Monday 20th April 2015 (series 72, prelim 69)

[Andy McGurn]

Countdown recap for Monday 20 April 2015.

C1: Champion Gavin Woolnough (1 win, 66 points) An IT manager and tornado chaser from Essex, won the battle of the newcomers on Friday


C2: Challenger Andy Dent. A commercial analyst from Sheffield and a big sports fan who plays golf, badminton and cricket amongst others. He was also the three millionth person to join the national trust

DC: Susie Dent and Phil Hammond.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: C Z P A O E R F R
R02: L O T A X I L D A
R03: 8, 3, 5, 2, 6, 100. Target: 805.
TTT: SELLSAGO - "the game ends up exactly how it started"
R04: E A I T M T N G A
R05: N D P I E I U S G
R06: 9, 5, 6, 4, 8, 50. Target: 596.
R07: N L W E U A P G E
R08: O E O M R T V N I
R09: 7, 1, 6, 2, 6, 75. Target: 544.
TTT: RARELIST - "are these short clips for sale or rent"
R10: E I A L B J S R T
R11: S Q S I O E I N V
R12: M T G E I R O C U
R13: R H K E O E A M S
R14: 8, 1, 9, 9, 6, 100. Target: 219.
R15: R O P Y T R I P E (conundrum)


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Round 1: C Z P A O E R F R

Gavin: FORCER (6)
Andy: fazer
DC: CARPER (6)
Score: 6–0 (max 6)

Gavin starts off with six, while its just an invalid five for Andy.


Round 2: L O T A X I L D A

Gavin: ATOLL (5)
Andy: TOLD (4)
DC: AXILLA (6) OXTAIL (6)
OT: ALLODIA (7)
Score: 11–0 (max 13)

Andy’s word is valid this time but its only a four so Gavin’s five is enough to get him the points
ALLODIA is the plural of ALLODIUM which refers to land owned outright.



Round 3: 8, 3, 5, 2, 6, 100. Target: 805.

Gavin: 805. (100*8)+5 (10)
Andy: 805. (100*8)+5 (10)
Score: 21–10 (max 23)

Numbers games don’t come much easier than this


Teatime teaser: SELLSAGO -> GOALLESS

Round 4: E A I T M T N G A

Gavin: MATTING (7)
Andy: ANIMATE (7)
DC: MAGENTA (7)
OT: AGITATE (7) AMENTIA (7) GATEMAN (7) MAGNATE (7) MINTAGE (7) TEAMING (7) TEGMINA (7)
Score: 28–17 (max 30)

Loads of sevens here and both contestants inevitably get one.


Round 5: N D P I E I U S G

Gavin: SIGNED (6)
Andy: dupeing
DC: PIDGINS (7)
OT: GUINEPS (7) PINGUID (7) UNIPEDS (7)
Score: 34–17 (max 37)

Nice try by Andy but no variant of DUPING includes and E so he falls further behind.


Round 6: 9, 5, 6, 4, 8, 50. Target: 596.

Gavin: 596. ((8+4)*50)-(9-5) (10)
Andy: 594.
Score: 44–17 (max 47)

Andy misses a simple one and he now trails by 27 points


DC Guest: Phil tells a story of one of his biggest mistakes as a junior doctor when he loaded a syringe with potassium but (luckily) didn’t inject it.


Round 7: N L W E U A P G E

Gavin: PAGE (4)
Andy: PANEL (5)
DC: PLAGUE (6) GUNWALE (7)
OT: EUGLENA (7)
Score: 44–22 (max 54)


That five means Andy has won his first round of the game.


Round 8: O E O M R T V N I

Gavin: motioner
Andy: RIVET (5)
DC: MONITOR (7) MOTIVE (6)
Score: 44–27 (max 61)

An incorrect risk by Gavin means Andy wins his second round of the day immediately after his first

Round 9: 7, 1, 6, 2, 6, 75. Target: 544.

Gavin: 549.
Andy: 544. ((75+2)*7)+(6-1) (10)
Score: 44–37 (max 71)

In three rounds Andy has made up 20 points and is now within striking distance of the champ.



Teatime teaser: RARELIST -> TRAILERS

Round 10: E I A L B J S R T

Gavin: BAITERS (7)
Andy: TRAILS (6)
DC: LIBRATES (8)
OT: TABLIERS (8)
Score: 51–37 (max 79)


Having lost the last three rounds Gavin rallies with the slightly unlikely BAITERS.
TABLIERS are French aprons


Round 11: S Q S I O E I N V

Gavin: VISIONS (7)
Andy: IONS (4)
OT: IONISES (7)
Score: 58–37 (max 86)

Poor round by Andy and Gavin is gradually taking his lead up again.


OoW – Susie presents some amusing quotes from a number of famous people.


Round 12: M T G E I R O C U

Gavin: TIMER (5)
Andy: gromit
DC: GOUTIER (7)
OT: GOURMET (7) MORTICE (7)
Score: 63–37 (max 93)

For a second it looked like Andy good get back in it for a second time, but his word is misspelled and it looks good for Gavin now.


Round 13: R H K E O E A M S

Gavin: REMAKES (7)
Andy: REMAKES (7)
DC: SHOEMAKER (18)
Score: 70–44 (max 111)

Loads of MAKE- variations here and DC get by far the best of them with SHOEMAKER


Round 14: 8, 1, 9, 9, 6, 100. Target: 219.

Gavin: 219. ((8-6)*100)+9+9+1 (10)
Andy: 219. ((8+1-6)*100)-(9*9) (10)
Score: 80–54 (max 121)

Another easy one but both use different methods.


Round 15: R O P Y T R I P E

No one buzzes. The answer was PROPRIETY.
Final Score: 80–54 (max 131)


No conundrum spot but Gavin has his second win and for Andy its back to Sheffield with a goody bag and our complements but a big “see you tomorrow” for Gavin.

Its James Laverty’s turn tomorrow and (thus far) he hasn’t fallen victim to the Tuesday recappers curse. Join him to see if Gavin can make it three.



Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=72

[Gavin Chipper]

VOMITER as an OT in round 8?

[James Robinson]

VOMITER as an OT in round 8?

There's actually the brilliant OMNIVORE for 8 in round 8, so the max should be 132.......

[Gavin Chipper]

VOMITER as an OT in round 8?

There's actually the brilliant OMNIVORE for 8 in round 8, so the max should be 132.......

I was just going by looking at the letters.