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<p>Please feel free to edit this page to correct formatting/any errors.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{episode|previous=Episode 8770|next=Episode 8772}}<br /> '''Episode 8771''' was broadcast on 20 May 2026, as part of [[Series 93]]. <br /> <br /> [[Gordon Innes]] played [[Mary Holgate]], with Gordon Innes winning {{score|67*|57}} after a tie-break [[conundrum]]. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Lucy Porter]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Susie Dent]].<br /> <br /> Both contestants were [[returning contestants]], with Innes having first appeared in [[Series 47]] and Holgate in [[Series 50]]. <br /> <br /> ==Rounds==<br /> {{Rounds-start|Gordon Innes|Mary Holgate}} <br /> {{R-letters |1 |NFBUELICE|unfile {{x}}|felice {{x}}|FENCIBLE*, UNBELIEF | 0|0 | 8}}<br /> {{R-letters |2 |GLROAESRP|GROPERS |PAROLES |PERGOLAS | 7|7 | 16}}<br /> {{R-numbers |3 | 75|6|4|7|5|5| 184<br /> |184 {{x}}<br /> |184 {{x}}<br /> |rr=184|solrr=(75 + 5) × (7 − 5) + 6 × 4<br /> |7|7|26}}<br /> {{R-TTT |LOVECASE|It sounds like a throat sweet, but it's a style of singing.|VOCALESE}} <br /> {{R-letters |4 |TCDIUOQNE|CONDUIT |COUNTED |EDUCTION | 14|14 | 34}}<br /> {{R-letters |5 |ROFASREPO|proofers {{x}}|ROOFERS |REPROOFS | 14|21 | 42}}<br /> {{R-numbers |6 | 50|5|3|1|10|4| 998<br /> |999<br /> |998|sol2=5 × 4 × 50 − (3 − 1)<br /> |14|31|52}}<br /> {{R-letters |7 |SVETURAKE|STREAK |VESTURE |AUSTERE, EUREKAS*, RETAKES*| 14|38 | 59}}<br /> {{R-letters |8 |MTROEASGT|STORAGE |STORAGE |GAROTTES* | 21|45 | 67}}<br /> {{R-numbers |9 | 8|7|2|6|7|1| 451<br /> |{{x}}<br /> |{{x}}<br /> |rr=451|solrr=(7 × 6 − 1) × (8 ÷ 2 + 7)<br /> |21|45|77}}<br /> {{R-TTT |HEWISEST|Not quite Saccharin, and almost Scandinavian.|SWEETISH}}<br /> {{R-letters |10|NGPINAUHR|HARPING |PARING |NURAGHI*, PRUNING* | 28|45 | 84}} <br /> {{R-letters |11|TMDEILORI|LIMITED |TOILED |DELIMIT*, DIORITE*, LIMITER, MOTLIER, TIMIDER*| 35|45 | 91}}<br /> {{R-letters |12|WNLAEOTSD|DONATES |WANTED |WETLANDS* | 42|45 | 99}}<br /> {{R-letters |13|TWJSAUOIT|JOUST |JOUST |OUTWAITS | 47|50 |107}}<br /> {{R-numbers |14| 100|50|4|10|5|5| 997<br /> |{{x}}<br /> |995|sol2=4 × 5 × 50 − 5<br /> |rr=997|solrr=100 × 10 − 4 + (5 ÷ 5)<br /> |47|57|117}}<br /> {{R-conundrum|15|HESTUCKIN|c1time=18|c1sol=CHUNKIEST| 57|57 |127}}<br /> {{R-conundrum|TB|FIZZTIRES|c1time=4.75|c1sol=FRIZZIEST| 67|57 |127}}<br /> {{Rounds-end}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:8771}}<br /> [[Category:15-round games]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes in Series 93]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes presented by Colin Murray]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes with Rachel Riley as arithmetician]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes with Susie Dent as lexicographer]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes with Lucy Porter as a guest]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes decided by tie-break conundrums]]</div>

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