Welcome to the 2nd half of this week's Robinson Recap. With excitement building up since Monday, are we in for a humdinger of a match today 
Let's find out. 
Countdown recap for Thursday 1 July 2010.
C1: Champion Ryan Loughborough (1 win, 84 points.) An Apterite from Durham, having been born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and raised in Devon. He attends Sunderland University.
C2: Challenger Jonathan Wynn. An Apterite from Kenilworth, Warwickshire. He works as a mathematics supply teacher. His hobbies include playing pool and table tennis, and performing the occasional magic trick. (I actually thought that while he was twiddling his pens, he was about to do one.
)DC: Susie Dent and Tim Vine.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: D S G U E I E T B
R02: C N P I O E A W N
R03: E I T D L A O E T
R04: R T M I E U S C E
R05: 25, 1, 8, 9, 3, 10. Target: 306.
TTT: BEADMUSH - "Set upon by a meat growing plant, perhaps?"
R06: Q T N O A I R D A
R07: M K R O A P S D O
R08: F N T O A I S E P
R09: A E A G D R A E Y
R10: 100, 7, 9, 6, 3, 10. Target: 520.
TTT: ABBASELL - "ABBA sold millions of records, what's the name of the game?"
R11: G N S U O U N L O
R12: S L T E I A F P E
R13: B S A I W D N U E
R14: 100, 2, 9, 9, 6, 3. Target: 207.
R15: W I N T E R N U T (conundrum)
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Round 1: D S G U E I E T B
C1: BUDGETS (7)
C2: BUDGETS (7)
DC: SUBEDIT (7) GUESTED (7)
OT: BESUITED (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)
A nice flat start to today's proceedings.
Round 2: C N P I O E A W N
C1: PAEONIC (7)
C2: PAEONIC (7)
DC: PINNACE (7)
Score: 14–14 (max 15)
2 brilliant 7's found by all involved here.
Round 3: E I T D L A O E T
C1: DILATE (6)
C2: TOILETED (8)
OT: ETIOLATED (18)
Score: 14–22 (max 33)
Jonathan takes the lead with that 8, but the 9 was missed by all here, including me in this game that I played a bit ago, against a certain recent octochamp. http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=2 ... 7#r3076247
Amazingly I missed TOILETED and ETIOLATED while watching it today.
To ETIOLATE is to cause a plant to whiten or grow pale by excluding light.
Round 4: R T M I E U S C E
C1: MUSTIER (7)
C2: MUSTIER (7)
DC: EMERITUS (8)
OT: CUTESIER (8) EUCRITES (8)
Score: 21–29 (max 41)
CUTESIER derives from CUTESY, meaning forcedly and consciously cute.
Round 5: 25, 1, 8, 9, 3, 10. Target: 306.
C1: 307. ((9 + 3) x 25) + 8 - 1 (7)
C2: 307. ((9 + 3) x 25) + 8 - 1 (7)
RR: 306. (((10 - 8) x 25) + 1) x (9 - 3) (10)
Score: 28–36 (max 51)
Hmmm, this numbers is trickier than it looks, but Rachel manages to show us how it's done.
Continuing with his "Living In The Modern World" theme, Tim talks about televisions, and why we should leave them alone and get outdoors.
Teatime teaser: BEADMUSH -> AMBUSHED
Round 6: Q T N O A I R D A
C1: RADIANT (7)
C2: QINTAR (6)
Score: 35–36 (max 58)
An impressive U-less Q word from Jonathan is trumped by Ryan's darrenic 7.
Round 7: M K R O A P S D O
C1: SPARK (5)
C2: PROSOMA (7)
DC: OAK (3)
Score: 35–43 (max 65)
But, Jonathan returns the favour with a fantastic darrenic 7 of his own.
Interestingly during the 30 seconds of this round, Tim is spotted doing his "Pen Behind The Ear" trick with Susie completely unaware of what he's doing
Round 8: F N T O A I S E P
C1: PANTIES (7)
C2: POINTES (7)
DC: OPIATES (7)
OT: ATONIES (7) ATOPIES (7) SAPIENT (7)
Score: 42–50 (max 72)
Round 9: A E A G D R A E Y
C1: YARDAGE (7)
C2: GEARED (6)
DC: GREEDY (6) ADAGE (5)
Score: 49–50 (max 79)
A tricky selection here. I was actually happy with GREYED, but get the darren to shrink the gap down to 1 point again.
Susie's Origin Of Words tells of the origin of the phrases "to keep your powder dry", "Guy", "a flash in the pan", "to hang fire".
Round 10: 100, 7, 9, 6, 3, 10. Target: 520.
C1: 516. Mistake in working.
C2: 520. Mistake in working.
RR: 520. (6 x 7 x 10) + 100 (10)
Score: 49–50 (max 89)
Oh dear.
This almost seems like a case of déjà vu all over again, with regards to yesterday's 2nd numbers game. Jonathan thinks he has it, but is wrong, whereas Ryan thinks he is 4 away, but was actually just about to hit the target. Rachel is left to pick up the pieces.Teatime teaser: ABBASELL -> BASEBALL
Round 11: G N S U O U N L O
C1: LUNGS (5)
C2: UNSUNG (6)
DC: UNSLUNG (7)
Score: 49–56 (max 96)
Jonathan gets a good 6 from that horrible set, but if he'd stuck the L in the middle, he'd have had the darrenic 7.
Round 12: S L T E I A F P E
C1: PETALS (6)
C2: FLEAPITS (8)
DC: EPILATES (8)
OT: LEAFIEST (8)
Score: 49–64 (max 104)
Another brilliant 8 there from Jonathan sees his lead go into double figures. Surely it's his to lose now
Round 13: B S A I W D N U E
C1: UNBIASED (8)
C2: ABUSED (6)
Score: 57–64 (max 112)
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Suddenly, the game is wide open again with Ryan's darrenic 8.Round 14: 100, 2, 9, 9, 6, 3. Target: 207.
C1: 207. (100 x 2) + 9 - (6 / 3) (10)
C2: 207. (100 x 2) + 9 - (6 / 3) (10)
Score: 67–74 (max 122)
The 1 large results in a straightforward numbers game, meaning that the conundrum is crucial.
Round 15: W I N T E R N U T
C1 buzzes on 5.25 seconds to say UNWRITTEN which is correct.
Score: 77–74 (max 132)
Not quite as quick as yesterday, but Ryan becomes the first person who started in this series to win more than 1 game. Very unlucky was Jonathan as he came up with some brilliant words, like TOILETED and PROSOMA, but a lack of consistency cost him big time today. And in the end, the only time Ryan was in the lead, was the time where it mattered the most.
I must admit, I was well certain we were going to see the start of our 2nd octochamp of this series, but it turned out not to be.
But, maybe Ryan will become Octochamp No.2 Who knows After getting over this, I'll be back next Wednesday with my net installment.
Till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Ryan:
Total score - 77
Raw score - 99
Total % of max - 58
Raw % of max - 75
Total average score per round - 5.1
Raw average score per round - 6.6
Number of maxes - 7
Jonathan:
Total score - 74
Raw score - 92
Total % of max - 56
Raw % of max - 70
Total average score per round - 4.9
Raw average score per round - 6.1
Number of maxes - 5
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63
