Spoilers for Thursday 20th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 14)

[Thomas Carey]

spoiler alert: a letter V turns up

[Fiona T]

so Λ

[Philip A]

Not often a 5-syllable conundrum appears in a prelim. Good one though.

[Johnny Canuck]

Not quite "administrative error" worthy IMO but I don't think Anne needs to ask for the not-written-down word first if the lengths are different.

GAMEFUL to beat AFLAME

[Philip A]

Not quite "administrative error" worthy IMO but I don't think Anne needs to ask for the not-written-down word first if the lengths are different.

I agree.

[Toby McDonald]

R9 LNAFP: 8/2*3*5*10 = 600

[David Williams]

Continuing yesterday's theme. Last numbers. Target 847. Numbers include 100, 9, 6 and 1.

Contestant "100-6=94". Anne-Marie repeats and writes it out. Contestant "Multiply that by 9". Anne-Marie writes down the 6, slight pause, writes down the 8, longer pause, writes down the 4. That to me is not only someone working it out, but someone who hasn't seen this simple method of getting to the target.

I'm not objecting, they are making a TV show and it doesn't matter any more than if someone doing a quiz doesn't know all the answers themselves. But still . . .

[L'oisleatch McGraw]

That to me is not only someone working it out, but someone who hasn't seen this simple method of getting to the target.

Yep.
lmfao indeed!

[Howie Myers]

r11 alt: TOWERED
r12 ant: PANTILES

[Philip Wilson]

Not quite "administrative error" worthy IMO but I don't think Anne needs to ask for the not-written-down word first if the lengths are different.

I agree.

Thought that wasn't a bad move. A player could 'think' they've seen a longer word and if their opponent has declared a shorter word first, they could hope to have found it in the time taken for Anne to ask the opponent.