Friday 12th May 2023 (Series 87, Preliminary 80)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Friday 12 May 2023.

C1: Champion Jonathan Seal (2 wins, 181 points.) A museum lover from London.
C2: Challenger Mel Lynch. Originally from Sunderland, but now lives in County Durham. Her favourite voice is Editors.
DC: Susie Dent and Les Dennis.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R S R N I A O E C
R02: N A S F O I M R E
R03: 75, 50, 25, 100, 1, 3. Target: 761.
TTT: SOCIALRUT - "There's one "I" in the answer, but she deals with hundreds of them."
R04: H A Y P E U O N K
R05: R T J E I O T F L
R06: 100, 50, 3, 6, 6, 10. Target: 976.
R07: X E A U W M D N R
R08: W I L T S E U E D
R09: 75, 100, 50, 25, 2, 10. Target: 342.
TTT: PETERMADE - "Peter made a curry and the smell spread throughout the house."
R10: P S A I T E I R N
R11: M T B A O E H G L
R12: T A S G I E O R T
R13: I E U N G S L T E
R14: 25, 100, 9, 5, 4, 2. Target: 748.
R15: U M T O E N A I L (conundrum)


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Round 1: R S R N I A O E C

Jonathan: CARRIES (7)
Mel: CARRIES (7)
DC: SCENARIO (8)
OT: RESORCIN (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)

Round 2: N A S F O I M R E

Jonathan: REMAINS (7)
Mel: FOAMIER (7)
DC: FOREMAN (7) FERMIONS (8)
OT: ENSIFORM (8) MORAINES (8) NASIFORM (8) ROMAINES (8) ROMANISE (8)
Score: 14–14 (max 16)

Round 3: 75, 50, 25, 100, 1, 3. Target: 761.

Jonathan: 753. (100 + 75 + 50 + 25 + 1) x 3 (5)
Mel: 751.
RR: 762. (((100 / 25) x (75 + 1)) - 50) x 3 (7)
Score: 19–14 (max 23)

Teatime teaser: SOCIALRUT -> OCULARIST

Round 4: H A Y P E U O N K

Jonathan: PHONEY (6)
Mel: PHONE (5)
DC: PHONY (5) PUNKY (5)
OT: EUPHONY (7)
Score: 25–14 (max 30)

Round 5: R T J E I O T F L

Jonathan: FLITTER (7)
Mel: FITTER (6)
DC: LOFTIER (7) TREFOIL (7)
OT: FORTLET (7) JETFOIL (7) JOLTIER (7) TRIOLET (7)
Score: 32–14 (max 37)

Round 6: 100, 50, 3, 6, 6, 10. Target: 976.

Jonathan: 976. ((100 - 3) x 10) + 6 (10)
Mel: 976. (100 x 10) - ((6 x 3) + 6) (10)
Score: 42–24 (max 47)

Les talks about meeting Sir Paul McCartney at a picnic.

Round 7: X E A U W M D N R

Jonathan: WARMED (6)
Mel: UNARMED (7)
DC: UNWARMED (8)
Score: 42–31 (max 55)

Round 8: W I L T S E U E D

Jonathan: DILUTES (7)
Mel: DILUTES (7)
DC: WILTED (6) DEWIEST (7)
OT: LEWDEST (7) TELEDUS (7) WILDEST (7)
Score: 49–38 (max 62)

Round 9: 75, 100, 50, 25, 2, 10. Target: 342.

Jonathan: 342. ((100 + 75) x 2) - (10 - (50 / 25)) (10)
Mel: 340.
Score: 59–38 (max 72)

Teatime teaser: PETERMADE -> PERMEATED

Round 10: P S A I T E I R N

Jonathan: PAINTERS (8)
Mel: PAINTERS (8)
DC: PANTRIES (8)
OT: PARIETINS (18)
Score: 67–46 (max 90)

Round 11: M T B A O E H G L

Jonathan: GAMBLE (6)
Mel: HOMAGE (6)
DC: GAMBOL (6) LOATHE (6)
OT: GLOBATE (7) MAEGBOT (7)
Score: 73–52 (max 97)

Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "going large".

Round 12: T A S G I E O R T

Jonathan: GOATIEST (8)
Mel: GOITRES (7)
DC: TOASTIER (8) ORGIAST (7)
OT: ASTROITE (8) GAROTTES (8)
Score: 81–52 (max 105)

Round 13: I E U N G S L T E

Jonathan: SLEETING (8)
Mel: TINGLES (7)
DC: STEELING (8)
OT: EUGENIST (8) LINGUETS (8)
Score: 89–52 (max 113)

Round 14: 25, 100, 9, 5, 4, 2. Target: 748.

Jonathan: 750. (100 + 25) x (4 + 2) (7)
Mel: 750. (4 + 2) x 5 x 25 (7)
RR: 748. (((100 / 4) + 5) x 25) - 2 (10)
Score: 96–59 (max 123)

Round 15: U M T O E N A I L

No one buzzes. The answer was EMULATION.
Final Score: 96–59 (max 133)

Statistics Corner

Jonathan:
Total score - 96
Raw score - 102
Total % of max - 72
Raw % of max - 77
Total average score per round - 6.4
Raw average score per round - 6.8
Number of maxes - 6

Mel:
Total score - 59
Raw score - 96
Total % of max - 44
Raw % of max - 72
Total average score per round -
Raw average score per round -
Number of maxes - 2

Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=87