Thursday 6th June 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 97)

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Thursday 6th June 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 97)

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Countdown recap for Thursday 6 June 2019.

C1: Champion Kevin Sewell (1 win, 102 points.) A maths tutor at UCD from Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, but he lives in Dublin.
C2: Challenger Adrian McDermott. A data scientist from Ainsworth, Greater Manchester. He can play the saxophone and clarinet, and is trying to set up his own orchestra. 8-)
DC: Susie Dent and Gethin Jones.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: V R D L O I O A M
R02: C E I G A T G I N
R03: 50, 100, 1, 9, 7, 1. Target: 713.
TTT: CORESTPIN - "Does this man call for a look at your ticket?"
R04: A N S E H R I N K
R05: R S G P S O A I E
R06: 50, 9, 1, 4, 6, 2. Target: 233.
R07: X R N T U O E O W
R08: A D P E J I R P U
R09: 25, 4, 9, 9, 8, 3. Target: 595.
TTT: FREEHILLS - "Our village was destroyed by this back in the days of the Blitz."
R10: T E H O D I R L E
R11: N Y S V T O E I F
R12: M E O W U O S L T
R13: S M T D E A O N C
R14: 50, 5, 3, 2, 1, 9. Target: 675.
R15: C O O L I T S I R (conundrum)


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Round 1: V R D L O I O A M

Kevin: RADIO (5)
Adrian: MOLAR (5)
DC: VROOM (5) MOOLI (5)
OT: MODIOLAR (8)
Score: 5–5 (max 8)

Round 2: C E I G A T G I N

Kevin: ACTING (6)
Adrian: GATING (6)
DC: ICING (5) GIGANTIC (8)
Score: 11–11 (max 16)

Round 3: 50, 100, 1, 9, 7, 1. Target: 713.

Kevin: 714. (100 + 1 + 1) x 7 (7)
Adrian: 714. (100 + 1 + 1) x 7 (7)
RR: 713. ((100 + 9) x 7) - 50 (10)
Score: 18–18 (max 26)

Teatime teaser: CORESTPIN -> INSPECTOR

Round 4: A N S E H R I N K

Kevin: HANKERS (7)
Adrian: HANKIES (7)
DC: SHRINK (6) SNAKIER (7) SHAKIER (7) HERNIAS (7)
OT: HARKENS (7) NEARISH (7) RANINES (7) RANKISH (7) RANNIES (7) RANNISH (7) SKINNER (7)
Score: 25–25 (max 33)

Round 5: R S G P S O A I E

Kevin: possier
Adrian: graspier
DC: POSIER (6) GOSSIPER (8)
OT: ARGOSIES (8) PRISAGES (8)
Score: 25–25 (max 41)

Round 6: 50, 9, 1, 4, 6, 2. Target: 233.

Kevin: 233. Mistake in working.
Adrian: -
RR: 233. (((50 + 2) / (6 - 4)) x 9) - 1 (10)
Score: 25–25 (max 51)

Gethin talks about how to keep himself fit whilst working at early hours.

Round 7: X R N T U O E O W

Kevin: OUTER (5)
Adrian: OUTWORN (7)
DC: TOWER (5)
OT: OUTWORE (7)
Score: 25–32 (max 58)

Round 8: A D P E J I R P U

Kevin: PAIRED (6)
Adrian: japier
DC: JAPE (4) DAPPER (6) DAPPIER (7)
OT: PREPAID (7)
Score: 31–32 (max 65)

Round 9: 25, 4, 9, 9, 8, 3. Target: 595.

Kevin: 595. (3 x 8 x 25) - (9 - 4) (10)
Adrian: 595. (3 x 8 x 25) - (9 - 4) (10)
Score: 41–42 (max 75)

Teatime teaser: FREEHILLS -> SHELLFIRE

Round 10: T E H O D I R L E

Kevin: THERE (5)
Adrian: RETOLD (6)
DC: DITHER (6) LOITERED (8)
OT: DOLERITE (8) HOTELIER (8)
Score: 41–48 (max 83)

Round 11: N Y S V T O E I F

Kevin: FONTS (5)
Adrian: SOVIET (6)
DC: FEISTY (6) INVEST (6) INFEST (6)
OT: VENOSITY (8)
Score: 41–54 (max 91)

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

Round 12: M E O W U O S L T

Kevin: women
Adrian: OUTSOLE (7)
DC: LOOSE (5) MOULTS (6) TWOSOME (7)
OT: LOWMOST (7)
Score: 41–61 (max 98)

Round 13: S M T D E A O N C

Kevin: COASTED (7)
Adrian: DEACONS (7)
DC: metcon MASCOT (6)
OT: MADSTONE (8)
Score: 48–68 (max 106)

Round 14: 50, 5, 3, 2, 1, 9. Target: 675.

Kevin: 675. 9 x 3 x (50 / 2) (10)
Adrian: -
Score: 58–68 (max 116)

Round 15: C O O L I T S I R

Adrian buzzes on 11 seconds to say COLORIST which is incorrect.
Kevin does not buzz.
The answer was SOLICITOR.
Final Score: 58–68 (max 126)

Statistics Corner

Kevin:
Total score - 58
Raw score - 73
Total % of max - 46
Raw % of max - 58
Total average score per round - 3.9
Raw average score per round - 4.9
Number of maxes - 3

Adrian:
Total score - 68
Raw score - 68
Total % of max - 54
Raw % of max - 54
Total average score per round - 4.5
Raw average score per round - 4.5
Number of maxes - 4

Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=80
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