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Countdown recap for Wednesday 2 September 2009.

C1: Champion Chris Davies (3 wins, 311 points.)
C2: Challenger Michael Jocelyn.
DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zenon.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

So, is Chris going to become a square? He'll have to beat retired transport officer Mike first. Let's see how they get on...

R01: F M N I E A G T N
R02: E I P L E T P U S
R03: T I E L Y T I C E
R04: D R N O I P T A A
R05: 50, 3, 5, 9, 7, 10. Target: 759.
TTT: AMOONCAR - "Paul and Wayne take the biscuit."
R06: I E S H C E A T D
R07: B K S I A O L T G
R08: V S A U N X I O D
R09: M R R I E S R O S
R10: 50, 25, 5, 1, 9, 5. Target: 424.
TTT: CHEERDOT - "Spoke down to the man, perhaps."
R11: R T M U A E T I E
R12: S R A E Z D A P D
R13: E H L J E R N A O
R14: 100, 3, 8, 5, 3, 5. Target: 428.
R15: I M I S S B O Y S (conundrum)


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Round 1: F M N I E A G T N

C1: TEAMING (7)
C2: FAMINE (6)
OT: ANTEING (7) ANTIGEN (7) GENTIAN (7) FIGMENT (7) INFANTE (7) MEANING (7) MINTAGE (7) TEGMINA (7)
Score: 7–0 (max 7)

A flat round gives Chris the lead.

Round 2: E I P L E T P U S

C1: SEPTUPLE (8)
C2: SUPPLE (6)
DC: PULPIEST (8)
Score: 15–0 (max 15)

A lovely spot from Chris puts the game beyond doubt. Oh wait, actually, it's not over yet...

Round 3: T I E L Y T I C E

C1: ELECT (5)
C2: lettice
DC: ELICIT (6)
OT: TELICITY (8)
Score: 20–0 (max 23)

As DC put the ELICIT into TELICITY, Mike blobs and Chris increases his lead. Again.

Round 4: D R N O I P T A A

C1: PARANOID (8) Who said that?
C2: inport
DC: ADAPTION (8)
Score: 28–0 (max 31)

DC didn't seem to pick up on the fact Mike had declared an invalid word, but it doesn't matter anyway.

Round 5: 50, 3, 5, 9, 7, 10. Target: 759.

C1: 759. (10 + 5) x 50 + 9 (10)
C2: 759. 3 x 5 x 50 + 9 (10)
Score: 38–10 (max 41)

Paul does a card trick that makes Susie go "Wow!" with a boxing glove.

Teatime teaser: AMOONCAR -> MACAROON

Round 6: I E S H C E A T D

C1: DETACHES (8)
C2: chastise
OT: HEADIEST (8) HEADTIES (8)
Score: 46–10 (max 49)

And Chris is galloping in front, like a horse. With long hair.

Round 7: B K S I A O L T G

C1: GALIOTS (7)
C2: GLOATS (6)
OT: KITBAGS (7)
Score: 53–10 (max 56)

Round 8: V S A U N X I O D

C1: AVOIDS (6)
C2: anoids
DC: ANXIOUS (7)
Score: 59–10 (max 63)

Chris' lead is almost 50 points now. Mike's gonig to have to do something spectacular...

Round 9: M R R I E S R O S

C1: ISOMERS (7)
C2: MIRRORS (7)
DC: SORRIER (7)
OT: MOSSIER (7)
Score: 66–17 (max 70)

Don't you just love ellipses?

OoW: Susie talks about the origin of the phrase 'peeping tom'.

Round 10: 50, 25, 5, 1, 9, 5. Target: 424.

C1: 424. 50 x 9 - 25 - 1 (10)
C2: 425.
Score: 76–17 (max 80)

Mike fluffs the numbers and looks dead and gone.

Teatime teaser: CHEERDOT -> HECTORED

Round 11: R T M U A E T I E

C1: MURIATE (7)
C2: TERMITE (7)
OT: EMIRATE (7) MEATIER (7) EMITTER (7) ITERATE (7) TEATIME (7)
Score: 83–24 (max 87)

Round 12: S R A E Z D A P D

C1: PARADES (7)
C2: PARADES (7)
DC: PARADED (7)
Score: 90–31 (max 94)

Round 13: E H L J E R N A O

C1: HEALER (6)
C2: HEALER (6)
DC: EARHOLE (7)
Score: 96–37 (max 101)

Mike scores in 3 consecutive rounds, but it's not enough.

Round 14: 100, 3, 8, 5, 3, 5. Target: 428.

C1: 430. (100 - 3 x 3 - 5) x 5 (7)
C2: -
RR: 428. 100 x 5 - 3 x 3 x 8 (10)
Score: 103–37 (max 111)

Chris doesn't hit the target but still gets his century before the conundrum.

Round 15: I M I S S B O Y S

C1 buzzes on 5 seconds to say SYMBIOSIS which is correct.
Score: 113–37 (max 121)

A tricky conundrum well solved by Chris. So he becomes a trapezium (half-octagon) and looks like he's not stopping soon. Well done to him.

Statistics Corner

C1:
Total score - 113
Raw score - 113
Total % of max - 93
Raw % of max - 93
Total average score per round - 7.5
Raw average score per round - 7.5
Number of maxes - 11

C2:
Total score - 37
Raw score - 62
Total % of max - 31
Raw % of max - 51
Total average score per round - 2.5
Raw average score per round - 4.1
Number of maxes - 4

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=61

Kai Laddiman wrote:So, is Chris going to become a square?

Aww Kai, I'm flattered.

Kai Laddiman wrote:Don't you just love ellipses?

Yeah, I do! Although I tend to overuse them a bit . . . and I didn't even know what the word was for them until I was about 21

She talked about peeping tom.

"Paul does a card trick that makes Susie go "Wow!" with a boxing glove."

Susie went "wow" with a boxing glove?

Pretend there's a close bracket in the title.

Kevin Thurlow wrote:"Paul does a card trick that makes Susie go "Wow!" with a boxing glove."

Susie went "wow" with a boxing glove?

She did if you pressed the red button.

Kai Laddiman wrote:DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zenon.)

Kai Laddiman wrote:Pretend there's a close bracket in the title.

Or maybe you can magic the bracket that's next to Paul Zenon's name and put it in the title.