c4countdown

Countdown recap for Tuesday 7 October 2008.

C1: Champion Kai Laddiman (3 wins, 283 points.)
C2: Challenger Don Walker (a former Customs & Excise officer from Gateshead).
DC: Susie Dent and Nicholas Owen.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: V O A L D K O P N
R02: T N U D E S A S E
R03: M L A O N E R T L
R04: S J I A W L E O N
R05: 50, 100, 7, 4, 10, 3. Target: 945.
TTT: PINKSUMP - "They'll be all aglow in a matter of weeks"
R06: T G A E R T I N A
R07: R F N E A I M T D
R08: M E C I S T E A Q
R09: B E L O S G E N R
R10: 75, 8, 4, 7, 10, 9. Target: 492.
TTT: MEGANERD - "You'll see him at the end of the tunnel"
R11: D P O E Z T U R H
R12: S T E I R C A X E
R13: P R A O N I D S G
R14: 50, 6, 5, 10, 9, 3. Target: 688.
R15: C L I N K G R I T (conundrum)



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Round 1: V O A L D K O P N

C1: PLONK (5)
C2: PLANK (5)
DC: VODKA (5) POLKA (5)
OT: PONDOK (6)
Score: 5–5 (max 6)

Round 2: T N U D E S A S E

C1: ASSENT (6)
C2: ASSENTED (8)
DC: STANDEES (8) UNSEATED (8)
OT: DANSEUSE (8)
Score: 5–13 (max 14)

Round 3: M L A O N E R T L

C1: OMENTAL (7)
C2: TALLER (6)
DC: ALMONER (7)
OT: LLANERO (7) TELAMON (7) REALLOT (7)
Score: 12–13 (max 21)

Round 4: S J I A W L E O N

C1: WAILS (5)
C2: WAILS (5)
DC: JAWLINES (8) – also offered SEALION, but it’s two words.
Score: 17–18 (max 29)

Round 5: 50, 100, 7, 4, 10, 3. Target: 945.

C1: 946. (100x10)-50-4 (7)
C2: 946. (100x10)-50-4 (7)
CV: 945. (7-4)x3x((50/10)+100) (10) – solved by Carol before the break.
Score: 24–25 (max 39)

Teatime teaser: PINKSUMP -> PUMPKINS

Round 6: T G A E R T I N A

C1: TREATING (8)
C2: TREATING (8)
DC: TREATING (8) AERATING (8)
OT: REATTAIN (8)
Score: 32–33 (max 47)

Round 7: R F N E A I M T D

C1: TRAINED (7)
C2: FAINTED (7)
DC: FIREMAN (7) MEDIANT (7)
OT: DEFIANT (7) DETRAIN (7) FAINTER (7) MERANTI (7) MINARET (7) RAIMENT (7) READMIT (7)
Score: 39–40 (max 54)

Round 8: M E C I S T E A Q

C1: STEAM (5)
C2: STEAM (5)
DC: EMETICS (7)
OT: STEAMIE (7)
Score: 44–45 (max 61)

Round 9: B E L O S G E N R

C1: BELONGS (7)
C2: GLOBES (6)
DC: ENGLOBES (8) ENROBES (7)
Score: 51–45 (max 69)

OoW: SD discusses crime-related words, including TURNCOAT.

Round 10: 75, 8, 4, 7, 10, 9. Target: 492.

C1: 498.
C2: 492. (75x7)-(8x4)-(10-9) (10)
Score: 51–55 (max 79)

Teatime teaser: MEGANERD -> GENDARME

Round 11: D P O E Z T U R H

C1: DEPORT (6)
C2: POUTED (6)
DC: ZEROTH (6)
OT: PORTED (6) DETOUR (6) ROUTED (6) TOURED (6) DROUTH (6) POTHER (6) THORPE (6) POURED (6) ROUPED (6) POUTER (6) TROUPE (6) PUTZED (6)
Score: 57–61 (max 85)

Round 12: S T E I R C A X E

C1: CREATES (7)
C2: CASTER (6)
DC: EXCITERS (8)
Score: 64–61 (max 93)

Round 13: P R A O N I D S G

C1: SPARING (7)
C2: SPARING (7)
DC: PARDONS (7) DRAPING (7)
OT: PADRINOS (8) PONIARDS (8)
Score: 71–68 (max 101)

Round 14: 50, 6, 5, 10, 9, 3. Target: 688.

C1: 688. (9+5)x50-((10-6)x3) (10)
C2: 693.
Score: 81–68 (max 111)

Round 15: C L I N K G R I T

C1 buzzes on 1 second to say TRICKLING which is correct.
Score: 91–68 (max 121)

We see the proud mum of Kai in the audience at the end of the programme.

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Mike Brown wrote: Round 4: S J I A W L E O N

C1: WAILS (5)
C2: WAILS (5)
DC: JAWLINES (8) – also offered SEALIONS, but it’s two words.
Score: 17–18 (max 29)

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And it has two Ss in. Please don't shoot me for replying to this on the forum!

And here we see a weakness of issuing these corrections in private. I already pointed this out to Mike in a PM and I might not have been the only one, so he's probably in for a barrage of duplicate corrections next time he logs in!

Charlie Reams wrote:And here we see a weakness of issuing these corrections in private. I already pointed this out to Mike in a PM and I might not have been the only one, so he's probably in for a barrage of duplicate corrections next time he logs in!

Thanks to you both for your correction. To be honest, I can see pros and cons with both approaches. I have removed the extra sea lion (I'm sure I grew up pre-Countdown thinking it was one word; perhaps we should start a campaign) and as for the barrage, Charlie - unless you consider yourself to be a one-man barrage, I wouldn't worry!!