Monday 21st March 2016 (Series 74, Prelim 37)

Sean Fletcher · Post by **Sean Fletcher** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 3:46 am

Conrad Teixeira will be hoping to take another step toward octochampdom. Can Andrew Goddard stop him?

Countdown recap for Monday 21 March 2016.

C1: Champion Conrad Teixeira (5 wins, 513 points.) A forumapterite and pharmaceutical salesman from Manchester. He once took 2 days to put a flat-pack bed together
C2: Challenger Andrew Goddard. A graduate of the University of Lancaster, and now works there himself. He was scared of cheese until he was 18!!
DC: Susie Dent and Mark Foster.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: S V D L I E A M U
R02: J P T O I A N S T
R03: 6, 3, 1, 1, 9, 10. Target: 988.
TTT: TIDINESS - "She expected everyone to be tidy; in fact, she demanded it."
R04: D S L E I R M A I
R05: N G S L E A U N E
R06: 10, 8, 2, 4, 9, 100. Target: 461.
R07: D S W P I A O E A
R08: X O A U C S M E N
R09: 9, 7, 5, 1, 2, 6. Target: 281.
TTT: PINKGINS - "They hold everything together in a majestic sort of way."
R10: R I T D O B S I A
R11: E L T F R U O I A
R12: N C T I O I L F D
R13: R H R T B E A O G
R14: 1, 4, 5, 10, 25, 50. Target: 239.
R15: D E L L T O W E R (conundrum)

And now a brief interlude before our main feature:

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Round 1: S V D L I E A M U

Conrad: DEVILS (6)
Andrew: VALUED (6)
DC: MISLEAD (7) DISVALUE (8)
OT: MISVALUED (18)
Score: 6–6 (max 18)

Straight forward 6's from the contestants. DC stretch to an 8 but can't spot the 9.

Round 2: J P T O I A N S T

Conrad: PATOIS (6)
Andrew: STATION (7)
DC: PISTON (6)
OT: OPTANTS (7) POSNITT (7) POSTNIT (7) POTITSA (7)
Score: 6–13 (max 25)

A decent number of 7's, although most are difficult spots. Conrad misses them allowing Andrew to take an early lead.

POTITSA: In Balkan and East European cuisine: a bread with a rich filling (typically a spread of walnuts, eggs, sugar, and butter) around which the dough is rolled or twisted before baking.

Round 3: 6, 3, 1, 1, 9, 10. Target: 988.

Conrad: 990. (6+3+1+1)*9*10 (7)
Andrew: 990. (10+1)*9*(6+3+1) (7)
Score: 13–20 (max 32)

A tough selection gets both contestants 7 points and they could not have done any better.

Teatime teaser: TIDINESS -> INSISTED

Round 4: D S L E I R M A I

Conrad: MISREAD (7)
Andrew: MISREAD (7)
DC: MILADIES (8)
OT: IDEALISM (8) MAIRDLES (8)
Score: 20–27 (max 40)

Seven a piece keeps Andrew in the lead. A few eights were available.

Round 5: N G S L E A U N E

Conrad: LEAGUES (7)
Andrew: GUNNELS (7)
OT: EUGLENAS (8)
Score: 27–34 (max 48)

Another seven points each for the contestants. A tough 8 is hidden away and missed by DC.

EUGLENA: A green single-celled freshwater organism with a flagellum, sometimes forming a green scum on stagnant water.

Round 6: 10, 8, 2, 4, 9, 100. Target: 461.

Conrad: 460. (100-8)*10/2 (7)
Andrew: 459.
RR: 461. (100*9+10-4)/2+8 (10)
Score: 34–34 (max 58)

Another tough numbers. Andrew can only get 2 away, allowing Conrad to draw level with his 1 away. Rachel has the exact solution.

Mark talks about his work as a lifestyle ambassador for P&O Cruises.

Round 7: D S W P I A O E A

Conrad: ADIPOSE (7)
Andrew: SWIPED (6)
DC: WASPIE (6) PADSAW (6)
OT: PAWDIES (7)
Score: 41–34 (max 65)

Conrad takes the lead for the first time with a good spot.

Round 8: X O A U C S M E N

Conrad: COMAS (5)
Andrew: coxman
DC: SAUCE (5) CAUSE (5) MUCOSAE (7)
OT: CONSUME (7) MEACONS (7) MESAXON (7) MUSCONE (7)
Score: 46–34 (max 72)

Andrew's word is disallowed meaning he is now over 10 behind.

Round 9: 9, 7, 5, 1, 2, 6. Target: 281.

Conrad: 281. (6+2)*7*5+1 (10)
Andrew: -
Score: 56–34 (max 82)

The six small pick from Conrad pays off as Andrew blanks it. A 22point lead is quite comfortable at this stage of the game.

Teatime teaser: PINKGINS -> KINGPINS

Round 10: R I T D O B S I A

Conrad: ORBITS (6)
Andrew: TRIADS (6)
DC: DIARIST (7)
OT: ORIBATIDS (18)
Score: 62–40 (max 100)

Sixes from both maintains the lead. DC get a seven , but a difficult 9 was lurking.

ORIBATID: Of or relating to the family Oribatidae or order Oribatida of small, dark, oval-bodied free-living mites, which have a thickened integument giving them a leathery appearance.

Round 11: E L T F R U O I A

Conrad: FAULTIER (8)
Andrew: LOFTIER (7)
DC: FLUORITE (8)
OT: FILATURE (8) FLOATIER (8)
Score: 70–40 (max 108)

Andrew is stuck on 7, whilst Conrad extends his lead by spotting one of the 8's available.

FILATURE: A place where silk is obtained from silkworm cocoons.

OoW: Susie talks about Log related sayings.

Round 12: N C T I O I L F D

Conrad: FLINT (5)
Andrew: DICTION (7)
DC: FICTION (7) INFLICT (7)
OT: TINFOIL (7)
Score: 70–47 (max 115)

With Conrad stuck on five, Andrew decreases the lead to 23. With 3 rounds to go can he pull off an unlikely comeback???

Round 13: R H R T B E A O G

Conrad: BROTHER (7)
Andrew: BREATH (6)
DC: BARTER (6)
OT: ABORTER (7) BEGORRA (7) BORGATE (7) REBATOR (7)
Score: 77–47 (max 122)

Andrew fails to BREATH life into a potential, late comeback. Conrad takes a 30 point lead and wraps up the win with no help from his BROTHER.

Round 14: 1, 4, 5, 10, 25, 50. Target: 239.

Conrad: 239. 25*10 - 50/5 - 1 (10)
Andrew: 239. 50*5 - (10+1) (10)
Score: 87–57 (max 132)

Straight forward numbers game gives 10 points each.

Round 15: D E L L T O W E R

Andrew buzzes on 3 seconds to say TROWELLED which is correct.
Final Score: 87–67 (max 142)

A quick solve from Andrew allows him to strike the parting blow. Another good player who would give a lot of contestants a tough game, just unfortunate to run into an apterite.
A good performance from Conrad,means he now only needs two more wins for octochampdom. Join debutant recapper Tim Down to see if Conrad can make it to 7 wins.

Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=74