Episode CLAN25

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Episode CLAN25, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 3, Episode 1 was a special episode broadcast on 3 October 2022 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Dave Thornton, Alex Lee and Luke McGregor were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Dave Thornton winning by 42 – 37 – 36 and he won a blue jumper with "I want to be a Dolphin" inscription from Hing's childhood bedroom.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall, and the lexicographer was David Astle.

In this version of the game, three players competing with each other instead of traditional two. Also, this version notably uses a scoring system whereby all players receive points for each valid word or solution, even if beaten by their opponents (equivalent to them receiving their "raw scores").
In Letters Rounds of this version, all the words are checked by their presence in Collins Dictionary instead of Oxford, meaning that American and other spellings of the words are eligible.
In Numbers Rounds of this version, players receive points for their declarations, even if the solutions for players' declarations were not provided in the show, assuming they were cut out from broadcasting to speed up the show. Also, player can get points if their solution leads to the result which not matches with the declared result, but it's still in scoring margin.

NOTE 1: In Round 9, Luke initially declared that he had a six-letter word, but then realised that his word is five-letters long. He still receives 5 points for his word.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Dave Thornton	Alex Lee	Luke McGregor	Score	Others	Max
1	R U B O L C E D T	BOLD	CLOUT	TURBO	4 – 5 – 5	TROUBLED, CLOTURED*	8
2	S I G T A E H I Y	HEATS	HEIGHTS ☓	HEATS	9 – 5 – 10	EIGHTY, EIGHTS, GEISHA, STAGEY*, SAITHE*, GAIETY*, GAYEST*, AGEIST*	14
3	100 25 8 6 9 7 → 566	561/571	564/568 ☓	568 100 × 6 − 25 − 7	16 – 5 – 17	LS: 566 = 100 × 6 − 25 − 9	24
TTT	LAMERUNS	The Romans excelled at lame run.				NUMERALS
4	A S E M O D E R M	DOMES	SEARED	DREAMS	21 – 11 – 23	MESODERM*	32
5	X A W U P L S I N	PALMS ☓	WAILS	SLIP	21 – 16 – 27	SPINULA	39
6	100 25 8 4 6 1 → 539	—	539 (4 + 1) × 100 + 25 + 8 + 6	—	21 – 26 – 27		49
TTT	LICEDATE	Lice date is fragile and easily broken.				DELICATE
7	C E L T A N E P O	POLENTA	CLEAT	COPE	28 – 31 – 31	ANTELOPE, PENTACLE*	57
8	75 50 25 7 2 9 → 398	400 50 × 9 − 75 + 25	386	—	35 – 31 – 31	LS: 398 = 50 × 9 − 75 + 25 − 2	67
TTT	TRICKDAYS	Measure the trick days by inches.				YARDSTICK
9	U R T E L V A U R	VAULTER	VALUER	LATER**	42 – 37 – 36	VULTURE	74
10	L I J H L Y F E S				42 – 37 – 36	JELLYFISH	84