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Well after my impromptu recap on Monday, it's time to get back in the groove with the Robinson Recap double bill. Enjoy.

Countdown recap for Wednesday 24 March 2010.

C1: Champion Dave Wilkinson (2 wins, 159 points.) From Coalville, Leicestershire. He works as a housing officer. He lives with Joanne and is the father of his six-and-a-half week son, Elliott. His most memorable experience was riding the Olympic bobsleigh run in Innsbruck, Austria.
C2: Challenger Paul Archard. From Southend-On-Sea, Essex, the hometown of Rachel Riley, of course. He's a retired teacher, but he is still a private maths tutor, as well as being an organist and composer. He enjoys long walks, and 50 years ago, he did a charity walk along Southend Pier, where he walked 68 miles up and down the pier as an obese 14-stone boy.
DC: Susie Dent and Gregg Wallace.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: T R A I P B S E L
R02: A M E G U N W O I
R03: B T U E S Y H O I
R04: A T P E R C I X A
R05: 50, 75, 6, 3, 5, 6. Target: 813.
TTT: TEAMTIES - "A rough guess at how many friends you have"
R06: E I S E L I D F R
R07: S T A O S T N E A
R08: O I R O G N R E H
R09: T J A I G D R A E
R10: 75, 8, 9, 7, 2, 6. Target: 722.
TTT: FAILMATT - "Malcolm's obese, in fact, he's a bit of a dumpling"
R11: P M O I L C N A O
R12: A E G O K E C F D
R13: S D O E L N I T R
R14: 75, 25, 8, 2, 8, 6. Target: 124.
R15: S T A L K H E N S (conundrum)


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Round 1: T R A I P B S E L

C1: REALIST (7)
C2: PARTS (5)
DC: PILASTER (8) LIBRATES (8)
OT: EPIBLAST (8) TABLIERS (8) PARTIBLE (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)

Dave gets an early lead although both players miss a wide range of 8's.

EPIBLAST is the outer layer of a blastula that gives rise to the ectoderm after gastrulation.

Round 2: A M E G U N W O I

C1: meaowing
C2: OMEGA (5)
OT: meowing MOWING (6) ENIGMA (6) etc.
Score: 7–5 (max 14)

Dave's dodgy 8 is incorrectly spelt, but interestingly, Susie says MEOWING is the American spelling of MIAOWING. So, MEOWING, should be meowing. The maxes have therefore been altered.

Round 3: B T U E S Y H O I

C1: BUSTY (5)
C2: shute
DC: ISOHYET (7)
OT: BOTHIES (7) OBESITY (7)
Score: 12–5 (max 21)

Oh dear. Paul's SHUTE is a CHUTE, so it must be SHOOT down. (Maybe saying it in a Scottish accent, would help. )

Round 4: A T P E R C I X A

C1: CARPET (6)
C2: CREPT (5)
OT: APRAXIC (7) PARETIC (7) PICRATE (7)
Score: 18–5 (max 28)

Paul seems to like his 5's but unfortunately, he only has 5 points. He'll have to get rid of his nerves quickly to catch up to Dave.

APRAXIC relates to APRAXIA, a disorder of the nervous system, characterized by an inability to perform purposeful movements, but not accompanied by a loss of sensory function or paralysis.
PARETIC relates to PARESIS, which is partial motor paralysis.

Round 5: 50, 75, 6, 3, 5, 6. Target: 813.

C1: 813. (3 x 5 x 50) + 75 - 6 - 6 (10)
C2: -
Score: 28–5 (max 38)

A brilliant numbers solve by Dave, puts him well ahead.

Gregg tells of how the contestants of Masterchef seem to improve year on year.

Teatime teaser: TEAMTIES -> ESTIMATE

Round 6: E I S E L I D F R

C1: FIRESIDE (8)
C2: FIELDERS (8)
OT: DEFILERS (8)
Score: 36–13 (max 46)

At last, Paul DOESN'T declare a 5 and is rewarded with a nice 8 points, but unfortunately, Dave gets an 8 too.

Round 7: S T A O S T N E A

C1: anotates
C2: STOATS (6)
DC: NOTATES (7) SONATAS (7)
OT: ASSONATE (8)
Score: 36–19 (max 54)

Oh dear, Dave's 8 needs an extra N to become a 9.

ASSONATE is to correspond in sound.

Round 8: O I R O G N R E H

C1: HERRING (7)
C2: GIRO (4)
DC: IGNORER (7)
OT: HORNERO (7) HORNIER (7)
Score: 43–19 (max 61)

But, he gets back in with that fishy 7, while Paul spinning down to 4.

Round 9: T J A I G D R A E

C1: GRATED (6)
C2: GRATED (6)
DC: RADIATE (7) AIRDATE (7) GRADATE (7)
OT: TRIAGED (7)
Score: 49–25 (max 68)

Gregg takes up the hotseat for Susie's Guess The Origin, and after more or less helping Jeff & Rachel get correct answers all in the past 2 days, it's now his turn to go solo.

His word is BUCCINATOR. Is it:

a) A tongue-in-cheek term for a mechanical rodeo horse.
b) A type of barbecue used in the 1600's, which has been Anglicised from the Native South American word for a wooden framework in which meat was roasted.
c) The flat muscle that forms part of the cheek and which is particularly pronounced in trumpet players.

Gregg yet again impresses by correctly guessing the answer to be c).

Round 10: 75, 8, 9, 7, 2, 6. Target: 722.

C1: 731.
C2: 719. (9 x 75) + (7 x 6) + 2 (7)
RR: 722. ((75 + 6) x 9) - 7 (10)
Score: 49–32 (max 78)

The private maths tutor gets a good 7 points, but yet again, Rachel makes that numbers game seem like a piece of cake.

Teatime teaser: FAILMATT -> MALFATTI

Round 11: P M O I L C N A O

C1: COMPLAIN (8)
C2: CLAMP (5)
OT: PALOMINO (8)
Score: 57–32 (max 86)

Dave can't COMPLAIN with that brilliant 8.

A PALOMINO, as Sue Sanders will tell you, is a horse with a golden coat, a white mane and tail, and often white markings on the face and legs, developed chiefly in the southwestern U.S.

Round 12: A E G O K E C F D

C1: DEFACE (6)
C2: CAGED (5)
DC: DOCKAGE (7) DOGFACE (7)
Score: 63–32 (max 93)

Hmmm, this round looks familiar. If one of the E's had switched to a U, then we'd have the same selection as round 6 of yesterday's show. Thank f**k that that U didn't appear. That also happens to be Paul's 6th 5 of the day.

Round 13: S D O E L N I T R

C1: LINERS (6)
C2: TRENDS (6)
DC: LOITERS (7) SOLDIER (7)
OT: TENDRILS (8)
Score: 69–38 (max 101)

Again, the 8 eludes everyone, but Dave has got the win sealed up.

Round 14: 75, 25, 8, 2, 8, 6. Target: 124.

C1: 124. 75 + 25 + ((6 / 2) x 8) (10)
C2: 124. 75 + 25 + 8 + 2 + 8 + 6 (10)
Score: 79–48 (max 111)

This numbers round all seems to add up nicely.

Round 15: S T A L K H E N S

No one buzzes. The answer was THANKLESS.
Score: 79–48 (max 121)

No-one gets it, so the audience is asked and it turns out that Rachel's brother, Alex, gets the conundrum correctly.

Dave has won his 3rd show, but in fairness, Paul clearly had lots of nerves, hence a lot of 5's.

Can he get to 4 wins tomorrow Look for my recap tomorrow to find out.

Till then, bye bye.

Statistics Corner

Dave:
Total score - 79
Raw score - 84
Total % of max - 65
Raw % of max - 69
Total average score per round - 5.3
Raw average score per round - 5.6
Number of maxes - 5

Paul:
Total score - 48
Raw score - 72
Total % of max - 40
Raw % of max - 60
Total average score per round - 3.2
Raw average score per round - 4.8
Number of maxes - 2

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

Round 1: T R A I P B S E L
Cant believe no1 on the show mentioned TRAIPSE. I saw it as the letters were being put out. I mean it was practically spelt out on the board (bar the 'B') 4 every1.

James Robinson wrote:EPIBLAST is the outer layer of a blastula that gives rise to the ectoderm after gastrulation.

Ah yeah. I'd always wondered what the name was for the thing that err... did that.

Susie explicitly said MEOWING is an american spelling so is not valid.

Kirk Bevins wrote:Susie explicitly said MEOWING is an american spelling so is not valid.

James Robinson wrote:Dave's dodgy 8 is incorrectly spelt, but interestingly, Susie says MEOWING is the American spelling of MIAOWING.

Isn't that what I said

James Robinson wrote:

Kirk Bevins wrote:Susie explicitly said MEOWING is an american spelling so is not valid.

James Robinson wrote:Dave's dodgy 8 is incorrectly spelt, but interestingly, Susie says MEOWING is the American spelling of MIAOWING.

Isn't that what I said

I think the capitalization of meowing from DC implies it is valid.

Marc Meakin wrote:

James Robinson wrote:

Kirk Bevins wrote:Susie explicitly said MEOWING is an american spelling so is not valid.

James Robinson wrote:Dave's dodgy 8 is incorrectly spelt, but interestingly, Susie says MEOWING is the American spelling of MIAOWING.

Isn't that what I said

I think the capitalization of meowing from DC implies it is valid.

I was just pointing out that the program classified it as valid (hence the CAPS), even though Susie said it was American. Call it what you will.

I have to admit it confused me a bit, James, you might want to re-word it.

James Robinson wrote:I was just pointing out that the program classified it as valid (hence the CAPS), even though Susie said it was American. Call it what you will.

The program classified it as valid? The recap writer? Surely it should be overruled (i.e. don't put it in capitals).

Gavin Chipper wrote:
The program classified it as valid? The recap writer? Surely it should be overruled (i.e. don't put it in capitals).

Agreed. I deleted it from the wiki recap and edited the maxes too.

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Gavin Chipper wrote: The program classified it as valid? The recap writer? Surely it should be overruled (i.e. don't put it in capitals).

Agreed. I deleted it from the wiki recap and edited the maxes too.

Yeah, but you didn't put any 6's as maxes, so it's still strictly incomplete.

James Robinson wrote: Yeah, but you didn't put any 6's as maxes, so it's still strictly incomplete.

Oh piss off. I was trying to be helpful.