Over 11 months since the series began in January, we're now finally at the end of the preliminaries!!!
Who will win to become carryover champion into 2021...
Countdown recap for Wednesday 9 December 2020.
C1: Champion Daniel Jonathan (3 wins, 282 points.) A full-time carer from Haslingden, Lancashire.
C2: Challenger Nick Jameson. A man from Morecambe, Lancashire. He likes playing chess, although he's now had to do it all online for the time being.
DC: Susie Dent and John Inverdale.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: R E P C A G F I S
R02: X T E H U D A N O
R03: 25, 75, 8, 2, 9, 7. Target: 264.
TTT: VAMPTEEN - "It caters for all walks of life, even those on bicycles, annoyingly."
R04: G A M I O B L T E
R05: V A S O J U T G E
R06: 75, 5, 5, 6, 9, 7. Target: 846.
R07: W I R S A N T I L
R08: M O E P A C K S E
R09: 100, 25, 6, 2, 4, 5. Target: 596.
TTT: DUFFROLO - "There's a large increase in the number of origami participants."
R10: R I M O T U D N E
R11: L O S R A T I F O
R12: L E P U A R M S E
R13: T D I G C O A Q E
R14: 4, 3, 8, 2, 7, 6. Target: 748.
R15: T I N Y L A N C E (conundrum)
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Round 1: R E P C A G F I S
Daniel: SPACER (6)
Nick: PRICES (6)
DC: PRISAGE (7) FIACRES (7)
OT: PIGFACES (8)
Score: 6–6 (max 8)
Round 2: X T E H U D A N O
Daniel: HAUNTED (7)
Nick: TUNED (5)
DC: UNTAXED (7) NUTHEAD (7)
OT: HANDOUT (7)
Score: 13–6 (max 15)
Round 3: 25, 75, 8, 2, 9, 7. Target: 264.
Daniel: 265. Mistake in working.
Nick: 265. ((25 + 75) x 2) + (8 x 7) + 9 (7)
John!: 264. (8 x 25) + 75 - 9 - 2 (10)
Score: 13–13 (max 25)
Teatime teaser: VAMPTEEN -> PAVEMENT
Round 4: G A M I O B L T E
Daniel: GAMBLE (6)
Nick: GAMBIT (6)
DC: OBLIGATE (8)
Score: 19–19 (max 33)
Round 5: V A S O J U T G E
Daniel: JOUST (5)
Nick: OUTAGES (7)
DC: VAGUEST (7) OUTGAVE (7)
OT: VOGUEST (7)
Score: 19–26 (max 40)
Round 6: 75, 5, 5, 6, 9, 7. Target: 846.
Daniel: 846. ((5 + 6) x 75) + 5 + 9 + 7 (10)
Nick: -
Score: 29–26 (max 50)
John talks about the best-selling Christmas presents of the 1970's.
Round 7: W I R S A N T I L
Daniel: TRAINS (6)
Nick: RAISIN (6)
DC: TWIRLS (6) STRAIN (6)
OT: LIATRIS (7) STARNIL (7)
Score: 35–32 (max 57)
Round 8: M O E P A C K S E
Daniel: PEAKS (5)
Nick: smacks
DC: CAMPOS (6)
OT: ACKEES (6) CAMEOS (6) ESCAPE (6) MEAKES (6) PEACES (6) PEKEAS (6) PEKOES (6) POMACE (6) SCOPAE (6)
Score: 40–32 (max 63)
Round 9: 100, 25, 6, 2, 4, 5. Target: 596.
Daniel: 596. (100 x 6) - 4 (10)
Nick: 596. (100 x 6) - 4 (10)
Score: 50–42 (max 73)
Teatime teaser: DUFFROLO -> FOURFOLD
Round 10: R I M O T U D N E
Daniel: MOUNTED (7)
Nick: MOUNTER (7)
DC: ROUTINED (8) RUDIMENT (8)
OT: OMNITUDE (8) UNMITRED (8)
Score: 57–49 (max 81)
Round 11: L O S R A T I F O
Daniel: TRAILS (6)
Nick: RATIOS (6)
DC: FLORIST (7) TAILORS (7)
OT: ISOLATOR (8) OSTIOLAR (8)
Score: 63–55 (max 89)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of words relating to superstition.
Round 12: L E P U A R M S E
Daniel: PALMERS (7)
Nick: LEMURS (6)
DC: PERUSAL (7) PLEASURE (8)
OT: SUPERMALE (18)
Score: 70–55 (max 107)
Round 13: T D I G C O A Q E
Daniel: COATED (6)
Nick: COATED (6)
DC: DOTAGE (6) GODETIA (7)
Score: 76–61 (max 114)
Round 14: 4, 3, 8, 2, 7, 6. Target: 748.
Daniel: -
Nick: -
RR: 748. (((8 + 2) x 3 x 6) + 7) x 4 (10)
Score: 76–61 (max 124)
Round 15: T I N Y L A N C E
Nick buzzes on 27 seconds to say CERTAINLY which is incorrect.
Daniel does not buzz.
The answer was ANCIENTLY.
Final Score: 76–61 (max 134)
So, Daniel wraps up his half-octochampdom, but now we have to wait until 4th January 2021 to see how he will get on....
So, tomorrow, we start the Series 82 finals with our first quarter-final featuring the #1 seed Luke Johnson-Davies and the #8 seed David Kempshall.
Statistics Corner
Daniel:
Total score - 76
Raw score - 81
Total % of max - 57
Raw % of max - 60
Total average score per round - 5.1
Raw average score per round - 5.4
Number of maxes - 3
Nick:
Total score - 61
Raw score - 72
Total % of max - 46
Raw % of max - 54
Total average score per round - 4.1
Raw average score per round - 4.8
Number of maxes - 2
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=82