Monday 31 March 2008 (Series 58, Game 60)
C1: RICHARD PRIEST (appearance 6), a psychiatric nurse
C2: RICHARD WILSON, a shopkeeper from Sunderland
DC: Susie Dent and Lynda Baron
Summary of game:
ROUND 1 R P R E A E G C I
ROUND 2 L E M T U R D I N
ROUND 3 O S E O P L Y E M
ROUND 4 R A S J U O T E F
ROUND 5 75 8 5 4 4 3 Target 425
TTT 1 GLENPITH Does it help you ABC in the dark?
ROUND 6 N A C B E R U G K
ROUND 7 S E H B A E T T N
ROUND 8 S I Z H I A T O D
ROUND 9 T R L I E N O I Q
ROUND 10 75 8 5 1 5 9 Target 243
TTT 2 IRATEMUM Young and silly like a new cheese
ROUND 11 E O E C S M D I R
ROUND 12 M E P D I S O V N
ROUND 13 W L E I D T E S A
ROUND 14 50 10 4 5 1 3 Target 341
ROUND 15 C H I C K P O S T
Richard (Priest) was in great form all last week: Five games, five wins, four centuries and an average of over 103 points per game, which is octochamp-standard stuff. Daunting for today's challenger, another Richard (Wilson), to say the least...
ROUND 1 R P R E A E G C I
C1: REAPER (6)
C2: GRAPE (5)
DC: GRAPIER, PIERCER (7)
OT: CAPERER, REPRICE (7)
Max: 7 (7)
Score: 6 - 0
ROUND 2 L E M T U R D I N
C1: INTRUDE (7)
C2: RUINED (6)
DC: RUDIMENT (8)
OT: UNDERLIT (8)
Max: 8 (15)
Score: 13 - 0
ROUND 3 O S E O P L Y E M
C1: EMPLOYS (7)
C2: SLOOP (5)
DC: EMPLOYS (7)
OT: POLYSOME (8)
>>> POLYSOME (noun) a cluster of ribosomes held together by a strand of messenger RNA (OK, that's not exactly helpful, I agree - let's just say it's something involved in protein synthesis within cells)
Max: 8 (23)
Score: 20 - 0
ROUND 4 R A S J U O T E F
C1: JOUSTER (7)
C2: stouter (x) - there's only one T
DC: JOUSTER (7)
OT: JOUSTER is the only seven; loads of sixes
Max: 7 (30)
Score: 27 - 0
ROUND 5 75 8 5 4 4 3 Target 425
C1: 0
C2: 0
CV: 425 = (8 + 3 - (4 / 4) + 75) x 5
Max: 10 (40)
Score: 27 - 0
Tea Time Teaser 1 GLENPITH = PENLIGHT
ROUND 6 N A C B E R U G K
C1: BRACKEN (7)
C2: rackage (x) - there's only one A. And there's no such word
DC: BRACKEN (7)
OT: UNBRACE (7)
Max: 7 (47)
Score: 34 - 0
ROUND 7 S E H B A E T T N
C1: BENEATH (7)
C2: BATTENS (7)
DC:
OT: BANSHEE, NEATEST (7)
Max: 7 (54)
Score: 41 - 7
ROUND 8 S I Z H I A T O D
C1: IDIOTS (6)
C2: TOADISH (7)
DC:
OT: TOADISH is the only seven here, good spot from Richard II
Max: 7 (61)
Score: 41 - 14
ROUND 9 T R L I E N O I Q
C1: TOILER (6)
C2: TINIER (6)
DC: RETINOL (7)
OT: NITRILE (7)
>>> NITRILE (noun) an organic chemical compound consisting of a cyanide group bound to an alkyl group
Max: 7 (68)
Score: 47 - 20
ROUND 10 75 8 5 1 5 9 Target 243
C1: 243 = (75 + 5 + 1) x (8 - 5)
C2: 240
CV:
Max: 10 (78)
Score: 57 - 20
Tea Time Teaser 2 IRATEMUM = IMMATURE
ROUND 11 E O E C S M D I R
C1: DECRIES (7)
C2: MIRED (5)
DC: RECODES (7), COMEDIES (8)
OT: MEDIOCRE (8)
Max: 8 (86)
Score: 64 - 20
ROUND 12 M E P D I S O V N
C1: IMPOSED (7)
C2: posited (x) - there's no T available
DC: No better
OT: IMPENDS (7)
Max: 7 (93)
Score: 71 - 20
ROUND 13 W L E I D T E S A
C1: WAISTED (7)
C2: WAITED (6)
DC: WILDEST, SWEATED, DETAILS (7)
OT: AEDILES, DELATES, DEWIEST, DILATES, IDEATES, LEWDEST (7)
>>> AEDILE (noun) in ancient Rome, a magistrate responsible for public buildings (originally also for the public games and supply of corn to the city); DELATE (verb) to report an offence or crime (archaic usage); IDEATE (verb) to form an idea
Max: 7 (100)
Score: 78 - 20
ROUND 14 50 10 4 5 1 3 Target 341
C1: 341 = ((4 + 3) x 50) - (10 - 1)
C2: 340
CV:
Max: 10 (110)
Score: 88 - 20
ROUND 15 - Conundrum
C H I C K P O S T
C1 buzzes after 5 seconds to say CHOPSTICK, and he's right!
Max: 10 (120)
Score: 98 - 20
More excellent stuff from Richard P.; not quite another century, but 98 is damn close and doesn't dent his average much. It's almost inconceivable now that he won't make the finals and - assuming he continues to eight wins - he's looking likely to be no. 2 seed.
Richard W. wasn't really in it, which is a shame; he did however score his points symmetrically (none in the first six rounds, 20 in the next three rounds, then none in the last six rounds) which may well be a unique achievement. But probably isn't.
Further summaries are at:
http://www.sooreams.com/cd/series.asp?series=58
Written by Veronica Purdey & Jim Bentley
Monday 31 March 2008 (Series 58, Game 60)
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Re: Monday 31 March 2008 (Series 58, Game 60)
20 is the lowest score since Steve Graston's trashing of Robin Barnett, which was a rather odd game in itself.
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Are we forgetting the 13 against David O'Donnell?Charlie Reams wrote:20 is the lowest score since Steve Graston's trashing of Robin Barnett, which was a rather odd game in itself.
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I scoffed on my Smartie at this point.jimbentley wrote:Richard W. wasn't really in it, which is a shame; he did however score his points symmetrically (none in the first six rounds, 20 in the next three rounds, then none in the last six rounds) which may well be a unique achievement. But probably isn't.
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Re: Monday 31 March 2008 (Series 58, Game 60)
I think he means that it is a score on the same level as that of Robin Barnett's but you're right he hasn't worded it very well; or maybe he just f%$%%ked it up.Gevin-Gavin wrote:Are we forgetting the 13 against David O'Donnell?Charlie Reams wrote:20 is the lowest score since Steve Graston's trashing of Robin Barnett, which was a rather odd game in itself.
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You're right, I screwed up. Still, Richard Priest does have the honour of being the only player with two entries in that Top 10, although I think the 25 will drop out once Series 49 is complete.
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Erm Series 58 you mean?Charlie Reams wrote:You're right, I screwed up. Still, Richard Priest does have the honour of being the only player with two entries in that Top 10, although I think the 25 will drop out once Series 49 is complete.
Martin
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Nope, Series 49 is the most recent series for which we don't have complete recaps yet. I have quite a bank of them from Mike Brown but haven't had the time to type them up yet.Martin Gardner wrote:Erm Series 58 you mean?Charlie Reams wrote:You're right, I screwed up. Still, Richard Priest does have the honour of being the only player with two entries in that Top 10, although I think the 25 will drop out once Series 49 is complete.
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