It's been a week of some change this week with nobody yet settling into the Champion's chair following Andy Naylor's triumphant Octochampdom last week. Yesterday, our apterite Joe Hamill won his first game to take the chair for today, where he now faces Paul Easton. Will he get a second win today, or will we have another new champion?Countdown recap for Friday 7 March 2014.
C1: Champion Joe Hamill (1 win, 90 points.) An Apterite and musician from Thornaby, North Yorkshire. He is a member of a band called Cattle and Cane. He plays the guitar. His sister is also a member of the band.
C2: Challenger Paul Easton. A Radio Producer from Surbiton in Surrey. Used to work for Capital Radio with Kenny Everett.
DC: Susie Dent and Gloria Hunniford.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: S F R E A B S G I
R02: O E D T U W P A N
R03: 4, 5, 2, 7, 9, 100. Target: 494.
TTT: INNERVET - "You can do this to yourself, but not to a wheel."
R04: C M E I G N O R H
R05: F K S E A L D O E
R06: 9, 10, 2, 8, 25, 75, . Target: 176.
R07: R S Z A I P D E O
R08: E U S Y I D R O N
R09: 10, 3, 25, 50, 100, 75. Target: 678.
TTT: CONSBANK - "Forget the money, it's all about the bread."
R10: V E P A L G O R T
R11: H S R Q A I E T N
R12: S A V T O I P X A
R13: G T S C O I M N U
R14: 2, 4, 6, 3, 9, 100. Target: 660.
R15: Y O D A R L I N G (conundrum)
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Round 1: S F R E A B S G I
C1: BASSIER (7)
C2: BRAISE (6)
DC: GASSIER (7)
OT: BAGSIES (7) BRAISES (7) BRASSIE (7) FRAISES (7)
Score: 7–0 (max 7)
Joe gets off to a good start with BASSIER for 7, while Paul gets BRAISE for 6.
Round 2: O E D T U W P A N
C1: POUTED (6)
C2: PUNTED (6)
DC: NOTEPAD (7)
OT: TONEPAD (7)
Score: 13–6 (max 14)
Joe POUTED as he declared 6, while Paul PUNTED for 6 also.
Round 3: 4, 5, 2, 7, 9, 100. Target: 494.
C1: 494. (100x5) - (7-4 x 2) (10)
C2: 494. (100x5) -4-2 (10)
Score: 23–16 (max 24)
A relatively easy numbers game gives both players 10 points.
Teatime teaser: INNERVET -> REINVENT
Round 4: C M E I G N O R H
C1: COMING (6)
C2: - (0)
DC: MINCER (6) HOMING (6)
OT: CHOIRMEN (8) COHERING (8) NICHROME (8) REHOMING (8)
Score: 29–16 (max 32)
Paul draws a blank, while Joe scores 6 with COMING.
Round 5: F K S E A L D O E
C1: flasked
C2: slacks
DC: SEALED (6) DALEKS (6)
OT: ELODEA (6) FLAKED (6) FLAKES (6) FOALED (6) LEAFED (6) LEAKED (6) LEASED (6) LOAFED (6) SELFED (6) SLAKED (6) SOAKED (6)
Score: 29–16 (max 38)
Disaster for both players as 'flasked' and 'slacks' are disallowed, slacks mainly because it's not in the selection.
Round 6: 9, 10, 2, 8, 25, 75. Target: 176.
C1: 176. (2x75) +25 +(9-8) (10)
C2: 176. (2x75) +25 +(9-8) (10)
Score: 39–26 (max 48)
A good numbers game from both players sees them both get a good 10 points.
Gloria talks about her son's time as a student.
Round 7: R S Z A I P D E O
C1: parodizes
C2: PRAISED (7)
DC: DIAPERS (7) PRAISED (7) ASPIRED (7)
OT: DIASPORE (8) PARODIES (8)
Score: 39–33 (max 56)
Joe tries his luck with 'parodizes' but it isn't there. Paul is the one who gets PRAISED though and also awarded 7 points.
Round 8: E U S Y I D R O N
C1: INSURED (7)
C2: NOSIER (6)
DC: UNDIES (6)
OT: ENDUROS (7) INDORSE (7) RESOUND (7) ROSINED (7) SOUNDER (7)
Score: 46–33 (max 63)
Joe is INSURED for this but Paul is NOSIER. Joe increases his lead by 7.
Round 9: 10, 3, 25, 50, 100, 75. Target: 678.
C1: 678. (75x10)-100+25+3 (10)
C2: 678. Mistake in working.
Score: 56–33 (max 73)
Joe gets a good 10 points here, but Paul sees a phantom 9 so his method is disallowed.
Teatime teaser: CONSBANK -> BANNOCKS
Bannocks are round flat loaves found in Northern England and Scotland apparently.
Round 10: V E P A L G O R T
C1: GRAVEL (6)
C2: GROVE (5)
DC: OVERLAP (7) GLOATER (7)
OT: LEGATOR (7) LEVATOR (7) PERGOLA (7) PORTAGE (7) POTAGER (7) PROLATE (7) VOLTAGE (7)
Score: 62–33 (max 80)
GRAVEL for Joe, but Paul is stuck on the GROVE. It's a 6 point increase for our champion.
Round 11: H S R Q A I E T N
C1: HEARTS (6)
C2: SAINT (5)
DC: RETAINS (7) HAIRNETS (8)
OT: THERIANS (8)
Score: 68–33 (max 88)
Paul is the SAINT here but it is Joe who scores the points with HEARTS.
Susie tells the story of taking a censor and 'censorship' being linked.
Round 12: S A V T O I P X A
C1: PIVOTS (6)
C2: PIVOTS (6)
DC: PATIOS (6)
OT: PATOIS (6)
Score: 74–39 (max 94)
Both players get PIVOTS for 6 points.
Round 13: G T S C O I M N U
C1: customing
C2: COMING (6)
DC: SCOUTING (8) COSTUMING (18)
Score: 74–45 (max 112)
Joe is really unlucky here. He goes for 'customing' for 9 which is disallowed. If only he had swapped the U and the O he would have had COSTUMING for 9. Paul gets 6 points with COMING.
Round 14: 2, 4, 6, 3, 9, 100. Target: 660.
C1: 660. (100+9) x 6 +4+2 (10)
C2: -
Score: 84–45 (max 122)
Joe gets 10 points with 660, while Paul is unable to get near the target.
Round 15: Y O D A R L I N G
C2 buzzes on 22 seconds to say ADORINGLY which is correct.
Final Score: 84–55 (max 132)
So it's a second win for Joe Hamill. He was unlucky with a couple of potential nines, but he was still a worthy winner. Will he continue his run into next week? Who knows? Well if he does, he'll also be here the week after as there is only one show next week, thanks to our dear friends at Cheltenham commandeering our screens for 4 days. Join Andy McGurn for that on Monday. He will then be doing the next recap the following Monday. I'll be back in 2 weeks time, the 21st March, as there is no show next Friday. I hope you will join me then. In the meantime thank you very much for reading, and have a great week, or fortnight even.
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