Welcome to my debut recap, hope you enjoy!
C1: Champion Victoria James (6 wins, 516 points.) - 6-time winner working on the accounts at Arsenal.
C2: Challenger Chris Rose - Geography and PE teacher from Shackleford, Surrey. He's learning Mandarin.
DC: Susie Dent and Gloria Hunniford.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: S P W S I A E S C
R02: T E D A V O M U Z
R03: T R W T E I O N Q
R04: N A B U P E G A O
R05: 25, 6, 10, 1, 8, 3. Target: 867.
TTT: FOLDSOFA - "Finally takes the folding sofa to the tip"
R06: I R E S I M E N L
R07: T N T R U O A H E
R08: I T O S A N S D E
R09: R T M D A O I R P
R10: 50, 75, 6, 10, 5, 4. Target: 627.
TTT: ARIDPEAS - "A city with pretty girls and green grass, according to the song"
R11: T S N D E O U D K
R12: M E X I T O G J E
R13: P V G C I E O A R
R14: 50, 25, 4, 5, 1, 10. Target: 799.
R15: S O D A L O T T O (conundrum)
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It's Valentine's Day and Nick and Rachel kick off discussing all things lovey-dovey.
Enjoy the show.
Round 1: S P W S I A E S C
C1: capsises
C2: SWIPES (6)
DC: WASPIES (7)
OT: ASCESIS (7) ASEPSIS (7)
Score: 0–6 (max 7)
Victoria's dodgy variant of CAPSIZES isn't allowed so Chris takes an early lead.
A WASPIE is a woman's corset or belt designed to accentuate a slender waist.
Round 2: T E D A V O M U Z
C1: movated
C2: DEVOUT (6)
DC: DEVOUT (6)
OT: MOATED (6)
Score: 0–12 (max 13)
Victoria's still making up words, and Gloria makes her usual confusing comment of there being a 'funny combination of letters'
Round 3: T R W T E I O N Q
C1: WINTER (6)
C2: WRITTEN (7)
DC: TRITONE (7)
OT: WRENTIT (7)
Score: 0–19 (max 20)
Chris continues to shut out the champ.
Susie shows us that a TRITONE is an interval of three whole tones between C and F sharp.
The vaguely amusing WRENTIT is a long-tailed North American songbird.
Round 4: N A B U P E G A O
C1: AGAPE (5)
C2: PAGE (4)
DC: APNOEA (6)
Score: 5–19 (max 26)
Victoria's off the mark, and DC find the lone 6.
Round 5: 25, 6, 10, 1, 8, 3. Target: 867.
C1: 864. (25-1)*(3*10+6) (7)
C2: -
RR: 867. (3*10+6-1)*25-8 (10)
Score: 12–19 (max 36)
Gloria tells us about her exploits on Who Wants to be a Millionaire with Freddie Forsyth, and that she kept it a secret from her grandchildren. Yawn.
Teatime teaser: FOLDSOFA -> OFFLOADS
Round 6: I R E S I M E N L
C1: SMILER (6)
C2: SMILIER (7)
DC: SLIMIER (7) RELINES (7) MERLINS (7)
OT: ERMINES (7) INLIERS (7) LIERNES (7) LIMNERS (7) MIELIES (7) MILREIS (7) RESILIN (7)
Score: 12–26 (max 43)
Flat 7's here, but Victoria's not on the ball.
Round 7: T N T R U O A H E
C1: THREAT (6)
C2: THRONE (6)
DC: UNEARTH (7) HAUNTER (7)
OT: EARTHNUT (8)
Score: 18–32 (max 51)
An EARTHNUT is a Eurasian plant of the parsley family, or another term for a peanut.
Round 8: I T O S A N S D E
C1: sedations
C2: SEDATION (8)
DC: ANODISES (8)
OT: SEDATIONS (18)
Score: 18–40 (max 59)
CONTROVERSIAL! The debate rumbles on here - http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8872Round 9: R T M D A O I R P
C1: PARROT (6)
C2: IMPORT (6)
DC: AIRPORT (7) PAROTID (7)
OT: AIRDROP (7) MIRADOR (7)
Score: 24–46 (max 66)
OoW - Susie speaks about words from the trenches, including the origin of Sweet Fanny Adams.
Round 10: 50, 75, 6, 10, 5, 4. Target: 627.
C1: 625. (4+5)*75-50 (7)
C2: 625. (4+5)*75-50 (7)
RR: 627. (50+75)*5+6-4 (10)
Score: 31–53 (max 76)
Teatime teaser: ARIDPEAS -> PARADISE
Round 11: T S N D E O U D K
C1: SUDDEN (6)
C2: SODDEN (6)
DC: STONKED (7) KNOUTED (7)
OT: SNOUTED (7) SOUNDED (7)
Score: 37–59 (max 83)
To KNOUT is to whip somebody to the point of death in Imperial Russia. Nice.
Round 12: M E X I T O G J E
C1: EXIT (4)
C2: EXIT (4)
DC: MOXIE (5)
OT: EEJIT (5) EMOTE (5)
Score: 41–63 (max 88)
God knows how they managed to find the EXIT here. Victoria really needs a win in the last letters round.
An EEJIT is an Irish or Scottish term for an idiot.
Round 13: P V G C I E O A R
C1: GRAPE (5)
C2: PACIER (6)
DC: CAGIER (6) PAVIOR (6)
OT: COPIER (6) PEROGI (6) PICARO (6) VIRAGO (6) VIRGAE (6) VOICER (6)
Score: 41–69 (max 94)
And she doesn't. That's curtains for her now as she can only reach 61.
Round 14: 50, 25, 4, 5, 1, 10. Target: 799.
C1: -
C2: 799. Mistake in working.
RR: 799 - (50+25+5)*10-1 (10)
Score: 41–69 (max 104)
Round 15: S O D A L O T T O
C1 buzzes on 12.75 seconds to say TOADSTOOL which is correct.
Final Score: 51–69 (max 114)
So it's a disappointing end for Victoria after six wins and Chris is the new champ.
We'll find out in due couse whether the sedations debacle has cost her a place in the last eight.
And that's my first recap complete! Thanks for reading!
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