Series 54 had 146 preliminaries before the finals, today, Series 82 hits its 147th preliminary, a new record for an individual series of Countdown.
Countdown recap for Friday 30 October 2020.
C1: Champion Damien Doughty (4 wins, 379 points.) A creative director from Bristol, but originally from Spalding, Lincolnshire.
C2: Challenger Jim Filgate. A caretaker and musician from London. He plays the banjo and accordion in a band.
DC: Susie Dent and Colin Murray.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: H T C D A E A T S
R02: R I V F E O W S I
R03: 50, 10, 8, 4, 8, 2. Target: 459.
TTT: RECENTCOD - "Made a great effort to get to the live musical performance."
R04: C E R R I P A T I
R05: R Z M G S U O E O
R06: 25, 1, 1, 8, 4, 6. Target: 792.
R07: L N L X N I E A C
R08: R O T D E R N E J
R09: 25, 10, 4, 4, 8, 5. Target: 884.
TTT: SLEEPCOMA - "In her dreams, she went off to an unknown location to buy fish."
R10: R O M E C I G M A
R11: S Y R T E A A W E
R12: N T H A I S E D A
R13: F V S N T I U O C
R14: 25, 3, 4, 8, 4, 2. Target: 154.
R15: C R E E P Y H A T (conundrum)
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Round 1: H T C D A E A T S
Damien: ATTACHED (8)
Jim: CHEATS (6)
DC: CATHEADS (8)
OT: ATTACHES (8)
Score: 8–0 (max 8)
Round 2: R I V F E O W S I
Damien: FIVERS (6)
Jim: FIVERS (6)
DC: IVORIES (7)
Score: 14–6 (max 15)
Round 3: 50, 10, 8, 4, 8, 2. Target: 459.
Damien: 460. (50 x 10) - ((8 x 4) + 8) (7)
Jim: 465.
RR: 459. ((50 - 4) x 10) - (8 / 8) (10)
Score: 21–6 (max 25)
Teatime teaser: RECENTCOD -> CONCERTED
Round 4: C E R R I P A T I
Damien: PIRATE (6)
Jim: misdeclared 7
DC: PACIER (6) pirater PIRATIC (7) PICRITE (7) CRITERIA (8)
Score: 27–6 (max 33)
Round 5: R Z M G S U O E O
Damien: MOUSER (6)
Jim: zoomers
DC: GOOSE (5) gooser MORGUES (7)
OT: SMOOGER (7)
Score: 33–6 (max 40)
Round 6: 25, 1, 1, 8, 4, 6. Target: 792.
Damien: 792. ((25 x 4) - 1) x 8 (10)
Jim: 792. ((25 x 4) - 1) x 8 (10)
Score: 43–16 (max 50)
Colin talks about some unusual reasons for couples breaking up.
Round 7: L N L X N I E A C
Damien: CANINE (6)
Jim: LINEN (5)
DC: LINEAL (6)
OT: LEXICAL (7) XENNIAL (7)
Score: 49–16 (max 57)
Round 8: R O T D E R N E J
Damien: trender
Jim: RENDER (6)
DC: RENTER (6) TENDER (6)
OT: ORTERDE (7)
Score: 49–22 (max 64)
Round 9: 25, 10, 4, 4, 8, 5. Target: 884.
Damien: 884. (((25 x 4) + 10) x 8) + 4 (10)
Jim: 890.
Score: 59–22 (max 74)
Teatime teaser: SLEEPCOMA -> SOMEPLACE
Round 10: R O M E C I G M A
Damien: gammier
Jim: -
DC: CIGAR (5) COMMA (5) GRIMACE (7)
OT: CAMOGIE (7) GRAMMIE (7)
Score: 59–22 (max 81)
Round 11: S Y R T E A A W E
Damien: SWEATER (7)
Jim: SWEATER (7)
DC: WATERS (6) WATERY (6) SEAWATER (8)
Score: 66–29 (max 89)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "prescience".
Round 12: N T H A I S E D A
Damien: HANDIEST (8)
Jim: shinted
DC: INSTEAD (7)
OT: ASTHENIA (8) SATINADE (8) THANDAIS (8)
Score: 74–29 (max 97)
Round 13: F V S N T I U O C
Damien: FUSION (6)
Jim: COUNTS (6)
DC: VISCOUNT (8) SUCTION (7)
Score: 80–35 (max 105)
Round 14: 25, 3, 4, 8, 4, 2. Target: 154.
Damien: 154. ((8 - 2) x 25) + 4 (10)
Jim: 154. ((4 + 2) x 25) + 4 (10)
Score: 90–45 (max 115)
Round 15: C R E E P Y H A T
No one buzzes. The answer was ARCHETYPE.
Final Score: 90–45 (max 125)
Statistics Corner
Damien:
Total score - 90
Raw score - 90
Total % of max - 72
Raw % of max - 72
Total average score per round - 6.0
Raw average score per round - 6.0
Number of maxes - 5
Jim:
Total score - 45
Raw score - 66
Total % of max - 36
Raw % of max - 53
Total average score per round - 3.0
Raw average score per round - 4.4
Number of maxes - 2
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=82