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Clare Sudbery

How odd, as they seem (and I hope this isn't privileged info, but I wasn't told that it was, and I can't see why it should be) to be recording it at the end of April. Turnaround from recording to airing is normally quicker? Is there likely to be a gap at some point in the current series, for racing ...

Clare Sudbery

eek, sorry about that, I locked the other topic by accident. So, um, trying again... Does anyone know how long the current series lasts? I've just been given the dates for the recording of the series final, and was surprised by how soon it is! And is it just me, or is the new C4 Countdown website a ...

Clare Sudbery

Is it just me, or is the new C4 Countdown website a bit hopeless? I've just totally failed to find a way of getting any useful info out of it, e.g. details of current series, or how to apply to go on show or be in audience...

Clare Sudbery

Does anyone know how long the current series lasts? I've just been given the dates for the recording of the series final, and was surprised by how soon it is!

Clare Sudbery

Sorry, not much of a spot really since dic corner saw it, but I posted here before they said it, honest.

That last round... DEFLATOR?

edit: Yup, DEFLATOR is in.

Clare Sudbery

I didn't even know it was a real word... have been meaning to ask that for ages.

Clare Sudbery

APTEROUS!

Clare Sudbery

It's being held at the same venue as last year's CoNot- described by one C. Reams (who will be playing Scrabble on the 14th) as 'the best co-event ever'- and I'm hoping to recreate some of that same CO-event atmosphere at the tournament. Obviously, I can't do that without the regulars, can I? ;) Wh...

Clare Sudbery

This solution and mine are quite counter-intuitive - I was happy to get them and I'm the greatest numbers player of all time - so I don't agree with you. I'm not going to bite as I am fairly sure you are joking :) Yeah, I was ;-) I am though. Oh dear, I didn't see this. Fell for it again! Doh.

Clare Sudbery

very poor not to get those numbers, I thought pretty easy: 4 x 2 = 8, + 4 = 12 12 x 50 = 600 8 x 8 = 64 600 + 64 = 664 This solution and mine are quite counter-intuitive - I was happy to get them and I'm the greatest numbers player of all time - so I don't agree with you. I got the same as Matt, an...

Clare Sudbery

This is a special plea (or rather, two) on behalf of my mother... She's trying to identify a novel she once read. She thinks it might be by either Elizabeth Bowen or Graham Greene, but all she can remember is one small plot detail. Apparently it wasn't particularly important to the book, it was just...

Clare Sudbery

I was experimenting with the method of tearing paper up so that letters are on individual squares like Scrabble tiles, but I found it prohibitively time-consuming and surprisingly unhelpful. But anyway, it's a hell of a lot easier to do clean straight tears in a hurry if you hold a ruler down agains...

Clare Sudbery

Absolutely, mille commiserations (and bloody great congrats for being there in the first place) to Charlie. Not bad for a "mediocre" player. ;o)

PS The GANDISEEG quote was flippin' hilarious. V. impressive to produce humour like that at such a tense moment.

Clare Sudbery

Are you allowed to take your own paper, pens, etc? Or for instance, a ruler? (Believe it or not I find a ruler quite handy)

Clare Sudbery

PPS Maybe you should copy these posts somewhere else George: Save them, and keep writing more? It's a great legacy for future generations.

Clare Sudbery

My greatest love of course is my Wife Olive, whom still has beautiful platinum gold hair. Although she lived opposite me, I never spoke to her until I saw her in a dance hall, and she was 16 years old. I've been finding a bit out about former residents of my house recently... in the 40s there was a...

Clare Sudbery

My problem with both games is that a lot of the fun goes out of it when you get to the point of memorising word lists - and haven't a clue what any of them mean. And of course that's the big problem with trying to be good at both, cos of the different dictionaries. This is why I'm happy to remain av...

Clare Sudbery

Brianlee72 wrote:But then I read the original post in the other forum and I got the joke, so it's ok!

Phew, everyone's happy.

Bored now though. Anyone want a fight?

Clare Sudbery

Old, Clare? Perish the thought. It's just that the squirming baby which may or may not be on your lap at present, led me to believe you were too old to be a 13-year old gymnast now or in the future. :) 's OK, I'm happy with my age (I was only joking). I'll be having a big party to celebrate 40 this...

Clare Sudbery

That's odd, you seem to reply to all of them. Touché. Obviously you caught me napping with that post. As it is I'm supposed to be working, which clearly means I'm on here every five minutes. Maybe you should employ me, then I'd stay well away and spend all my time writing novels instead - anything ...

Clare Sudbery

ARE YOU CALLING ME OLD?

Clare Sudbery

You manage to castigate Martin "What Joke?" Gardner for missing the tongue-in-cheekness in one thread, while simultaneously doing the same yourself in another. I guess you fail at irony. But how on earth was this guy, who doesn't know you, to know you were being anything other than seriou...

Clare Sudbery

But don't give me that bullshit that anyone could be an Octochamp at 11, please. I think there may be some oddly-shaped cheeks around though Martin, due to the presence of tongues. Personally there's no doubt whatsoever that I would have been a 13-yr-old Olympic gymnast, were it not for a splinter ...

Clare Sudbery

Charlie Reams wrote:
Brianlee72 wrote:I'd like to see Giles B return, or Jo Brand!
I dislike this guy already.

What a stupendously unfriendly post, on laughably superficial provocation.

[and as an aside, feel free to see this as the start of a competition for who can write the most qualifier-laden post]

Clare Sudbery

Used to play a lot on PixiePit. Haven't for ages. Countdown has taken over as my online word-based obsession. For now.

Am theoretically still up for a game any time, though in practice it depends on availability. Late at night would be best time.

Clare Sudbery

Gavin Chipper wrote:except Damian said they weren't going to do that any more.

What? No more Champion of Champions?

Clare Sudbery

Yeah, but what happens when you have a recording session booked and there's no contestants? I wonder if that ever happens? When I was 16, I was yanked out of a maths class and given one hour to pack* cos Granada TV were sending a taxi to drive me over the Pennines (from York to Manchester) and reco...

Clare Sudbery

Ooh! Exciting.

Clare Sudbery

(or are you suggesting we should be thinking of y as a symbol for an unknown quantity, like x)? Yes. This. Perfectly acceptable. Often seen in Graun crosswords. And in #5, MIL isn't a recognised abbreviation for mother-in-law as far as I'm aware - it needs a signifier like 'initially'. Interesting....

Clare Sudbery

David Roe wrote:over the age of 39

I'm 39. Does that mean I can't use the same argument?

Bother.

Clare Sudbery

Done. Will PM you. Some nice clues there.

Clare Sudbery

Ooh, what fun!

Thanks Phil.

Clare Sudbery

Wow George, this is fascinating stuff.

Clare Sudbery

LOL! You're right. We do.

Clare Sudbery

Gary Male wrote:Aw, #4 has such a nice imagery and answer. LOVES

Yeah, I liked that one.

Maybe I should say, there's a connection between all the answers. I came up with number 2 first, and then had the idea to add the rest.

Clare Sudbery

Dinos Sfyris wrote:1. Initially a fat actress yes, believe it or not! (3,6)

1. Fay Ripley.

Clare Sudbery

Hello George! I'm pretty new too, and I daresay those young 'uns will think I'm old at 39, but I don't (and I'm guesing you won't either). Anyway you're pretty young yourself compared to my grandparents, still going strong at 94 and 98, and lost their first married home to a direct hit by a doodlebug.

Clare Sudbery

Oh! I saw this thread in Active Topics, read the first post, thought oooh, that sounds like fun, went away and wrote a load of crossword clues, then came back and finally noticed the date... Ah well. I've written some crossword clues, for whoever wants to play: 1. Dan cracks sum too (3, 3) 2. Live w...

Clare Sudbery

I strongly stronly strongly recommend his book, Trick of the Mind. Yeah, me too. I've just written a book about a similar character, and read loads of fascinating stuff as research. Most of it not on sale to the public (although to be fair with an internet connection you can get most things if you ...

Clare Sudbery

Katherine Birkett wrote:Or if Jeff makes one, a Stelling Mistake.......

or Stelling Mispake...

Clare Sudbery

I'm a bit of a penis and social aptness isn't a plus point for me. I'll still be on apterous, etc (if it's ok). Please don't be too cruel when I'm on the show though :D Aw mate, come back! It was hardly crime of the century. I don't think people like me posting Can't speak for anyone else, but I do...

Clare Sudbery

Phil Reynolds wrote:Amanda's having inn demolished?

And destroying a Ford Transit. And shaming Ian, to boot.

Clare Sudbery

Scotty wrote:Oh shit i made a spelling mistake. Is that not allowed on here?

Oh arse, this is what I was trying to avoid. I didn't mean to make you feel bad. Spelling mistake schmelling mistake, and you're absolutely right about Kai!

Clare Sudbery

But where will he go next?? So much achieved so yong... I predict he will have become an arch villain by the time he's 18, and will have taken over the world by 19. Planet Laddiman here we come. I wonder what it'll be like? ;o) [PS Watch out for a flood of references to Kai's ability to spell (frien...

Clare Sudbery

Aha. V. useful info, thanks Phil.

Clare Sudbery

My question was to the point, but friendly too right? I reckon. When you follow everything on the forum, it's easy to forget that for a newbie, it's hard to guess exactly which thread you need to read to find the info you're looking for. Doesn't hurt to step outside your own skin once in a while, i...

Clare Sudbery

Clare, you're maybe not seeing Countdown in the schedules as you're probably looking at the early hours of the day it's on, when it's in fact listed in the wee small hours of the night before. I did look at the early schedules, but I see now I was looking at the wrong day. Repeats are on Thu, Fri, ...

Clare Sudbery

Top tip: If you can't get in, go back to Apterous home page and click on Today's Games (on the left hand side: http://www.apterous.org/browsegames.php). If no games have been played lately, the site is down and it's not your computer.

Clare Sudbery

"learning your 7s that are never the max" I'm intrigued. What is this? http://www.countdownwiki.com/Fruitful_7s Never the max... not actually true then, as it depends on you having more than 2 vowels in your selection? Or is there a minimum vowel rule? I've often wondered this, as it's ne...

Clare Sudbery

After you subscribe, the bots have to be manually activated (I assume) - so be prepared to wait a day or so depending on whether Charlie is busy elsewhere.

Clare Sudbery

I know I need to practice at the numbers, but does anyone have any advice about dealing with pressure? If I succumb to it on apterous, I'll stand no chance at the real thing! I struggled with the same things on Apterous at first, too. Some pieces of advice: 1. Play against the bots. The fact that t...

Clare Sudbery

Damn. Beaten to it. ;o)

Clare Sudbery

I've wondered, do they have unofficial seedings for the series - like spread out the potential octochamps to stop them playing each other each other early on, which would suck. I've wondered the same thing and was told that unofficially, yes they do. And then I panicked that my audition performance...

Clare Sudbery

The selections are planned in advance and are not just random selections, so look for 8s and 9s and don't settle for 5s and 6s. It occurred to me during the audition that this makes it a subtly different game. The very first selection we were given contained a 9, and after that (and also because of...

Clare Sudbery

Hannah O wrote:I got up at 5am to watch the repeat

I've been wondering about repeats, since I often miss the afternoon slot cos of childcare commitments and other issues. I scoured the schedules but couldn't find a repeat. When are they on, and which channel?

Clare Sudbery

I saw the fruitful 7 lists I didn't. Where was that? There are some references to lists in the "How-To Guides" thread, I think... I've been meaning to check them out but haven't got round to it yet. Somebody told me there are useful lists in the back of Mark Tournoff's book, and aparently...

Clare Sudbery

Jason Larsen wrote:Why is it that I got a failure delivery the past two times I tried to e-mail the Countdown crew?

Maybe their email address has changed? Maybe their server was broken? Could be many things. Maybe if you say what email address you used, somebody will be able to tell you if it is correct.

Clare Sudbery

Episodes filmed per day: Used to be 6, is now 4 on some days, 5 on others (I think). Loads of people struggle with the conundrums. They're only one small part of the game - you shouldn't take that as a reason not to apply. I failed all my audition conundrums but still got on the show. It really does...

Clare Sudbery

Joseph Bolas wrote:I don't suppose it's possible to PM for the answers, because I'm not smart enough to solve any of these and I am curious to see what the answers are.

I'll pm you. Obviously answers to be kept to yourself!

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