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Greetings everyone and welcome to the first Robinson Recap Double Bill of this year and indeed this decade. After the nail-biting climax to yesterday's game, what will today's game bring Let's find out.

Countdown recap for Wednesday 13 January 2010.

C1: Champion Oliver Garner (1 win, 84 points.) A 15-year-old Aptoforumite from New Malden, Surrey. He goes to Tiffin's School, also the school of ex-Countdown contestant Krishan Neelendra, who lost to Brian Selway in the last series.
C2: Challenger Troy Ramsey-Axelsson. Originally from Australia, but now lives with Stefan, his Swedish husband in Brentford! He works as a flight attendant for bmi, having previously worked for a Japanese airliner.
DC: Susie Dent and Brian Capron.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: S E I T Y P L O G
R02: W E S R A S T O B
R03: N V O N I O J T R
R04: N C E T R I S G A
R05: 100, 6, 8, 10, 4, 7. Target: 772.
TTT: HIRESLED - "Looking forward to getting in a pickle"
R06: R N Y I O C X A P
R07: N F M I O E D G L
R08: N S R I E L R A L
R09: E A T N B F E M D
R10: 10, 8, 1, 6, 9, 10. Target: 341.
TTT: HIDSPRAY - "It's where you'll see Hull away at Newcastle"
R11: Z C I E H S A T V
R12: D L U E S D O D R
R13: K T A I S T A Q L
R14: 25, 75, 100, 50, 6, 3. Target: 623.
R15: F I R S T D O W N (conundrum)


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Round 1: S E I T Y P L O G

C1: PIGLETS (7)
C2: STOP (4)
DC: PISTOLE (7)
OT: LOGIEST (7) PIOLETS (7)
Score: 7–0 (max 7)

LOGIEST comes from LOGY, meaning dull, sluggish or lacking vitality.

Round 2: W E S R A S T O B

C1: BOASTERS (8)
C2: BROASTS (7)
Score: 15–0 (max 15)

Round 3: N V O N I O J T R

C1: NOTION (6)
C2: ONION (5)
OT: INTRON (6)
Score: 21–0 (max 21)

An INTRON is a stretch of DNA in a gene that doesn't code for proteins.

Round 4: N C E T R I S G A

C1: RECASTING (18)
C2: REACTING (8)
Score: 39–0 (max 39)

2 darrens in 3 rounds given Oliver a massive lead, whereas Troy is still on the side waiting to enter the game.

Round 5: 100, 6, 8, 10, 4, 7. Target: 772.

C1: 772. ((100 + 10) x 7) + 8 - 6 (10)
C2: 772. (100 x 8) - (7 x 6) + (10 + 4) (10)
Score: 49–10 (max 49)

For a second, it seemed that Troy was going to flop the numbers, but his rather unconventional way of getting to 772 does get him on the scoreboard at last, although Oliver maintains his max score.

Brian tells of the time he went to the Stormbreaker premiere, where his son was amazed to meet... Richard Madeley.

Teatime teaser: HIRESLED -> RELISHED

Round 6: R N Y I O C X A P

C1: APRON (5)
C2: CRAYON (6)
OT: ANOXIC (6) CANOPY (6) OPANCI (6) PICARO (6) PIRACY (6)
Score: 49–16 (max 55)

Oh dear, amazingly Oliver missed one of the 6 6's and Troy is amazingly back in the game

A PICARO is a rogue or a vagabond.

Round 7: N F M I O E D G L

C1: FOLDING (7)
C2: FILMED (6)
OT: DEMOING (7) FINGLED (7) MELDING (7) MINGLED (7)
Score: 56–16 (max 62)

But, not for long, as Oliver goes further ahead.

Round 8: N S R I E L R A L

C1: RALLIES (7)
C2: inrails
DC: SNARLIER (8) RALLIERS (8)
Score: 63–16 (max 70)

Round 9: E A T N B F E M D

C1: BEATEN (6)
C2: BEATEN (6)
DC: DEFEAT (6) DEFAME (6)
OT: BATMEN (6) BEAMED (6) BEANED (6) DEAFEN (6) DEBATE (6) DEMEAN (6) DEMENT (6) TANDEM (6) TEAMED (6)
Score: 69–22 (max 76)

Susie's Origin Of Words tells of the origins of "wally", one origin was that it might be a pickled gherkin in Cockney.

Round 10: 10, 8, 1, 6, 9, 10. Target: 341.

C1: 344. ((9 x 6) - 10 - 1) x 8 (7)
C2: -
RR: 341. (((8 x 6) - 10) x 9) - 1 (10)
Score: 76–22 (max 86)

Troy's plan to try and derail Oliver with 6 small fails, as Oliver stretches his lead over 50 points.

Teatime teaser: HIDSPRAY -> SHIPYARD

Round 11: Z C I E H S A T V

C1: HAZIEST (7)
C2: CHEATS (6)
DC: AITCHES (7) ACHIEST (7)
OT: ACTIVES (7)
Score: 83–22 (max 93)

Amazingly, the game is already over, as Troy yet again can't match Oliver.

Round 12: D L U E S D O D R

C1: DODDLES (7)
C2: RULES (5)
DC: DODDERS (7)
OT: RUDDLES (7)
Score: 90–22 (max 100)

RUDDLES comes from RUDDLE, a red variety of ocher, used to mark sheep.

Round 13: K T A I S T A Q L

C1: TAILS (5)
C2: kalitas
DC: ATLAS (5) STALK (5)
OT: KIAATS (6) TALIKS (6) TILAKS (6)
Score: 95–22 (max 106)

Troy's last-ditch 7 just shows how one-sided this game has been.

TILAKS are distinctive spot of colored powder or paste worn on the forehead by Hindu men and women as a religious symbol.

Round 14: 25, 75, 100, 50, 6, 3. Target: 623.

C1: 623. ((100 + 3) x 6) + ((75 + 50) / 25) (10)
C2: 622.
Score: 105–22 (max 116)

Oliver reaches his century in fine style with that brilliant solution to the 4 large selection.

Round 15: F I R S T D O W N

C1 buzzes on 26 seconds to say WINDFROST which is incorrect.
C2 does not buzz.
The answer was SNOWDRIFT.
Score: 105–22 (max 126)

Even that guess on the conundrum won't spoil Oliver's day today. He exorcised all his nerves from yesterday's show and steamrolled his way to victory.

Join me tomorrow and see if Oliver can reach 3 wins.

Till then, bye for now.

Statistics Corner

Oliver:
Total score - 105
Raw score - 110
Total % of max - 83
Raw % of max - 87
Total average score per round - 7.0
Raw average score per round - 7.3
Number of maxes - 10

Troy:
Total score - 22
Raw score - 70
Total % of max - 17
Raw % of max - 56
Total average score per round - 1.5
Raw average score per round - 4.7
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=62

I'm sure a few of us were transfixed by 'CAPRON' in round 6, but is it just me who spotted VORONIN in round 3?

Martin Smith wrote:I'm sure a few of us were transfixed by 'CAPRON' in round 6, but is it just me who spotted VORONIN in round 3?

Having said that CAPRON was in round 12 yesterday and no-one noticed.

James Robinson wrote:

Martin Smith wrote:I'm sure a few of us were transfixed by 'CAPRON' in round 6, but is it just me who spotted VORONIN in round 3?

Having said that CAPRON was in round 12 yesterday and no-one noticed.

I did, I just didn't tell anyone.

Round 7: N F M I O E D G L

C1: FOLDING (7)
C2: FILMED (6)
OT: DEMOING (7) FINGLED (7) MELDING (7) MINGLED (7)
Score: 56–16 (max 62)

Is GOLDMINE not an acceptable word here? I thought it was one word - it certainly was in the film "Velvet Goldmine"

Ross Allatt wrote:Is GOLDMINE not an acceptable word here? I thought it was one word - it certainly was in the film "Velvet Goldmine"

Alas not. And for future reference you can use the handy tool here to check words you're not sure about (although if they're not mentioned in the recap, they're almost certainly invalid).

Two American spellings in one recap, James... you should be ashamed of yourself!!