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Countdown recap for Thursday 14 April 2011.
C1: Champion Graham Hill (5 wins, 435 points.) A retired police officer from Market Drayton, Shropshire. Amongst his hobbies are photography, mainly of one of his other main passions, wildlife.
C2: Challenger Emma Foster. From Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. She has a cat called Patch, who apparently has one eye (probably why the name was chosen I guess) For a good part of the year she lives in Béziers, near Montpellier, in the south of France. She spent 5 years performing improve comedy on the London Comedy Circuit, mainly trying to avoid full beer bottles as she says. Her husband, Peter, is from Hartlepool and supports Hartlepool United.
DC: Susie Dent and Ken Bruce.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: N G S D A E O T R
R02: T K N A E A S V C
R03: D P L I U T A O Q
R04: U A P S R E I F T
R05: 25, 100, 50, 75, 2, 3. Target: 740.
TTT: DOBUNGLE - "Don't make a mess, make a blow"
R06: H S R O E A N V B
R07: T T M L E O I G N
R08: E A T S O C D F I
R09: M S N E U M I H O
R10: 25, 1, 7, 9, 10, 6. Target: 151.
TTT: TOMSATON - "He had no sofa, so Tom sat on these at home"
R11: G Z R L E O A D A
R12: M Y T E U E D N E
R13: W R L A O I S N R
R14: 75, 8, 2, 7, 5, 1. Target: 409.
R15: I N I O Y S T E R (conundrum)
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Round 1: N G S D A E O T R
C1: STRANGE (7)
C2: STORAGE (7)
DC: DRAGONETS (18)
Score: 7–7 (max 18)
7's each for the contestants, but DC open up the taps early with a 9.
Round 2: T K N A E A S V C
C1: ASKANCE (7)
C2: VACATES (7)
OT: CATENAS (7) CAVEATS (7) SAVANTE (7)
Score: 14–14 (max 25)
A few more 7's around this time.
A SAVANTE is a woman of great learning or in other words, a sage.
Round 3: D P L I U T A O Q
C1: QUILT (5)
C2: plaudit
OT: ALIQUOT (7)
Score: 19–14 (max 32)
No plaudit for Emma as Graham makes the first breakthrough in this game.
An ALIQUOT is a portion of the whole, especially one of two or more samples of something that have the same volume or weight.
Round 4: U A P S R E I F T
C1: FAIREST (7)
C2: TRAIPSE (7)
DC: PASTURE (7) SURFEIT (7)
OT: FUSTIER (7) PARTIES (7) PASTIER (7) PERITUS (7) PIASTRE (7) PIRATES (7) PISTEUR (7) PRATIES (7) UPRAISE (7) UPRATES (7) UPSTAIR (7)
Score: 26–21 (max 39)
PANCAKE TIME!!!
Round 5: 25, 100, 50, 75, 2, 3. Target: 740.
C1: 750. (3 x 2 x 100) + 75 + 50 + 25 (5)
C2: -
OT: 741. (((25 x 100) - 50 - 2) / 3) - 75 (7)
Score: 31–21 (max 46)
A tricky 4 large, where Emma blanks out, Graham just makes it into points territory, and Rachel even concedes defeat.
Ken gives some more talk about the English language.
Teatime teaser: DOBUNGLE -> BLUDGEON
Round 6: H S R O E A N V B
C1: ASHORE (6)
C2: RAVENS (6)
DC: BRAVOES (7)
OT: BORANES (7) HOARSEN (7) SENHORA (7)
Score: 37–27 (max 53)
A few more 7's around, while the contestants stay on 6 apiece.
Round 7: T T M L E O I G N
C1: MOTTLING (8)
C2: MOTTLING (8)
Score: 45–35 (max 61)
DOUBLE DARREN TIME!!
Round 8: E A T S O C D F I
C1: COASTED (7)
C2: COATED (6)
DC: FACTOIDS (8)
Score: 52–35 (max 69)
ARGH!!!, reminds me of round 2 of Marcus Hares' game with James Bradley. DC get the darrenic 8 too.
Round 9: M S N E U M I H O
C1: mushes
C2: HOMIES (6)
DC: HEINOUS (7)
OT: INHUMES (7)
Score: 52–41 (max 76)
Graham sees a phantom 2nd S in the selection as his lead gets shrunk to 11.
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origin of the phrase "carry the can".
Round 10: 25, 1, 7, 9, 10, 6. Target: 151.
C1: 151. (6 x 25) + 1 (10)
C2: 151. (6 x 25) + 1 (10)
Score: 62–51 (max 86)
Moving on.........
Teatime teaser: TOMSATON -> OTTOMANS
Round 11: G Z R L E O A D A
C1: GLAZER (6)
C2: LODGER (6)
DC: ORDEAL (6) GELADA (6)
OT: AZAROLE (7)
Score: 68–57 (max 93)
6's apiece as the darrenic 7 is left alone.
An AZAROLE is another name for the Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe.
Round 12: M Y T E U E D N E
C1: MUTED (5)
C2: UNMET (5)
DC: DETUNE (6)
OT: DETENUE (7)
Score: 73–62 (max 100)
Still a manageable gap for Emma to claw back. Another darren missed by all too.
Round 13: W R L A O I S N R
C1: SWIRL (5)
C2: SAILOR (6)
DC: ROWANS (6)
OT: NARROWS (7)
Score: 73–68 (max 107)
HELLO SAILOR!!!! I bet that's what Emma was thinking when she heard Graham say he just had a 5. This last numbers game could now be the critical round in this game......
Round 14: 75, 8, 2, 7, 5, 1. Target: 409.
C1: 407. Mistake in working.
C2: -
RR: 409. ((75 - 7) x (8 - 2)) - 5 (10)
Score: 73–68 (max 117)
.....or not. After Emma declared nothing, it seemed like it was all over, but Graham miscalculates and so a crucial conundrum has suddenly come out of the blue.
Round 15: I N I O Y S T E R
No one buzzes. The answer was SENIORITY.
Final Score: 73–68 (max 127)
But Emma can't take advantage of that stroke of luck, and it's left to a woman by the name of Mary to solve it. Apparently she's tomorrow's contestant, so Graham might be worrying a bit.
But for now, he has made it 6 wins out of 6, and has now moved up to #5 in the rankings, but he'll have to have 2 good final wins to break into the top 4. I wonder if he'll manage it....
Join Mike tomorrow for his 7th match.
So, till next week, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Graham:
Total score - 73
Raw score - 78
Total % of max - 57
Raw % of max - 61
Total average score per round - 4.9
Raw average score per round - 5.2
Number of maxes - 4
Emma:
Total score - 68
Raw score - 74
Total % of max - 54
Raw % of max - 58
Total average score per round - 4.5
Raw average score per round - 4.9
Number of maxes - 4
Further summaries are at:
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