Sorry it is late this week but it has been a slightly busy weekend. Earlier in the week we welcomed back one of our most prominent apterites, a regular in the audience and very well known to most of the Countdown community. And no, it wasn't me
It was in fact Tracey Mills. Yes Tracey made her long awaited grand entrance on Wednesday and successfully overcame a tough challenge from fellow apterite Neil Stephenson, and then yesterday won her second game. So today she is looking for her third win. Will she succeed? Keith Taylor stands in her way. Enjoy.Countdown recap for Friday 23 January 2015.
C1: Champion Tracey Mills (2 wins, 205 points.) An apterite and housewife from Stockport, Greater Manchester.
C2: Challenger Keith Taylor. An acting sub post master from Rochdale. Bridge player, loves taking part in amateur dramatics.
DC: Susie Dent and Tim Wonnacott.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: T S B U A I V L E
R02: N P T A U I C S D
R03: 7, 2, 6, 3, 10, 100. Target: 784.
TTT: CITRUSES - "They sucked on lemons and their faces were fixed with these."
R04: N W N E O D R U W
R05: G M T A I E R T M
R06: 8, 5, 6, 7, 10, 100. Target: 607.
R07: N S G O A I O S J
R08: T C S F E I R E G
R09: 5, 9, 3, 1, 6, 100. Target: 810.
TTT: FINEDSET - "He was fined a set amount due to rats in his restaurant kitchen."
R10: N L P A O A R B H
R11: R X S E O I L M O
R12: P D N U A C R I K
R13: L M T V U E A N R
R14: 5, 5, 3, 8, 6, 75. Target: 404.
R15: T Y R E F O R C E (conundrum)
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Round 1: T S B U A I V L E
Tracey: ABUSIVE (7)
Keith: VISUAL (6)
DC: TABLES (6)
OT: SUITABLE (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)
Tracey is getting ABUSIVE already and gets 7 points. Keith got VISUAL but doesn't score.
Round 2: N P T A U I C S D
Tracey: INDUCTS (7)
Keith: - (0)
DC: CUSPID (6) PUNDITS (7)
OT: CATNIPS (7) DUSTPAN (7) PANDITS (7) SANDPIT (7) UPSTAND (7)
Score: 14–0 (max 15)
Tracey gets another 7 with INDUCTS. It could be a long afternoon for Keith though as he didn't see anything there.
Round 3: 7, 2, 6, 3, 10, 100. Target: 784.
Tracey: 784. (100 - 2) x ( (10 - 6) + (7 - 3) ) (10)
Keith: 783.
Score: 24–0 (max 25)
And it's a perfect 10 for Tracey on the numbers. Keith gets 1 away and has yet to score.
Teatime teaser: CITRUSES -> RICTUSES
Round 4: N W N E O D R U W
Tracey: REWOUND (7)
Keith: unwound
OT: RUNDOWN (7) UNOWNED (7)
Score: 31–0 (max 32)
Tracey got REWOUND for 7. Keith saw a phantom second u, so had 'unwound' disallowed.
Round 5: G M T A I E R T M
Tracey: mattier
Keith: GAITER (6)
DC: IRATE (5) MATER (5) MIGRATE (7) RAGTIME (7)
OT: GAMMIER (7) MARMITE (7)
Score: 31–6 (max 39)
Now Tracey has 'mattier' disallowed. It's almost like a sympathy vote for Keith as he finally scores 6 with GAITER.
Round 6: 8, 5, 6, 7, 10, 100. Target: 607.
Tracey: 607. (100 x 6) + 7 (10)
Keith: 607. (100 x 6) + 7 (10)
Score: 41–16 (max 49)
It's an easy 10 for both players here with this numbers game.
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Round 7: N S G O A I O S J
Tracey: SONGS (5)
Keith: GAINS (5)
DC: OASIS (5) JINGO (5)
OT: ASSIGN (6) GNOSIS (6) GOSSAN (6) NGAIOS (6)
Score: 46–21 (max 55)
Tracey sings SONGS in this round and gets 5. Keith also GAINS 5 points.
Round 8: T C S F E I R E G
Tracey: FESTER (6)
Keith: GREETS (6)
DC: ERECTS (6) REFITS (6) FIERCEST (8)
Score: 52–27 (max 63)
Tracey allows this round to FESTER. Keith GREETS it. It's 6 points a piece.
Round 9: 5, 9, 3, 1, 6, 100. Target: 810.
Tracey: 810. 100 - (6 + 3 + 1) x 9 (10)
Keith: -
Score: 62–27 (max 73)
A perfect 10 for Tracey with 810. Keith doesn't find it though so doesn't score.
Teatime teaser: FINEDSET -> INFESTED
Round 10: N L P A O A R B H
Tracey: APRON (5)
Keith: BARN (4)
DC: ALPHORN (7)
OT: ANAPHOR (7)
Score: 67–27 (max 80)
Another 5 for Tracey with APRON. Keith gets BARN but it's only 4.
Round 11: R X S E O I L M O
Tracey: ROOMIES (7)
Keith: SMILER (6)
DC: MOROSE (6) ORIOLES (7)
Score: 74–27 (max 87)
Tracey goes a further 7 ahead with ROOMIES. Keith is a SMILER even though he didn't score with the 6.
Susie Dent talks about the origins of herbs.
Round 12: P D N U A C R I K
Tracey: UNPAID (6)
Keith: PRANK (5)
DC: UNPACK (6) CUPID (5)
OT: CANDIRU (7) DUCKPIN (7) IRACUND (7)
Score: 80–27 (max 94)
Tracey gets UNPAID for another 6. Keith gets PRANK but it's only 5.
Round 13: L M T V U E A N R
Tracey: VAULTER (7)
Keith: MANTLE (6)
DC: LAMENT (6)
OT: NEUTRAL (7) NUMERAL (7) UNRAVEL (7) VAUNTER (7) VENTRAL (7)
Score: 87–27 (max 101)
And another 7 for Tracey with VAULTER. Keith gets MANTLE for 6.
Round 14: 5, 5, 3, 8, 6, 75. Target: 404.
Tracey: 405.
Keith: 404. (75 x 5) + (8 x 3) + 5 (10)
Score: 87–37 (max 111)
Tracey gets 1 away with the numbers, while Keith gets a perfect 10. Consolation points only now though.
Round 15: T Y R E F O R C E
Tracey buzzes on 3 seconds to say REFECTORY which is correct.
Final Score: 97–37 (max 121)
So Tracey gets her 3rd win in some style. Keith Taylor never really got going in this game and was always up against it as Tracey played brilliantly throughout. Not quite a century but Tracey is well settled into the champions chair now and will be confident going into next week. Will she go all the way and be an Octochamp? Join Andy McGurn on Monday to see if she can get to the half way point. I'll be back next Friday. Will this be Tracey's Octochamp crowning game or will she have been beaten by then? I hope you'll join me to find out. Until then thank you very much for reading, and goodbye.
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