8)
DC: mudbars
OT: AMBROIDS (8) BIRAMOUS (8)
Score: 40–73 (max 79)
Round 8: P G T E A O E S N
Tom: POSTAGE (7)
Luke: PEONAGES (8)
OT: PEASTONE (8) PONTAGES (8)
Score: 40–81 (max 87)
Round 9: 2, 1, 10, 10, 4, 5. Target: 977.
Tom: 970.
Luke: 975. ((10 x 10 x 2) - 4 - 1) x 5 (7)
RR: 976. (7)
OT: 976. (((10 x 5) - 1) x 2 x 10) - 4 (7)
Score: 40–88 (max 94)
Teatime teaser: BLESSRUM -> SLUMBERS
Round 10: R L F I A U O G S
Tom: FLAIRS (6)
Luke: GIAOURS (7)
DC: FIGURAL (7)
OT: FULGORS (7) GIRASOL (7)
Score: 40–95 (max 101)
Round 11: P N T E I O W R L
Tom: POINTER (7)
Luke: PILEWORT (8)
Score: 40–103 (max 109)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of some words to do with "scamming".
Round 12: S D D A U E A M T
Tom: MADDEST (7)
Luke: MADDEST (7)
DC: ADUSTED (7)
OT: SAUDADE (7)
Score: 47–110 (max 116)
Round 13: K N C R I O E N U
Tom: UNICORN (7)
Luke: NEURONIC (8)
Score: 47–118 (max 124)
Round 14: 100, 1, 8, 9, 5, 9. Target: 768.
Tom: 768. (100 - (9 - 5)) x 8 (10)
Luke: 768. (100 - (5 - 1)) x 8 (10)
Score: 57–128 (max 134)
Round 15: T H W A C K P R O
Luke buzzes on 1.75 seconds to say PATCHWORK which is correct.
Final Score: 57–138 (max 144)
WOWSERS!!! Just insane from Luke there!!! MAXING ALL THE LETTERS ROUNDS!! I was about to congratulate him on the highest debut score ever, until I realised that another Luke, Mr. Johnson-Davies no less, scored 139 on his debut...., and he didn't do too bad did he....
Is this Luke going to do as good, if not better than our current series champion...., who knows, but it's gotta be worth a watch
Tom finishes with 609 points (if you don't include his tiebreaker conundrum), so he's currently #5 on the leaderboard, so there's a chance we might see him again the finals...., but we'll have to wait and see....
Statistics Corner
Tom:
Total score - 57
Raw score - 101
Total % of max - 40
Raw % of max - 70
Total average score per round - 3.8
Raw average score per round - 6.7
Number of maxes - 4
Luke:
Total score - 138
Raw score - 138
Total % of max - 96
Raw % of max - 96
Total average score per round - 9.2
Raw average score per round - 9.2
Number of maxes - 13
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=83