Since Rhys is having trouble doing this recap, he's delegated it to me this week, for the rarity that is a Robinson Recap Treble Bill.
Enjoy.
Countdown recap for Monday 21 November 2011.
C1: Champion Paul Keane (7 wins, 640 points.) An acoountant from North Finchley, London.
C2: Challenger Clare Nitman. From Worthing, West Sussex. She, according to her husband, is a "lady of leisure". Last year, for her 25th wedding anniversary, she and her husband went to Las Vegas to renew their wedding vows by an Elvis impersonator, who looked nothing like him apparently.
DC: Susie Dent and Tim Vine.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: N T R E I O P C B
R02: S D H E A I C S D
R03: S R N W O E O V E
R04: P L G I O N T A E
R05: 50, 100, 9, 6, 9, 3. Target: 759.
TTT: ABLERISE - "To be one of these, you need to be able to rise to the top"
R06: M N D A E L T U Q
R07: T L R G E A I D A
R08: F C B E I E R X P
R09: K D T D U O E R N
R10: 25, 2, 4, 7, 9, 9. Target: 334.
TTT: HOBOWELL - "Hobos have nowhere to go, but this is in whales"
R11: T G W O E I V L O
R12: S G R A E I T N S
R13: L Z F R A E A Y J
R14: 75, 25, 3, 6, 6, 3. Target: 676.
R15: Y U R T O A S T T (conundrum)
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Round 1: N T R E I O P C B
C1: POINTER (7)
C2: POINTER (7)
DC: PROTEIN (7) REPOINT (7) ENTROPIC (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)
DC go darrenic with their offering of 8, as Mike informs me that INCEPTOR is now ODE3-invalid...........
Round 2: S D H E A I C S D
C1: CADDIES (7)
C2: CADDIES (7)
OT: CADDISES (8)
Score: 14–14 (max 16)
If everyone had just stuck an S in their CADDIES, the darrenic 8 would've been theirs.
A CADDIS is a kind of woollen braid, ribbon, or tape.
Round 3: S R N W O E O V E
C1: ROOVES (6)
C2: swooner
DC: OVERSEWN (8)
Score: 20–14 (max 24)
Another darrenic 8
Is this Darren Day 
Round 4: P L G I O N T A E
C1: LEGATION (8)
C2: LEGATION (8)
DC: GELATION (8) PLEATING (8)
OT: PILOTAGE (8) PINOTAGE (8)
Score: 28–22 (max 32)
Loadsa loadsa 8's here. Mega coolness.
PINOTAGE is a red grape variety of South Africa, a cross between the Pinot Noir and the Hermitage.
Round 5: 50, 100, 9, 6, 9, 3. Target: 759.
C1: 759. ((6 + 9) x 50) + 9 (10)
C2: 759. (9 x 100) - (3 x 50) + 9 (10)
Score: 38–32 (max 42)
2 equally good ways to solve this one, as this game is going along nicely.
Tim, as per normal, goes one-line crazy, just the way we like it.
Teatime teaser: ABLERISE -> ABSEILER
Round 6: M N D A E L T U Q
C1: MALTED (6)
C2: AMULET (6)
DC: UNTAMED (7)
OT: MANTLED (7)
Score: 44–38 (max 49)
A couple of 7's available here, but the 6's keep this game in the balance.
Round 7: T L R G E A I D A
C1: TRAILED (7)
C2: TRAILED (7)
DC: RADIATE (7) TRIAGED (7)
OT: GRADATE (7) LAIRAGE (7) LIGATED (7) RAILAGE (7) REGALIA (7)
Score: 51–45 (max 56)
Flat 7, flat 7, flat 7, flat 7, flat 7, flat 7, flat 7 round, round, round, round, round, round, round.
LAIRAGE is accommodation for farm animals, especially at docks or markets.
RAILAGE is an amount charged for transporting goods by rail.
Round 8: F C B E I E R X P
C1: PREFIX (6)
C2: bicep
OT: EXPIRE (6) FIERCE (6) PIECER (6) PIERCE (6) RECIPE (6)
Score: 57–45 (max 62)
Lots of 6's here, but Paul doubles his advantage, because the singular of BICEPS is BICEPS.
Round 9: K D T D U O E R N
C1: underdo
C2: ROUNDED (7)
OT: KNOUTED (7) REDOUND (7) TRODDEN (7)
Score: 57–52 (max 69)
And because you can't underdo something, Clare is back in the game and is closer to Paul than ever before.
As part of a popular culture theme this week, Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of the James Bond 007 films, GoldenEye, The World Is Not Enough and A View To A Kill.
Round 10: 25, 2, 4, 7, 9, 9. Target: 334.
C1: 334. ((9 + 4) x 25) + 9 (10)
C2: 336.
Score: 67–52 (max 79)
Oh dear, a shocking miss by Clare trebles Paul's advantage to 15 points.
Teatime teaser: HOBOWELL -> BLOWHOLE
Round 11: T G W O E I V L O
C1: VIOLET (6)
C2: VIOLET (6)
DC: GLOVE (5) VOLE (4)
OT: GOOLIE (6) GWEILO (6) OOLITE (6)
Score: 73–58 (max 85)
A few weird 6's available, but the contestants stick to the simple one.
An OOLITE is a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
Round 12: S G R A E I T N S
C1: INGRATES (8)
C2: ARTINESS (8)
DC: ASSERTING (18)
Score: 81–66 (max 103)
Not the hardest 9 of all time, but too hard for our contestants to spot.
Round 13: L Z F R A E A Y J
C1: FLAYER (6)
C2: FLARE (5)
Score: 87–66 (max 109)
But, Paul wraps up his octochamp status with that darrenic 6.
Round 14: 75, 25, 3, 6, 6, 3. Target: 676.
C1: 675. (6 + 3) x 75 (7)
C2: 675. (6 + 3) x 75 (7)
RR: 676. (3 x 3 x 75) + (6 / 6) (10)
Score: 94–73 (max 119)
I think the moral of this numbers game is when one way doesn't quite work, try another way............
Round 15: Y U R T O A S T T
C1 buzzes on 0.5 seconds to say STATUTORY which is correct.
Final Score: 104–73 (max 129)
With the exception of Friday's conundrum, all of Paul's solves have been in 1 second or less
Impressive for a non-Apterite it has to be said.Those 104 points take Paul's total to 744, giving him the #3 spot for the time being. Well, he can only drop one spot at the worst, so he's definitely returning to the finals, which start in just over 2 weeks time, although, we won't see him till December 12th at the earliest.
I'll be back tomorrow with........, erm........., oh yeah, tomorrow's recap.
Till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Paul:
Total score - 104
Raw score - 104
Total % of max - 81
Raw % of max - 81
Total average score per round - 6.9
Raw average score per round - 6.9
Number of maxes - 8
Clare:
Total score - 73
Raw score - 85
Total % of max - 57
Raw % of max - 66
Total average score per round - 4.9
Raw average score per round - 5.7
Number of maxes - 5
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=65