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 Dobinson returned for the series finals in December 2022, placing as the fifth seed. He played his quarter-final match on [[Episode 7918|20 December 2022]] against number four seed [[Alan Young]]. Young took an early lead after the first [[numbers game]], with Dobinson staying close behind by two points. However, crucially, Dobinson later found {{word|LANGOUSTE}} for nine, taking a 16-point lead to the conundrum, which was left unsolved and meant Dobinson advanced to a semi-final the next day against [[Tom Stevenson]]. This also made Dobinson the first semi-finalist outside the top four seeds since [[Tony Manwani]] and [[Alan Duval]] both made it in [[Series 79]].
-In the [[Episode 7919|semi-final]], both players started by matching each other early on. But Stevenson broke away with spots like {{word|LEGGIER}} in Round 5 and {{word|IMPASTO}} in Round 7, along with a successful six-small numbers selection to establish a 24-point lead. Joe and Tom then maxed out Rounds 10 to 14, which included them both spotting the 9 letter word {{word|WINTEROUS}}, before Tom maintained his scoring record by solving his tenth [[conundrum]] on the bounce to qualify for the final with 129 points. This meant Dobinson suffered his only defeat, bowing out with a very respectable score of 95 points, the highest losing score of any of Stevenson's opponents, and an overall total of 988 points across his run.
+In the [[Episode 7919|semi-final]], both players started by matching each other early on. But Stevenson broke away with spots like {{word|LEGGIER}} in Round 5 and {{word|IMPASTO}} in Round 7, along with a successful six-small numbers selection to establish a 24-point lead. Joe and Tom then maxed out Rounds 10 to 14, which included them both spotting the 9 letter word {{word|WINTEROUS}}, before Tom maintained his scoring record by solving his tenth [[conundrum]] on the bounce to qualify for the final with 129 points. This meant Dobinson suffered his only defeat, bowing out with a very respectable score of 95 points, the highest losing score of any of Stevenson's opponents in [[Series 86]], and an overall total of 988 points across his run.
 ==Episodes==

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 [[File:Joe Dobinson.png|thumb|200px|right|Joe Dobinson in [[Series 86]].]]
-'''Joe Dobinson''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 86]]. He was a Spanish and linguistics student at the {{w|University of Southampton}} but is originally from {{w|Southend-on-Sea}}, {{w|Essex}}. He is also an [[Apterous|Apterite]].
+'''Joe Dobinson''' was an [[octochamp]] and semi-finalist in [[Series 86]]. He was a Spanish and linguistics student at the {{w|University of Southampton}} but is originally from {{w|Southend-on-Sea}}, {{w|Essex}}. He is also an [[Apterous|Apterite]].
 Making his debut on [[Episode 7889|9 November 2022]] with a solid score of 93, Dobinson won a further seven games to become the sixth octochamp of Series 86, and the second of the series whose run has spanned two [[presenter]]s. He achieved a provisional personal best of 116 in [[Episode 7890|his second game]], and solved six [[conundrum]]s; three of which were crucial.

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 Dobinson returned for the series finals in December 2022, placing as the fifth seed. He played his quarter-final match on [[Episode 7918|20 December 2022]] against number four seed [[Alan Young]]. Young took an early lead after the first [[numbers game]], with Dobinson staying close behind by two points. However, crucially, Dobinson later found {{word|LANGOUSTE}} for nine, taking a 16-point lead to the conundrum, which was left unsolved and meant Dobinson advanced to a semi-final the next day against [[Tom Stevenson]]. This also made Dobinson the first semi-finalist outside the top four seeds since [[Tony Manwani]] and [[Alan Duval]] both made it in [[Series 79]].
-In the [[Episode 7919|semi-final]], Joe came in on form, with both players matching each other early on. But Stevenson broke away with spots like {{word|LEGGIER}} in Round 5 and {{word|IMPASTO}} in Round 7, along with a successful six-small numbers selection to establish a 24-point lead. Joe and Tom then maxed out Rounds 10 to 14, which included them both spotting the 9 letter word {{word|WINTEROUS}}, before Tom maintained his scoring record by solving his tenth [[conundrum]] on the bounce to qualify for the final with 129 points. This meant Dobinson suffered his only defeat, bowing out with a very respectable score of 95 points, the highest losing score of any of Stevenson's opponents, and an overall total of 988 points across his run.
+In the [[Episode 7919|semi-final]], both players started by matching each other early on. But Stevenson broke away with spots like {{word|LEGGIER}} in Round 5 and {{word|IMPASTO}} in Round 7, along with a successful six-small numbers selection to establish a 24-point lead. Joe and Tom then maxed out Rounds 10 to 14, which included them both spotting the 9 letter word {{word|WINTEROUS}}, before Tom maintained his scoring record by solving his tenth [[conundrum]] on the bounce to qualify for the final with 129 points. This meant Dobinson suffered his only defeat, bowing out with a very respectable score of 95 points, the highest losing score of any of Stevenson's opponents, and an overall total of 988 points across his run.
 ==Episodes==

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 Making his debut on [[Episode 7889|9 November 2022]] with a solid score of 93, Dobinson won a further seven games to become the sixth octochamp of Series 86, and the second of the series whose run has spanned two [[presenter]]s. He achieved a provisional personal best of 116 in [[Episode 7890|his second game]], and solved six [[conundrum]]s; three of which were crucial.
-In [[Episode 7896|his eighth game]], he notably risked {{word|MARBLEISE}} in the final [[letters game]] for the sole nine of his heat games, wrapping up with a total of 794 points (the same as [[Paul James]] in [[Series 67]], [[Laurence Killen]] in [[Series 71]] and [[Maggie Barlow]] in [[Series 80]]).
+In [[Episode 7896|his eighth game]], he notably risked {{word|MARBLEISE}} in the final [[letters game]] for the sole nine of his heats, wrapping up with a total of 794 points (the same as [[Paul James]] in [[Series 67]], [[Laurence Killen]] in [[Series 71]] and [[Maggie Barlow]] in [[Series 80]]).
 Dobinson returned for the series finals in December 2022, placing as the fifth seed. He played his quarter-final match on [[Episode 7918|20 December 2022]] against number four seed [[Alan Young]]. Young took an early lead after the first [[numbers game]], with Dobinson staying close behind by two points. However, crucially, Dobinson later found {{word|LANGOUSTE}} for nine, taking a 16-point lead to the conundrum, which was left unsolved and meant Dobinson advanced to a semi-final the next day against [[Tom Stevenson]]. This also made Dobinson the first semi-finalist outside the top four seeds since [[Tony Manwani]] and [[Alan Duval]] both made it in [[Series 79]].

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 Dobinson returned for the series finals in December 2022, placing as the fifth seed. He played his quarter-final match on [[Episode 7918|20 December 2022]] against number four seed [[Alan Young]]. Young took an early lead after the first [[numbers game]], with Dobinson staying close behind by two points. However, crucially, Dobinson later found {{word|LANGOUSTE}} for nine, taking a 16-point lead to the conundrum, which was left unsolved and meant Dobinson advanced to a semi-final the next day against [[Tom Stevenson]]. This also made Dobinson the first semi-finalist outside the top four seeds since [[Tony Manwani]] and [[Alan Duval]] both made it in [[Series 79]].
-In the [[Episode 7919|semi-final]], Joe came in on form, with both matching each other early on. But Stevenson broke away with spots like {{word|LEGGIER}} in Round 5 and {{word|IMPASTO}} in Round 7, along with a successful six-small numbers selection to establish a 24-point lead. Joe and Tom then maxed out Rounds 10 to 14, which included them both spotting the 9 letter word {{word|WINTEROUS}}, before Tom maintained his scoring record by solving his tenth [[conundrum]] on the bounce to qualify for the final with 129 points. This meant Dobinson suffered his only defeat, bowing out with a very respectable score of 95 points, the highest losing score of any of Stevenson's opponents, and an overall total of 988 points across his run.
+In the [[Episode 7919|semi-final]], Joe came in on form, with both players matching each other early on. But Stevenson broke away with spots like {{word|LEGGIER}} in Round 5 and {{word|IMPASTO}} in Round 7, along with a successful six-small numbers selection to establish a 24-point lead. Joe and Tom then maxed out Rounds 10 to 14, which included them both spotting the 9 letter word {{word|WINTEROUS}}, before Tom maintained his scoring record by solving his tenth [[conundrum]] on the bounce to qualify for the final with 129 points. This meant Dobinson suffered his only defeat, bowing out with a very respectable score of 95 points, the highest losing score of any of Stevenson's opponents, and an overall total of 988 points across his run.
 ==Episodes==