Countdown recap for Wednesday 27 January 2010.
C1: Champion James Rawson (2 wins, 200 points.) From Hendon, North London. Works as an assistant producer for a cinema review show on a satellite channel.
C2: Challenger Phil South. From Diss, Norfolk. He lives with his girlfriend and his dog, Polar. He has been a football referee for 13 years and hopes to be a Football League referee one day, but says he needs to get fitter first.
DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zenon.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: T W G A I E R K D
R02: R T D I A T O X E
R03: G T V U O M N A U
R04: L L T A O P I T D
R05: 75, 25, 1, 3, 8, 9. Target: 181.
TTT: SCORETOE - "You'll get this on your hands if you take a fence"
R06: N M S O E P A Q I
R07: T M V E O C I S L
R08: Y N S E I N D E S
R09: I A D S N I E S R
R10: 25, 2, 5, 1, 3, 7. Target: 419.
TTT: GETFIRED - "This person might get fired for not sitting still"
R11: R S T O A E D A O
R12: J B L A E R C A L
R13: P H R E U B E R R
R14: 50, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10. Target: 526.
R15: F L E E C R Y P T (conundrum)
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Round 1: T W G A I E R K D
C1: GRATED (6)
C2: GAITER (6)
DC: WAITER (6) GAWKIER (7)
OT: TRIAGED (7)
Score: 6–6 (max 7)
Round 2: R T D I A T O X E
C1: DOTTIER (7)
C2: ROTATED (7)
DC: ATTIRED (7)
OT: EXORDIA (7)
Score: 13–13 (max 14)
Round 3: G T V U O M N A U
C1: AMOUNT (6)
C2: MOUNT (5)
DC: OUTMAN (6) NOUGAT (6)
OT: AUTUMN (6) MOVANT (6) OUTGUN (6)
Score: 19–13 (max 20)
How many times have people forgotten to put the A in front of MOUNT on this show
Well, Phil has joined that list and James goes into the lead for the first time today.A MOVANT is a person in a proceeding who makes a motion, especially one who makes a motion for application for a court order or judgement.
Round 4: L L T A O P I T D
C1: TOTAL (5)
C2: DIAL (4)
DC: TALIPOT (7)
Score: 24–13 (max 27)
Round 5: 75, 25, 1, 3, 8, 9. Target: 181.
C1: 181. ((8 - 1) x 25) + (9 - 3) (10)
C2: 181. ((8 - 1) x 25) + (9 - 3) (10)
Score: 34–23 (max 37)
James tries to create an "Inverted-J" formation with his numbers, but it just ends up confusing poor Rachel.
Maybe James should stick to winning, and leave the interesting letter-number formations to me.
Paul performs a magic trick involving Jeff's, Rachel's & Susie's rings. (Not THOSE rings
)Teatime teaser: SCORETOE -> CREOSOTE
Round 6: N M S O E P A Q I
C1: MOPANES (7)
C2: PAINS (5)
OT: MOPANIS (7)
Score: 41–23 (max 44)
James uses one of his words from yesterday's show to extend his lead to a dozen and a half.
Round 7: T M V E O C I S L
C1: VIOLETS (7)
C2: CLOVES (6)
DC: COSTIVE (7)
OT: VICOMTES (8)
Score: 48–23 (max 52)
Susie gets the giggles while looking up the definitions of COSTIVE. Them being "constipated" and "not forthcoming".
A VICOMTE, unsurprisingly, is a French viscount.
Round 8: Y N S E I N D E S
C1: SINNED (6)
C2: SENDS (5)
DC: SNIDEY (6)
OT: DENIES (6) DIENES (6) SEINED (6) INDENE (6) SEINES (6) SENSEI (6) SEISED (6) SENSED (6) SNIDES (6) YENNED (6)
Score: 54–23 (max 58)
INDENE is a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C9H8, obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation. It's used in synthesizing resins.
Round 9: I A D S N I E S R
C1: SARDINES (8)
C2: SANDIER (7)
DC: ARIDNESS (8) AIRSIDES (8)
OT: AIRINESS (8) DIARISES (8) INSIDERS (8)
Score: 62–23 (max 66)
Interestingly this selection had 6 letters from the previous round in there, but Phil can't seem to score for toffee at the moment.
Susie's Origin Of Words talks of the origin of the magical word "grimoire".
Round 10: 25, 2, 5, 1, 3, 7. Target: 419.
C1: 419. (((5 x 3) + 2) x 25) - 7 + 1 (10)
C2: -
Score: 72–23 (max 76)
Phil has gone the whole 2nd half without scoring.
Teatime teaser: GETFIRED -> FIDGETER
Round 11: R S T O A E D A O
C1: ROOSTED (7)
C2: ROASTED (7)
DC: TORSADE (7)
OT: DASTOOR (7)
Score: 79–30 (max 83)
Phil scores in a letters round for the first time since Round 2.
Round 12: J B L A E R C A L
C1: RECALL (6)
C2: CALLER (6)
DC: cabler belljar
OT: JELLABA (7)
Score: 85–36 (max 90)
James has sealed the game, while DC have 2 of their own words disallowed. BELLJAR is BELL JAR incidentally.
JELLABA (or DJELLABAH) is a loose-fitting hooded gown or robe worn by men in North Africa.
Round 13: P H R E U B E R R
C1: PUREE (5)
C2: PURER (5)
DC: BURPEE (6)
OT: BEURRE (6)
Score: 90–41 (max 96)
Round 14: 50, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10. Target: 526.
C1: 526. ((7 - 5 + 50) x 10) + 6 (10)
C2: 521.
Score: 100–41 (max 106)
James gets another century to keep his average in 3 figures.
Round 15: F L E E C R Y P T
C1 buzzes on 12.75 seconds to say PERFECTLY which is correct.
Score: 110–41 (max 116)
A brilliant solve there from James gives him his highest score of his run so far. Odd that we had IMPERFECT as the conundrum just 5 days ago.
James definitely seems to have the chance of octochampdom, hopefully he won't let us Jameses down.
See you tomorrow to see if James can reach halfway.
Till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
James:
Total score - 110
Raw score - 110
Total % of max - 95
Raw % of max - 95
Total average score per round - 7.3
Raw average score per round - 7.3
Number of maxes - 10
Phil:
Total score - 41
Raw score - 78
Total % of max - 35
Raw % of max - 67
Total average score per round - 2.7
Raw average score per round - 5.2
Number of maxes - 3
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=62
