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'''Episode 656''' was broadcast on 20 October 1987, as part of [[Series 14]].
 
'''Episode 656''' was broadcast on 20 October 1987, as part of [[Series 14]].
  
[[Alan Steel]] played [[Howard Clark]], with Alan Steel winning 50 - 23. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Ned Sherrin]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Catherine Clarke]].
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[[Alan Steel]] played [[Howard Clark]], with Alan Steel winning {{score|50|23}}. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Ned Sherrin]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Catherine Clarke]].
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==Rounds==
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{{Rounds-start|Alan Steel|Howard Clark}}
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{{R-letters  |1 |GEBIRETQA|REBATE  |baiter {{x}}|BAREGE*, BARGEE, BARITE*, BEATER, BERATE*, GAITER*, TRIAGE*|  6|0  |  6}}
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{{R-letters  |2 |LHISVEALS|LAVISHES |SHAVES  |                    | 14|0  | 14}}
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{{R-letters  |3 |TINERAYOT|NITRATE  |NATTIER  |ATTORNEY, TENTORIA* | 21|7  | 22}}
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{{R-numbers  |4 | 100|4|1|4|6|7| 568
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|569
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|568|sol2=6 × 100 − 7 × 4 − 4
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|21|17|32}}
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{{R-letters  |5 |ROYEOMSAJ|MOROSE  |SMEARY  |JOYSOME            | 27|23 | 39}}
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{{R-letters  |6 |XIVOPASDI|VAPID    |vipid {{x}}|AVOIDS*, SPADIX*    | 32|23 | 45}}
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{{R-letters  |7 |SOTOGRINY|ROOSTING |GRINS    |SONORITY            | 40|23 | 53}}
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{{R-numbers  |8 | 25|2|4|4|7|7| 456
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|456|sol1=(4 × 25 + 7 + 7) × 4
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|451
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|50|23|63}}
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{{R-conundrum|9|aaccdeilm*|c1time=9|c1sol=academical {{x}}|sol=ACCLAIMED|50|23|73}}
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{{Rounds-end}}
  
 
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[[Category:9-round games]]
 
[[Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]]
 
[[Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]]
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[[Category:Episodes with Karen Loughlin as co-presenter]]
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[[Category:Episodes with Carol Vorderman as arithmetician]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Catherine Clarke as lexicographer]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Catherine Clarke as lexicographer]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Ned Sherrin as a guest]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Ned Sherrin as a guest]]
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[[Category:Recaps with missing conundrum scrambles]]

Latest revision as of 23:00, 16 March 2021

Episode 656 was broadcast on 20 October 1987, as part of Series 14.

Alan Steel played Howard Clark, with Alan Steel winning 50 – 23. The Dictionary Corner guest was Ned Sherrin, and the lexicographer was Catherine Clarke.

Rounds

Rnd Selection Alan Steel Score Howard Clark Others Max.
1 GEBIRETQA REBATE 6 – 0 baiter ☓ BAREGE*, BARGEE, BARITE*, BEATER, BERATE*, GAITER*, TRIAGE* 6
2 LHISVEALS LAVISHES 14 – 0 SHAVES 14
3 TINERAYOT NITRATE 21 – 7 NATTIER ATTORNEY, TENTORIA* 22
4 100 4 1 4 6 7 → 568 569 21 – 17 568
6 × 100 − 7 × 4 − 4


32
5 ROYEOMSAJ MOROSE 27 – 23 SMEARY JOYSOME 39
6 XIVOPASDI VAPID 32 – 23 vipid ☓ AVOIDS*, SPADIX* 45
7 SOTOGRINY ROOSTING 40 – 23 GRINS SONORITY 53
8 25 2 4 4 7 7 → 456 456
(4 × 25 + 7 + 7) × 4
50 – 23 451


63
9 aaccdeilm* academical ☓
(9 seconds)
50 – 23 ACCLAIMED 73