Wednesday 2nd December 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 98)

[James Robinson]

The middle of the week has arrived and as promised in the spoilers, here is part 1 of this week's Robinson Recap double bill.

Countdown recap for Wednesday 2 December 2009.

C1: Champion Tom Allerton (2 wins, 162 points.) From London. He owns and runs a North London bar called The Hideaway. He is married. His hobbies include mountain biking and snowboarding. He also likes listening to live rock 'n' roll music.
C2: Challenger Ritchie Hoyle. From Walthamstow, London. After returning to college at age 34 and getting a degree in computer animation, he is now an animator and just got his first credit for the film Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief. He is about to get another credit for the remake of Clash Of The Titans. He is married and has a 15 month daughter called Araminta. He likes listening to the Canadian post-rock band, Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
DC: Susie Dent and Jon Gaunt.
RR: Rachel Riley. (In reference to Jeff's joke about dumb blondes, she's our favourite Essex blonde.)
JR: Me. (In case you need to be told.)
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: M T N O A S N U L
R02: N I D E K I G E M
R03: L R H A E Y S D O
R04: S P T O U E R T D
R05: 50, 75, 7, 4, 3, 9. Target: 608.
TTT: LEAPBONE - "A tall person who might crouch sometimes"
R06: C T B R A I E D O
R07: G N S I I T C W O
R08: S S L T E A O N E
R09: C D R I E W R P A
R10: 25, 50, 100, 5, 9, 1. Target: 581.
TTT: MILKTEAT - "The number of minutes you get to say your piece"
R11: T X M E I T G S O
R12: R Z N B I E A L O
R13: F P J U A I T Y S
R14: 50, 100, 25, 9, 8, 10. Target: 790.
R15: D R I V I N G O P (conundrum)


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Round 1: M T N O A S N U L

C1: AMOUNTS (7)
C2: AMOUNTS (7)
DC: OUTMANS (7)
OT: SOLANUM (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)

A nice flat round to begin with.

A SOLANUM is a plant of the genus solanum, which contain spiny herbs, shrubs or trees that have cymose white, purple or yellow flowers and fruit that is a berry. (That was a big mouthful to begin with, wasn't it!)

Round 2: N I D E K I G E M

C1: MIKING (6)
C2: MIDGE (5)
DC: DEEMING (7)
Score: 13–7 (max 14)

Round 3: L R H A E Y S D O

C1: SHOALED (7)
C2: SHARED (6)
DC: RASHLY (6) HOLDERS (7)
OT: HYDROLASE (18)
Score: 20–7 (max 32)

A HYDROLASE is an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.

Round 4: S P T O U E R T D

C1: SPROUTED (8)
C2: SPROUTED (8)
DC: POSTURED (8)
OT: PROUDEST (8)
Score: 28–15 (max 40)

Round 5: 50, 75, 7, 4, 3, 9. Target: 608.

C1: 607. ((9 + 3) x 50) + 7 (7)
C2: 607. Mistake in working.
RR: 608. ((75 - 7) x 9) - 4 (10)
Score: 35–15 (max 50)

Tom takes a giant lead as Ritchie owns up to a mistake in his working out.

Jon talks about technology's influence in the kitchen.

Teatime teaser: LEAPBONE -> BEANPOLE

Round 6: C T B R A I E D O

C1: ORBITED (7)
C2: BRACED (6)
DC: REDCOAT (7) ICEBOAT (7) CORDITE (7)
OT: ABORTED (7) AEROBIC (7) BROCADE (7) CARBIDE (7) CAROTID (7) CATBIRD (7) CORDATE (7) EROTICA (7) TRIBADE (7)
Score: 42–15 (max 57)

Tom pulls away even further as Ritchie misses one of the plethora of 7's.

Round 7: G N S I I T C W O

C1: STOWING (7)
C2: STOWING (7)
DC: COSTING (7)
OT: GNOSTIC (7)
Score: 49–22 (max 64)

GNOSTIC is an adjective referring to someone who pertains to or possesses knowledge.

Round 8: S S L T E A O N E

C1: STEALS (6)
C2: STONES (6)
DC: SEALSTONE (18)
JR: TONELESS (8)
Score: 55–28 (max 82)

I was happy with TONELESS, but Susie steals the show with a fantastic 9.

Round 9: C D R I E W R P A

C1: CARRIED (7)
C2: PRICED (6)
DC: PARRIED (7)
OT: AIRCREW (7)
Score: 62–28 (max 89)

Susie's Origin Of Words talks of the origins of "doily", "napkin", "serviette", "genteel", "settee" and "lounge".

Round 10: 25, 50, 100, 5, 9, 1. Target: 581.

C1: 583. (5 x 100) + 50 + 25 + 9 - 1 (7)
C2: 583. (5 x 100) + 50 + 25 + 9 - 1 (7)
RR: 581. ((50 + 25) x 9) + 5 + 1 - 100 (10)
Score: 69–35 (max 99)

Teatime teaser: MILKTEAT -> TALKTIME

Round 11: T X M E I T G S O

C1: TIMES (5)
C2: EXITS (5)
DC: SOMITE (6)
JS: EGOTISM (7)
JR: EGOTIST (7)
Score: 74–40 (max 106)

Jeff steals the show with his fantastic 7, while I get the other similar looking 7.

Round 12: R Z N B I E A L O

C1: ALBINO (6)
C2: braile
DC: AILERON (7)
OT: ALIENOR (7)
Score: 80–40 (max 113)

Tom wraps up the game following Ritchie's wrongly spelt, capitalised 6.

Round 13: F P J U A I T Y S

C1: PASTY (5)
C2: PASTY (5)
DC: JUSTIFY (7)
Score: 85–45 (max 120)

DC get the darren from the tricky letters.

Round 14: 50, 100, 25, 9, 8, 10. Target: 790.

C1: 790. (8 x 100) - 10 (10)
C2: 790. (8 x 100) - 10 (10)
Score: 95–55 (max 130)

Round 15: D R I V I N G O P

C2 buzzes on 1 second to say PROVIDING which is correct.
Score: 95–65 (max 140)

Ritchie restores some pride with a quick-fire conundrum, which stops Tom getting his century in the process.

Tom has got 3 wins. He still has a chance to get to the finals, and even possibly being one of the few people to play 9 games in a row, if he becomes #1 or #8 seed, although his scores suggest #8 seems more likely.

Join me tomorrow to see if Tom can reach the halfway mark.

Till then, bye bye.

Statistics Corner

Tom:
Total score - 95
Raw score - 95
Total % of max - 68
Raw % of max - 68
Total average score per round - 6.3
Raw average score per round - 6.3
Number of maxes - 6

Ritchie:
Total score - 65
Raw score - 88
Total % of max - 46
Raw % of max - 63
Total average score per round - 4.3
Raw average score per round - 5.9
Number of maxes - 5

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

[Kirk Bevins]

Firstly you've not stated what JR means at the top of your post.

Secondly, are you Stuart Earl in disguise?

[James Robinson]

Firstly you've not stated what JR means at the top of your post.

Secondly, are you Stuart Earl in disguise?

1. Problem Solved.

2. No.

[Peter Mabey]

BTW, the best known sorts of SOLANUM are potato, tomato and aubergine - as you said, a mouthful.

[Phil Reynolds]

He is married and has a 15 month daughter, who I'm not going to attempt to spell.

Araminta might be an unusual name but there's only one way to spell it AFAIK.

Susie's Origin Of Words talks of the origins of "doily", "napkin", "serviette", "gentile", "settee" and "lounge".

ITYM "genteel".

TTT: MILKTEAT - "The number of minutes you get to say your peace"

The expression is "say your piece". IFTW.

[David O'Donnell]

Firstly you've not stated what JR means at the top of your post.

Secondly, are you Stuart Earl in disguise?

Hardly, SE never missed a max in his life ... well maybe as far back as BC (Before Countmax).