Adam Dexter

Adam Dexter

Adam Dexter was a contestant in Series 69 and Series 87. At the time of his second appearances, he was an insurance claims handler from Kidderminster in Worcestershire. He has also been an Apterite since 2008, but he is not just any Apterous member; he participated in an online tournament or two before attending COLIN 2010 where he finished in 26th place, he did better when he returned in COLIN 2012 and then appeared at CobliviLon later that year. One of his best Co-Event finishes was at Brighton 2022, when he finished in the top 5, and only lost one game all day.

Appearances on the programme

Series 69

Debuting up against eventual champion Callum Todd, Dexter played a good game and remained close to the end, but ultimately lost on a crucial conundrum DOTSTIRED which Todd unscrambled to DISTORTED.

Series 87

But, after years of practice on Apterous, he was allowed to return, and made his second debut just two shows after Ronan Higginson became an Octochamp, and began with a flourish, and a century, against one-time winner Shadid Chandna.

ZoomDown

He also appeared in ZoomDown Series 4 where despite narrowly missing out on being a tetrachamp to fellow Apterite Martin Thomas, he made it to the finals, winning against Apterite Andres Sanchez but losing against Apterite Ronan Higginson. This performance also allowed him to qualify for the ZoomDown Championship of Champions where he was overpowered by Elliott Mellor, although Dexter got the last word by unscrambling SPARECOCK to ROCKSCAPE after Elliott initially provided an incorrect guess.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
5780	30/09/2013	P	Callum Todd	83 – 66	Adam Dexter	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Katherine Grainger	Susie Dent	120
8028	30/05/2023	P	Shahid Chandna	63 – 112	Adam Dexter	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Cally Beaton	Susie Dent	155