Thursday 26th January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 13)

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Thursday 26th January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 13)

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Countdown recap for Thursday 26 January 2017.

C1: Champion Dave Ryan (2 wins, 186 points.) A coach driver from Waverton, Cheshire.
C2: Challenger Elliott Mack. An administrative assistant from Reigate, Surrey. He previously appeared on the show in Series 61, losing to Charlie Khoo 97-83 on a crucial conundrum.
DC: Susie Dent and Barry McGuigan.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: N E L O W D E I B
R02: S E L A V T I J T
R03: 50, 7, 4, 1, 3, 6. Target: 366.
TTT: ISSOCRUDE - "I could talk forever about how poor my starter was."
R04: F L A F U W D E P
R05: L O M S E B A D R
R06: 50, 9, 4, 10, 6, 9. Target: 299.
R07: S Y M O E T I L K
R08: S Q T A I E G D R
R09: 25, 50, 5, 6, 7, 2. Target: 921.
TTT: FEINTGRIP - "By itself, you can't really grasp anything with this."
R10: N R O V E A S H R
R11: S R E C A N G O A
R12: D E P I N X O R S
R13: T A G T I R U H N
R14: 75, 1, 10, 5, 9, 6. Target: 828.
R15: A N D O R I G I N (conundrum)


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Round 1: N E L O W D E I B

Dave: ELBOWED (7)
Elliott: BLONDIE (7)
OT: BOWLINE (7) LOWENED (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)

Round 2: S E L A V T I J T

Dave: VITTLES (7)
Elliott: vitalest
DC: TITLES (6)
OT: ALVITES (7) STATIVE (7)
Score: 14–7 (max 14)

Round 3: 50, 7, 4, 1, 3, 6. Target: 366.

Dave: 366. (50 x 7) + ((3 - 1) x 6) + 4 (10)
Elliott: 366. (7 x 50) + ((3 + 1) x 4) (10)
Score: 24–17 (max 24)

Teatime teaser: ISSOCRUDE -> DISCOURSE

Round 4: F L A F U W D E P

Dave: WAFFLED (7)
Elliott: WAFFLED (7)
DC: FLAWED (6) FEUDAL (6)
OT: PLUFFED (7)
Score: 31–24 (max 31)

Round 5: L O M S E B A D R

Dave: RAMBLES (7)
Elliott: AMBLERS (7)
DC: MARBLED (7) EARLDOM (7) EARLDOMS (8)
Score: 38–31 (max 39)

Round 6: 50, 9, 4, 10, 6, 9. Target: 299.

Dave: 299. Mistake in working.
Elliott: 299. (6 x 50) - (10 - 9) (10)
Score: 38–41 (max 49)

Barry talks about working with Daniel Day-Lewis on the film, The Boxer.

Round 7: S Y M O E T I L K

Dave: MOISTLY (7)
Elliott: MOISTLY (7)
OT: MOLYSITE (8) YOLKIEST (8)
Score: 45–48 (max 57)

Round 8: S Q T A I E G D R

Dave: GAITERS (7)
Elliott: ASTRIDE (7)
DC: TRIAGE (6) TRIAGED (7) STAGIER (7)
OT: AGISTED (7) AGISTER (7) DISRATE (7) GARDIES (7) STAIDER (7) TADGERS (7) TIRADES (7) TRADIES (7) TRIAGES (7)
Score: 52–55 (max 64)

Round 9: 25, 50, 5, 6, 7, 2. Target: 921.

Dave: 912.
Elliott: 919. (((2 x 7) + 5) x 50) - 25 - 6 (7)
RR: 921. (5 x 7 x 25) + 50 - (6 - 2) (10)
Score: 52–62 (max 74)

Teatime teaser: FEINTGRIP -> FINGERTIP

Round 10: N R O V E A S H R

Dave: OVERRAN (7)
Elliott: REASON (6)
DC: HOVERS (6) SHAVER (6) HOARSER (7)
OT: HAVENORS (8) OVERRASH (8)
Score: 59–62 (max 82)

Round 11: S R E C A N G O A

Dave: ONAGERS (7)
Elliott: ORANGES (7)
DC: CANOERS (7) COARSEN (7) CORSAGE (7)
OT: ROSACEAN (8)
Score: 66–69 (max 90)

Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of some boxing idioms.

Round 12: D E P I N X O R S

Dave: PONDERS (7)
Elliott: RESPOND (7)
DC: POINDERS (8)
OT: PRISONED (8)
Score: 73–76 (max 98)

Round 13: T A G T I R U H N

Dave: RATTING (7)
Elliott: HURTING (7)
OT: TRUTHING (8)
Score: 80–83 (max 106)

Round 14: 75, 1, 10, 5, 9, 6. Target: 828.

Dave: 828. ((10 + 1) x 75) + 9 - 6 (10)
Elliott: 828. ((10 + 1) x 75) + 9 - 6 (10)
Score: 90–93 (max 116)

Round 15: A N D O R I G I N

Elliott buzzes on 2.75 seconds to say ORDAINING which is correct.
Final Score: 90–103 (max 126)

Despite his loss, Dave did set an interesting feat in this episode, as in all ten of his letters rounds he declared 7 each time, and even more impressively, scored with all ten of them :!: :!: 8-)

Statistics Corner

Dave:
Total score - 90
Raw score - 95
Total % of max - 71
Raw % of max - 75
Total average score per round - 6.0
Raw average score per round - 6.3
Number of maxes - 6

Elliott:
Total score - 103
Raw score - 109
Total % of max - 82
Raw % of max - 87
Total average score per round - 6.9
Raw average score per round - 7.3
Number of maxes - 7

Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=76
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