C1: Champion John Bird (1 win, 94 points) - a retired teacher from Wolverhampton. He's the captain of a local cricket team, loves cookery and he once flew over Cornwall. He debuted yesterday with an impressive performance to dethrone Alison Shipman, but how will he get on today against...
C2: Challenger Tintin Napier - from Melton Mowbray. His passions are cars, and rock and metal music.
DC: Susie Dent and Anneka Rice.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: E H O L E T U I S
R02: D P V E A E D Q O
R03: E S A T I N U G A
R04: E A C S M T S I O
R05: 75, 3, 8, 2, 1, 9. Target: 541.
TTT: ALARMING - "Several parties are interested in taking this seat"
R06: N Y N G E O E O T
R07: E H A Z E R I L U
R08: M W R L A E A U T
R09: O N I B O R I T A
R10: 50, 75, 10, 10, 6, 5. Target: 939.
TTT: CAPELLOS - "Fabio has gone, so it's what the new England boss wants to avoid"
R11: E X O F I P K E S
R12: U G N L R O A I D
R13: E N A V U R I F S
R14: 100, 25, 6, 9, 2, 8. Target: 459.
R15: Y O U R I S L E S (conundrum)
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Apparently it's 50 years ago to the month that The Rolling Stones were formed! (that's what Nick's intrepid researchers think, anyway
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Round 1: E H O L E T U I S
C1: HOLIEST (7)
C2: HOTELS (6)
DC: HUSTLE (6)
OT: EOLITHS (7) ESTOILE (7) HOSTILE (7) LITHOES (7) LOUTISH (7) SHEITEL (7) SHELTIE (7)
Score: 7–0 (max 7)
Bang! 9! SILHOUETTE!
Oh, wait... 
John's straight into the lead with seven and there were plenty available... an ESTOILE is a star with wavy points or rays, and a SHELTIE is a Shetland pony or sheepdog, to name a couple
Round 2: D P V E A E D Q O
C1: EVADED (6)
C2: peeved
DC: EVADED (6)
Score: 13–0 (max 13)
Very little on offer here but Tintin (what a name!
) needs 3 e's for his word.Round 3: E S A T I N U G A
C1: SEATING (7)
C2: SEATING (7)
DC: INGESTA (7)
OT: SAUTEING (8)
Score: 20–7 (max 21)
The only 8 EVADED our people in the studio, here
INGESTA are substances taken into the body as nourishment, i.e. food and drink.
Round 4: E A C S M T S I O
C1: STEAMS (6)
C2: MASCOT (6)
DC: ATOMISES (8) MASCOTS (7)
OT: CASTEISM (8) MASSICOT (8)
Score: 26–13 (max 29)
Tintin will be rueing not pluralising his MASCOT here and John keeps up the advantage.
MASSICOT is a yellow form of lead monoxide.
Round 5: 75, 3, 8, 2, 1, 9. Target: 541.
C1: 542. Mistake in working.
C2: 541. Mistake in working.
RR: 541. (75+1)*(8-3+2)+9 (10)
Score: 26–13 (max 39)
"We've all imploded!"
Apart from "the wonderful Rachel"
Anneka talks about her experience on Come Dine With Me, her terrible attempt at a paella and the antics off her guest Roland Rivron.
Teatime teaser: ALARMING -> MARGINAL
Round 6: N Y N G E O E O T
C1: TEENY (5)
C2: TEENY (5)
DC: GENTOO (6)
OT: ONTOGENY (8)
Score: 31–18 (max 47)
Unsurprisingly the eight EVADED them all again - ONTOGENY is a biological term.
A GENTOO is a tall penguin with a white patch above its eye
Round 7: E H A Z E R I L U
C1: HAULIER (7)
C2: HAZIER (6)
DC: AZURE (5)
OT: REALIZE (7)
Score: 38–18 (max 54)
John extends his advantage to 20 here. The selections are proving quite tough today and John's frequent five-vowels aren't particularly helping.
Round 8: M W R L A E A U T
C1: MAULER (6)
C2: walnut
DC: AMULET (6) ARMLET (6)
OT: AMATEUR (7) MALWARE (7)
Score: 44–18 (max 61)
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MALWARE are malicious software such as viruses on computers.
Round 9: O N I B O R I T A
C1: ORATION (7)
C2: ABORTION (8)
Score: 44–26 (max 69)
Tintin spots the obvious here and bridges the gap a bit.
OoW - Susie talks about carpeting.
Round 10: 50, 75, 10, 10, 6, 5. Target: 939.
C1: 936. (10+10)*50+5+6-75 (7)
C2: 930.
RR (after the break): 939. (50*75+6)/(5-10/10) (10)
Score: 51–26 (max 79)
John spots a more traditional way for seven points, but Rachel's on fire!
Teatime teaser: CAPELLOS -> COLLAPSE
Round 11: E X O F I P K E S
C1: EXPOSE (6)
C2: EPOXIES (7)
Score: 51–33 (max 86)
Another nice darren from Tintin here, but his inconsistency looks like it could be his downfall.
Round 12: U G N L R O A I D
C1: LORDING (7)
C2: ADORING (7)
DC: LOADING (7) DARLING (7)
OT: AGROUND (7) DIURNAL (7) LANGUID (7) LANGUOR (7) LARDING (7) LAUDING (7) LOURING (7) NODULAR (7) ORDINAL (7) RANGOLI (7)
Score: 58–40 (max 93)
Get that spirit level out...
Round 13: E N A V U R I F S
C1: VAINER (6)
C2: vanires
DC: FURIES (6) INFUSER (7)
OT: RAVINES (7)
Score: 64–40 (max 100)
Tintin's vanires are actually VENEERS, so John claims win number 2 with two rounds to spare.
Round 14: 100, 25, 6, 9, 2, 8. Target: 459.
C1: 458. 9*2*25+8 (7)
C2: 454.
RR: 459. 9*(100-(6*8/2)-25) (10)
Score: 71–40 (max 110)
Rachel finds many ways, but just to annoy me, she decides to use all the numbers in her solution
Round 15: Y O U R I S L E S
C2 buzzes on 2 seconds to say SERIOUSLY which is correct.
Final Score: 71–50 (max 120)
A last hurrah from Tintin but he'll be going back to Leicestershire armed with just a goodie bag.
Raw score: 84-74
Maxes: 4-4
One gets the feeling that John wasn't as impressive as yesterday but he still looks capable of landing a few games. Join James tomorrow to see if he can gain a third.
Join me here next week for another recap, same time, same place. I'm counting on it!
Good afternoon.
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