It's me again, as Robbo is off sunning himself in Lanzarote. Nick starts today talking about David Attenborough's wonderful career, and Rachel briefly mentions the time when she was at a safari camp and she woke up to find lion prints around her tent. Apologies I thought this had posted this last night.
C1: Champion Gerry Tynan (6 wins, 656 points.) An apterite and accountant from Lucan. Is Gerry sensing octochampdom?
C2: Challenger Ali Merali. From Northwich, on a gap year before setting off to study Economics at UCL, a keen table-tennis player and marathon runner. Also an apterite, but hasn't been around since February.
DC: Susie Dent and Dr Phil Hammond.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: T R U O G D U A P
R02: S P L E I T R E S
R03: 6, 9, 5, 4, 1, 100. Target: 875.
TTT: NAILROOM - "If you have a one track mind, you'll find this east"
R04: N S M E A L B E G
R05: H D U I S C O E N
R06: 10, 4, 75, 50, 100, 25. Target: 907.
R07: P C A I X N E S T
R08: J S R R U A O T A
R09: 10, 6, 4, 9, 2, 100. Target: 441.
TTT: CROATIAN - "Go and treat yourself to a Big Mac"
R10: D N S I A O T G E
R11: T Z O A E R N D A
R12: V R F I A O R K E
R13: G M O U B E F S Y
R14: 8, 9, 1, 10, 6, 25. Target: 940.
R15: F R E D B A T E S (conundrum)
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Round 1: T R U O G D U A P
Gerry: RAGOUT (6)
Ali: GATOR (5)
DC: DUGOUT (6)
OT: GOPURA (6) RAGTOP (6)
Score: 6–0 (max 6)
Once again, Gerry gets off to the best possible start and quickly establishes a 6 point lead
Round 2: S P L E I T R E S
Gerry: REPTILES (8)
Ali: STRIPES (7)
DC: TIRELESS (8)
OT: EPISTLES (8) LEISTERS (8) PELTRIES (8) RESPITES (8) SPIELERS (8) SPREITES (8)
Score: 14–0 (max 14)
Which is immediately extended to 14 as he spots one of the eight 8s available
Round 3: 6, 9, 5, 4, 1, 100. Target: 875.
Gerry: 875. 100*9-((6-1)*5) (10)
Ali: 875. 100*9-((6-1)*5) (10)
Score: 24–10 (max 24)
Same method from both men, 10 points each!
Teatime teaser: NAILROOM -> MONORAIL
And that concludes our intensive three-week course. Back to the recap
Round 4: N S M E A L B E G
Gerry: GAMBLES (7)
Ali: BLAMES (6)
DC: MELANGES (8)
Score: 31–10 (max 32)
Not much of a GAMBLE from Gerry but it extends our lead, while Dr Phil impresses with a Darren
Round 5: H D U I S C O E N
Gerry: INDUCES (7)
Ali: SHINED (6)
DC: UNDIES (6)
OT: CUSHIONED (18)
Score: 38–10 (max 50)
Gerry starting to pull away here but this time the darren missed by the entire studio,pity really since it would have scored a FULL 18 POINTS! :O
Round 6: 10, 4, 75, 50, 100, 25. Target: 907.
Gerry: 904. 100*10-75-25+4 (7)
Ali: 904. 100*10-75-25+4 (7)
OT: 907. (100-4)*10-50-(75/25) (10)
Score: 45–17 (max 60)
3 away from the contestants but the target surprising evades the studio for the second time in two days.
I missed Dr Phil's slot as I was taking a phone call so I'll edit it in when I get time to watch online
Round 7: P C A I X N E S T
Gerry: SAPIENT (7)
Ali: PANTIES (7)
DC: INEXACT (7)
OT: ASEPTIC (7) CATNIPS (7) CINEAST (7) INCEPTS (7) INSCAPE (7) INSPECT (7) PACIEST (7) PANTECS (7) PICANTE (7)
Score: 52–24 (max 67)
Another flat round which adds 7 points to both totals
Round 8: J S R R U A O T A
Gerry: JOUST (5)
Ali: ROTAS (5)
DC: AORTA (5) JURORS (6) AURORAS (7)
Score: 57–29 (max 74)
5 points each this time, Surprisingly Dr Phil doesn't had the S to his medical offering but Susie gives us the Darren
Round 9: 10, 6, 4, 9, 2, 100. Target: 441.
Gerry: 441. (100+9)*4+(10/2) (10)
Ali: 441. (100+10)*4+(9-(6+2)) (10)
Score: 67–39 (max 84)
Slightly different methods here from our contestants but it adds ten points. Ali still has Gerry in sight but will need to pull something special out of the bag soon to if he wants to take this game all the way
Teatime teaser: CROATIAN -> RAINCOAT
Round 10: D N S I A O T G E
Gerry: DIAGNOSE (8)
Ali: SEATING (7)
DC: STEADING (8) GODETIAS (8) AGONISED (8)
OT: SEDATING (8) SEDATION (8)
Score: 75–39 (max 92)
But it looks like that could wrap it up for Gerry as he DIAGNOSEs an extension to his lead. Our old favourite GODETIAS makes an appearance as well.
Round 11: T Z O A E R N D A
Gerry: RANTED (6)
Ali: traned
DC: RODENT (6) ZANDER (6) ORNATE (6)
OT: ADNATE (6) ARDENT (6) ATONED (6) DONATE (6) ORATED (6) ORENDA (6)
Score: 81–39 (max 98)
Ali showing signs of desperation now as his 6 is disallowed when he could have had his pick of 10 others
OoW: Susie talks about the origins of different hat names
Round 12: V R F I A O R K E
Gerry: FAIRER (6)
Ali: fakier
DC: FAKIR (5) KEFIR (5)
OT: ARRIVE (6) KERRIA (6) OAKIER (6)
Score: 87–39 (max 104)
And with that, it's Game, Set and Match to Gerry as Ali's FAKIER 6 is disallowed. Susie mentions KEFIR since Rachel is learning Russian.
Round 13: G M O U B E F S Y
Gerry: BOGEYS (6)
Ali: BEGS (4)
DC: GUMBOS (6) MOUSEY (6)
OT: BEFOGS (6) BEGUMS (6) FOGEYS (6) MOBEYS (6)
Score: 93–39 (max 110)
Not a BOGEY from Gerry as 6 is the max, Ali BEGS for points but it isn't enough and leaves Gerry knocking on the door of another century.
Round 14: 8, 9, 1, 10, 6, 25. Target: 940.
Gerry: -
Ali: 936. (10-6)*(25*9+8+1) (7)
RR: 940. (25+6)+((8-1)*9)*10 (10)
Score: 93–46 (max 120)
Gerry blanks and allows Ali to nab a consolation 7 points.
Round 15: F R E D B A T E S
Gerry buzzes on 3.5 seconds to say BREASTFED which is correct.
Final Score: 103–46 (max 130)
Gerry seals his 5th century with another quick solve. Ali is sent back to Northwich with the goody bag and Nick's best wishes, and lets hope he returns to Apterous soon.
But for Gerry, coronation day looms, with 7 wins and 759 points he is in a very good position to take the No 2 seed slot if he wins with a score of 77 points or more. Join the current No 2 seed, Tracey Mills to see if he can overtake her, or watch on Channel 4 in a matter of minutes. I shall see you next Tuesday. Adios!
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=72