Monday 31 March 2008 (Series 58, Game 60)

[JimBentley]

Monday 31 March 2008 (Series 58, Game 60)

C1: RICHARD PRIEST (appearance 6), a psychiatric nurse
C2: RICHARD WILSON, a shopkeeper from Sunderland
DC: Susie Dent and Lynda Baron

Summary of game:

ROUND 1 R P R E A E G C I
ROUND 2 L E M T U R D I N
ROUND 3 O S E O P L Y E M
ROUND 4 R A S J U O T E F
ROUND 5 75 8 5 4 4 3 Target 425

TTT 1 GLENPITH Does it help you ABC in the dark?

ROUND 6 N A C B E R U G K
ROUND 7 S E H B A E T T N
ROUND 8 S I Z H I A T O D
ROUND 9 T R L I E N O I Q
ROUND 10 75 8 5 1 5 9 Target 243

TTT 2 IRATEMUM Young and silly like a new cheese

ROUND 11 E O E C S M D I R
ROUND 12 M E P D I S O V N
ROUND 13 W L E I D T E S A
ROUND 14 50 10 4 5 1 3 Target 341

ROUND 15 C H I C K P O S T


Richard (Priest) was in great form all last week: Five games, five wins, four centuries and an average of over 103 points per game, which is octochamp-standard stuff. Daunting for today's challenger, another Richard (Wilson), to say the least...


ROUND 1 R P R E A E G C I

C1: REAPER (6)
C2: GRAPE (5)
DC: GRAPIER, PIERCER (7)
OT: CAPERER, REPRICE (7)
Max: 7 (7)
Score: 6 - 0

ROUND 2 L E M T U R D I N

C1: INTRUDE (7)
C2: RUINED (6)
DC: RUDIMENT (8)
OT: UNDERLIT (8)
Max: 8 (15)
Score: 13 - 0

ROUND 3 O S E O P L Y E M

C1: EMPLOYS (7)
C2: SLOOP (5)
DC: EMPLOYS (7)
OT: POLYSOME (8)
>>> POLYSOME (noun) a cluster of ribosomes held together by a strand of messenger RNA (OK, that's not exactly helpful, I agree - let's just say it's something involved in protein synthesis within cells)
Max: 8 (23)
Score: 20 - 0

ROUND 4 R A S J U O T E F

C1: JOUSTER (7)
C2: stouter (x) - there's only one T
DC: JOUSTER (7)
OT: JOUSTER is the only seven; loads of sixes
Max: 7 (30)
Score: 27 - 0

ROUND 5 75 8 5 4 4 3 Target 425

C1: 0
C2: 0
CV: 425 = (8 + 3 - (4 / 4) + 75) x 5
Max: 10 (40)
Score: 27 - 0

Tea Time Teaser 1 GLENPITH = PENLIGHT

ROUND 6 N A C B E R U G K

C1: BRACKEN (7)
C2: rackage (x) - there's only one A. And there's no such word
DC: BRACKEN (7)
OT: UNBRACE (7)
Max: 7 (47)
Score: 34 - 0

ROUND 7 S E H B A E T T N

C1: BENEATH (7)
C2: BATTENS (7)
DC:
OT: BANSHEE, NEATEST (7)
Max: 7 (54)
Score: 41 - 7

ROUND 8 S I Z H I A T O D

C1: IDIOTS (6)
C2: TOADISH (7)
DC:
OT: TOADISH is the only seven here, good spot from Richard II
Max: 7 (61)
Score: 41 - 14

ROUND 9 T R L I E N O I Q

C1: TOILER (6)
C2: TINIER (6)
DC: RETINOL (7)
OT: NITRILE (7)
>>> NITRILE (noun) an organic chemical compound consisting of a cyanide group bound to an alkyl group
Max: 7 (68)
Score: 47 - 20

ROUND 10 75 8 5 1 5 9 Target 243

C1: 243 = (75 + 5 + 1) x (8 - 5)
C2: 240
CV:
Max: 10 (78)
Score: 57 - 20

Tea Time Teaser 2 IRATEMUM = IMMATURE

ROUND 11 E O E C S M D I R

C1: DECRIES (7)
C2: MIRED (5)
DC: RECODES (7), COMEDIES (8)
OT: MEDIOCRE (8)
Max: 8 (86)
Score: 64 - 20

ROUND 12 M E P D I S O V N

C1: IMPOSED (7)
C2: posited (x) - there's no T available
DC: No better
OT: IMPENDS (7)
Max: 7 (93)
Score: 71 - 20

ROUND 13 W L E I D T E S A

C1: WAISTED (7)
C2: WAITED (6)
DC: WILDEST, SWEATED, DETAILS (7)
OT: AEDILES, DELATES, DEWIEST, DILATES, IDEATES, LEWDEST (7)
>>> AEDILE (noun) in ancient Rome, a magistrate responsible for public buildings (originally also for the public games and supply of corn to the city); DELATE (verb) to report an offence or crime (archaic usage); IDEATE (verb) to form an idea
Max: 7 (100)
Score: 78 - 20

ROUND 14 50 10 4 5 1 3 Target 341

C1: 341 = ((4 + 3) x 50) - (10 - 1)
C2: 340
CV:
Max: 10 (110)
Score: 88 - 20

ROUND 15 - Conundrum

C H I C K P O S T



C1 buzzes after 5 seconds to say CHOPSTICK, and he's right!
Max: 10 (120)
Score: 98 - 20

More excellent stuff from Richard P.; not quite another century, but 98 is damn close and doesn't dent his average much. It's almost inconceivable now that he won't make the finals and - assuming he continues to eight wins - he's looking likely to be no. 2 seed.

Richard W. wasn't really in it, which is a shame; he did however score his points symmetrically (none in the first six rounds, 20 in the next three rounds, then none in the last six rounds) which may well be a unique achievement. But probably isn't.


Further summaries are at:
http://www.sooreams.com/cd/series.asp?series=58


Written by Veronica Purdey & Jim Bentley

[Charlie Reams]

20 is the lowest score since Steve Graston's trashing of Robin Barnett, which was a rather odd game in itself.

[Gavin Chipper]

20 is the lowest score since Steve Graston's trashing of Robin Barnett, which was a rather odd game in itself.

Are we forgetting the 13 against David O'Donnell?

[Jon O'Neill]

Richard W. wasn't really in it, which is a shame; he did however score his points symmetrically (none in the first six rounds, 20 in the next three rounds, then none in the last six rounds) which may well be a unique achievement. But probably isn't.

I scoffed on my Smartie at this point.

[David O'Donnell]

20 is the lowest score since Steve Graston's trashing of Robin Barnett, which was a rather odd game in itself.

Are we forgetting the 13 against David O'Donnell?

I think he means that it is a score on the same level as that of Robin Barnett's but you're right he hasn't worded it very well; or maybe he just f%$%%ked it up.

[Charlie Reams]

You're right, I screwed up. Still, Richard Priest does have the honour of being the only player with two entries in that Top 10, although I think the 25 will drop out once Series 49 is complete.

[Martin Gardner]

You're right, I screwed up. Still, Richard Priest does have the honour of being the only player with two entries in that Top 10, although I think the 25 will drop out once Series 49 is complete.

Erm Series 58 you mean?

Martin

[Charlie Reams]

You're right, I screwed up. Still, Richard Priest does have the honour of being the only player with two entries in that Top 10, although I think the 25 will drop out once Series 49 is complete.

Erm Series 58 you mean?

Martin

Nope, Series 49 is the most recent series for which we don't have complete recaps yet. I have quite a bank of them from Mike Brown but haven't had the time to type them up yet.