The all-male panel this game…
Jeff Wile: 1-day champ w/ $11,734
Steve Misa: worker for a large aerospace company soon to be married to Virginia in April (they have a beagle) from Sussex, NJ
Jim Timmons: operations manager for a major magazine and book distributor from Reno, NV
Round 1: PHRASE
Jeff: Free Spin, T for turnover
Steve: $1K S pair, five E’s, R for rats
Jim: B for bad
Jeff: LaT and used FS, $200 M, $400 C, $100 X, $400 P, solve…
E X C _ S E / M E
P _ E _ S E
Jeff replied to his opponents “EXCUSE ME, PLEASE” for $1,100.
All the prize descriptions were cut out from the copy I watched.
FIRST PRIZE WEDGE: marked HEALTH
Round 2: OCCUPATION
Steve: $350 T pair, $100 S, $600 N pair, three E’s, A for awful
Jim: H for halt
Jeff: $300 C trio, $500 F, $100 W, $400 R pair (NMC), solve…
S C _ E N C E
F _ C T _ _ N
W R _ T E R
Jeff knew that Ray Bradbury is one example of a SCIENCE FICTION WRITER for $1,300.
Jeff: $2,400/Other men: $0 each
NEXT PRIZE WEDGE LABEL: marked BED
Round 3: PHRASE
Jim: $400 S, SIX T’s for $1,200, BANKRUPT near $100 (lost $1,600)
Jeff: $1,200 H quartet, $3K R trio, solve…
S T R _ _ _ H T / T _
T H _ / H _ _ R T
_ _ / T H _
_ R _ _ _ _ _
Jeff went STRAIGHT TO THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM and nailed it for $4,200.
Jeff: $6,600/Other men: ZERO A HEAD
FEATURED PRIZE #3: marked CRUISE
Round 4: THING
Jeff: $2,500 R pair, three E’s, T for turnover
Steve: BED acquired but no $100 S
Jim: $300 N, M for mistake
Jeff: $1,200 F pair, solve…
_ _ F F E E
_ R _ N _ E R
Jeff solved the IN THE KITCHEN appliance COFFEE GRINDER for $3,500.
Jeff: $10,100/Other men: STILL NOTHING
LAST PRIZE WEDGE: marked SHOP
Round 5: PLACE
Steve: BANKRUPT near $100
Jim: $100 S, $100 R, $100 T, no N
Jeff: $100 Y, C for crud
Steve: $100 L
SPEED-UP
_ _ L _ T _ R Y
_ _ S _
After Bob initially spun the HEALTH wedge, the leftover consonants were worth $200 a pop. Steve then said M…
M _ L _ T _ R Y
_ _ S _
…and solved MILITARY BASE to deny Jeff of the sweep.
| PENALTY BOX | DUDS | LaTs | BANKRUPTS | DQs |
| Round 1 | T (Jeff), R (Steve), B (Jim) | Jeff | ||
| Round 2 | A (Steve), H (Jim) | |||
| Round 3 | Jim | |||
| Round 4 | T (Jeff), S (Steve), M (Jim) | |||
| Round 5 | N (Jim), C (Jeff) | Steve |
FINAL SCORES
Jeff: $10,100/Steve: $300/Jim: PARTING GIFTS
GT: $10,400
Jim’s BANKRUPT TRASH: $1,600
Bonus Round
Jeff’s playing for a Kimball La Petite grand piano valued at $8,024.
Category: THING
Just a couple E’s to start…
_ _ _ _ _ E _
E _ _
CDHA all make it in the top word…
_ _ A C H E D
E _ _
…and he didn’t need any help on bottom, because he got POACHED EGG for the piano; his 2-day total was $29,858!
MY RATING: 7 (duds were a little too much)
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