C1: Champion Graham Moonie-Dalton (7 wins, 619 points.) Born in the Netherlands, moved to Scotland, but now lives in London.
C2: Challenger Tony McCooey. From Stourbridge, West Midlands. He's a keen walker.
DC: Susie Dent and making his DC debut, Marcus Brigstocke.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: C U T H E S U L V
R02: N V K E O A N G O
R03: 50, 100, 25, 8, 2, 5. Target: 635.
TTT: ASHENDIRT - "The silver had become all ashen and dirty."
R04: T P L A E U R A B
R05: T E R W U E D P I
R06: 50, 100, 25, 2, 7, 2. Target: 634.
R07: D O H A R B R I O
R08: S N S A E O F E L
R09: 100, 75, 25, 1, 8, 5. Target: 192.
TTT: ALTERBOTH - "The announcement of this would alter both of them."
R10: N L D U E I T R A
R11: T N E U R N O R T
R12: M G S E O A T I S
R13: G A N D O Y I Q A
R14: 25, 100, 50, 2, 2, 10. Target: 742.
R15: I N C B O U N C E (conundrum)
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Round 1: C U T H E S U L V
Graham: HUSTLE (6)
Tony: CLUES (5)
DC: CHUTES (6)
OT: CULTUS (6) SLEUTH (6) SLUTCH (6) TUCHUS (6) TUSCHE (6)
Score: 6–0 (max 6)
Round 2: N V K E O A N G O
Graham: KNAVE (5)
Tony: NONAGE (6)
OT: GAVONE (6) NOVENA (6) OGONEK (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 12)
Round 3: 50, 100, 25, 8, 2, 5. Target: 635.
Graham: 635. (100 + 25 + 2) x 5 (10)
Tony: 633.
Score: 16–6 (max 22)
Teatime teaser: ASHENDIRT -> TARNISHED
Round 4: T P L A E U R A B
Graham: upratable
Tony: PARABLE (7)
DC: PARTABLE (8)
OT: PUBERTAL (8)
Score: 16–13 (max 30)
Round 5: T E R W U E D P I
Graham: PUREED (6)
Tony: PUTRID (6)
DC: REPUTED (7)
OT: ERUDITE (7) ERUPTED (7)
Score: 22–19 (max 37)
Round 6: 50, 100, 25, 2, 7, 2. Target: 634.
Graham: 635. Mistake in working.
Tony: 629. (7 x 100) - 50 - 25 + 2 + 2 (7)
RR: 634. ((50 / 2) x 25) + 7 + 2 (10)
Score: 22–26 (max 47)
Marcus talks about going on an expedition from Norway to Greenland and being serenaded by Jarvis Cocker.
Round 7: D O H A R B R I O
Graham: arborio
Tony: HOARD (5)
DC: BARRIO (6)
OT: RHODORA (7)
Score: 22–31 (max 54)
Round 8: S N S A E O F E L
Graham: ALONE (5)
Tony: LESSON (6)
DC: FLENSES (7)
OT: FOELESS (7) FOSSANE (7) LOANEES (7) ONESELF (7)
Score: 22–37 (max 61)
Round 9: 100, 75, 25, 1, 8, 5. Target: 192.
Graham: 192. 100 + 75 + 25 - 8 (10)
Tony: 192. 100 + 75 + 25 - 8 (10)
Score: 32–47 (max 71)
Teatime teaser: ALTERBOTH -> BETROTHAL
Round 10: N L D U E I T R A
Graham: untrailed
Tony: UNDERLIT (8)
DC: URINATED (8)
OT: UITLANDER (18)
Score: 32–55 (max 89)
Round 11: T N E U R N O R T
Graham: NEUTRON (7)
Tony: TORTURE (7)
OT: UNROTTEN (8)
Score: 39–62 (max 97)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "grockle".
Round 12: M G S E O A T I S
Graham: meosis
Tony: GAMIEST (7)
DC: ATOMISES (8)
OT: MASSTIGE (8) OSMIATES (8) SEGOTIAS (8) SOMATISE (8)
Score: 39–69 (max 105)
Round 13: G A N D O Y I Q A
Graham: DOING (5)
Tony: DOING (5)
DC: AGONY (5)
OT: ADAGIO (6) ADOING (6) DOGANA (6) GANOID (6)
Score: 44–74 (max 111)
Round 14: 25, 100, 50, 2, 2, 10. Target: 742.
Graham: 740. (25 + 50 - (2 / 2)) x 10 (7)
Tony: 746.
RR: 741. (7)
OT: 741. ((100 + 2) x (10 - 2)) - 50 - 25 (7)
Score: 51–74 (max 118)
Round 15: I N C B O U N C E
Graham buzzes on 4.25 seconds to say CONCUBINE which is correct.
Final Score: 61–74 (max 128)
Agony for Graham, but his 7 wins and 680 points make him the #4 seed for the finals, which start on Wednesday, and we'll only have TWO octochamps in Ronan and Cillian
Statistics Corner
Graham:
Total score - 61
Raw score - 71
Total % of max - 48
Raw % of max - 55
Total average score per round - 4.1
Raw average score per round - 4.7
Number of maxes - 5
Tony:
Total score - 74
Raw score - 93
Total % of max - 58
Raw % of max - 73
Total average score per round - 4.9
Raw average score per round - 6.2
Number of maxes - 2
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=87