Susie trying not to laugh at 29:03 is fantastic.

29:00 Can you imagine if Susie said "valpinus" around Jimmy Carr?

Dividers was not the only 8. SKIDDIER was also there

Me being on the other side of the world, I've caught more of 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown. Watching this right after has really made it a bummer. Still great for the brain though.

Here's an alternative for 221:
75-9=66,
66x3=198,
198+25=223,
9-7=2,
223-2=221.

Notably this is Episode 5946 as of the S70 GF and the original 5775 was as of the 2nd semi in Series 67.

Had Midroot halfway through basically.

A random episode is it 😁

I normally do ok at the numbers but I cannot believe I had brain freeze for the 106. I was swearing at myself all episode lol

STANNOUS is also there in the first letters round. Those university courses in chemistry finally paid off.

For the first numbers round, I got a different answer by factoring the target (which is obviously divisible by 7).

8 x 2 = 16
75 - 16 = 59
59 x 7 = 413

I finished early enough to look for alternatives, and found one with 75 x 5.

75 x 5 = 375
8 x 7 = 56
9 x 2 = 18
56 - 18 = 38
375 + 38 = 413

The answer to the second numbers round was obvious ((100 + 10) x 2), so I tried to find less obvious alternatives.

7 x 6 = 42
3 + 2 = 5
42 x 5 = 210
210 + 10 = 220

10 x 3 = 30
30 + 7 = 37
37 x 6 = 222
222 - 2 = 220

There were several obvious solutions to the third numbers round, so I went for one a little outre (though really it's just taking the relevant number and multiplying it by 4 / 3):

9 x 9 = 81
100 x 81 = 8100
8100 / 75 = 108
50 / 25 = 2
108 - 2 = 106

You also could do the following if you want to use all the numbers again:

9 / 9 = 1
75 + 50 = 125
125 / 25 = 5
100 + 5 + 1 = 106

In the following letters round, I got DIOXANE before it was mentioned on Dictionary Corner because of the aforementioned chemistry courses.

Then I got UNVEILS as well as LINEUPS, but I think the latter might be too American for Susie's dictionary.

The final numbers round was disappointing, because not only was it easy (I was surprised Alex didn't spot the answer!), but also because it didn't offer much scope for alternatives.

However, there were a few:

75 + 25 + 9 = 109
9 - 7 = 2
109 x 2 = 218
218 + 3 = 221

75 + 7 = 82
82 x 3 = 246
246 - 25 = 221

75 + 9 = 84
84 / 3 = 28
28 x 7 = 196
196 + 25 = 221

My suggestion: 9X9 = 81+25 =106

Wednesday 25th September 2013

First word: UNSLANTS
Second word: BOLISHES
Third word: DIVIDERS
Fourth word: PORTAGE
Fifth word: MATTER
Sixth word: DOORMAT
Seventh word: EXPANDOR
Eighth word: PROMISED
Ninth word: IMPULSE
Tenth word: TONNAGE

This actually aired on the 23rd of September, not the 25th.

At around 21:00, I calculated 106 a different way: 9x9=81 minus 75= 6 plus 100= 106  (Proud of myself to get the ‘teatime’ conundrums, and at ~28:45 I got a 7-letter word not appearing on their board: ‘Unveils’. Anyone else think Alex is too young to never smile? 😐

75 - 7 is 68
8 - 2 is 6 times them together for 408 add 5 413

Where's Nick Hewer's Glasses?

100 add 9
75 divided by 25 is 3 take it away 106

Does anyone know where she got her dress from?

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