Countdown recap for Wednesday 18 August 2021.
Anne tells us it's National Management Training Week. "We all love an excuse to celebrate management training!"
C1: Challenger Nick Smith. From South Wales. Employee relations manager, firing and hiring people from North Wales. Anne asks how to get fired by him.
C2: Challenger Jeremy Slaney. Returning contestant from Series 47, who beat Tracey Mills and lost to Chris Wills. Gardener.
DC: Susie Dent and Jeremy Thompson.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: V R F A I U S N F
R02: T S P E A O A M C
R03: 75, 10, 1, 6, 9, 4. Target: 770.
TTT: BERTSOUL - "Bert was a worrying soul; his mind was filled with these."
R04: J T C E U I C T N
R05: R G Y E I N T A R
R06: 25, 5, 7, 2, 7, 9. Target: 173.
R07: K T M G E I E D U
R08: S T N I O E A S D
R09: 100, 25, 1, 8, 10, 3. Target: 592.
TTT: DROPUPON - "Put forward a theory as to why you're against the Euro."
R10: Q R N M E E U A P
R11: G S H G I E U N T
R12: B W T S E U I V P
R13: T P S N O A E S O
R14: 1, 4, 8, 10, 6, 2. Target: 214.
R15: A T R I U M A C T (conundrum)
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Round 1: V R F A I U S N F
Nick: -
Jeremy: SNIFF (5)
DC: UNFAIR (6) RUFFIANS (8) FUNFAIRS (8)
Score: 0–5 (max 8, jos 8)
Darren-o-meter: 0/1 (0%)
Nick blanks first up, giving Jeremy a five-point lead.
Round 2: T S P E A O A M C
Nick: MEATS (5)
Jeremy: COAST (5)
DC: CAMPEST (7) PEACOATS (8)
OT: OPACATES (8)
Score: 5–10 (max 16, jos 16)
Darren-o-meter: 0/2 (0%)
Fives win again here, but at least Nick gets off the mark this time.
Round 3: 75, 10, 1, 6, 9, 4. Target: 770.
Nick: 770. (75 + 6 − 4) × 10 (10)
Jeremy: 770. (10 − 9 + 1 + 75) × (6 + 4) (10)
Score: 15–20 (max 26, jos 26)
Straightforward enough.
Teatime teaser: BERTSOUL -> TROUBLES
Round 4: J T C E U I C T N
Nick: JUICE (5)
Jeremy: INJECT (6)
OT: TENUTI (6)
Score: 15–26 (max 32, jos 32)
Darren-o-meter: 0/3 (0%)
INJECT is a good spot and it extends Jeremy's lead to 11 points already.
Round 5: R G Y E I N T A R
Nick: TRYING (6)
Jeremy: TANGIER (7)
DC: RETRYING (8)
OT: RERATING (8) TARRYING (8)
Score: 15–33 (max 40, jos 40)
Darren-o-meter: 0/4 (0%)
TANGIER from Jeremy extends his lead further, as the eights go begging.
Round 6: 25, 5, 7, 2, 7, 9. Target: 173.
Nick: 173. 25 × 7 − 2 (10)
Jeremy: 173. 25 × 7 − 2 (10)
Score: 25–43 (max 50, jos 50)
thank u, next
Jeremy jokes about doing the numbers in his head, to which Anne comments that since he has it not written down then his solution is disqualified. He then follows that up with more stories from his 50 years in journalism.
Round 7: K T M G E I E D U
Nick: MEED (4)
Jeremy: TIMED (5)
OT: DUGITE (6) KETIDE (6) KUMITE (6) MIDGET (6) MIDGUT (6) TEDIUM (6)
Score: 25–48 (max 56, jos 55)
Darren-o-meter: 0/5 (20%)
MEED is an old term for a pension (or at least I think that's what Susie said), whereas TIMED extends Jeremy's lead even further. Susie's max game is off as she fails to spot any of the sixes.
Anne comments about Jeremy's hair. Amazingly, that's his natural colour.
Round 8: S T N I O E A S D
Nick: STAINED (7)
Jeremy: SEDATION (8) (stick with)
DC: DETAINS (7) STAINED (7)
OT: ADENOSIS (8) ADONISES (8) ANODISES (8) DESTAINS (8) ONSTEADS (8) SANDIEST (8)
Score: 25–56 (max 64, jos 63)
Darren-o-meter: 0/6 (0%)
Apterous likes SEDATIONS^ but the dictionary doesn't. Good call by Jeremy, therefore, not to risk +S.
Round 9: 100, 25, 1, 8, 10, 3. Target: 592.
Nick: 592. (10 − 3 − 1) × 100 − 8 (10)
Jeremy: 592. (25 × 3 − 1) × 8 (10)
Score: 35–66 (max 74, jos 73)
Your options here are 600 - 8 or 74 x 8.
Teatime teaser: DROPUPON -> PROPOUND
Round 10: Q R N M E E U A P
Nick: QUEEN (5) (safe)
Jeremy: prename (risky)
DC: MANURE (6) RENAME (6)
OT: MARQUEE (7) PREMUNE (7)
Score: 40–66 (max 81, jos 79)
Darren-o-meter: 0/7 (0%)
PRENAME^ is hyphenated, but it is a very good try. Dictionary Corner miss both sevens.
Round 11: G S H G I E U N T
Nick: shuing
Jeremy: GUSHING (7)
DC: GUNSIGHT (8)
OT: GUESTING (8) GUNGIEST (8)
Score: 40–73 (max 89, jos 87)
Darren-o-meter: 0/8 (0%)
Susie says you can spell SHOOING or SHOEING. Not sure that's even what Nick was thinking of, maybe feng shui-ing...?
Susie talks about some words that need no explanation for their origins, such as breakfast, wardrobe, secretary, saucepan, and finally hair of the dog.
Round 12: B W T S E U I V P
Nick: BITES (5)
Jeremy: SPITE (5)
DC: VIEWS (5) WIVES (5) SWIPE (5)
OT: SWIVET (6)
Score: 45–78 (max 95, jos 92)
Darren-o-meter: 1/9 (11%)
It's the first darren of the day, but no one sees it, as everyone is stuck on five.
Round 13: T P S N O A E S O
Nick: STOOPS (6)
Jeremy: TEASPOON (8) (not written down)
DC: TEASPOONS (18)
OT: SOAPSTONE (18)
Score: 45–86 (max 113, jos 110)
Darren-o-meter: 1/10 (10%)
This is such a last-second spot from Jeremy that he realises too late he could have put the S on for an extra 10 points.
Round 14: 1, 4, 8, 10, 6, 2. Target: 214.
Nick: 214. (2 × 8 + 6 − 1) × 10 + 4 (10)
Jeremy: 213 (not written down).
Score: 55–86 (max 123, jos 120)
Nick gets a little bit of rewenge by managing to see 21 x 10 + 4.
Round 15: A T R I U M A C T
Jeremy buzzes on 25.25 seconds to say TRAUMATIC which is correct.
Final Score: 55–96 (max 133, jos 130)
But of course, it's Jeremy who takes the win - 19 years after his last one against our Tracey Mills - and will be back tomorrow. Join us then. Goodbye.
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=84