c4countdown

Countdown recap for Wednesday 21 January 2009.

C1: Challenger Steve Briers.
C2: Challenger Debbi Flack.
DC: Susie Dent and Alistair Stewart.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: S T D N O A E P I
R02: F L R M I E Y E D
R03: P I E N R I T Z T
R04: G D B A I O S H R
R05: 25, 75, 100, 4, 10, 2. Target: 235.

TTT: CROPLUST - "It's a case of chips with everything"

R06: T E T B R U E M E
R07: K S T S E A O E U
R08: N C A I O S N H N
R09: S I T S Q E E T A
R10: 50, 9, 3, 4, 7, 6. Target: 141.

TTT: PINKLEGS - "This smacks of trouble north of the border"

R11: C R L R I O A A O
R12: X R A I D G L O A
R13: S V P G O E E L A
R14: 100, 7, 1, 6, 5, 7. Target: 586.

R15: E N E M A S N A G (conundrum)




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Round 1: S T D N O A E P I

C1: ANTIPODES (18)
C2: INSTEAD (7)
Score: 18–0 (max 18)

Round 2: F L R M I E Y E D

C1: FREELY (6)
C2: refilmed
DC: DEFILER (7)
OT: FIELDER (7) YIELDER (7)
Score: 24–0 (max 25)

Round 3: P I E N R I T Z T

C1: TINTER (6)
C2: PRINT (5)
DC: NITRITE (7)
Score: 30–0 (max 32)

Round 4: G D B A I O S H R

C1: HAIRDOS (7)
C2: HAIRDOS (7)
OT: DISHRAG (7)
Score: 37–7 (max 39)

Round 5: 25, 75, 100, 4, 10, 2. Target: 235.

C1: 235. (2x100)+25+10 (10)
C2: 235. (2x100)+75-(10x4) (10)
Score: 47–17 (max 49)

Teatime teaser: CROPLUST -> SCULPTOR

Round 6: T E T B R U E M E

C1: MUTTER (6)
C2: BUTTER (6)
DC: BURETTE (7)
Score: 53–23 (max 56)

Round 7: K S T S E A O E U

C1: STAKES (6)
C2: STAKES (6)
DC: TEASES (6) SKATES (6) STEAKS (6)
OT: SAUTES (6) SETOSE (6) STOKES (6) UKASES (6)
Score: 59–29 (max 62)

Round 8: N C A I O S N H N

C1: ANIONS (6)
C2: CASINO (6)
OT: CANNONS (7) CHANSON (7)
Score: 65–35 (max 69)

Round 9: S I T S Q E E T A

C1: ESTATES (7)
C2: STATES (6)
DC: EASIEST (7)
Score: 72–35 (max 76)

Round 10: 50, 9, 3, 4, 7, 6. Target: 141.

C1: 141. (50x3)-9 (10)
C2: 141. As C1 (10)
Score: 82–45 (max 86)

Teatime teaser: PINKLEGS -> SKELPING

Round 11: C R L R I O A A O

C1: LORICA (6)
C2: CORRAL (6)
DC: RAILCAR (7)
Score: 88–51 (max 93)

Round 12: X R A I D G L O A

C1: ADAGIO (6)
C2: RADIAL (6)
OT: ADORAL (6) ARGALI (6) LAOGAI (6)
Score: 94–57 (max 99)

Round 13: S V P G O E E L A

C1: APOGEES (7)
C2: LOVAGES (7)
OT: APOGEES (7) PELAGES (7) SELVAGE (7)
Score: 101–64 (max 106)

Round 14: 100, 7, 1, 6, 5, 7. Target: 586.

C1: 586. As C2 (10)
C2: 586. (6x100)-7-7 (10)
Score: 111–74 (max 116)

Round 15: E N E M A S N A G

C1 buzzes on 25 seconds to say MANGANESE which is correct.
Score: 121–74 (max 126)


Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=-15

A-la peanut butter sandwiches! Here are my thoughts on Countdown for this Thursday.

Round 1: Wow-wee, Steven! That was great!
Round 2: Debbi, I thought re-filmed was a non-hyphenated word too! You can't win them all!
Round 3: Have we had a load of this? We see Rachel's favorite long number as the first two letters and her favorite dessert (possibly) as the first three! I bet she enjoys food as much as she enjoys mathematics!
Teatime Teaser #1: French fries? Ironically, I took a break for lunch after the teaser was revealed!
Round 6: Here we go again with food, Debbi!
Conundrum: What goes in has got to come out! A very appropriate way to end this game! Then again, after that we want to forget about it and think about making ourselves more comfortable now.