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Countdown recap for Wednesday 13th February 2008.

C1: Champion Ian Peywert (3 wins, 282 points.) A keen scrabbler with an eye for words
C2: Challenger Sylvana Casey, a Welsh-speaking IT tutor, mother of two and Des O fan
DC: Susie Dent and Newsreader Nicholas Owen.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

In his debut game on Friday Ian started well spotting PERSONATE amongst some other good words, but then crumbled on the numbers. Since then he's definitely picked up and has had two decent games. What will he make of Sylvana? We'll see...

R01: T G S L A E A C E
R02: O U N D E R N Q O
R03: T B P E A I S G O
R04: X M E A T L I E R
R05: 9, 7, 8, 10, 6, 50. Target: 446.
TTT: DOGHATER - "A bad one doesn't mind kids"
R06: N D A S R E A Y I
R07: P D R U O M F I A
R08: T K E O P L U C I
R09: H G L O E E S R O
R10: 6, 9, 8, 5, 10, 50, . Target: 935.
TTT: TILTTOES - "Your toes will tilt in these"
R11: N D S R E A A T I
R12: T M N O O B W E U
R13: S R S A I E J D A
R14: 2, 9, 10, 3, 5, 100. Target: 108.
R15: G O R F C H A R M (conundrum)


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Round 1: T G S L A E A C E
C1: CASTLE (6)
C2: gelate
DC: LEGATES (7)
OT: ESCALATE (8) ACETALS (7) CELESTA (7) EAGLETS (7) LACTASE (7)
Score: 6–0 (max 8)

Round 2: O U N D E R N Q O
C1: UNDER (5)
C2: UNDONE (6)
DC: NEURON (6) ENDURO (6)
OT: NOONER is the only other 6
Score: 6–6 (max 14)

Round 3: T B P E A I S G O
C1: BAPTISE (7)
C2: BIGOTS (6)
DC: POSTBAG (7)
OT: ATOPIES (7) BOATIES (7) OPIATES (7) POSTAGE (7)
Score: 13–6 (max 21)

Round 4: X M E A T L I E R
C1: MEALIER (7)
C2: MAILER (6)
DC: ATELIER (7)
OT: MATERIEL (8) (Ben Pugh) EMAILER (7) EMIRATE (7) EXTREMA (7) MALTIER (7) MEATIER (7)
Score: 20–6 (max 29)

Round 5: 9, 7, 8, 10, 6, 50. Target: 446.
C1: 446.(50-6)x10+7+(9-8) (10)
C2: 446.50x9-(10-6) (10)
Score: 30–16 (max 39)

Teatime teaser: DOGHATER -> GOATHERD

Round 6: N D A S R E A Y I
C1: SANDIER (7)
C2: SANDER (6)
DC: SARDINE (7) RADIANS (7) (Wooo maths!)
OT: ARANEIDS (8) (Ben Pugh) NAIADES (7) NAYSAID (7) YANDIES (7)
Score: 37–16 (max 47)

Round 7: P D R U O M F I A
C1: FARM (4)
C2: DRUM (4)
DC: PROUD (5) RADIUM (6)
OT: PODIUM is the only other 6
Score: 41–20 (max 53)

Round 8: T K E O P L U C I
C1: POULTICE (8)
C2: COUPLET (7)
DC: nowt
OT: No more 8s. OCTUPLE (7) PICULET (7) POTLUCK (7) PUTLOCK (7)
Score: 49–20 (max 61)

Round 9: H G L O E E S R O
C1: LOOSER (6)
C2: looser (declared 7)
DC: LOOSER (6) HEROES (6)
OT: LOOSER (by Alex aged 8 who gets £1) OGLERS (6) (Emma ) RESOLE (6) SOOLER (6)
Score: 55–20 (max 67)

Round 10: 6, 9, 8, 5, 10, 50, . Target: 935.
C1: 936.(10+9)x50-(6+8) (7)
C2: 0
CV: 935 but not in time. (50+5)x(9+8) (David O'Donnell) (10)
OT: (50x(8-6)+5)x9-10 (Michael Wallace) (10)
Score: 62–20 (max 77)

Teatime teaser: TILTTOES -> STILETTO

Round 11: N D S R E A A T I
C1: STRAINED (8)
C2: TRENDS (6)
DC: DETRAINS (8) RADIATES (8) ARTESIAN (8) RANDIEST (8) (Carol)
OT: STERADIAN (18) (Ben Pugh) AIRDATES (8) ANTISERA (8) ARANEIDS (8) (again) RADIANTS (8) SANTERIA (8)
Score: 70–20 (max 95)

Round 12: T M N O O B W E U
C1: WOMEN (5)
C2: tenon (only 1 N)
DC: WOMEN (5) MOUNT (5)
OT: ENTOMB (6) (Ben Pugh) MOUTON (6) (Stuart Earl) BOUTON (6) BOWMEN (6) OUBOET (6) UNBOOT (6)
Score: 75–20 (max 101)

Round 13: S R S A I E J D A
C1: RAISED (6)
C2: ARISES (6)
DC: ASIDES (6)
OT: jedis (Emma ) DAISES (6) DASSIE (6) IRADES (6) RAISES (6) SERAIS (6)
Score: 81–26 (max 107)

Round 14: 2, 9, 10, 3, 5, 100. Target: 108.
C1: 108.100+5+3 (10)
C2: 108.100+5+3 (10)
Score: 91–36 (max 117)

Round 15: G O R F C H A R M
C1 buzzes on 2.5 seconds to say FROGMARCH which is correct.
Score: 101–36 (max 127)

Another great victory by Ian. He seems to have picked up on the numbers despite missing 935, and Sylvana beat him in only one round. He's now half way to joining Michael and David in Octochamp-land. Will he make it?

Here's the stats:

Winner stats:
Rounds won: 10
Rounds drawn: 4
Rounds lost: 1
Rounds max scored: 7
% max scored: 79.5%
Raw score: 106
% of max (Raw score): 83.46%

Loser stats:
Rounds won: 1
Rounds drawn: 4
Rounds lost: 10
Rounds max scored: 4
% max scored: 28.3%
Raw score: 67
% of max (Raw score): 52.8%

Recap by Dinos Sfyris and Emma Sale

Further summaries are at:
http://www.thecountdowncorral.com/cd/se ... ?series=58

Nice recap, Dinos (and Emma)! One small point though, the champ's name is Tim Reypert, not Ian Peywert. Dunno where you got that from!

Don't edit it though, or it'll make my post look foolish.

Another good recap Dinos and Emma. Don't listen to Jim, edit it, make him look foolish, he likes it really.

Thanks Whoops thats what you get with an Emma at your side! Just kidding. But not really. After psycho-analysing my actions I realise we were talking about the name Ian and Peywert is convenient because WERT is all in a row on the keyboard

I linked this one Dinos but you're not down as a recapper yet so I had to submit it as Adam Porter, sorry mate!

Fixed. Dinos, you're now a registered recapper - I'll message you the details.