[20080321] Friday's game

[DaveC]

Countdown recap for Friday 21st March 2008

C1: Champion Tony Durrant, 2 wins
C2: Challenger Colin Beck
DC: Susie Dent and Dennis Taylor
CV: Carol Vorderman
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: G N G Z E A E M S
R02: B U T A X P T E R
R03: N M K L E I O N B
R04: L R G A E I T H M
R05: 50 3 7 1 9 6. Target: 847
TTT: LAMBSTOO - "Male cats hats, at the fair"
R06: P S P A I E M C N
R07: D V F R O I A T F
R08: R E O T S R I C S
R09: D S H L U A A S O
R10: 50 1 3 2 3 7. Target: 568
TTT: PLAYDISH - "Queen mary was one, in both senses"
R11: S R L T U E A D R
R12: J D W D N E A E C
R13: P T L R I E O N T
R14: 6 1 7 5 3 9. Target: 422
R15: F I R I N G P O T (conundrum)

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R01: G N G Z E A E M S
C1: MENAGES (7)
C2: GAMES
DC: ENGAGES (7)
OT: MANEGES (7), ENEMAS, ENGAGE, GAMGEE, GASMEN, MANEGE, MENAGE, SEAMEN
Score: 7-0 (max 7)

R02: B U T A X P T E R
C1: PUTTER (6)
C2: BUTTER (6)
DC: ABRUPT
OT: ABUTTER (DoD, 7), BATTER, BATTUE, PATTER, TAUTER, UPBEAT, UPRATE, URTEXT
Score: 13-6 (max 14)

R03: N M K L E I O N B
C1: NIMBLE (6)
C2: NIMBLE (6)
DC: LINKMEN (7)
OT: BINMEN, BONNIE, EMBOLI, MOBILE, MOLINE, OILMEN, ONLINE
Score: 19-12 (max 21)

R04: L R G A E I T H M
C1: LIGHTER (7)
C2: GATHER
DC: RELIGHT, MEGALITH (8)
OT: LITHARGE (MG, 8), ALRIGHT, MALTIER, MIGRATE, RAGTIME, THERMAL
NOT: alighter (X)
Score: 26-12 (max 29)

R05: 50 3 7 1 9 6. Target: 847
C1: 847. (9+7)*(50+3)-1 (10)
C2: 847. (9+1+7)*50-3 (10)
Score: 36-22 (max 39)

LAMBSTOO -> TOMBOLAS *

*No known relation of Joseph Bolas.

R06: P S P A I E M C N
C1: NAPPIES (7)
C2: NAPPIES (7)
DC: ENCAMPS (7)
OT: AMNESIC (7), CINEMAS (7), INSCAPE (7), PINESAP (7), AMINES, APICES, CASEIN, CINEMA, ENCAMP, ICEMAN, INCASE, INSEAM, MINCES, NAPPES, PANICS, PAPISM, PECANS, PEPSIN, PIEMAN, SCAMPI
Score: 43-29 (max 46)

R07: D V F R O I A T F
C1: FART
C2: AVOID (5)
OT: TARIFF (6), AFFORD (6), ADRIFT (6), ADROIT (JB, 6), AFRIT, AROID, AVOID, DAVIT, DIVOT, DRAFF, DRAFT, DRIFT, DROIT, FIORD, RADIO, RATIO, TRIAD, TRIFA, VARDO
Score: 43-34 (max 52)

R08: R E O T S R I C S
C1: SORRIEST (8)
C2: RIOTERS
DC: ROISTERS (8)
OT: CROSIERS (8), RESISTOR (8), CORRIES, CORSETS, COSIEST, COSTERS, COTISES, CROSIER, CROSSER, ESCORTS, RECROSS, RECTORS, RESORTS, RESTIOS, RIOTERS, ROISTER, ROSIEST, ROSTERS, SCORERS, SCOTERS, SECTORS, SORTERS, SORTIES, STORERS, STORIES, TRIOSES
Score: 51-34 (max 60)

R09: D S H L U A A S O
C1: SHOULD (6)
C2: SHOALS (6)
DC: SALADS (6), ALOUD
OT: DOSHAS (6), DOSSAL (6), DOULAS (6), LOADSA (6), SADHUS (6), SAOLAS (6)
Score: 57-40 (max 66)

R10: 50 1 3 2 3 7. Target: 568
C1: 569. (7+3+1)*(50+2)-3 (7)
C2: 572. not explained.
MG: 568. (50+7)*(3*3+1)-2 (10)
DC: 568. (50+7*3)*(3+1)*2 (10)
JH: 568. (3*3+2)*(50+1)+7 (10)
DoD: 568. (3*3+2)*(50+1)+7 (10)
Score: 64-40 (max 76)

PLAYDISH -> LADYSHIP

R11: S R L T U E A D R
C1: SALUTED (7)
C2: SALUTED (7)
OT: RUDERALS (8), DARTERS, LARDERS, LUSTRED, RETARDS, RUDERAL, RUSTLED, RUSTLER, SALUTER, SLURRED, STARRED, STRUDEL, SURREAL, TRADERS
Score: 71-47 (max 84)

R12: J D W D N E A E C
C1: JAWED
C2: DANCED (6)
DC: WEANED (6), DEADEN (6)
OT: DAWNED (6), DECADE (6), DECANE (6), WENDED (6)
Score: 71-53 (max 90)

R13: P T L R I E O N T
C1: TRIPLET (7)
C2: POINTER (7)
OT: LITOPTERN (CB, 18), PLOTTER, POLITER, PORTENT, PORTLET, POTTIER, PROLINE, PROTEIN, REPOINT, RETINOL, TRIOLET, TRITONE
Score: 78-60 (max 108)

R14: 6 1 7 5 3 9. Target: 422
C1: 422. 7*6*(9+1)+5-3 (10)
C2: 422. 7*6*(9+1)+5-3 (10)
Score: 88-70 (max 118)

R15: FIRINGPOT
C1 buzzes in after 3 seconds and declares PROFITING, which is the correct answer.

Score: 98-70 (max 128)

Further summaries are at:
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[Joseph Bolas]

LAMBSTOO -> TOMBOLAS *

*No known relation of Joseph Bolas.

There probably has been someone in the family called Tom .

[DaveC]

Haha,

I had a look using Ancestry tools.

Nobody named Tom Bolas got married or were born between 1984 and 2005, but two births had "Thomas" as their middle name.

The deaths records revealed....

Thomas Herbert Bolas 20th December 1927- June 2000
Thomas Horace Bolas 21st April 1914 - May 1989

There are 6 people named "Thomas Bolas" in the 1901 census out of a total of 210 with that surname, it's pretty likely that you're related to at least some of 'em. One of them lived in Snedshill, Shropshire, where my mothers fathers mother was born in 1870, curiously enough.

DC

[Joseph Bolas]

I've spoken to my mum to find out about Tom/Thomas Bolas and apparently, I do a have a Thomas Bolas who is my uncle and is alive and living in Perth, Australia. My mum, unfortunately is homophobic so she doesn't like him (just so you know, I ain't homophobic).

He is the only Thomas Bolas though that my mum knows about.

[DaveC]

(just so you know, I ain't homophobic).

Me neither. Must be a very difficult condition, being scared of your house.

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More seriously 'tis a very curious word. A "...phobia" word more usually meant in a sense that doesn't mean "a fear of" in the same way Arachnophobia or Nudophobia are normally used.

DC

[Joseph Bolas]

Me neither. Must be a very difficult condition, being scared of your house.

Good joke

More seriously 'tis a very curious word. A "...phobia" word more usually meant in a sense that doesn't mean "a fear of" in the same way Arachnophobia or Nudophobia are normally used.DC

I don't think that she is afraid of them, she just doesn't like them because, in her words, they are not normal.