Clive Spate (born 16 January 1952) is a British

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contestant. He was the winner of the eighth series of ''

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'' and has won many other TV quizzes, including the 2003 series '' Grand Slam'', a contest between previous quiz show champions which also featured

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, Mark Labbett, Graham Nash and David Edwards, among others. He appeared on '' Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'' (Series 15, Episode 13), broadcast on 27 March 2004, where he won £125,000. Spate is also a former tournament Scrabble player. He was the top rated UK player in 1991, 1994 and 1995. He competed at the World Scrabble Championship in 1993, finishing ninth out of sixty-four. The winner that year was ''Countdown'' Champion of Champions

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– the first UK Scrabble player to hold the World Championship title. Spate gradually retired from the game, although he made a brief comeback in 2003, when he was the runner-up at the British National Scrabble Championship.http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/uk-scrabble/message/48645

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