Countdown recap for Thursday 20 November 2008.
C1: Champion John Matthews (1 win, 73 points.)
C2: Challenger Jennifer Philippart.
DC: Susie Dent and Pam Ayres.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: D H T S E A I J L
R02: D D W L U A E B V
R03: X B G C O U A M E
R04: P N S E A L E A R
R05: 75, 5, 2, 3, 10, 4. Target: 701.
TTT: PAMHEIRS - "The fox is flaming, what a vegetable"
R06: T D K L U A O E S
R07: D F N I E O L N E
R08: N M S I A I Y P O
R09: G N T R A E O S M
R10: 100, 2, 9, 4, 2, 8. Target: 786.
TTT: CAPELLOS - "Forget Fabio, it's what the England cricket team manager wants to avoid"
R11: I O E A T Z T N R
R12: H G R E A E T N O
R13: T M S E I S P O E
R14: 75, 25, 4, 1, 3, 1. Target: 826.
R15: I W A N T P O R K (conundrum)
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Round 1: D H T S E A I J L
C1: DILATES (7)
C2: HALTED (6)
DC: HALIDES (7)
OT: JEHADIST (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)
Round 2: D D W L U A E B V
C1: VALUED (6)
C2: VALUED (6)
DC: DAUB WADDLE (6)
OT: BAWLED (6) BLADED (6) BUDDLE (6) DAUBED (6) DAWDLE (6) LAUDED (6) WAULED (6)
Score: 13–6 (max 14)
Round 3: X B G C O U A M E
C1: -
C2: GAME (4)
DC: GUMBO (5) CUBAGE (6)
OT: BOCAGE (6)
Score: 13–10 (max 20)
Round 4: P N S E A L E A R
C1: repanels
C2: REPEALS (7)
DC: SEAPLANE (8)
Score: 13–17 (max 28)
Round 5: 75, 5, 2, 3, 10, 4. Target: 701.
C1: 701. (75-5)*10+4-3 (10)
C2: 691.
Score: 23–17 (max 38)
Teatime teaser: PAMHEIRS -> SAMPHIRE
Round 6: T D K L U A O E S
C1: STALKED (7)
C2: STALKED (7)
DC: SLAKED (6) LOUDEST (7)
OT: AUKLETS (7) TOUSLED (7) SALUTED (7)
Score: 30–24 (max 45)
Round 7: D F N I E O L N E
C1: DEFINE (6)
C2: FELINE (6)
DC: LEONINE (7) NINEFOLD (8)
Score: 36–30 (max 53)
Round 8: N M S I A I Y P O
C1: MAINS (5)
C2: maison
DC: PIANISM (7)
OT: MOPANIS (7) PAYNIMS (7)
Score: 41–30 (max 60)
Round 9: G N T R A E O S M
C1: MONSTERA (8)
C2: MANGERS (7)
DC: MONTAGES (8)
OT: ANGSTROM (8) GARMENTS (8) MAGNETOS (8) MEGATONS (8) MEGARONS (8) STOREMAN (8) NEGATORS (8) RAGSTONE (8)
Score: 49–30 (max 68)
Round 10: 100, 2, 9, 4, 2, 8. Target: 786.
C1: 786. 8*100-(9-2)*2 (10)
C2: 786. 100*8-9-4-2/2 (10)
Score: 59–40 (max 78)
Teatime teaser: CAPELLOS -> COLLAPSE
Round 11: I O E A T Z T N R
C1: tainter
C2: ROTTEN (6)
DC: NATTIER (7) NITRATE (7)
OT: NOTARIZE (8) TENTORIA (8)
Score: 59–46 (max 86)
Round 12: H G R E A E T N O
C1: ANOTHER (7)
C2: GATHER (6)
DC: REAGENT (7) HEARTEN (7)
OT: EARTHEN (7) GRANTEE (7) NEGATOR (7) THEREON (7)
Score: 66–46 (max 93)
Round 13: T M S E I S P O E
C1: MOPIEST (7)
C2: MOPIEST (7)
DC: EPITOMES (8)
OT: EPISOMES (8) POETISES (8) SEPTIMES (8) STOMPIES (8)
Score: 73–53 (max 101)
Round 14: 75, 25, 4, 1, 3, 1. Target: 826.
C1: 826. (3*4-1)*75+1 (10)
C2: 826. (3*4-1)*75+1 (10)
Score: 83–63 (max 111)
Round 15: I W A N T P O R K
C2 buzzes on 5 seconds to say PAINTWORK which is correct.
Score: 83–73 (max 121)
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=59
Thursday, 20th November 2008 (Series 59, Game 89)
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Re: Thursday, 20th November 2008 (Series 59, Game 89)
As a nod to Pam Ayres being on the show, Des himself offered POETESS in Round 13. Which was nice.
Re: Thursday, 20th November 2008 (Series 59, Game 89)
Yeah, I couldn't decide whether to add that as a DC offering seeing as it didn't actually come from them. Ordinarily I probably would have added it as a comment, but as you can probably tell I couldn't be arsed to embellish the recap yesterday (or last week in fact as well.) Apologies to anyone disappointed by thisPhil Reynolds wrote:As a nod to Pam Ayres being on the show, Des himself offered POETESS in Round 13. Which was nice.
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Re: Thursday, 20th November 2008 (Series 59, Game 89)
Yes, I suspected lack of arse was the reason.Jon Corby wrote:as you can probably tell I couldn't be arsed to embellish the recap yesterday