C1: Champion (and everyone's favourite apteree) Innis Carson (7 wins, 751 points.)
C2: Challenger Chris Bergman.
DC: Susie Dent and Donal MacIntyre.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: U A I P T N E N L
R02: V F R A O E S L O
R03: W R X E A M E T O
R04: C D N I O U R C A
R05: 75, 100, 10, 5, 3, 2. Target: 196.
TTT: MOONSIDE - "You could easily draw a blank with these."
R06: S S D E A I F T E
R07: P B R I E T I N O
R08: H R D A E O M P E
R09: I O A N L G C N J
R10: 50, 3, 9, 10, 1, 8. Target: 918.
TTT: NEATHELP - "It puts in a trunk call sometimes." (NB: Is this clue right?)
R11: N R T I O E Z T A
R12: G Y I A S D I I T
R13: D M R A E S U T E
R14: 100, 7, 3, 10, 2, 6. Target: 665.
R15: M A L A R K I E S (conundrum)
With Innis one win away from octochampionismisticness (the first one of the series), can our challenger (who has been on before in Series 20, under the name Amey Deshpande*) stop him? He looks pretty good tbh.
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Round 1: U A I P T N E N L
C1: PETUNIA (7)
C2: PLANET (6)
DC: PINNATE (7)
OT: ANNULET (7) NUPTIAL (7) PANTILE (7) PINNULE (7)
Score: 7–0 (max 7)
A good start for Innis with a classic word. Yeh.
Round 2: V F R A O E S L O
C1: LOAFERS (7)
C2: foulers
OT: AEROSOL (7) ROSEOLA (7)
Score: 14–0 (max 14)
Innis pulls further ahead with another good word.
Round 3: W R X E A M E T O
C1: EXTREMA (7)
C2: WATER (5)
Score: 21–0 (max 21)
This time it's a brilliant darren leaving Chris stranded on 0. We're edging closer to celebration...
Round 4: C D N I O U R C A
C1: AROUND (6)
C2: DRAIN (5)
DC: CANDOUR (7)
OT: DRACONIC (8)
Score: 27–0 (max 29)
And Chris still yet to score! When will this Hazelic performance end?
Round 5: 75, 100, 10, 5, 3, 2. Target: 196.
C1: 196. (100 - 2) x (5 - 3) (10)
C2: 196. 100 + 75 + (5 + 2) x 3 (10)
Score: 37–10 (max 39)
Maybe now with Innis' 'classic' selection yielding an easy round. Yawn.
Donal (on his DC debut) told us an amusing little anecdote about something.
Teatime teaser: MOONSIDE -> DOMINOES
Round 6: S S D E A I F T E
C1: STEADIES (8)
C2: DEFEATS (7)
OT: SAFETIES (8)
Score: 45–10 (max 47)
If you wana know what safeties are, go look it up
Round 7: P B R I E T I N O
C1: POINTIER (8)
C2: POINTIER (8)
Score: 53–18 (max 55)
Both contestants get the darren. RIPIENO as a nice 7 tho.
Round 8: H R D A E O M P E
C1: HAMPERED (8)
C2: HAMPERED (8)
Score: 61–26 (max 63)
...And again.
Round 9: I O A N L G C N J
C1: LANCING (7)
C2: CLONING (7)
DC: CAJOLING (8)
Score: 68–33 (max 71)
Innis is getting worse - he's a whole 3 points behind the max
OoW: Susie talks about the origin of 'muscle' (pointing to Donal's - I think she's attracted
).Round 10: 50, 3, 9, 10, 1, 8. Target: 918.
C1: 918. (50 + 1) x (10 + 8) (10)
C2: 918. (50 + 1) x (10 + 8) (10)
Score: 78–43 (max 81)
Teatime teaser: NEATHELP -> ELEPHANT
Round 11: N R T I O E Z T A
C1: NOTARIZE (8)
C2: NATTER (6)
OT: TENTORIA (8)
Score: 86–43 (max 89)
A great spot and Innis' score is double his opponent's. Another century and octochampionship get closer...
Round 12: G Y I A S D I I T
C1: DIGITS (6)
C2: DIGITS (6)
Score: 92–49 (max 95)
An easy(ish) max, and Innis is almost on 3 digits.
Round 13: D M R A E S U T E
C1: MASTERED (8)
C2: MASTERED (8)
DC: MEASURED (8)
OT: DEMUREST (8) MUSTERED (8) STREAMED (8)
Score: 100–57 (max 103)
BAM! Innis gets the century he thoroughly deserved and a place in the Hall of Octochamps (near me
). Now all that remains is to see what the margin is...Round 14: 100, 7, 3, 10, 2, 6. Target: 665.
C1: 665. (100 + 10) x 6 + 2 + 3 (10)
C2: 665. (100 + 10) x 6 + 2 + 3 (10)
Score: 110–67 (max 113)
Another stupidly easy numbers game brings Innis a conundrum away from his highest score. And he's got all of them so far. Let's hope it's not a stupid one.
Round 15: M A L A R K I E S
No one buzzes. The answer was SAILMAKER.
Score: 110–67 (max 123)
Yup. A stupid one. Even the audience (AFAIK the first time they've been asked this series) didn't get it. But Kirk did.
Anyway, a worthy octochamp, Innis does his best Bevan impression after winning, and rightly so. He played brilliantly throughout his run, and a total of 861 points (average score 108) is not to be argued with. But we still have plenty of aptotalent on our screens coming up, including Hulme on Thursday. Enjoy!
Statistics Corner
C1:
Total score - 110
Raw Score - 110
Total % of max - 89
Raw % of max - 89
Total average score per round - 7.3
Raw average score per round - 7.3
Number of maxes - 12
C2:
Total score - 67
Raw Score - 96 (very respectful - against any other opponent a winning score imo)
Total % of max - 54
Raw % of max - 78
Total average score per round - 4.5
Raw average score per round - 6.4
Number of maxes - 7
PS. Sorry for the late recap, I (almost literally) fell asleep writing this.
PPS. Kai Laddiman Recaps Unltd. can not take responsibility for pants damaged by reading this recap.
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=61
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