Monday 18th November 2002 (Series 48, Prelim 86)

[Chris Philpot]

Countdown Recap - Monday 18th November 2002 (Series 48, Prelim 86)

Champion (C1): Campbell Laurie (1 win, 97 points) from Scotland
Challenger (C2): Ian Courcoux from Nether Wallop in Hampshire
DC: Susie Dent and, making his debut, former goalkeeper Bob 'The Cat' Bevan
CV: Carol Vorderman
OT: Other words, solutions and twaddle not even worthy of Twitter

Test yourself with the mini-recap:

R01: P G N A O O R E Z
R02: N D F U E I S K R
R03: C I J Q X M O E S
R04: L N T A E O R V E
R05: 100, 10, 2, 3, 6, 5 --> Target: 779
TTT: HERBCAM
R06: C G S A E O D Y A
R07: E U E T P H L T A
R08: R D S A E I M N T
R09: G R L E I E P D R
R10: 50, 2, 4, 10, 2, 5 --> Target: 799
TTT: HARDCOR
R11: L B F T A E O N C
R12: S M G I O U L R S
R13: H D T M A E O W T
R14: 75, 5, 9, 6, 10, 1 --> Target: 329
R15: T U C K B I N G E (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: P G N A O O R E Z

C1: ORANGE (6)
C2: ORANGE (6)
DC: DC spice things up with OREGANO (7)
OT: PROZONE (7), "the zone of relatively high antibody concentrations in an agglutination or precipitation reaction", is there as an equaller
Score: 6–6 (max 7)

Round 2: N D F U E I S K R

C1: REFUNDS (7)
C2: FRISKED (7)
DC: INFUSED , FRIENDS and DUSKIER (7)
OT: Ten more sevens, including DUNKERS and FUNKIER (7)
Score: 13–13 (max 14)

Round 3: C I J Q X M O E S

C1: MIXES (5)
C2: COMES (5)
OT: This awkward selection also wields COXES, MESIC, MOXIE and OSMIC (5), but nothing more than five
Score: 18–18 (max 19)

Round 4: L N T A E O R V E

C1: REVOLT (6)
C2: RELEVANT (8)
DC: RENOVATE (8)
OT: ELEVATOR might give you a lift, and there's also LEVANTER (8), an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean
Score: 18–26 (max 27)

Round 5: 100, 10, 2, 3, 6, 5 --> Target: 779

C1: 780
C2: 779 = (100 + 10) × (5 + 2) + 6 + 3 (10)
Score: 18–36 (max 37)

Teatime teaser: HERBCAM --> CHAMBER

Round 6: C G S A E O D Y A

C1: CAGES (5)
C2: ADAGES (6)
DC: CADGES, DECAYS and DECOYS (6)
OT: Three more sixes: DAGOES, DOSAGE and SOCAGE (6)
Score: 18–42 (max 43)

Round 7: E U E T P H L T A

C1: PALETTE (7)
C2: PETAL (5)
DC: A person with telepathic ability is known as a TELEPATH (8), and that's there for eight
Score: 25–42 (max 51)

Round 8: R D S A E I M N T

C1: MINARETS (8)
C2: raiments
OT: Many more eights, including DETRAINS and its various anagrams, MARDIEST (8) and also MERANTIS (8), which are woods from Malaysia, Sarawak and Indonesia
Score: 33–42 (max 59)

Round 9: G R L E I E P D R

C1: GRIPED (6)
C2: GLIDER (6)
DC: PLEDGER and REPLIED (7)
OT: Seven is the max, with GIRDLER, REPLIER and LEDGIER (7) as other options
Score: 39–48 (max 66)

Round 10: 50, 2, 4, 10, 2, 5 --> Target: 799

C1: 800 = ((4 + 2) × 5 + 50) × 10 (7)
C2: 800 = (10 + 4 + 2) × 50 (7)
CV: 799 = (10 - 2) × 2 × 50 - 5 + 4 (10)
Score: 46–55 (max 76)

Teatime teaser: HARDCOR --> ORCHARD

Round 11: L B F T A E O N C

C1: FALCON (6)
C2: CLONE (5)
DC: CONFLATE and FALCONET (8)
Score: 52–55 (max 84)

Round 12: S M G I O U L R S

C1: glours
C2: glimours
DC: DC aim lower and find a quartet of fives: GIRLS, GROSS, SLUGS and SLUMS (5)
OT: SIMURGS (7) are "fabulous, benevolent, mythical flying creature[s]"
Score: 52–55 (max 91)

Round 13: H D T M A E O W T

C1: TOAD (4)
C2: METHOD (6)
DC: MOATED (6)
OT: A few more sixes, including MATTED and MEADOW (6)
Score: 52–61 (max 97)

Round 14: 75, 5, 9, 6, 10, 1 --> Target: 329

C1: 325
C2: 329 = (75 - 10) × 5 + 9 + 1 - 6 (10)
Score: 52–71 (max 107)

Round 15: T U C K B I N G E

C1 buzzes on 1.75 seconds to say BUCKETING... and he's quite right.
Score: 62–71 (max 117)

Tomorrow's challenger: Mark Tucker from Skipton, who didn't solve the conundrum as he is "still working on 329"!

This recap was cobbled together by Chris Philpot. Additional summaries for this series are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=48