Friday 20th November 2015 (Series 73, Prelim 98)

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Friday 20th November 2015 (Series 73, Prelim 98)

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Hello and welcome to another Friday recap. :) Firstly, thanks to Thomas Carey for stepping in for me last week while I was away at Co:Dublin. Since my last recap we have now crowned our 5th Octochamp and Matthew Tassier will now join the series 73 elite in a few weeks time in the Quarter Finals. Yesterday, Margaret Fatih won the first game following Matthew's post Octochamp retirement, and will take the Champions chair today. Graham Burgess is her opponent. Enjoy.

Countdown recap for Friday 20 November 2015.

C1: Champion Margaret Fatih (1 win, 91 points) Retired school teacher from Hawley, Surrey.
C2: Challenger Graham Burgess. Retired International head teacher from East Heslerton, North Yorkshire. Founded a school in Nigeria.
DC: Susie Dent and Deborah Meaden.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: P T Y S O A I E L
R02: D T I G R U N T O
R03: 3, 1, 10, 6, 25, 100, . Target: 727.
TTT: PENDREAM - "No matter how positive you are, there's always someone ready to put this on things."
R04: C F A V D E S X U
R05: C F L O A O T L A
R06: 1, 5, 8, 5, 50, 75. Target: 281.
R07: N P R I E O Q I G
R08: P L U N L O R S A
R09: 9, 10, 8, 6, 3, 100. Target: 817.
TTT: VIRALACE - "Could he have been laughing about his old car?"
R10: K G E D W U G S E
R11: B S T A I O N D E
R12: S V E T R U N R E
R13: M R B U A O M P E
R14: 8, 4, 10, 2, 50, 25, . Target: 353.
R15: S O C C E R W A R (conundrum)


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

Margaret: POLITE (6)
Graham: pastily
DC: ISOLATE (7) SPOLIATE (8)
Score: 6–0 (max 8)

Margaret is POLITE with her 6 points, while Graham gets 'pastily' disallowed.

Round 2: D T I G R U N T O

Margaret: DOTTING (7)
Graham: ROTTING (7)
DC: TUTORING (8) TROUTING (8)
Score: 13–7 (max 16)

It's 7 each with DOTTING and ROTTING.

Round 3: 3, 1, 10, 6, 25, 100. Target: 727.

Margaret: 727. Mistake in working.
Graham: 728. (6 + 1) x 100 + 25 + 3 (7)
RR: 727. (100 - 25 - 3) x 10 + 6 + 1 (10)
Score: 13–14 (max 26)

Margaret makes a mistake on route to 727, allowing Graham to get 7 for 728. Rachel then shows the correct way to get 727.

Teatime teaser: PENDREAM -> DAMPENER

Round 4: C F A V D E S X U

Margaret: CAUSED (6)
Graham: CAFES (5)
DC: CAVES (5)
OT: CAUDEX (6) FAUCES (6) SAUCED (6)
Score: 19–14 (max 32)

Margaret CAUSED 6 points to show on her scoreboard, while Graham stuck to the CAFES.

Round 5: C F L O A O T L A

Margaret: AFLOAT (6)
Graham: AFLOAT (6)
OT: LOLCAT (6)
Score: 25–20 (max 38)

Both players stayed AFLOAT for 6 in this round.

Round 6: 1, 5, 8, 5, 50, 75. Target: 281.

Margaret: -
Graham: 281. Mistake in working.
RR: 281. (8 - 5) x 75 + 50 + 5 + 1 (10)
Score: 25–20 (max 48)

Graham makes a mistake after declaring 281. Margaret hadn't got close, so this was a pointless round. Rachel shows the way to 281.

Deborah Meaden talks about animals she has rescued.

Round 7: N P R I E O Q I G

Margaret: ROPING (6)
Graham: ROPING (6)
DC: PONGIER (7) RIPIENO (7)
OT: PEIGNOIR (8)
Score: 31–26 (max 56)

Both players get 6 for ROPING.

Round 8: P L U N L O R S A

Margaret: palour
Graham: OPUS (4)
DC: PLURALS (7) UNROLLS (7) PARLOUS (7)
OT: POLLANS (7) SOLUNAR (7) UNPOLAR (7)
Score: 31–30 (max 63)

Graham scores 4 points for OPUS as Margaret gets 'palour' disallowed for an incorrect spelling. Pity was, the correct spelling PALLOR was in the selection.

Round 9: 9, 10, 8, 6, 3, 100. Target: 817.

Margaret: 817. (8 x 100) + (6 x 3) - (10 - 9) (10)
Graham: 815.
Score: 41–30 (max 73)

It's a perfect 10 for Margaret with 817, as Graham only gets 815.

Teatime teaser: VIRALACE -> CAVALIER

Round 10: K G E D W U G S E

Margaret: SEGUED (6)
Graham: WEDGES (6)
OT: KEDGES (6) SKEWED (6) SUGGED (6) SWEDGE (6)
Score: 47–36 (max 79)

It's 6 a piece for SEGUED and WEDGES.

Round 11: B S T A I O N D E

Margaret: BOASTED (7)
Graham: OBTAINED (8)
DC: BASTION (7) BOTANISED (18)
Score: 47–44 (max 97)

Margaret BOASTED of her 7, but Graham OBTAINED an 8. DC planted a 9 though, BOTANISED :P

Susie talks about the behaviour of birds. (no, not that type, that would take far too long :shock: :lol: )

Round 12: S V E T R U N R E

Margaret: VENTURES (8)
Graham: VENTURERS (18)
Score: 47–62 (max 115)

Margaret VENTURES to an 8, but Graham sees the real VENTURERS and gets a 9. Two 9's in a row. Is that the ice cream van over there? A 99 please :P

Round 13: M R B U A O M P E

Margaret: BREAM (5)
Graham: AMBER (5)
DC: ROMP ROAM ROMA BUMPER (6)
OT: BUMMER (6) MERBAU (6) PEROBA (6) UMBRAE (6)
Score: 52–67 (max 121)

It's 5 each with BREAM and AMBER.

Round 14: 8, 4, 10, 2, 50, 25. Target: 353.

Margaret: 358. (8 x 50) - (10 x 4) - 2 (7)
Graham: 353. Mistake in working.
RR: 353. (50 - 4) x 8 - 25 + 10 (10)
Score: 59–67 (max 131)

Graham declares 353 but makes a mistake. Margaret gets 7 points for 358. Rachel then shows the way to 353.

Round 15: S O C C E R W A R

Margaret buzzes on 11 seconds to say SCARECROW which is correct.
Final Score: 69–67 (max 141)

So Margaret gets her second win by the skin of her teeth after a good comeback. It seemed she had a mountain to climb when Graham went 15 ahead with the 9, but Margaret came through it well and will now go on into next week. With around 3 weeks to go before the Quarter Finals start, will there be a late challenge from Margaret, or indeed anyone following. Join Andy McGurn on Monday to see if Margaret can get her 3rd win. I'll be back next Friday. I hope you will join me then. In the meantime, thank you very much for reading, and goodbye. :)

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