Monday 19th November 2018 (Series 79, Prelim 102)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Monday 19 November 2018.

C1: Champion Paul Copeland (1 win, 63 points.) An NHS librarian from Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
C2: Challenger Ellie Sherwood. From London, but originally from Manchester. She works for the British Society for Immunology. She has done a cycle ride from Genoa to Rome.
DC: Susie Dent and Dr. Phil Hammond.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: G R N E O U S I O
R02: W A D T E K I X T
R03: 100, 25, 75, 4, 2, 8. Target: 873.
TTT: HEYELLCAB - "He yells a cab to complain noisily to the driver about his stomach pain."
R04: R S O U G D E L R
R05: V A I B S P O F A
R06: 75, 5, 5, 4, 1, 10. Target: 117.
R07: R S D S I E T A O
R08: U P I Y R E L N E
R09: 75, 100, 50, 8, 9, 1. Target: 622.
TTT: IFFIDEALS - "He does some iffy deals to get his hands on altered legal documents."
R10: T A S U M L I V A
R11: F P M I E A G R U
R12: I Q N A A C S B O
R13: N L M E I U S T A
R14: 25, 8, 5, 9, 7, 8. Target: 314.
R15: I N T E R B R A G (conundrum)


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Round 1: G R N E O U S I O

Paul: ROUSING (7)
Ellie: REUSING (7)
DC: REGIONS (7) IGNORES (7)
OT: ROUGINES (8) SOIGNEUR (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)

Round 2: W A D T E K I X T

Paul: WAITED (6)
Ellie: waisted
DC: DIKTAT (6) TAXIED (6)
OT: KITTED (6) TAWTED (6) TAWTIE (6) WITTED (6)
Score: 13–7 (max 14)

Round 3: 100, 25, 75, 4, 2, 8. Target: 873.

Paul: 870.
Ellie: 873. (8 x 100) + 75 - 2 (10)
Score: 13–17 (max 24)

Teatime teaser: HEYELLCAB -> BELLYACHE

Round 4: R S O U G D E L R

Paul: GROUSER (7)
Ellie: ROUGED (6)
DC: GROUSED (7) LODGERS (7)
OT: DROGUES (7) GOURDES (7) GULDERS (7) REGULOS (7) ROGUERS (7) SLURRED (7)
Score: 20–17 (max 31)

Round 5: V A I B S P O F A

Paul: SOAP (4)
Ellie: SOAP (4)
OT: AVISO (5) BAAPS (5) PAISA (5) PAVAS (5) PAVIS (5) PIVAS (5) PIVOS (5)
Score: 24–21 (max 36)

Round 6: 75, 5, 5, 4, 1, 10. Target: 117.

Paul: 117. (4 x 10) + 75 + (5 / 5) + 1 (10)
Ellie: 115.
Score: 34–21 (max 46)

Dr. Phil talks about his previous attempt to get into Parliament at the 1992 General Election.

Round 7: R S D S I E T A O

Paul: ASTEROIDS (18)
Ellie: toadier
DC: DISASTER (8)
Score: 52–21 (max 64)

Round 8: U P I Y R E L N E

Paul: purile
Ellie: purile
DC: PUERILE (7) PENILE (6) LUPINE (6)
OT: PERILUNE (8) UNRIPELY (8)
Score: 52–21 (max 72)

Round 9: 75, 100, 50, 8, 9, 1. Target: 622.

Paul: 624. Mistake in working.
Ellie: 626. ((75 + 1) x 8) + ((100 / 50) x 9) (7)
RR: 622. ((75 + 9) x 8) - 50 (10)
Score: 52–28 (max 82)

Teatime teaser: IFFIDEALS -> FALSIFIED

Round 10: T A S U M L I V A

Paul: valiums
Ellie: VAULTS (6)
DC: SALIVA (6) AUTISM (6)
OT: ATAVISM (7) MAULVIS (7) MULATAS (7)
Score: 52–34 (max 89)

Round 11: F P M I E A G R U

Paul: UMPIRE (6)
Ellie: MAGPIE (6)
DC: UMPIRAGE (8)
Score: 58–40 (max 97)

Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of some political insults.

Round 12: I Q N A A C S B O

Paul: CABINS (6)
Ellie: BASIN (5)
DC: CASINO (6)
OT: ABACOS (6) ABASIC (6) BACONS (6) BANIAS (6) BINOCS (6) BONSAI (6) NIQABS (6) SONICA (6)
Score: 64–40 (max 103)

Round 13: N L M E I U S T A

Paul: MANLIEST (8)
Ellie: MANLIEST (8)
DC: SIMULATE (8) AILMENTS (8)
OT: ALMUTENS (8) ALUMITES (8) ALUNITES (8) INSULATE (8) MAUNTIES (8) MENTULAS (8) MUSLINET (8) SIMULANT (8) SMALTINE (8)
Score: 72–48 (max 111)

Round 14: 25, 8, 5, 9, 7, 8. Target: 314.

Paul: -
Ellie: 316. ((7 + 5) x 25) + 8 + 8 (7)
RR: 314. (5 x 7 x 9) - (8 / 8) (10)
Score: 72–55 (max 121)

Round 15: I N T E R B R A G

Paul buzzes on 2.25 seconds to say BANTERING which is incorrect.
Ellie buzzes on 2.75 seconds to say BARTERING which is correct.
Final Score: 72–65 (max 131)

Statistics Corner

Paul:
Total score - 72
Raw score - 79
Total % of max - 55
Raw % of max - 60
Total average score per round - 4.8
Raw average score per round - 5.3
Number of maxes - 6

Ellie:
Total score - 65
Raw score - 83
Total % of max - 50
Raw % of max - 63
Total average score per round - 4.3
Raw average score per round - 5.5
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=79