C1: Champion Cate Henderson (1 win.) from Portland, a retired probation officer who wants to drive across the USA.
C2: Challenger Sadhana Mehendale, not to be confused with Countdown legend and youngest ever octochamp Allan Saldhana but we can hope she's just as good. She's a retired finance officer and accomplished writer, married to Krishna. Also quite quirkily her 16 letter name consists of just 8 different letters which amused me for about 4 secs so I thought I'd mention that.
DC: Susie Dent and Brian Capron.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: I O A D X T S O N
R02: R F L M J E U E T
R03: A I O T S N N E M
R04: P L Q V S I O O C
R05: 50, 4, 3, 9, 1, 5. Target: 557.
TTT: GEEKDEER - "Michael and Anneka combined with eggs. How dishy."
R06: A E I D W R L C A
R07: O E I T S S D O S
R08: C L T R N E A E O
R09: I U I U S S N P E
R10: 100, 8, 10, 2, 4, 2. Target: 685.
TTT: SIROBAMA - "A culinary delight for those who are worthy"
R11: I A O F N B H R A
R12: T K D M B E A E R
R13: A E A R T Z G E S
R14: 75, 3, 10, 4, 9, 6. Target: 867.
R15: O L D C U T I E S (conundrum)
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Round 1: I O A D X T S O N
C1: STAND (5)
C2: STOOD (5)
DC: OXIDANTS (8)
Score: 5–5 (max 8)
OXIDANTS are oxidising agents in chemistry. I'm embarrassed to say I didn't spot it
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Round 2: R F L M J E U E T
C1: REFUEL (6)
C2: fluter
DC: REFUTE (6)
OT: FERULE (6) MELTER (6) REFLET (6)
Score: 11–5 (max 14)
Round 3: A I O T S N N E M
C1: NATIONS (7)
C2: MENTIONS (8)
OT: NOMINATES (18) which is an anagram of US State MINNESOTA. Good pub quiz question there. Probably one of those instances of DC not mentioning it to make the audience feel good about spotting it themselves. Of course they saw it. Its simple. Just thought I'd shit on your parade if you thought you were clever for getting it.
Score: 11–13 (max 32)
Round 4: P L Q V S I O O C
C1: SPOIL (5)
C2: POOLS (5)
DC: POLIO (5) SCOOP (5) LOOPS (5)
OT: CLIPS (5) CLOPS (5) COILS (5) COOLS (5) LOCOS (5) COOPS (5) SLOOP (5) SPOOL (5) OLIOS (5) OVOLI (5) PISCO (5) POLIS (5) VIOLS (5)
Score: 16–18 (max 37)
Round 5: 50, 4, 3, 9, 1, 5. Target: 557.
C1: 559. (9+3-1)x50+4+5 (7)
C2: 555. (4x3-1)x50+5 (7)
RR: 557. (50+5)x(9+1)+4+3 (10)
Score: 23–25 (max 47)
Teatime teaser: GEEKDEER -> KEDGEREE I'd never heard of it but hereit is
Round 6: A E I D W R L C A
C1: CRAWLED (7)
C2: RADICAL (7)
DC: CALDERA (7)
OT: RADICLE (7)
Score: 30–32 (max 54)
Round 7: O E I T S S D O S
C1: DESISTS (7)
C2: DESISTS (7)
DC: DESISTS (7)
OT: OSTEOID (7)
Score: 37–39 (max 61)
OSTEOID is the organic portion of the matrix of bone tissue, so there.
Round 8: C L T R N E A E O
C1: CENTRAL (7)
C2: ETERNAL (7)
DC: TOLERANCE (18)
OT: COETERNAL (18)
Score: 44–46 (max 79)
2 quite high probability 9s already. I bet Kirk would have loved this game
Round 9: I U I U S S N P E
C1: SUPINE (6)
C2: SPINES (6)
DC: SUPINES (7)
Score: 50–52 (max 86)
Round 10: 100, 8, 10, 2, 4, 2. Target: 685.
C1: 682. (2+4)x100+8x10+2 (7)
C2: -
RR: 686. Probably (8-2/2)x100-10-4 (7)
Score: 57–52 (max 93)
Sadhana's safe tactic of 1 large backfires as she loses her lead on an impossible numbers game.
Teatime teaser: SIROBAMA -> AMBROSIA
Round 11: I A O F N B H R A
C1: BRAIN (5)
C2: HORN (4) (Thanks Jim)
DC: FARINA (6)
Score: 62–52 (max 99)
Following the geographical theme from round 3, BAHRAIN is there for 7
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Round 12: T K D M B E A E R
C1: EMBARKED (8)
C2: BERATED (7)
OT: BEDMAKER (8) MARKETED (8)
Score: 70–52 (max 107)
A nice 8 from Cate, but she still won't crack a smile. Probably the result of a life working with criminals or something.
Round 13: A E A R T Z G E S
C1: GRATES (6)
C2: rearest
DC: STARGAZE (8)
Score: 76–52 (max 115)
Stargaze can be found here
Round 14: 75, 3, 10, 4, 9, 6. Target: 867.
C1: 864. (6+10-4)x(75-3) (7)
C2: 875.
RR: 867. (75x4-10)x3-(9-6) (10)
Score: 83–52 (max 125)
Round 15: O L D C U T I E S
C1 buzzes on 5 seconds to say CLOUDIEST which is correct.
Score: 93–52 (max 135)
So Sadhana didn't quite live up to the reputation of her almost namesake. In fact it was pretty much a big epic fail after round 9 as she didn't score for the rest of the game. Cate advances onto game number 3 tomorrow.
Recap brought to you by Hans Blix
Further summaries are at:
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