Tuesday 18 November 2008 (Series 59 Prelim 87)

[Mike Brown]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 18 November 2008.

C1: Champion Mark Redhead (1 win, 66 points.)
C2: Challenger Paula Rogers (from Chadwell Heath, near Romford. Des O was born there, apparently.)
DC: Susie Dent and Pam Ayres. (double hurrah!)
CV: Carol Vorderman. (sadly not for much longer...)
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: W U I L T E P C R
R02: N K L I A E T S M
R03: A V T D O E F N I
R04: T R D R E E O M N
R05: 100, 8, 6, 10, 9, 3. Target: 161.
TTT: REDMAGIC - "Pulled a face like a fairy tale writer"
R06: X C S R I A E L T
R07: R E O S H D G E D
R08: S P R S U E A Q B
R09: T S Z S E A O R D
R10: 75, 9, 8, 5, 2, 3. Target: 496.
TTT: RIDESPIN - "Feeling creative on the church tower"
R11: I T N N A O O F P
R12: S N J G I E I Y C
R13: H L R E A O M T E
R14: 100, 10, 3, 2, 9, 8. Target: 800.
R15: M U G S T R I P E (conundrum)



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Round 1: W U I L T E P C R

C1: wilter
C2: CULPRIT (7)
DC: TWERP (5) (Susie was going to mention something – probably a seven - but Pam recited a poem including the word ‘twerp’ and then we never got to hear what it was.)
OT: CUPRITE (7) PICTURE (7) PICULET (7) UTRICLE (7)
Score: 0–7 (max 7)

Round 2: N K L I A E T S M

C1: LANKIEST (8)
C2: MANKIEST (8)
DC: TALKIES (7)
OT: AILMENTS (8) MANLIEST (8) MISTAKEN (8)
Score: 8–15 (max 15)

Round 3: A V T D O E F N I

C1: FAINTED (7)
C2: VOTED (5)
DC: DONATIVE (8) DEVIANT (7)
Score: 15–15 (max 23)

Round 4: T R D R E E O M N

C1: dorment
C2: MORE (4)
DC: MORDENT (7) MENTORED (8)
OT: TREMORED (8)
Score: 15–19 (max 31)

Round 5: 100, 8, 6, 10, 9, 3. Target: 161.

C1: 161. 100+(6x10)+9-8 (10)
C2: 161. 100+(6x10)+9-8 (10)
Score: 25–29 (max 41)

Teatime teaser: REDMAGIC -> GRIMACED

Round 6: X C S R I A E L T

C1: latrices
C2: CASTER (6)
DC: ARTICLES (8) RECITALS (8)
Score: 25–35 (max 49)

Round 7: R E O S H D G E D

C1: DODGERS (7)
C2: DODGERS (7)
DC: SHORED (6) DREDGE (6) HEDGED (6)
OT: DREDGES (7) HEDGERS (7) SHEDDER (7)
Score: 32–42 (max 56)

Round 8: S P R S U E A Q B

C1: BASQUES (7)
C2: BASQUE (6)
DC: SQUARES (7)
OT: ABUSERS (7) BARQUES (7)
Score: 39–42 (max 63)

Round 9: T S Z S E A O R D

C1: TORSADES (8)
C2: SORTED (6)
DC: ASSORTED (8)
Score: 47–42 (max 71)

OoW: Susie discusses various new exercise regimes, such as ‘poolates’, and then mentions eurhythmics.

Round 10: 75, 9, 8, 5, 2, 3. Target: 496.

C1: -
C2: 497. Mistake in working.
CV: 496. ((75+8)x(9-3))-2 (10)
Score: 47–42 (max 81)

Teatime teaser: RIDESPIN -> INSPIRED

Carol mentions (as if we didn’t know by now!) that Inspired is the title of Des’s new album (released 24 Nov, only at Tesco). Surely the fact that the first TTT of the day is GRIMACED is a cruel coincidence. Discuss.

Round 11: I T N N A O O F P

C1: NATION (6)
C2: POTION (6)
DC: ANOINT (6)
OT: FONTINA (7)
Score: 53–48 (max 88)

FONTINA is a pale yellow Italian cheese (it says here).

Round 12: S N J G I E I Y C

C1: ICINGS (6)
C2: SINCE (5)
DC: ICING (5) GENII (5) SINGE (5)
OT: INCISE (6)
Score: 59–48 (max 94)

Susie allowed the plural of ICING, which I would tend to agree with, as you can have various types of icing, but her explanation was instead based on the second definition (also a mass noun), which related to the icing-up of aeroplane wings.

Round 13: H L R E A O M T E

C1: REMOTE (6)
C2: REMOTE (6)
DC: THERMAL (7)
OT: ARMHOLE (7) EARHOLE (7) HALTERE (7) LEATHER (7) LOATHER (7) RATHOLE (7) THEOREM (7) THERMAE (7)
Score: 65–54 (max 101)

What is it about both EARHOLE and ARMHOLE that makes me smile?

Round 14: 100, 10, 3, 2, 9, 8. Target: 800.

C1: 800. 8x100 (10)
C2: 800. 8x100 (10)
Score: 75–64 (max 111)

Carol: “Shall I press the button again?”

Round 15: M U G S T R I P E

C1 buzzes on 2 seconds to say GRUMPIEST which is correct.
Score: 85–64 (max 121)

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[Ben Hunter]

Nice.