Monday, 10th November (Series 59, Prelim 81)

[Kai Laddiman]

Countdown recap for Monday 10 November 2008.

C1: Champion Martin Bishop (4 wins, 410 points.)
C2: Challenger Lesley Wootton. Complete with a 3 proud children, 6 proud grandchildren and 2 proud(ish) great-grandchildren.
DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zenon.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: W G L I E O R J I
R02: R T B C E I A D R
R03: D P P E O I L T A
R04: O I E G S T R S H
R05: 10, 6, 2, 8, 8, 9. Target: 616.
TTT: ELMSONLY - "Declare, but it's just not cricket."
R06: A E A M R N S L O
R07: N N D E O E Y T U
R08: E O E D T R R H U
R09: R X N E U A V N I
R10: 25, 7, 8, 6, 1, 4. Target: 774.
TTT: DUORIFLE - "I think it's just something in the water."
R11: L P D S O E U T A
R12: I E O Z S N N M Q
R13: N C L I E A S F E
R14: 75, 5, 10, 7, 8, 5. Target: 765.
R15: B I G P R O N K S (conundrum)


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(You better) Enjoy the show.

Round 1: W G L I E O R J I

C1: JOWLIER (7)
C2: JOWLIER (7)
DC: GLOWER (6)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)

Round 2: R T B C E I A D R

C1: CARRIED (7)
C2: CARRIED (7)
DC: TRIBADE (7) CATBIRD (7)
OT: ARBITER (7) RAREBIT (7) CARBIDE (7) ERRATIC (7) TARDIER (7) TARRIED (7)
Score: 14–14 (max 14)

TRIBADE, as Susie half-heartedly declares, means lesbian.

Round 3: D P P E O I L T A

C1: PLAITED (7)
C2: TOPPLED (7)
DC: PILOTED (7) TIPPLED (says Paul with a stutter) (7) TADPOLE (7)
OT: PETALOID (8)
Score: 21–21 (max 22)

Round 4: O I E G S T R S H

C1: SHORTIES (8)
C2: GORIEST (7)
OT: HOISTERS (8) HORSIEST (8) SIGHTERS (8) STRIGOSE (8)
Score: 29–21 (max 30)

Round 5: 10, 6, 2, 8, 8, 9. Target: 616.

C1: 617. (8x8-2)x10-(9-6) (7)
C2: 612.
CV: 616. ((8x10-(9-6))x8 (10)
Score: 36–21 (max 40)

Paul entertains us with a trick that involved a 'sign of relief' (a gents' sign), 'vooloo' and Carol attempting to wax a magician on TV.

Teatime teaser: ELMSONLY -> SOLEMNLY

Round 6: A E A M R N S L O

C1: ARSENAL (7)
C2: MOANERS (7)
DC: ALMONERS (8)
Score: 43–28 (max 48)

Gooners on Countdown. What is the world coming to?

Round 7: N N D E O E Y T U

C1: DENOTE (6)
C2: -
DC: DUNNY (5) UNTONED (7)
OT: DOYENNE (7) ENDNOTE (7) TENONED (7) NEOTENY (7)
Score: 49–28 (max 55)

Round 8: E O E D T R R H U

C1: ROUTED (6)
C2: TOURED (6)
OT: DRUTHER (7)
Score: 55–34 (max 62)

Round 9: R X N E U A V N I

C1: RAVINE (6)
C2: VAINER (6)
OT: VERNIX (6)
Score: 61–40 (max 68)

Round 10: 25, 7, 8, 6, 1, 4. Target: 774.

C1: 774. (6x4+7)x25-1 (10)
C2: 774. As above. (10)
Score: 71–50 (max 78)

Susie continues her theme of 'magic words' with elves, hobgoblins and gremlins.

Teatime teaser: DUORIFLE -> FLUORIDE

Round 11: L P D S O E U T A

C1: PULSATED (8)
C2: APOSTLE (7)
DC: TADPOLES (8)
OT: POSTLUDE (8)
Score: 79–50 (max 86)

A rare double appearance for the humble frogling!

Round 12: I E O Z S N N M Q

C1: MONIES (6)
C2: monnies
DC: ZENON (5)
OT: MIZENS (6) NOMENS (6)
Score: 85–50 (max 92)

Paul was smiling even more than when he got TIPPLED with that. (Although, to be fair, I don't think he got too tippled.)

Round 13: N C L I E A S F E

C1: FANCIES (7)
C2: FIANCEES (8)
DC: FAIENCES (8)
OT: SALIENCE (8)
Score: 85–58 (max 100)

Well done to Lesley for her first Martin-beater, but alas it is too little too late for her.

Round 14: 75, 5, 10, 7, 8, 5. Target: 765.

C1: 765. 75x10+7+8 (10)
C2: 765. (75+(8-7))x10+5 (10)
Score: 95–68 (max 110)

Round 15: B I G P R O N K S

No one buzzes. The answer was SPRINGBOK.
Score: 95–68 (max 120)

Paul rounds up a brilliant guest appearance with another trick to bemuse Susie even more than INDOORSES.

And thus ends my recapping debut. Please give me your feedback (and try and make it positive). Thank you.

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=59

[Ben Hunter]

Some good tricks by Zenon today, and an excellent recap by Magic Kai (magic eye, eh, eh?)

[Kirk Bevins]

Round 12: I E O Z S N N M Q

C1: MONIES (6)
C2: monnies
DC: ZENON (5)
OT: MIZENS (6) NOMENS (6)
Score: 85–50 (max 92)

For geeks amongst us, it must be pointed out that ZENON^ isn't a proper word - Paul was just happy to spot his surname.

[Julie T]

Brilliant recap, Kai!
And thanks to it being so soon after the show, it helped me enormously, since 4OD on Virgin Media missed out the first 5 rounds, yet again.
Thanks again, Julie.

[Dinos Sfyris]

Nice recap Kai

Been entertained by Paul Zenon throughout the week, even though it was easy to spot the secret behind some of his tricks, eg todays: pick a number between 10 and 20, whatever the number (except 20 so I'm not sure why he included that one) if you minus the sum of the digits you get 9 so its always the 9th card. Hope his next guest appearance comes again soon.

[Kai Laddiman]

Thanks everyone, apologies for the lame jokes

[Ross Allatt]

Round 8: E O E D T R R H U

C1: ROUTED (6)
C2: TOURED (6)
OT: DRUTHER (7)
Score: 55–34 (max 62)

Is REROUTED acceptable here or is it RE-ROUTED and not allowed?

Good recap BTW

[Dinos Sfyris]

Is REROUTED acceptable here or is it RE-ROUTED and not allowed?

Hyphenated I believe. If you go to the spoilers thread you'll notice Mr Kirkulator Bevatron's distress at the matter.

[Howard Somerset]

Not read any of the detail yet, cos I've yet to watch the show. But good to see there's been a good response to this recap Kai. I look forward to seeing many more, and to sharing Mondays with you.