Tuesday 30th September (Series 59, game 52)

[Dinos Sfyris]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 30 September 2008.

C1: Champion Junaid Mubeen (6 wins.)
C2: Challenger Jonathan Gilligan, married to Una. He likes Peter Kay, Uma Thurman and supports Liverpool FC
DC: Susie Dent and Barry Cryer.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: N R S E O A B R V
R02: W N U P A E T S A
R03: F N T Y E E O R S
R04: A I A L F N O T B
R05: 2, 7, 5, 10, 3, 3. Target: 899.
TTT: HORSEALE - "Good listeners use these a lot"
R06: O A E S M M R I D
R07: R L R X E A U T G
R08: I A E N M D P I G
R09: S R K T E O E S T
R10: 4, 3, 10, 3, 100, 25. Target: 857.
TTT: SAILINIT - "Do lovers carve them in a tree?"
R11: M C J P O U I R D
R12: N L H E I E T Q S
R13: R D N O E I Z D C
R14: 6, 1, 8, 8, 25, 100. Target: 610.
R15: F I F T I E C E N (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: N R S E O A B R V

C1: REASON (6)
C2: REASON (6)
DC: REASON (6)
OT: BARRENS (7) (PM) BORANES (7) (CR) BRAVOES (7) OVERRAN (7) (CR)
Score: 6–6 (max 7)

Round 2: W N U P A E T S A

C1: UNSEAT (6)
C2: PEASANT (7)
DC: PEANUTS (7)
OT: UNSWEPT (7)
Score: 6–13 (max 14)

Round 3: F N T Y E E O R S

C1: fonters
C2: FROSTY (6)
DC: SOFTENER (8) FOREST (6)
OT: FRONTES (7) OFTENER (7) and STYRENE (7) are the 3 7s
Score: 6–19 (max 22)

Round 4: A I A L F N O T B

C1: ABLATION (8)
C2: batalion (its double t)
DC: AFLOAT (6) BITONAL (7)
OT: BALAFON (7) and FANTAIL (7) (Me)
Score: 14–19 (max 30)

Round 5: 2, 7, 5, 10, 3, 3. Target: 899.

C1: 900. 3x3x10x5x2 (7)
C2: 900. 3x3x10x(7+5-2) (7)
Score: 21–26 (max 37)

Teatime teaser: HORSEALE -> EARHOLES

Round 6: O A E S M M R I D

C1: MEMOIRS (7)
C2: RIMMED (6)
DC: MERMAIDS (8)
OT: 10 other 7s
Score: 28–26 (max 45)

Round 7: R L R X E A U T G

C1: glarer
C2: RELAX (5)
DC: REGULAR (7)
Score: 28–31 (max 52)

Round 8: I A E N M D P I G

C1: DAMPING (7)
C2: IMPEDING (8)
DC: MAIDEN (6)
OT: IMAGINED (8) (CR) IMPINGED (8) (GC and RP)
Score: 28–39 (max 60)

Round 9: S R K T E O E S T

C1: STROKES (7)
C2: STROKES (7)
DC: SETTERS (7)
OT: ROSETTES (8) (NW) TETROSES (8)
Score: 35–46 (max 68)

Round 10: 4, 3, 10, 3, 100, 25. Target: 857.

C1: 858. (100+25-3)x7+4 (7)
C2: -
CV: 857. 3x10x25+100+4+3 (after the time) (10)
Score: 42–46 (max 78)

Teatime teaser: SAILINIT -> INITIALS

Round 11: M C J P O U I R D

C1: CRUMP (5)
C2: JUMP (4)
DC: PODIUM (6)
OT: CORIUM (6) MUCOID (6)
Score: 47–46 (max 84)

Round 12: N L H E I E T Q S

C1: LENITES (7)
C2: HEIST (5)
DC: ENLIST (6) TENSILE (7)
OT: LISENTE (7) SHEITEL (7) SHELTIE (7) (PM)
Score: 54–46 (max 91)

Round 13: R D N O E I Z D C

C1: noddier
C2: COINED (6)
DC: DRONED (6) CORNED (6)
OT: CINDER (6) COINER (6) ORCEIN (6) CORDED (6) COZIER (6) DINERO (6) IRONED (6) DOZIER (6) RIDDEN (6) RINDED (6) ZINCED (6) ZIRCON (6)
Score: 54–52 (max 97)

Round 14: 6, 1, 8, 8, 25, 100. Target: 610.

C1: 610. (100-25+1)x8+8-6 (10)
C2: 610. 6x100+25+1-8-8 (10)
Score: 64–62 (max 107)

Round 15: F I F T I E C E N

C1 presses his energy-saving buzzer on 1 second to say EFFICIENT which is correct.
Score: 74–62 (max 117)

A tight game today. I almost thought Junaid was going to throw the game away with a lot of guess words, but his ability on the conundrum pulled him through in the end. If he can replicate his earlier performances in the next two games I think we have the first octochamp of the series on our hands.

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=59

[Charlie Reams]

If he can replicate his earlier performances in the next two games I think we have the first octochamp of the series on our hands.

A bold prediction!