Friday 16th December 2016 (Series 75, 2nd Quarter-Final)

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Friday 16th December 2016 (Series 75, 2nd Quarter-Final)

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Countdown recap for Friday 16 December 2016.

C1: No.2 Seed Jamie "The Huddersfield Hurricane" Washington (8 wins, 825 points.) A student from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
C2: No.7 Seed Stephen "The Basingtoke Bamboozler" Fuller (6 wins, 507 points.) An Apterite and freelance author/editor/writer from Basingstoke, Hampshire.
DC: Susie Dent and Sir Tim Rice.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: N P T R O I U T N
R02: Z S T C E U E P J
R03: 100, 8, 4, 4, 2, 3. Target: 725.
TTT: ALBUMHINT - "This could be the picture size of your online photo album."
R04: R S R Y U E U M O
R05: T P B E I W O D L
R06: 25, 50, 100, 75, 9, 2. Target: 866.
R07: R S W A E O V D A
R08: S R L G I U O I L
R09: 10, 2, 4, 9, 7, 10. Target: 374.
TTT: RACERTEST - "When visiting America, he had a burning desire to take one of these."
R10: R L T S M A I A S
R11: H N T E O E P H S
R12: Q N S D A E O T M
R13: L N B E A E F I R
R14: 100, 25, 75, 50, 10, 2. Target: 729.
R15: G L A C I E E R S (conundrum)


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Round 1: N P T R O I U T N

Jamie: TINPOT (6)
Stephen: PRINTOUT (8)
Score: 0–8 (max 8)

Round 2: Z S T C E U E P J

Jamie: UPSET (5)
Stephen: UPSET (5)
DC: PUCEST (6)
OT: EJECTS (6) PECTUS (6) PUTZES (6)
Score: 5–13 (max 14)

Round 3: 100, 8, 4, 4, 2, 3. Target: 725.

Jamie: 725. (100 / 4) x ((8 x 4) - 3) (10)
Stephen: 724.
Score: 15–13 (max 24)

Teatime teaser: ALBUMHINT -> THUMBNAIL

Round 4: R S R Y U E U M O

Jamie: -
Stephen: RUMOURS (7)
DC: MOUSERY (7)
OT: MORSURE (7)
Score: 15–20 (max 31)

Round 5: T P B E I W O D L

Jamie: POLITE (6)
Stephen: PILOTED (7)
DC: BOWLED (6)
OT: PELTOID (7) PLOITED (7) POWLTED (7)
Score: 15–27 (max 38)

Round 6: 25, 50, 100, 75, 9, 2. Target: 866.

Jamie: 859. Mistake in working.
Stephen: 857. ((100 - ((75 + 50) / 25)) x 9) + 2 (5)
RR: 864/868, but "one away was possible".... (7)
OT: 865. ((100 + 2) x 9) - 50 - (75 / 25) (7)
Score: 15–32 (max 45)

Sir Tim talks about his support of Sunderland F.C..

Round 7: R S W A E O V D A

Jamie: WAVERS (6)
Stephen: OVERSAW (7)
DC: SEAWARD (7)
OT: ADROWSE (7) DWARVES (7) REAVOWS (7) REDOWAS (7) SADWARE (7)
Score: 15–39 (max 52)

Round 8: S R L G I U O I L

Jamie: GRILLS (6)
Stephen: GRILLS (6)
OT: GUIROS (6) RIGOLS (6)
Score: 21–45 (max 58)

Round 9: 10, 2, 4, 9, 7, 10. Target: 374.

Jamie: 373. ((10 + 9) x 2 x 10) - 7 (7)
Stephen: 378.
RR: 374. (((10 x 10) - 7) x 4) + 2 (10)
Score: 28–45 (max 68)

Teatime teaser: RACERTEST -> STREETCAR

Round 10: R L T S M A I A S

Jamie: LARIATS (7)
Stephen: ALARMISTS (18)
OT: ALASTRIMS (18)
Score: 28–63 (max 86)

Round 11: H N T E O E P H S

Jamie: phoneset
Stephen: PHONES (6)
DC: POTHEENS (8)
OT: POSHTEEN (8)
Score: 28–69 (max 94)

Susie's Origins of Words talks about the origins of "flirting".

Round 12: Q N S D A E O T M

Jamie: DONATES (7)
Stephen: DAEMONS (7)
OT: MADSTONE (8)
Score: 35–76 (max 102)

Round 13: L N B E A E F I R

Jamie: FIRABLE (7)
Stephen: FIRABLE (7)
DC: FIREABLE (8) LEAFIER (7) REFINABLE (18)
OT: INFERABLE (18)
Score: 42–83 (max 120)

Round 14: 100, 25, 75, 50, 10, 2. Target: 729.

Jamie: 729. (75 x 10) - 25 + ((100 / 50) + 2) (10)
Stephen: 729. Mistake in working.
Score: 52–83 (max 130)

Round 15: G L A C I E E R S

No one buzzes. The answer was SACRILEGE.
Final Score: 52–83 (max 140)

Statistics Corner

Jamie:
Total score - 52
Raw score - 77
Total % of max - 37
Raw % of max - 55
Total average score per round - 3.5
Raw average score per round - 5.1
Number of maxes - 3

Stephen:
Total score - 83
Raw score - 97
Total % of max - 59
Raw % of max - 69
Total average score per round - 5.5
Raw average score per round - 6.5
Number of maxes - 6

Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=75
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