Here we go.
Countdown recap for Wednesday 10 October 2012.
C1: Champion Tia Corkish (5 wins, 400 points.) An Apterite from Bristol, where she is a member of the local Scrabble club. Her ambition is to hike Mount Kilimanjaro.
C2: Challenger Joolz Stanton. A trainee hairdresser from Middlesbrough. She lived in Tenerife for 2 years, She adores the music of Amy Winehouse, and she has a phobia of cotton wool............
DC: Susie Dent and Matt Allwright.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: N S B I O U Y E C
R02: D J O A T G E A I
R03: S T S E O U N R K
R04: R N E A O X C T I
R05: 100, 25, 2, 8, 4, 3. Target: 423.
TTT: GETSNEAR - "Gets near, not at all, this is quite the opposite"
R06: N T E B O E H M A
R07: W C V I U A R T I
R08: D L A E S A O G N
R09: F D R I E D C U P
R10: 75, 100, 50, 9, 8, 5. Target: 709.
TTT: SLURFREE - "They're metal bands, but they don't play music"
R11: S R T I A E D O L
R12: D E F L P O I A M
R13: R N T E O E V I L
R14: 25, 50, 75, 7, 5, 8. Target: 984.
R15: C R U S H A H I P (conundrum)
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Round 1: N S B I O U Y E C
C1: BISON (5)
C2: BOUNCES (7)
DC: BUNCOES (7)
Score: 0–7 (max 7)
A very good start by Joolz, as he BOUNCES over Tia's BISON and into the early lead.
Round 2: D J O A T G E A I
C1: goated
C2: goated
DC: DOTAGE (6) GODETIA (7)
Score: 0–7 (max 14)
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad move there by the girls. You can't GOAT someone, well not yet anyway. Meanwhile, DC pick yet another GODETIA from the bunch.
Round 3: S T S E O U N R K
C1: ROUTES (6)
C2: SOUREST (7)
DC: STONKERS (8) SUNSTROKE (18)
Score: 0–14 (max 32)
It's not Tia's day so far, as Joolz doubles her lead, while Tia stays on zero. A super impressive 9 by DC, I have to say.
Round 4: R N E A O X C T I
C1: REACTION (8)
C2: coater
DC: RECOAT (6) CREATION (8) ANOREXIC (8)
OT: ACTIONER (8) EXACTION (8)
Score: 8–14 (max 40)
Plenty of 8's here, and Tia gets one of them to get off the mark, while Joolz can only find an invalid 6.
Round 5: 100, 25, 2, 8, 4, 3. Target: 423.
C1: 423. (100 x 4) + 25 - 2 (10)
C2: 423. (100 x 4) + 25 - 2 (10)
Score: 18–24 (max 50)
Nice and simple. NEXT..............
Matt talks about a master criminal who wanted to steal the Mona Lisa, but not want to keep it.......
Instead, he made forgeries of them to make himself a good bit of dough. 
Teatime teaser: GETSNEAR -> ESTRANGE
Round 6: N T E B O E H M A
C1: BENEATH (7)
C2: BEATEN (6)
DC: HAMBONE (7)
OT: BOATMEN (7) METHANE (7)
Score: 25–24 (max 57)
The Tia turnaround is complete, as she now takes the lead with a repeat of her winner in round 3 from Friday.
Round 7: W C V I U A R T I
C1: VICAR (5)
C2: curv
DC: TRIVIA (6)
Score: 30–24 (max 63)
A religious offering from Tia, as Joolz pulls off an illegal curv manoeuvre.
Questions being answered by DC too. Round 8: D L A E S A O G N
C1: DANGLES (7)
C2: DOSAGE (6)
DC: DONGLES (7) GONADS (6) LASAGNE (7)
OT: SELADANG (8)
Score: 37–24 (max 71)
Hmmm, Matt's perfect night involves DONGLES, GONADS and a LASAGNE............
I think I'd rather ride a darrenic SELADANG. 
A SELADANG is another name for the gaur, a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 metres) at the shoulder.
Round 9: F D R I E D C U P
C1: PRICED (6)
C2: FIRED (5)
DC: PRIDED (6) PRIDE (5) FRIED (5) CRIED (5)
OT: PERCID (6)
Score: 43–24 (max 77)
Tia has turned into a wrecking ball in this "half", as Joolz is still stuck on 24. Clearly PRICED out.
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "maudlin".
Round 10: 75, 100, 50, 9, 8, 5. Target: 709.
C1: 708. ((9 + 5) x 50) + 8 (7)
C2: 711.
RR: 709. (8 x 75) + 100 + 9 (10)
Score: 50–24 (max 87)
Easier than it looks, thanks to our Rach. Tia carries on where she left off, as she now has a lead of 26 points.
Teatime teaser: SLURFREE -> FERRULES
Round 11: S R T I A E D O L
C1: TRAILED (7)
C2: RELOADS (7)
DC: LODESTAR (8) LEOTARDS (8) STEROIDAL (18) IDOLATERS (18)
Score: 57–31 (max 105)
Oh dear, elementary 9's and even the legendary 8's are missed by the contestants.
Round 12: D E F L P O I A M
C1: MAILED (6)
C2: FOILED (6)
DC: IMPLODE (7) IMPALED (7)
OT: DIPLOMA (7) IMPLEAD (7)
Score: 63–37 (max 112)
DC IMPLODEd and IMPALED. I think I'll leave them be.............
Round 13: R N T E O E V I L
C1: VIOLENT (7)
C2: lovier
OT: OVERLIE (7) RELIEVO (7) RETINOL (7) VEINLET (7)
Score: 70–37 (max 119)
Tia has wrapped up the game with her VIOLENT 7, clearly carrying on from the last round.
RELIEVO is prominence, distinctness, or vividness due to contrast.
Round 14: 25, 50, 75, 7, 5, 8. Target: 984.
C1: 985. ((75 + 25) x (50 / 5)) - 8 - 7 (7)
C2: 985. ((25 - 5) x 50) - 8 - 7 (7)
RR: 984. (75 + 50 - (7 - 5)) x 8 (10)
Score: 77–44 (max 129)
Both contestants get 1 away with their differing, yet similar solutions. Rachel is yet again called up to provide the answer.
Round 15: C R U S H A H I P
C1 buzzes on 11 seconds to say PUSHCHAIR which is correct.
Final Score: 87–44 (max 139)
I remember getting this conundrum as the host at CoBliv, so I got it straight away.
But, Tia gets it too, making it 2 conundrums out of 6, and 487 points out of her 6 wins, so far. She just needs to win 2 more to provisionally book her place in the end of year finals.
Join me tomorrow to see if she can get her magnificent 7.
So, till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Tia:
Total score - 87
Raw score - 98
Total % of max - 63
Raw % of max - 71
Total average score per round - 5.8
Raw average score per round - 6.5
Number of maxes - 6
Joolz:
Total score - 44
Raw score - 68
Total % of max - 32
Raw % of max - 49
Total average score per round - 2.9
Raw average score per round - 4.5
Number of maxes - 2
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=67