Friday 10th March 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 44)

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Friday 10th March 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 44)

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Countdown recap for Friday 10 March 2017.

C1: Champion Neel Popat (2 wins, 186 points.) A physics student originally from London, but studying in Leicester.
C2: Challenger Lawrie Collingwood. A retired teacher from Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire. He likes playing the guitar, the harmonica and the octave mandolin in some traditional and folk music sessions.
DC: Susie Dent and Pasha Kovalev.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: S L S E O I R Y R
R02: E U I G C T R E N
R03: 100, 5, 5, 4, 6, 8. Target: 636.
TTT: ALONGNICE - "You'd definitely get along nicely with this sort of person."
R04: A U E Q S B N U L
R05: R L T A I D A O T
R06: 50, 3, 4, 6, 9, 8. Target: 361.
R07: P M N E A O S L U
R08: E A O R D S V A R
R09: 25, 75, 50, 100, 10, 8. Target: 475.
TTT: HEDONISTS - "They might be in search of pleasure, but they don't know how to tell the truth."
R10: E O E T L R U C L
R11: G P D F E A O E P
R12: O I A I T W N U M
R13: X T S O E O M Z E
R14: 25, 4, 6, 7, 3, 1. Target: 495.
R15: S U G A R L O O M (conundrum)


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Round 1: S L S E O I R Y R

Neel: RISERS (6)
Lawrie: LORRIES (7)
DC: RISSOLE (7)
OT: LORISES (7) RESOILS (7) SORRELS (7) SORRILY (7)
Score: 0–7 (max 7)

Round 2: E U I G C T R E N

Neel: ERECTING (8)
Lawrie: ERUCTING (8)
DC: GENITURE (8)
OT: CEINTURE (8) ENURETIC (8)
Score: 8–15 (max 15)

Round 3: 100, 5, 5, 4, 6, 8. Target: 636.

Neel: 636. (5 - (8 - 5) + 4 + 100) x 6 (10)
Lawrie: 635.
Score: 18–15 (max 25)

Teatime teaser: ALONGNICE -> CONGENIAL

Round 4: A U E Q S B N U L

Neel: EQUALS (6)
Lawrie: UNABLE (6)
DC: UNUSABLE (8)
OT: SUBEQUAL (8) UNEQUALS (8)
Score: 24–21 (max 33)

Round 5: R L T A I D A O T

Neel: TAILOR (6)
Lawrie: TAILOR (6)
DC: DILATOR (7)
OT: ROTALID (7)
Score: 30–27 (max 40)

Round 6: 50, 3, 4, 6, 9, 8. Target: 361.

Neel: 361. ((50 + 9) x 6) + 3 + 4 (10)
Lawrie: 361. ((3 + 4) x 50) + 8 - 6 + 9 (10)
Score: 40–37 (max 50)

Pasha talks about his new tour "Let's Dance The Night Away", and some mishaps he has had on previous tours.

Round 7: P M N E A O S L U

Neel: PLANES (6)
Lawrie: MOPANES (7)
DC: AMPOULES (8)
OT: MELANOUS (8) NEOPLASM (8) PLEONASM (8)
Score: 40–44 (max 58)

Round 8: E A O R D S V A R

Neel: evadors
Lawrie: DROVERS (7)
OT: ADORERS (7) DROSERA (7) ROADERS (7) SEROVAR (7) VARROAS (7)
Score: 40–51 (max 65)

Round 9: 25, 75, 50, 100, 10, 8. Target: 475.

Neel: 475. (50 x 10) - 25 (10)
Lawrie: 475. ((8 / (50 / 25)) x 100) + 75 (10)
Score: 50–61 (max 75)

Teatime teaser: HEDONISTS -> DISHONEST

Round 10: E O E T L R U C L

Neel: CULLER (6)
Lawrie: COLLET (6)
OT: CLOTURE (7) COULTER (7) ECOTEUR (7) ELECTOR (7) ELECTRO (7) LECTURE (7) RECOLTE (7) ROTELLE (7)
Score: 56–67 (max 82)

Round 11: G P D F E A O E P

Neel: FAPPED (6)
Lawrie: GAPPED (6)
DC: APOGEE (6)
OT: PEDAGE (6)
Score: 62–73 (max 88)

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

Round 12: O I A I T W N U M

Neel: MOUNT (5)
Lawrie: MANITOU (7)
OT: MINUTIA (7) TINAMOU (7)
Score: 62–80 (max 95)

Round 13: X T S O E O M Z E

Neel: OOZES (5)
Lawrie: EMOTES (6)
Score: 62–86 (max 101)

Round 14: 25, 4, 6, 7, 3, 1. Target: 495.

Neel: 496. (((7 x 3) - 1) x 25) - 4 (7)
Lawrie: 496. (((7 x 3) - 1) x 25) - 4 (7)
RR: 495. ((7 x 25) - 6 - 4) x 3 (10)
Score: 69–93 (max 111)

Round 15: S U G A R L O O M

Lawrie buzzes on 5 seconds to say GLAMOROUS which is correct.
Final Score: 69–103 (max 121)

Statistics Corner

Neel:
Total score - 69
Raw score - 91
Total % of max - 57
Raw % of max - 75
Total average score per round - 4.6
Raw average score per round - 6.1
Number of maxes - 5

Lawrie:
Total score - 103
Raw score - 110
Total % of max - 85
Raw % of max - 91
Total average score per round - 6.9
Raw average score per round - 7.3
Number of maxes - 9

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