Again, apologies for the slowness of recaps at the moment, things should be back to normal very soon.
This is the recap for Jonathan's second show.
C1: Champion Jonathan 'the kid' Rawlinson (1 win, 110 points) - an Apterite/gap year student from Sheffield. Going to study Applied Maths at Cambridge next year, and plays the piano and violin. His mum, Coral, is arguably more famous than him.
C2: Challenger Robin Gardner - from West Bridgford (not Bridgport, Nick!) in Nottingham. He's retired and previously worked with young offenders.
DC: Susie Dent and Saira Khan.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: E R O T E Z O P I
R02: V S U N A M E S D
R03: I T E M U G E I L
R04: R W A C E I M X R
R05: 50, 8, 5, 1, 9, 7. Target: 540.
TTT: TOYFRUIT - "If you solve this, it might be down to chance"
R06: C P O S I E N H O
R07: A D E V U S E P S
R08: B L I T A J N E G
R09: A R O B I T W E G
R10: 25, 6, 9, 7, 1, 8. Target: 352.
TTT: GILLREAD - "Gill read the recipe and ended up cooking this"
R11: A Q E S A Y U N A
R12: L T E I C H U A D
R13: O K I N E S O P R
R14: 100, 5, 2, 3, 9, 4. Target: 252.
R15: L A W N S P R I G (conundrum)
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Nick talks about losing weight for the summer. Rachel explains that her enormous cat is now on a diet!
Enjoy the show.
Round 1: E R O T E Z O P I
C1: POETIZE (7)
C2: TROPE (5)
OT: ZOETROPE (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)
It looks like Jonathan is going to stick with the 5-vowel formula which worked yesterday, and it's carried on nicely here.
It's strangely not the darren though - a ZOETROPE, in simple terms, is one of those old toys that you can spin round and the pictures inside look like they're moving
Round 2: V S U N A M E S D
C1: MEDUSAS (7)
C2: MADNESS (7)
DC: UNSAVED (7) SUNDAES (7)
OT: ASSUMED (7) DESMANS (7)
Score: 14–7 (max 15)
Flat 7's - Robin's off the mark.
DESMANS (or should that be DESMEN?) are small semiaquatic European mammals, related to the mole.
Round 3: I T E M U G E I L
C1: LEGUME (6)
C2: GUILE (5)
DC: GIMLET (6)
OT: GLUTEI (6) MIELIE (6) MILIEU (6)
Score: 20–7 (max 21)
Jonathan stretches his lead with a French vegetable
A GIMLET can be a gin-based cocktail or a T-shaped tool used to bore holes.
Round 4: R W A C E I M X R
C1: WARMER (6)
C2: RACIER (6)
DC: WAXIER (6)
OT: AIRCREW (7)
Score: 26–13 (max 28)
Sixes all around, but there is a darrenic 7 lurking.
Round 5: 50, 8, 5, 1, 9, 7. Target: 540.
C1: 540. ((7-5)+8+50)*9 (10)
C2: 540. (9+1)*50+8*5 (10)
Score: 36–23 (max 38)
Teatime teaser: TOYFRUIT -> FORTUITY
Round 6: C P O S I E N H O
C1: PHONIES (7)
C2: - (declared 8)
DC: COHESION (8)
Score: 43–23 (max 46)
Robin blobs by misdeclaring an 8, so Jonathan is now afforded some breathing space. Nice spot from DC.
Round 7: A D E V U S E P S
C1: EVADES (6)
C2: PAUSED (6)
DC: SUAVE (5)
OT: PASSED (6) PAUSES (6) PSEUDS (6) SPADES (6) SPEEDS (6) UPASES (6)
Score: 49–29 (max 52)
Flattttt.
UPASES are tropical Asian trees, of which the sap has been used for arrow poison (and other purposes).
Round 8: B L I T A J N E G
C1: BELTING (7)
C2: BLEATING (8)
DC: TANGIBLE (8)
Score: 49–37 (max 60)
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A surprising miss there from JR and may that have given Robin a glimmer of hope?Round 9: A R O B I T W E G
C1: BORGATE (7)
C2: BORATE (6)
Score: 56–37 (max 67)
Robin can't capitalise though and the gaps opened once again.
Susie talk about the rhyme 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'.
Round 10: 25, 6, 9, 7, 1, 8. Target: 352.
C1: 352. (25*7+1)*(8-6) (10)
C2: 352. (6+8)*25+9-7 (10)
Score: 66–47 (max 77)
Good solves from both!
Teatime teaser: GILLREAD -> GRILLADE
Round 11: A Q E S A Y U N A
C1: QUEANS (6)
C2: QUEASY (6)
DC: UNEASY (6)
OT: NAUSEA (6)
Score: 72–53 (max 83)
A very dodgy set of letters, but a few straightforward sixes were available.
Round 12: L T E I C H U A D
C1: ETHICAL (7)
C2: hatched
DC: DIALECT (7)
OT: ALETHIC (7) CITADEL (7) DELTAIC (7) DUCTILE (7) DUTCHIE (7) LATCHED (7)
Score: 79–53 (max 90)
Ah, Robin's seen 2 H's and now needs to beat Jonathan in the next round.
Round 13: O K I N E S O P R
C1: SPOOKIER (8)
C2: SPOOKIER (8)
DC: POISONER (8)
OT: ROOINEKS (8) SPOONIER (8)
Score: 87–61 (max 98)
He can't, so The Kid fights to live another day
A ROOINEK is an informal South African term for an English person (derived from Afrikaans)
Round 14: 100, 5, 2, 3, 9, 4. Target: 252.
C1: 252. (5*100+4)/2 (10)
C2: 252. (5*100)/2+9-(4+3) (10)
Score: 97–71 (max 108)
To quote James:
!!!A rare enough outing of full marks on numbers from both players today!
Round 15: L A W N S P R I G
C1 buzzes on 1 second to say SPRAWLING which is correct.
Final Score: 107–71 (max 118)
Another lightning conundrum spot from Jonathan, and century no. 2 to boot. Well done that man!
Raw score: 114-86
Maxes: 11-8
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=66