[20080707] Recap for Monday 7th July 2008

[Charlie Reams]

Countdown recap for Monday 7th July 2008. Wiki version

C1: Champion Neil MacKenzie, 5 wins.
C2: Challenger Katy Turner.
DC: Susie Dent and Lynda Baron.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: Z T A A R D I A A
R02: R E Y E M U B I L
R03: A R S O Q G I W E
R04: D I R O S E R I H
R05: 25, 50, 6, 9, 7, 1. Target: 506.
TTT: MALDRANK - "Easily seen on the scene."
R06: T A N I L O C T A
R07: E M N G U E M A D
R08: T U S E R P O D E
R09: T L D O U S T E I
R10: 75, 3, 7, 9, 1, 10. Target: 566.
TTT: BOLDCAKE - "It's often associated with French lorry drivers."
R11: F N R E O S N I P
R12: N A C E M A R T A
R13: J O L N E I X R O
R14: 75, 10, 8, 5, 6, 7. Target: 174.
R15: T I R I N G I V Y (conundrum)


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Round 1: Z T A A R D I A A

C1: TRIAD (5)
C2: RAID (4)
DC: RAITA (5)
OT: ATRIA (5) IZARD (5) TIARA (5) ZARDA (5)
Score: 5–0 (max 5)

Round 2: R E Y E M U B I L

C1: RUMBLE (6)
C2: LIMBER (6)
DC: BRUME (5)
OT: BEERILY (7)
Score: 11–6 (max 12)

Round 3: A R S O Q G I W E

C1: WAGERS (6)
C2: WAGERS (6)
DC: ORGIES (6) EARWIGS (7)
Score: 17–12 (max 19)

Round 4: D I R O S E R I H

C1: sordier
C2: HORSIER (7)
OT: DISHIER (7) SHIRRED (7)
Score: 17–19 (max 26)

Round 5: 25, 50, 6, 9, 7, 1. Target: 506.

C1: 506. 50x(9+1)+6 (10)
C2: 506. 50x(9+1)+6 (10)
Score: 27–29 (max 36)

Teatime teaser: MALDRANK -> LANDMARK

Round 6: T A N I L O C T A

C1: ATTAIN (6)
C2: LACTATION (18)
Score: 27–47 (max 54)

Round 7: E M N G U E M A D

C1: NAMED (5)
C2: MANGE (5)
DC: MENAGE (6) UNMADE (6) MAGNUM (6)
OT: ENDGAME (7)
Score: 32–52 (max 61)

Round 8: T U S E R P O D E

C1: SPROUTED (8)
C2: PROUDEST (8)
DC: POSTURED, PROUDEST (8)
OT: DOPESTER (8) REPOSTED (8)
Score: 40–60 (max 69)

Round 9: T L D O U S T E I

C1: OUTSIDE (7)
C2: LOUDEST (7)
DC: TOUSLED (7) SOLITUDE (8)
Score: 47–67 (max 77)

Round 10: 75, 3, 7, 9, 1, 10. Target: 566.

C1: 563. (9-1)x7x10+3 (7)
C2: 570.
CV: 566. (75+3)x7+9+1+10 (10)
Score: 54–67 (max 87)

Teatime teaser: BOLDCAKE -> BLOCKADE

Round 11: F N R E O S N I P

C1: pinners
C2: sonnier
DC: SPINNER (7) INFERNOS (8)
Score: 54–67 (max 95)

Round 12: N A C E M A R T A

C1: TRANCE (6)
C2: CRATE (5)
DC: NACRE (5)
OT: CATERAN (7) MARANTA (7) NACARAT (7)
Score: 60–67 (max 102)

Round 13: J O L N E I X R O

C1: JOINER (6)
C2: JOINER (6)
DC: LOONIER (7)
Score: 66–73 (max 109)

Round 14: 75, 10, 8, 5, 6, 7. Target: 174.

C1: -
C2: 175. (7-5+8)x10+75 (7)
CV: 174. (75+10+8-6)x(7-5) (10)
Score: 66–80 (max 119)

Round 15: T I R I N G I V Y

No one buzzes. The answer was VIRGINITY.
Score: 66–80 (max 129)


Further summaries are at:
http://www.thecountdowncorral.com/cd/se ... ?series=58

[James Hurrell]

Anyone know the last time 4 A's in a single selection??

[Jon O'Neill]

My guess is that it never has, and never will, happen.

[Lee Simmonds]

Think Katy offered PROUDEST in round 8 rather than POSTURED. DC then gave both words.

[Jon Corby]

C1: Challenger Neil MacKenzie.

o rly?

[Charlie Reams]

Urp, I'm a little out of practice. Fixed both of those.

[Dinos Sfyris]

Anyone know the last time 4 A's in a single selection??

Shame it didnt happen in conjunction with round 12s consonants.

[Joseph Bolas]

Anyone know the last time 4 A's in a single selection??

Not A's, but IIRC, when the Christmas special was on between Carol Vordermand and Richard Whiteley and Susie was the one putting the letters on the board, I think one selection offered 4 E's?

[Julian Fell]

It's an interesting measure of how much harder the letters game has become recently though - in "my day", it was extremely rare for there even to be three of the same letter in a selection; nowadays that's fairly common, and even four of the same letter in a selection is far from unheard of. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing of course...