C1: Champion Charlie Khoo (1 win, 98 points.) A medical student studying in college at London, but comes from Bray, near Maidenhead, Berkshire. Likes to play rugby and enjoys cooking. He also won the Charity Changing Faces Essay Prize, in which he did a 2,000-word essay on coping with disfigurement.
C2: Challenger Joanne Britton. From Cannington, Somerset. She is currently between jobs, but wants to become a dental nurse. Her hobbies are horse riding, reading and voluntary work. She likes to cook cupcakes, but when she was a child, her first attempt at making custard was so bad, that the mixture became a bouncing custard ball
DC: Susie Dent and Amanda Lamb.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: M S L E U I R C T
R02: H P T Y U E I C A
R03: S S P N E U O D E
R04: E I A R N G T I F
R05: 100, 75, 6, 5, 4, 7. Target: 872.
TTT: POORRATE - "Someone smooth who can help you connect"
R06: T N R T O A E E K
R07: W W G R I A E S D
R08: M P A E A Z B T E
R09: L Q D R A A I N S
R10: 50, 100, 2, 3, 6, 4. Target: 479.
TTT: TRAPHOLE - "Two letters of the alphabet combine to explain this"
R11: B L C F U A O A X
R12: L E D Y D A E I J
R13: R N M O I E I S A
R14: 50, 6, 3, 7, 9, 4. Target: 662.
R15: M I L D E V E N T (conundrum)
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Round 1: M S L E U I R C T
C1: MUSCLIER (8)
C2: CURLIEST (8)
OT: CLUMSIER (8) UTRICLES (8)
Score: 8–8 (max 8)
Both contestants with a nice 8 each.
UTRICLES are organs found in the inner ears of vertebrates.
Round 2: H P T Y U E I C A
C1: PATCHY (6)
C2: PIETY (5)
DC: HEPATIC (7) PAUCITY (7)
OT: APHETIC (7) YACHTIE (7)
Score: 14–8 (max 15)
Round 3: S S P N E U O D E
C1: DEPOSES (7)
C2: SUSPEND (7)
DC: SPONDEES (8)
OT: ESPOUSED (8)
Score: 21–15 (max 23)
Round 4: E I A R N G T I F
C1: TEARING (7)
C2: FEARING (7)
DC: EATING (6) GRANITE (7) INERTIA (7) RAFTING (7)
OT: ENGRAFT (7) FAINTER (7) FAIRING (7) FARTING (7) INGRAFT (7) FRIGATE (7) GRATINE (7) INGRATE (7) TANGIER (7) IGNITER (7) NIFTIER (7) RIFTING (7) TIEFING (7)
Score: 28–22 (max 30)
A whole range of 7's to choose from. I wonder how many people were thinking of FARTING when it came up
Round 5: 100, 75, 6, 5, 4, 7. Target: 872.
C1: 875. (((7 - 5) x 4) x 100) + 75 (7)
C2: -
RR: 872. ((100 + 75) x 5) - (7 - 4) (10)
Score: 35–22 (max 40)
Charlie extends his lead as Joanne whites out.
Amanda tells the story of the time that she played Scrabble while on a boat in the Canary Islands with her Portugese cameraman from A Place In The Sun. He managed to win by getting nearly 200 points by declaring VAMPIRES on 2 triple word scores
Teatime teaser: POORRATE -> OPERATOR
Round 6: T N R T O A E E K
C1: NATTER (6)
C2: RETAKEN (7)
DC: KNOTTER (7) ENTREAT (7)
OT: TERNATE (7)
Score: 35–29 (max 47)
A TERNATE is a leaf divided into 3 leaflets.
Round 7: W W G R I A E S D
C1: WAGERS (6)
C2: GRADES (6)
DC: WADERS (6) EARWIGS (7)
OT: WIDGERS (7)
Score: 41–35 (max 54)
Round 8: M P A E A Z B T E
C1: ABATE (5)
C2: AMAZE (5)
OT: BEMATA (6)
Score: 46–40 (max 60)
A BEMATA is the space surrounding the altar in an Eastern Church.
Round 9: L Q D R A A I N S
C1: RADIANS (7)
C2: RADIALS (7)
DC: LANIARDS (8)
Score: 53–47 (max 68)
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Round 10: 50, 100, 2, 3, 6, 4. Target: 479.
C1: 479. ((100 + 6) x 4) + 50 + 2 + 3 (10)
C2: 472.
Score: 63–47 (max 78)
Charlie reclaims a double-figured lead as Joanne's maths skills fail her again.
Teatime teaser: TRAPHOLE -> PLETHORA
Round 11: B L C F U A O A X
C1: FOAL (4)
C2: FOCAL (5)
DC: BOXFUL (6)
OT: BACULA (6) FACULA (6)
Score: 63–52 (max 84)
A FACULA is an irregular, usually bright patch on the Sun's surface. Surely all patches on the Sun are usually bright, aren't they
Round 12: L E D Y D A E I J
C1: DEADLY (6)
C2: DELAYED (7)
DC: JADEDLY (7)
OT: YIELDED (7)
Score: 63–59 (max 91)
An amazing recovery sees Joanne come to within 4 points of Charlie.
Round 13: R N M O I E I S A
C1: ROMAINES (8)
C2: ROMANISE (8)
DC: MORAINES (8)
OT: ERMINOIS (8) MARINISE (8)
Score: 71–67 (max 99)
Round 14: 50, 6, 3, 7, 9, 4. Target: 662.
C1: 662. ((6 + 7) x 50) + (3 x 4) (10)
C2: 660.
Score: 81–67 (max 109)
Yet again Joanne's maths skills prove to be her downfall as Charlie seals the game.
Round 15: M I L D E V E N T
C2 buzzes on 4 seconds to say DEVILMENT which is correct.
Score: 81–77 (max 119)
Charlie gets his second win, although it's fair to say if Joanne's numbers were as good as her letters, the outcome might have been so different.
Forumite Annie Hall is tomorrow's challenger. Can she stop Charlie and the possibility of 2 more octochamps before the end of the series
Find out tomorrow, not with Jon Corby, who has unfortunately retired to his trouser press factory, but with me again for my first Thursday recap.
That's right folks, from now on you'll get twice the Robinson Recap every week.
Till tomorrow, bye bye!
Statistics Corner
Charlie:
Total score - 81
Raw score - 97
Total % of max - 68
Raw % of max - 82
Total average score per round - 5.4
Raw average score per round - 6.5
Number of maxes - 5
Joanne:
Total score - 77
Raw score - 92
Total % of max - 65
Raw % of max - 77
Total average score per round - 5.1
Raw average score per round - 6.1
Number of maxes - 6
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=61
