Monday 22nd July 2019 (Series 81, Prelim 15)

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Monday 22nd July 2019 (Series 81, Prelim 15)

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Countdown recap for Monday 22 July 2019.

C1: Champion James Haughton (4 wins, 479 points.) An Apterite and applied maths PhD student at the University of Manchester.
C2: Challenger Iain Sime. A retired tax accountant from Edinburgh. He has represented Scotland in bridge for over 20 years, and even teaches bridge since his retirement.
DC: Susie Dent and Rory Bremner.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: S T R P E A I O E
R02: D G R A U E N C D
R03: 75, 100, 50, 25, 1, 5. Target: 897.
TTT: SPOOKCRAB - "They took bets on who would win the fight, and documented it all in this."
R04: J B R I O A N M E
R05: C V N T A O I S A
R06: 75, 7, 10, 6, 3, 4. Target: 791.
R07: Y G T F E I A N R
R08: K P V O U A S O S
R09: 25, 50, 100, 75, 2, 1. Target: 971.
TTT: GAVEADRAB - "He gave a drab impression of himself when he resorted to idle gossip and drivel."
R10: W R L I U A D T I
R11: M X S L E O U R I
R12: T R M A I E T S D
R13: P W T U O E A N O
R14: 25, 6, 4, 8, 10, 3. Target: 637.
R15: I N N E R D U E L (conundrum)


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Round 1: S T R P E A I O E

James: OPERATISE (18)
Iain: PIRATES (7)
OT: PERIOSTEA (18)
Score: 18–0 (max 18)

Round 2: D G R A U E N C D

James: UNCAGED (7)
Iain: DANGER (6)
DC: UNGRADED (8)
Score: 25–0 (max 26)

Round 3: 75, 100, 50, 25, 1, 5. Target: 897.

James: 899. ((100 + 75) x 5) + 25 - 1 (7)
Iain: 900.
RR: 897. ((100 + 50) x (5 + 1)) - (75 / 25) (10)
Score: 32–0 (max 36)

Teatime teaser: SPOOKCRAB -> SCRAPBOOK

Round 4: J B R I O A N M E

James: MORAINE (7)
Iain: JOINER (6)
DC: BROMINE (7)
OT: JABRONI (7) MIRBANE (7) MOANIER (7) ROMAINE (7)
Score: 39–0 (max 43)

Round 5: C V N T A O I S A

James: ACTIONS (7)
Iain: STAIN (5)
DC: VACATIONS (18)
Score: 46–0 (max 61)

Round 6: 75, 7, 10, 6, 3, 4. Target: 791.

James: 791. ((75 + 4) x 10) + 7 - 6 (10)
Iain: 791. ((75 + 4) x 10) + 7 - 6 (10)
Score: 56–10 (max 71)

Rory talks about his inspirational language teacher, Mr. Swift.

Round 7: Y G T F E I A N R

James: GRANITE (7)
Iain: FEARING (7)
DC: GENTRIFY (8)
Score: 63–17 (max 79)

Round 8: K P V O U A S O S

James: SPOOKS (6)
Iain: SPOOKS (6)
DC: SOAKS (5)
OT: OOPAKS (6) POOKAS (6)
Score: 69–23 (max 85)

Round 9: 25, 50, 100, 75, 2, 1. Target: 971.

James: 973. (50 x 25) - ((100 + 1) x 2) - 75 (7)
Iain: -
Score: 76–23 (max 92)

Teatime teaser: GAVEADRAB -> BAVARDAGE

Round 10: W R L I U A D T I

James: RITUAL (6)
Iain: TRIAL (5)
OT: TAUIWI (6) TULWAR (6)
Score: 82–23 (max 98)

Round 11: M X S L E O U R I

James: MISRULE (7)
Iain: MOILERS (7)
OT: LOURIES (7) LOUSIER (7) MOULIES (7) MOUSIER (7) MULIERS (7) ROUEISM (7)
Score: 89–30 (max 105)

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

Round 12: T R M A I E T S D

James: ADMITTERS (18)
Iain: MATTERS (7)
Score: 107–30 (max 123)

Round 13: P W T U O E A N O

James: AUTOPEN (7)
Iain: WEAPON (6)
OT: PUNATOO (7)
Score: 114–30 (max 130)

Round 14: 25, 6, 4, 8, 10, 3. Target: 637.

James: 637. (((25 x 6) + 10) x 4) - 3 (10)
Iain: 638.
Score: 124–30 (max 140)

Round 15: I N N E R D U E L

James buzzes on 0.75 seconds to say UNDERLINE which is correct.
Final Score: 134–30 (max 150)

Statistics Corner

James:
Total score - 134
Raw score - 134
Total % of max - 89
Raw % of max - 89
Total average score per round - 8.9
Raw average score per round - 8.9
Number of maxes - 11 8-)

Iain:
Total score - 30
Raw score - 86
Total % of max - 20
Raw % of max - 57
Total average score per round - 2.0
Raw average score per round - 5.7
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=81
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