Firstly, apologies for the lateness of this recap - due to yesterday's downtime and me being back at college today, this has been my earliest opportunity!
I'm on recapping duty this Monday as Graeme is off in the Lake District!
C1: Champion Alex Fish (6 wins, 601 points) - an accountant and Apterite from London. Despite having a few close shaves last week, he battled through them and is fast heading towards octochamp-dom.
C2: Challenger Roy Smith - an IT project leader from Hamilton, Lanarks. He's a Dundee United supporter and is a keen golfer - he once managed a hole-in-one at his local club.
DC: Susie Dent and Deborah Meaden.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: A S N T S U O L N
R02: H Y L E I S B O S
R03: 75, 7, 2, 8, 5, 9. Target: 413.
TTT: IRIGTHAT - "Nothing's getting in and nothing's getting out"
R04: V D I E R D I K S
R05: O P C G T E A R R
R06: 100, 2, 10, 3, 6, 7. Target: 220.
R07: O T G Q M T A E R
R08: D W R O A O T M I
R09: 25, 50, 75, 100, 9, 9. Target: 106.
TTT: TRADEHUG - "You wouldn't trade a hug from her for any amount of money"
R10: N D P A I O X R E
R11: I M R P D O E N S
R12: M S P U I E L N V
R13: A C N G O T R E N
R14: 75, 25, 9, 3, 9, 7. Target: 221.
R15: F I N A L L Y U P (conundrum)
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It's apparently Julio Iglesias' birthday and Nick explains he is the biggest selling Latin singer in history.
Round 1: A S N T S U O L N
C1: SULTANS (7)
C2: SLANTS (6)
DC: SNOUTS (6) SUNTANS (7)
OT: STANNOUS (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)
Alex finds a 7 to take an early lead, but the darrenic 8 goes unnoticed. STANNOUS is a term from Chemistry meaning tin with a valency of two. Chemists - explain!!
Round 2: H Y L E I S B O S
C1: BOILS (5)
C2: BOSSILY (7)
DC: bolshies BOLSHIE (7) BOYISH (6)
OT: ISOHELS (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 15)
Roy is soon back on level terms with a nice 7.
BOLSHIE can be an adjective on its own, but in the noun sense it has a capital letter.
ISOHELS are lines on a map connecting areas that have the same duration of sunshine... what a lovely word!
Round 3: 75, 7, 2, 8, 5, 9. Target: 413.
C1: 413. (75+8)*5-2 (10)
C2: 413. (75+8)*5-2 (10)
Score: 17–17 (max 25)
Rachel has not been required to solve many numbers games recently and it's the same story again here.
Teatime teaser: IRIGTHAT -> AIRTIGHT
Round 4: V D I E R D I K S
C1: DIVIDERS (8)
C2: KIDDERS (7)
DC: diskdrive KIDDIES (7)
Score: 25–17 (max 33)
DC were hoping for DISKDRIVE for 9 but it's two words, so Alex has the darren.
Round 5: O P C G T E A R R
C1: PORTAGE (7)
C2: CARROT (6)
DC: CREATOR (7) REACTOR (7)
OT: CARPORT (7) POTAGER (7) PRAETOR (7) PRORATE (7)
Score: 32–17 (max 40)
Plenty of 7's on offer but Roy can't find one.
Round 6: 100, 2, 10, 3, 6, 7. Target: 220.
C1: 220. (100+10)*2 (10)
C2: 220. (100+10)*2 (10)
Score: 42–27 (max 50)
Another very easy numbers
Deborah chats about a problem she had with bookings at one of her family's holiday parks. (I must say I thought Deborah would be really annoying, but she has proved otherwise. That role is reserved for Gloria Hunniford.)
Round 7: O T G Q M T A E R
C1: MATTER (6)
C2: MATTER (6)
DC: GAROTTE (7)
Score: 48–33 (max 57)
Sixes apiece for the contestants while DC find the not-so-nice 7.
Round 8: D W R O A O T M I
C1: DOORMAT (7)
C2: TOWARD (6)
DC: WOODRAT (7)
Score: 55–33 (max 64)
Alex extends his advantage as he finds one of the two available sevens.
A WOODRAT is a rodent native to North and Central America.
Round 9: 25, 50, 75, 100, 9, 9. Target: 106.
C1: 106. 100+9-75/25 (10)
C2: 106. 100+9-75/25 (10)
Score: 65–43 (max 74)
Alex tries to create an interesting numbers game by going for 4 large.... but CECIL's having none of it!
Teatime teaser: TRADEHUG -> DAUGHTER
Round 10: N D P A I O X R E
C1: EXORDIA (7)
C2: RAINED (6)
DC: DIOXANE (7)
OT: ANEROID (7) APRONED (7) OPERAND (7) PADRINO (7) PADRONE (7) PONIARD (7)
Score: 72–43 (max 81)
Another nice word from Alex sees him on the brink of 7 wins.
A PONIARD is a long, thin dagger.
Round 11: I M R P D O E N S
C1: PROMISED (8)
C2: PROMISED (8)
DC: IMPENDS (7) PONDERS (7)
OT: PRISONED (8)
Score: 80–51 (max 89)
PROMISED makes a swift reappearance
OoW: Susie talks about the origin of the word 'horde'
Round 12: M S P U I E L N V
C1: IMPELS (6)
C2: PLUMS (5)
DC: IMPULSE (7) VULPINE (7)
OT: SPLENIUM (8)
Score: 86–51 (max 97)
Roy requires a 9 in the next round to stand any chance of a remarkable comeback.
VULPINE means to be related to foxes.
The SPLENIUM is the thick posterior part of the corpus callosum of the brain.
Round 13: A C N G O T R E N
C1: TONNAGE (7)
C2: TONNAGE (7)
DC: COGNATE (7) RECOAT (6) TRANCE (6) TANGO (5)
OT: CONNATE (7) CRANNOG (7) ENACTOR (7) NEGATOR (7) NORTENA (7) REGNANT (7) RONTGEN (7)
Score: 93–58 (max 104)
Very flat 7's and Alex seals win no.7, while Deborah finds a word that her and Rachel will know an awful lot more about in a few weeks' time!
A CRANNOG is an ancient fortified dwelling constructed in a lake or marsh in Scotland or Ireland.
NORTENA is a style of folk music, associated particularly with northern Mexico and Texas.
A RONTGEN (röntgen) is a unit of ionizing radiation.
Round 14: 75, 25, 9, 3, 9, 7. Target: 221.
C1: 223.
C2: 221. (9*25)-(7-3) (10)
Score: 93–68 (max 114)
Alex is 'adrift' this time so Roy bridges the deficit in yet another easy numbers game.
Round 15: F I N A L L Y U P
C1 buzzes on 3 seconds to say PAINFULLY which is correct.
Final Score: Alex Fish 103–68 Roy Smith (max 124)
But Alex makes the points back with a super quick conundrum and tops 100 points to boot
So Alex only needs one more win tomorrow to secure octochampdom and the current No.4 seed, barring a minor miracle.
Join Jack later to see whether Mr Fish can gain his eighth win - thanks for reading!!
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