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Countdown recap for Tuesday 15 January 2019.
C1: Series 77 Semi-Finalist John Cowen (11 games, 10 wins, 1,084 points.) A maths graduate from Morecambe, Lancashire. He won his preliminary match 97-94 against Ann Dibben on 3 January.
C2: Series 77 Runner-Up Bradley Horrocks (12 games, 11 wins, 1,264 points.) An Apteforumite and maths graduate from Bolton. He won his preliminary match 128-104 against Andrew Macleod last Thursday.
DC: Susie Dent and Dr. Linda Papadopoulos.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: D S E O L T E M P
R02: A E O S L M C U D
R03: 5, 2, 9, 1, 7, 4. Target: 366.
TTT: SCOTCHKIP - "It doesn't matter how fit you are, you won't finish the course with just this."
R04: I A O S N X R N E
R05: D I O P E C H I P
R06: 50, 100, 25, 75, 10, 7. Target: 198.
R07: S R A I T O V E Q
R08: O A E G T N A R U
R09: 2, 3, 4, 6, 1, 9. Target: 297.
TTT: COOLBUSES - "If you're having this for dinner, things might be all at sea."
R10: I U E N W Z R D A
R11: N E I S L O A W J
R12: U E O D T L S E R
R13: B A Y I R A G E T
R14: 25, 50, 100, 75, 8, 9. Target: 700.
R15: M I H I B A L L S (conundrum)
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Round 1: D S E O L T E M P
John: MOLESTED (8)
Bradley: POEMLETS (8)
DC: TEMPLES (7)
Score: 8–8 (max 8)
Round 2: A E O S L M C U D
John: LEUCOMAS (8)
Bradley: MELADOS (7)
DC: MACULES (7) MACULOSE (8)
OT: MOUCLADES (18)
Score: 16–8 (max 26)
After both players spot an 8 in the opener, John takes the lead with his LEUCOMAS.
Round 3: 5, 2, 9, 1, 7, 4. Target: 366.
John: 368.
Bradley: 366. ((9 x 7) - 2) x (5 + 1) (10)
Score: 16–18 (max 36)
But, it quickly disappears, as for the second 6 small in a row, he messes up, and Bradley nicks the lead.
Teatime teaser: SCOTCHKIP -> CHOPSTICK
Round 4: I A O S N X R N E
John: AXIONS (6)
Bradley: AXIONS (6)
DC: OXINES (6)
OT: OREXINS (7) RANINES (7) RANNIES (7)
Score: 22–24 (max 43)
Round 5: D I O P E C H I P
John: CHOPPED (7)
Bradley: CHIPPED (7)
DC: CHIPPIE (7)
Score: 29–31 (max 50)
Round 6: 50, 100, 25, 75, 10, 7. Target: 198.
John: 198. 100 + 75 + 25 - (7 - (50 / 10)) (10)
Bradley: 198. 100 + 75 + 25 - (7 - (50 / 10)) (10)
Score: 39–41 (max 60)
This game is still very tight...
Dr. Linda talks about how happiness can be good for us.
Round 7: S R A I T O V E Q
John: VOTARIES (8)
Bradley: VOTARIES (8)
DC: OVARIES (7)
Score: 47–49 (max 68)
Round 8: O A E G T N A R U
John: OUTRANGE (8)
Bradley: OUTRANGE (8)
OT: AERONAUT (8) ARGONAUT (8) RUNAGATE (8)
Score: 55–57 (max 76)
Round 9: 2, 3, 4, 6, 1, 9. Target: 297.
John: 297. (6 + 4 + 1) x 3 x 9 (10)
Bradley: 297. (6 + 4 + 1) x 3 x 9 (10)
Score: 65–67 (max 86)
A perfect trio of rounds here.
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Teatime teaser: COOLBUSES -> LOBSCOUSE
Round 10: I U E N W Z R D A
John: UNWIRED (7)
Bradley: UNAIRED (7)
DC: WIZARD (6)
OT: UNRAZED (7)
Score: 72–74 (max 93)
Round 11: N E I S L O A W J
John: jowles
Bradley: INWALES (7)
DC: JOWLS (5) JAWLINES (8)
Score: 72–81 (max 101)
Bradley pulls further ahead after a quick trip INWALES....
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Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of words where the "wrong" version will eventually become the accepted version.
Round 12: U E O D T L S E R
John: URODELES (8)
Bradley: RESULTED (8)
DC: RESOLUTE (8)
OT: DELUSTRE (8)
Score: 80–89 (max 109)
Round 13: B A Y I R A G E T
John: TRIAGE (6)
Bradley: airgate
DC: GYRATE (6)
OT: GAYATRI (7)
Score: 86–89 (max 116)
After some easy 8's, Bradley goes for his "worth a risk" shot of airgate, which cuts the gap back down to 3, but you can understand why he did it.
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Round 14: 25, 50, 100, 75, 8, 9. Target: 700.
John: 700. (8 x 100) - 75 - 25 (10)
Bradley: 700. (75 x 8) + 100 (10)
Score: 96–99 (max 126)
Not the killer blow Bradley was hoping for, but we do have a CRUCIAL CONUNDRUM
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Round 15: M I H I B A L L S
John buzzes on 23 seconds to say MILLIBASH which is incorrect.
Bradley buzzes on 27.25 seconds to say SIMBILLAH which is incorrect.
The answer was BISMILLAH.
Final Score: 96–99 (max 136)
Just as it looks like John is about to pull it out of the bag, he's denied, and Bradley can't solve this super stinker either!! I must admit I had heard of the word, purely because it used to be one of my local Indian restaurants...
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But, as with the original Series 77 semi-final, Bradley is the winner again, and he will be back on Monday to either take on Matthew Tassier, or be in for ANOTHER rematch, this time with the man who denied him the Series 77 title, Tom Chafer-Cook...
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Statistics Corner
John:
Total score - 96
Raw score - 103
Total % of max - 71
Raw % of max - 76
Total average score per round - 6.4
Raw average score per round - 6.9
Number of maxes - 9
Bradley:
Total score - 99
Raw score - 106
Total % of max - 73
Raw % of max - 78
Total average score per round - 6.6
Raw average score per round - 7.1
Number of maxes - 10
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Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=-18