Tuesday 29th September (Series 61, Prelim 52)

[Oliver Garner]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 29 September 2009.

C1: Champion Tricia Finn (1 win, 83 points,) a retired Civil Servant
C2: Challenger George Raison, a deputy manager of Convenience Store
DC: Susie Dent and John Inverdale.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: Q R S I E I V T A
R02: S I T M A R W E S
R03: N B R T U I O N I
R04: O S G E D N A O R
R05: 75, 3, 1, 10, 4, 5. Target: 517.
TTT: TUNALIPS - "Out of control and told a likely story"
R06: T Y E H L E I L T
R07: N A F Z J I E R P
R08: S C A O L L E D R
R09: B N H A I O D R E
R10: 50, 25, 6, 5, 2, 3. Target: 354.
TTT: CRABARKS - "Accomodation belonging to the president"
R11: U A E S L M G C S
R12: O I R T P A S N I
R13: P D K U I O M N A
R14: 75, 9, 4, 2, 5, 1. Target: 906.
R15: M I N I P O L O S (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: Q R S I E I V T A

C1: visits
C2: VARIES (6)
DC: REVISIT (7)
OT: AIRIEST (7)
Score: 0–6 (max 7)

Round 2: S I T M A R W E S

C1: WARIEST (7)
C2: SMARTIES (8)
OT: ASTERISM (8) WAITRESS (8)
Score: 0–14 (max 15)

Round 3: N B R T U I O N I

C1: UNBORN (6)
C2: BRUNT (5)
DC: BURTON (6)
OT: BIOTIN (6) BUNION (6) INBORN (6) INTRON (6) TURION (6)
Score: 6–14 (max 21)

Round 4: O S G E D N A O R

C1: OREGANO (7)
C2: DANGERS (7)
DC: ORANGES (7) DRAGOONS (8)
OT: GOOSANDER (18)
Score: 13–21 (max 39)

Round 5: 75, 3, 1, 10, 4, 5. Target: 517.

C1: 511. (5+3-1)*75-10-4 (5)
C2: -
RR: 517. (10-4+1)*75-5-3 (10)
Score: 18–21 (max 49)

John talks about extreme ironing
Teatime teaser: TUNALIPS -> TAILSPUN

Round 6: T Y E H L E I L T

C1: HILLY (5)
C2: LITTLE (6)
DC: LITHELY (7)
Score: 18–27 (max 56)

Round 7: N A F Z J I E R P

C1: fraize
C2: PANZER (6)
OT: INJERA (6) PERFIN (6) RAPINE (6) ZANIER (6)
Score: 18–33 (max 62)

Round 8: S C A O L L E D R

C1: SCROLLED (8)
C2: CAROLLED (8)
OT: COLLARED (8) COLLARDS (8) CORELLAS (8)
Score: 26–41 (max 70)

Round 9: B N H A I O D R E

C1: HANDIER (7)
C2: BROADEN (7)
DC: DEBONAIR (8)
OT: DIBORANE (8)
Score: 33–48 (max 78)

Susie talks about boxing and horse racing terms.

Round 10: 50, 25, 6, 5, 2, 3. Target: 354.

C1: 352.
C2: 353. (5+2)*50+3 (7)
RR: 354. ((5-2)*3+50)*6 (10)
Score: 33–55 (max 88)

Teatime teaser: CRABARKS -> BARRACKS

Round 11: U A E S L M G C S

C1: gaumless
C2: MUSCLES (7)
OT: CLAUSES (7) MACULES (7) MASCLES (7) MESCALS (7)
Score: 33–62 (max 95)

Round 12: O I R T P A S N I

C1: RATIONS (7)
C2: RATIONS (7)
DC: PATRONS (7) ASPIRIN (7)
OT: IRONIST (7) PARISON (7) TARPONS (7) PIANIST (7) RATIONS (7) SPIRANT (7) SPRAINT (7)
Score: 40–69 (max 102)

Round 13: P D K U I O M N A

C1: monika
C2: POUND (5)
DC: PADOUK (6) DAIKON (6)
OT: IMPOUND (7)
Score: 40–74 (max 109)

Round 14: 75, 9, 4, 2, 5, 1. Target: 906.

C1: 905. (9+2+1)*75+5 (7)
C2: 905. (9+2+1)*75+5 (7)
RR: 906. (75*4+2)*(9-5-1) (10)
Score: 47–81 (max 119)

Round 15: M I N I P O L O S

C1 buzzes on 23 seconds to say IMPLOSION which is correct.
Score: 57–81 (max 129)

George is our currant champion. Will he win again? If he doesn't, he could still play on Charlie's amazing website and beat Apterous Prune.

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=61

[James Robinson]

Round 11: U A E S L M G C S

C1: guamless
C2: MUSCLES (7)
OT: CLAUSES (7) MACULES (7) MASCLES (7) MESCALS (7)
Score: 33–62 (max 95)

Oliver, I seem to recall it was GAUMLESS that Tricia declared, not GUAMLESS.

[Oliver Garner]

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