Monday 3rd November 2008, Series 59 Game 76

[Howard Somerset]

Countdown recap for Monday 3 November 2008.

C1: Champion Andy Crompton (1 win, 79 points.)
C2: Challenger Sylvia Fountain. A housewife from Bridlington, who likes country dancing and gardens. Her ambition is to meet Tom Jones. Sadly for Sylvia, Tom Jones is not gracing dictionary corner today, but happily for the rest of us, we have ...
DC: Susie Dent and Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: S S H N O A O P M
R02: T P R M A O O L R
R03: A I E F N L D B A
R04: P C H N I U E S K
R05: 100, 6, 7, 1, 2, 1. Target: 723.
TTT: HUGALERT - "If you add an S it changes from hilarity to horror."
R06: D T S T A O E I N
R07: T X W E O E M N D
R08: L T Z R A A A E T
R09: N T E I P D O S S
R10: 100, 8, 6, 4, 3, 8, . Target: 946.
TTT: CARALIVE - "This car isn't alive any more, but who's laughing?"
R11: D R V E I A Q S D
R12: L C R N A E O N L
R13: E I A R C G E F S
R14: 25, 8, 9, 3, 1, 4. Target: 958.
R15: S H E E T I C E S (conundrum)


And now a brief interlude before our main feature:

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In Des's introduction he recalled a lot of, mainly nice, comments that a number of 8 year olds had said about their grandparents. I've obviously got it wrong. One of my 8 year olds recently said to me "You know, Grandpa, grandparents are supposed to spoil their grandchildren."

And now, on with the more important parts of the show.

Round 1: S S H N O A O P M

C1: SHAMPOOS (8)
C2: SHAMPOOS (8)
Score: 8–8 (max 8)

Round 2: T P R M A O O L R

C1: PORTAL (6)
C2: TROOP (5)
DC: TAPROOM (7)
Score: 14–8 (max 15)

Round 3: A I E F N L D B A

C1: FABLED (6)
C2: BLAND (5)
DC: FINDABLE (8) found by Andy, but unfortunately for him, not risked.
Score: 20–8 (max 23)

Round 4: P C H N I U E S K

C1: PINCHES (7)
C2: punches (6)
DC: PECKISH (7) PUNCHES (7)
OT: ECHINUS (7) PUCKISH (7) PUNKISH (7) UNPICKS (7)
Score: 27–8 (max 30)

An echinus is a sea urchin. Alternatively it can describe a moulding below an abacus.

Round 5: 100, 6, 7, 1, 2, 1. Target: 723.

C1: 722. (100 + 2 + 1) x 7 + 1 (7)
C2: 724. 7 x 100 + (2 + 1 + 1) x 6 (7)
CV: 722. (7)
OT: 723. (100 + 6 / 2) x 7 + 1 + 1 (10)
Score: 34–15 (max 40)

Once again, a rush of posts to the forum, demonstrating that Carol had missed an easy first numbers game twice in consecutive matches.

Ran then entertained us by telling how he managed to overcome vertigo by spending five days on a climb up the North Face of the Eiger. I look forward to hearing, on his next visit, how he managed to overcome his other big fear - spiders.

Teatime teaser: HUGALERT -> LAUGHTER

Round 6: D T S T A O E I N

C1: TOASTED (7)
C2: STAINED (7)
DC: ANTIDOTES (18) STATIONED (18)
Score: 41–22 (max 58)

Round 7: T X W E O E M N D

C1: DEMOTE (6)
C2: EXTEND (6)
DC: TOWNEE (6)
OT: DEMENT (6) EMOTED (6) DENOTE (6) DENTEX (6) MEOWED (6) TONEME (6) WONTED (6)
Score: 47–28 (max 64)

A dentex is a sea bream.
A toneme is a phoneme, distinguished only from another by its tone. When looking up phoneme in the ODE2r, I was distracted by the entry which followed it. My apologies for the delay in submitting this recap.
Wonted - habitual.

Round 8: L T Z R A A A E T

C1: LATTER (6)
C2: LATTER (6)
DC: RATTLE (6) LAZARET (7)
Score: 53–34 (max 71)

A lazaret (more commonly lazarette) is the rear part of a ship's hold.

Round 9: N T E I P D O S S

C1: POINTED (7)
C2: DEPOSITS (8)
DC: STIPENDS (8) DESPOTS (7) TOSSED (6)
OT: TOPSIDES (8) DOPINESS (8)
Score: 53–42 (max 79)

Round 10: 100, 8, 6, 4, 3, 8. Target: 946.

C1: 940. (6 + 3) x 100 + 8 x 4 + 8 (5)
C2: -
CV: 945. (7) method not given, but my guess it was (100 + 4 + 8 / 8) x (6 + 3)
OT: 946. (100 - 8 - 6) x (8 + 3) (10)
Score: 58–42 (max 89)

Teatime teaser: CARALIVE -> CAVALIER

Round 11: D R V E I A Q S D

C1: DRIVES (6)
C2: VARIED (6)
DC: ADVISED (7) ADVISER (7)
Score: 64–48 (max 96)

Round 12: L C R N A E O N L

C1: COLLAR (6)
C2: CORNEAL (7)
DC: LLANERO (7)
OT: CORELLA (7) OCELLAR (7)
Score: 64–55 (max 103)

A corella is an Australasian cockatoo.

Round 13: E I A R C G E F S

C1: FAERIES (7)
C2: CARIES (6)
DC: FIACRES (7)
OT: FREESIA (7) REFACES (7) SERFAGE (7)
Score: 71–55 (max 110)

A faerie, as a count noun, is a variant spelling of fairy
Caries, a mass noun, is the decay and crumbling of a tooth or bone.
A fiacre used to be a small carriage, available for hire.

Round 14: 25, 8, 9, 3, 1, 4. Target: 958.

C1: 968. Mistake in working.
C2: -
CV: 958. (4 x 9 + 3 - 1) x 25 + 8 (10)
Score: 71–55 (max 120)

Round 15: S H E E T I C E S

C1 buzzes on 13 seconds to say CHEESIEST which is correct.
Score: 81–55 (max 130)

So Andy is now just half way to bagging himself a late entry into the finals.

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=59