Countdown recap for Friday 17 February 2012.
C1: Champion Chris Butler (2 wins, 189 points.) An Apterite and a trainee maths tutor from Oldham, who is very musical, has been round the world, has a cat called Chairman Meow and got beaten by me at COLIN
.C2: Challenger Stewart Reynolds. He works in IT, went to Australia last Christmas and has a small white dog (whose breed has a really weird name).
DC: Susie Dent and Gloria Hunniford.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: W U T P E N A T O
R02: R X S E A R E N M
R03: D U R C F I A N E
R04: L S C A O F I L A
R05: 10, 1, 2, 3, 7, 10. Target: 760.
TTT: HANDOUTS - "Make a grand effort to solve this one"
R06: M N R A E S U Z A
R07: I L V B E T O P N
R08: D R Y I E B E S C
R09: G O V I E G N T O
R10: 100, 1, 3, 6, 3, 10. Target: 217.
TTT: NUTDEALS - "There's deals on nuts at the moment, but they're a bit bland"
R11: P U S N E W M I O
R12: T Q R I E P A N T
R13: S O T H U R L I I
R14: 75, 50, 100, 9, 3, 5. Target: 741.
R15: N I G H T L O O M (conundrum)
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Enjoy the show. Today’s show is sponsored by Wellwoman.
Nick is 68 today. Happy birthday Nick.
Also happy birthday to Charlie Reams.
Round 1: W U T P E N A T O
C1: PEANUT (6)
C2: POTENT (6)
DC: TEAPOT (6)
OT: OUTWENT (7)
Score: 6–6 (max 7)
Even start where all miss that darrenic seven.
Round 2: R X S E A R E N M
C1: RENAMES (7)
C2: MEANER (6)
DC: REAMERS (7) SMEARER (7)
OT: EARNERS (7)
Score: 13–6 (max 14)
And Chris takes the lead.
Round 3: D U R C F I A N E
C1: FANCIED (7)
C2: FANCIER (7)
DC: FANCIED (7) FANCIER (7) FURNACE (7) DURANCE (7)
OT: CANDIRU (7) INDUCER (7) UNAIRED (7) UNCARED (7) UNFIRED (7) UNIFACE (7)
Score: 20–13 (max 21)
Very flat round.
Round 4: L S C A O F I L A
C1: FACIALS (7)
C2: FACIALS (7)
DC: FISCAL (6) FIASCO (6)
OT: ALFISOL (7) ASOCIAL (7) FASCIAL (7)
Score: 27–20 (max 28)
And seven more points each because of their FACIALS.
Round 5: 10, 1, 2, 3, 7, 10. Target: 760.
C1: 760. (7*10+3*2)*10 (10)
C2: 760. (7*10+3*2)*10 (10)
Score: 37–30 (max 38)
Easy 6 small.
Gloria ends the week with that stupid ‘elephant in Denmark’ trick. I usually say ‘echidna in Djibouti’ but as Gloria specified that it had to be European the echidna had to be Danish.
Teatime teaser: HANDOUTS -> THOUSAND
Round 6: M N R A E S U Z A
C1: NAMES (5)
C2: SMEAR (5)
DC: SURNAME (7)
OT: MANURES (7)
Score: 42–35 (max 45)
The seven point lead has been going since round 2.
Round 7: I L V B E T O P N
C1: VIOLENT (7)
C2: OLIVE (5)
DC: VIOLENT (7)
Score: 49–35 (max 52)
Chris extends his lead with the darren.
Round 8: D R Y I E B E S C
C1: SCRIBED (7)
C2: RESIDE (6)
DC: DESCRIBE (8) DECRIES (7)
Score: 56–35 (max 60)
DC spot the darren here.
Round 9: G O V I E G N T O
C1: VOTING (6)
C2: VETOING (7)
DC: VOTING (6)
Score: 56–42 (max 67)
Stewart takes back some points.
Susie talks about shady, seedy words.
Round 10: 100, 1, 3, 6, 3, 10. Target: 217.
C1: 217. (3-1)*(100+10)-3 (10)
C2: 217. 100-(3*10)*3+6+1 (10)
Score: 66–52 (max 77)
Teatime teaser: NUTDEALS -> UNSALTED
Round 11: P U S N E W M I O
C1: womens
C2: womens
DC: WINSOME (7)
OT: SPUMONE (7) SPUMONI (7)
Score: 66–52 (max 84)
Ouch! Double fail because WOMEN already is a plural.
Round 12: T Q R I E P A N T
C1: PATIENT (7)
C2: PATIENT (7)
DC: panter NITRATE (7) PAINTER (7) TERTIAN (7)
OT: NATTIER (7) PARTITE (7) PATTERN (7) PERTAIN (7) REPAINT (7)
Score: 73–59 (max 91)
Another flat seven round. Wonder what the flattest possible round (the one with the most valid words of a certain length but no longer ones) is? AEGINORST has 21 eights. See if you can beat that.
Round 13: S O T H U R L I I
C1: SOUTH (5)
C2: SHOUT (5)
DC: SLOTH (5) HOURIS (6)
OT: LOUTISH (7)
Score: 78–64 (max 98)
To win, Stewart needs to beat Chris on the numbers. Gamble time.
Round 14: 75, 50, 100, 9, 3, 5. Target: 741.
C1: 741. (100+50)*5-9 (10)
C2: 741. 100/50*5*75-9 (10)
Score: 88–74 (max 108)
CHRIS HAS WON!
And he gets that 3 large but so does Chris.
Round 15: N I G H T L O O M
C1 buzzes on 0 seconds to say MOONLIGHT which is correct.
Final Score: 98–74 (max 118)
Superfast conundrum buzz (albeit with an easy scramble) from Chris, who has narrowly missed out on a century each time.
Can he make it to half-octochampdom? Join Graeme on Monday to find out.
Meanwhile, Rachel gives Nick a birthday present – a Manchester United hat.
Score: 98-74
Raw: 104-91
Maxes: 9-7
Further summaries are at:
Series 66 summary
Link to the spoiler thread
Mystery link
