C1: Champion Chris Davies (6 wins, 684 points.)
C2: Challenger Marcus Bearpark.
DC: Susie Dent and Kate Humble.
RR: The new Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.
So here I am, for the third time, recapping the marvellous Chris Davies' bid for octochampdom. Up against him is another wannabe accountant, with a Mohican.
R01: D M T E P A O B V
R02: S Y P I E I F M P
R03: L T N E A S E I N
R04: R Z L S E O I D N
R05: 50, 7, 6, 4, 8, 1. Target: 954.
TTT: REDMAGIC - "Pulled a face like a fairy tale writer."
R06: W N T E A U Q S F
R07: R H A I J S A O G
R08: R T G A I E R X C
R09: T C A E D B R O E
R10: 25, 7, 3, 4, 4, 9. Target: 853.
TTT: BREADYAK - "24 hours off or when you first see the light."
R11: D P S O U T I E R
R12: L S N L A E I K E
R13: M S U E C L I O D
R14: 75, 100, 1, 9, 4, 5. Target: 115.
R15: W I N E R I N G S (conundrum)
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Round 1: D M T E P A O B V
C1: POMADE (6)
C2: ABOVE (5)
DC: BOATED (6)
OT: MOATED (6) TAMPED (6) VAMPED (6)
Score: 6–0 (max 6)
Chris is off the mark with a 6 from a 'difficult collection of letters'.
Round 2: S Y P I E I F M P
C1: PIPES (5)
C2: PIPES (5)
DC: YIPPIES (7)
Score: 11–5 (max 13)
I got YIPPIES
I beat Chris Davies, nah nah nah nah nah nah...Round 3: L T N E A S E I N
C1: ENTAILS (7)
C2: tanlines
DC: SENTINEL (8)
Score: 18–5 (max 21)
Marcus was gutted - his tanlines couldn't beat Chris.
Round 4: R Z L S E O I D N
C1: INDORSE (7)
C2: DOZIER (6)
OT: DOLINES (7) ROSINED (7) RONDELS (7) SOLDIER (7) SOLIDER (7)
Score: 25–5 (max 28)
Round 5: 50, 7, 6, 4, 8, 1. Target: 954.
C1: 955. (8 + 7 + 4) x 50 + 6 - 1 (7)
C2: 955. (8 + 7 + 4) x 50 + 6 - 1 (7)
RR: 954. (8 x 7 + 50) x (6 + 4 - 1) (10)
Score: 32–12 (max 38)
Nice spot my golden girl
Kate talks about a question from a NewScientist book (I absolutely love those books!) about surviving on beer. Jeff chuckles.
Teatime teaser: REDMAGIC -> GRIMACED
Round 6: W N T E A U Q S F
C1: EQUANTS (7)
C2: QUEST (5)
Score: 39–12 (max 45)
Woulda loved it if Chris had got QUEANS so that someone could say WTFQUEANS?
Round 7: R H A I J S A O G
C1: HAIRS (5)
C2: HAIRS (5)
DC: HIJRAS (6) GARISH (6) OGRISH (6)
OT: AGORAS (6) ASIAGO (6) RAJAHS (6) SHARIA (6)
Score: 44–17 (max 51)
HIJRAS was unrisked by Chris - a hijra is a tranvestite or a eunuch
Round 8: R T G A I E R X C
C1: ERRATIC (7)
C2: GARTER (6)
OT: RECTRIX (7)
Score: 51–17 (max 58)
Awesome equaller, possibly to do with the directrix? Anyway, Chris has a huge lead now.
Round 9: T C A E D B R O E
C1: REACTED (7)
C2: DECORATE (8)
OT: RECOATED (8)
Score: 51–25 (max 66)
But, for only the third time, Chris has been beaten on the letters!
OoW: Susie sticks on the names theme and talks about Oscars (Academy Awards) and how they got their nickname.
Round 10: 25, 7, 3, 4, 4, 9. Target: 853.
C1: 853. (25 x 9 - 7 - 4) x 4 - 3 (10)
C2: -
Score: 61–25 (max 76)
A good solution pretty much gives Chris the game already.
Teatime teaser: BREADYAK -> DAYBREAK
Round 11: D P S O U T I E R
C1: DIPTEROUS (18)
C2: SPROUTED (8)
Score: 79–25 (max 94)
And he's done it! Another 9 gives him a virtually unassailable lead. BTW is DIPTEROUS related to APTEROUS?
Round 12: L S N L A E I K E
C1: ALKENES (7)
C2: SALINE (6)
OT: NELLIES (7)
Score: 86–25 (max 101)
Round 13: M S U E C L I O D
C1: MODULES (7)
C2: MUSCLED (7)
DC: COLISEUM (8)
Score: 93–32 (max 109)
Unlucky for Chris, he didn't risk COLISEUM, but it's in as a variant spelling. Oh well...
Round 14: 75, 100, 1, 9, 4, 5. Target: 115.
C1: 115. 75 / 5 + 100 (10)
C2: 115. (4 - 1) x 5 + 100 (10)
Score: 103–42 (max 119)
A super-easy numbers game gives Chris his sixth century. Yay!
Round 15: W I N E R I N G S
No one buzzes. The answer was INSWINGER.
Score: 103–42 (max 129)
The only person to get the conundrum was tomorrow's contestant - watch out Chris! O_o
Another great performance today, not his best score but I'm sure he'll be happy.
Now we head over to Statistics Corner with our guest Kate Grumble.
C1:
Total score - 103
Raw score - 110
Total % of max - 80
Raw % of max - 85
Total average score per round - 6.9
Raw average score per round - 7.3
Number of maxes - 8
C1:
Total score - 42
Raw score - 78
Total % of max - 33
Raw % of max - 60
Total average score per round - 2.2
Raw average score per round - 4.0
Number of maxes - 2
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=61
I wouldn't have got it done until now.