Episode CLAN10

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Episode CLAN10, billed as Celebrity Letters and Numbers Series 1, Episode 10 was a special episode broadcast on 4 December 2021 as part of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.

Susie Youssef, Nina Oyama and Mark Humphries were the contestants, while Michael Hing reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Mark Humphries winning by 32 – 61 – 73 and he won the 1982 edition of "G to H" section form the Oceaniapaedia encyclopedia.

Lily Serna was, as ever, the arithmetician. The Dictionary Corner guest was Gabbi Bolt, 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 3, Susie declared nothing but still somehow receives 7 points, so she must ended the show with the score of 25. This not affects Mark's victory.

NOTE 2: In Round 9, Mark declared 779, but the solution led to the result of 776. He still receives 7 points for his solution.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Susie Youssef	Nina Oyama	Mark Humphries	Score	Others	Max
1	I P O N S R A P E	NOISE	PRISON	PERSON	5 – 6 – 6	SNAPPIER	8
2	D A N R I P U I L	LIPID	UNPAID	URINAL	10 – 12 – 12	DIPLURAN*	16
3	25 50 4 9 6 6 → 357	–**	362	356 50 × 9 − 25 × 4 + 6	17 – 19 – 19	LS: 357 = (25 + 4) × (6 + 6) + 9	26
TTT	MYACORNS	You'll need to think asap to get this.				ACRONYMS
4	O M E Q O A S J S	SMOOJE ☓	ASS	MASS	17 – 22 – 23	OSMOSE, MOJOES	32
5	X E D A W I B C O	BOXED	WAXED	ABODE	22 – 27 – 28	ICEBOX, COAXED, BODICE*	38
6	100 8 1 3 5 5 → 101	101 100 + 1	101 (100 + 5 × 5 − 8 × 3) × 1	101 100 + 1	32 – 37 – 38		48
TTT	PETERDAD	Peter and his dad set off on their way.				DEPARTED
7	R O L U S I L W S	SWOLRUS ☓	SWILLS	SWIRLS	32 – 43 – 44		54
8	U A R R E O N N W	NEARWON ☓	UNWORN	WARREN	32 – 49 – 50	RUNNER, RENOWN, NEURON, NARROW*, WARNER*, WANNER*	60
9	75 25 50 1 3 7 → 781	–	775	776 (7 + 3) × 75 + 25 + 1	32 – 56 – 57	Best: 781 = ((75 + 50) × 25 − 1) ÷ (7 − 3)​	70
TTT	TWITSUSE	Only twits refuse to use these in winter.				WETSUITS
10	A B S E B A A L T	LABBATS ☓	BELTS	BLEATS	32 – 61 – 63	ABATABLE	78
11	Q U E E N R Y F C			FREQUENCY (0.25 SECONDS)	32 – 61 – 73		88