Recap for Tuesday 5 September 2000

[David Williams]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 5 September 2000.

C1: Champion David Williams (5 wins, 348 points.)
C2: Challenger Mike Pilkington, from St Helens (no relation – he must get asked that a lot).
DC: Susie Dent and Martin Jarvis.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: F V J U I A L T G
R02: P Y D S E U D S O
R03: N R R Q E A I P H
R04: 50, 9, 9, 7, 2, 3. Target: 964.
R05: T M V C E A W E G
R06: S R S I A E B N L
R07: C D R T O I E C H
R08: 100, 10, 8, 1, 2, 3. Target: 199.
R09: N O G T H R I F T (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: F V J U I A L T G

C1: GUILT (5)
C2: GUILT (5)
OT: FAULT (5) FUGAL (5) GAULT (5) JUGAL (5) JULIA (5) UGALI (5) VAULT (5) VITAL (5)
Score: 5–5 (max 5)

Round 2: P Y D S E U D S O

C1: DOSSED (6)
C2: PSEUDO (6) Rejected by me as too risky. It’s just a preposition, surely.
DC: PSEUDOS (7) Rejected by Mike as too risky. It’s just an adjective, surely.
Score: 11–11 (max 12)

Round 3: N R R Q E A I P H

C1: harpie
C2: harpie
DC: RAPIER (6) HERNIA (6)
OT: HEPARIN (7)
Score: 11–11 (max 19)

Round 4: 50, 9, 9, 7, 2, 3. Target: 964.

C1: 963. (2x50 + 7) x 9 (7)
C2: 957.
CV: 964. (late) (7+3)x50=500 (500-9-9)x2 (10)
Score: 18–11 (max 29)

Round 5: T M V C E A W E G

C1: CAVE (4)
C2: WEAVE (5)
DC: GAMETE (6)
OT: METAGE (6)
Score: 18–16 (max 35)

Round 6: S R S I A E B N L

C1: BRAINLESS (18)
C2: BRAISES (7)
Score: 36–16 (max 53)

Round 7: C D R T O I E C H

C1: CORDITE (7)
C2: CORDITE (7)
DC: RICOCHET (8)
Score: 43–23 (max 61)

Round 8: 100, 10, 8, 1, 2, 3. Target: 199.

C1: 199. 2x100 - 1 (10)
C2: 199. 2x100 - 1 (10)
Score: 53–33 (max 71)

Round 9: N O G T H R I F T

C1 buzzes on 6 seconds to say FORTNIGHT which is correct.
Score: 63–33 (max 81)

My sixth game of the day. Others will remember the strange combination of elation and running on empty. After the cameras had stopped, RW said as much to the evening audience, which was a nice touch.

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=43

[Charlie Reams]

Round 2: P Y D S E U D S O

C1: DOSSED (6)
C2: PSEUDO (6) Rejected by me as too risky. It’s just a preposition, surely.
DC: PSEUDOS (7) Rejected by Mike as too risky. It’s just an adjective, surely.
Score: 11–11 (max 12)

I made the same mistake recently, but I guess you mean "prefix" rather than "preposition".