C1: Champion Steve Hyde (6 wins, 598 points.) A product manager for a credit card company from Nottingham.
C2: Challenger Rohan Gupta. A computer science student at Imperial University, London, but is originally from Newcastle upon Tyne.
DC: Susie Dent and Jon Culshaw.
RR: Rachel Riley.
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R01: T P T O I E B R F
R02: D O A L V T U L W
R03: 100, 10, 5, 8, 9, 5. Target: 746.
TTT: ALTERNOT - "He'll not alter you, he'll learn to put up with you."
R04: N E E S U R G O T
R05: D R H E A I Y G N
R06: 100, 10, 8, 3, 8, 4. Target: 711.
R07: H L P I A O R C O
R08: T I A N S L U A G
R09: 2, 10, 6, 3, 2, 10. Target: 886.
TTT: AMPARENT - "He's a parent and he really loves his "son", you can tell by his face."
R10: T O E G M P O S E
R11: P D C O E A S R N
R12: S I U M R A S C E
R13: B K N I A E R D S
R14: 1, 7, 1, 10, 9, 9. Target: 967.
R15: V I N N I G O N C (conundrum)
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Round 1: T P T O I E B R F
Steve: POTTIER (7)
Rohan: POTTIER (7)
DC: FIREPOT (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)
Round 2: D O A L V T U L W
Steve: OUTLAW (6)
Rohan: OUTLAW (6)
DC: OUTWALL (7)
Score: 13–13 (max 14)
Round 3: 100, 10, 5, 8, 9, 5. Target: 746.
Steve: 750.
Rohan: 745. (100 x 8) - ((10 x 5) + 5) (7)
RR: 746. ((100 - 5) x 8) - 9 - 5 (10)
Score: 13–20 (max 24)
Teatime teaser: ALTERNOT -> TOLERANT
Round 4: N E E S U R G O T
Steve: STURGEON (8)
Rohan: SURGEON (7)
DC: GENEROUS (8)
OT: OUTENERS (8)
Score: 21–20 (max 32)
Round 5: D R H E A I Y G N
Steve: HEARING (7)
Rohan: HEARING (7)
DC: READYING (8) HANGRY (6)
OT: ADHERING (8)
Score: 28–27 (max 40)
Round 6: 100, 10, 8, 3, 8, 4. Target: 711.
Steve: -
Rohan: 711. ((3 + 4) x 100) + (8 / 8) + 10 (10)
Score: 28–37 (max 50)
Jon talks about his early radio career starting with a 2-6am night shift on Red Rose Radio in Preston, and doing a tribute to a man who helped launch his career, radio producer Gary Burgess, who passed away on New Year's Day.
Round 7: H L P I A O R C O
Steve: CHORAL (6)
Rohan: CHORAL (6)
OT: RHOPALIC (8)
Score: 34–43 (max 58)
Round 8: T I A N S L U A G
Steve: SALUTING (8)
Rohan: SALUTING (8)
DC: SULTANA (7) IGUANAS (7)
Score: 42–51 (max 66)
Round 9: 2, 10, 6, 3, 2, 10. Target: 886.
Steve: -
Rohan: 888. Mistake in working.
RR: 884. (((10 x 10) - 2) x (6 + 3)) + 2 (7)
OT: 888. (((10 + 3 + 2) x 10) - 2) x 6 (7)
Score: 42–51 (max 73)
Teatime teaser: AMPARENT -> PERMATAN
(Not in the dictionary as a single word...)Round 10: T O E G M P O S E
Steve: EMOTES (6)
Rohan: STOMP (5)
DC: METOPES (7)
OT: MOEGOES (7) MOGOTES (7) POEMETS (7)
Score: 48–51 (max 80)
Round 11: P D C O E A S R N
Steve: OPERANDS (8)
Rohan: DANCERS (7)
DC: PADRONES (8)
OT: ENDOCARPS (18)
Score: 56–51 (max 98)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "prepone".
Round 12: S I U M R A S C E
Steve: SCREAMS (7)
Rohan: misser
DC: MISER (5) SAUCERS (7) CAESIUM (7)
OT: MUSCARIS (8) SAUCIERS (8)
Score: 63–51 (max 106)
Round 13: B K N I A E R D S
Steve: BANKERS (7)
Rohan: BANKERS (7)
DC: BRANDIES (8) SNAKEBIRD (18)
Score: 70–58 (max 124)
Round 14: 1, 7, 1, 10, 9, 9. Target: 967.
Steve: 969. (((9 x 10) + 7) x (9 + 1)) - 1 (7)
Rohan: 964.
RR: 967. (((9 x 9) + 7) x (10 + 1)) - 1 (10)
Score: 77–58 (max 134)
Round 15: V I N N I G O N C
Steve buzzes on 1.5 seconds to say CONNIVING which is correct.
Final Score: 87–58 (max 144)
Statistics Corner
Steve:
Total score - 87
Raw score - 94
Total % of max - 60
Raw % of max - 65
Total average score per round - 5.8
Raw average score per round - 6.3
Number of maxes - 4
Rohan:
Total score - 58
Raw score - 84
Total % of max - 40
Raw % of max - 58
Total average score per round - 3.9
Raw average score per round - 5.6
Number of maxes - 3
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=85