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Countdown recap for Tuesday 3 December 2019.
C1: Champion Jamie Wing (7 wins, 777 (787) points.) A 6th Form student from Godalming, Surrey.
C2: Challenger Alex Stuart. A maths student from Basingstoke, Hampshire. He's a big Liverpool fan.
DC: Susie Dent and Hannah Fry.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: H L A I S N L E O
R02: Y T L E A F S I J
R03: 75, 5, 8, 4, 1, 2. Target: 877.
TTT: CROPTOOTH - "It sounds like Jeremy had 8 attempts at it, but still kept making a hash of it."
R04: B S R U A O D N E
R05: S D I E X P A M H
R06: 25, 100, 4, 8, 10, 3. Target: 775.
R07: O I G S C U O T N
R08: T P A G I S N O U
R09: 25, 75, 5, 6, 2, 1. Target: 580.
TTT: VINCESRIG - "Vince's rig has been playing up, I think it needs looking at."
R10: F T R I A N E L A
R11: T R S O E O M B I
R12: D S P A E R U D E
R13: C A I E T R U R V
R14: 50, 25, 7, 1, 8, 5. Target: 733.
R15: R I D E I T O F F (conundrum)
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Round 1: H L A I S N L E O
Jamie: INHALES (7)
Alex: HAILS (5)
DC: SALINE (6) NOLLIES (7)
OT: HALLIONS (8) HELLIONS (8) LESIONAL (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)
Round 2: Y T L E A F S I J
Jamie: STIFLE (6)
Alex: filates
DC: FALSITY (7)
OT: FAILTES (7) SEALIFT (7)
Score: 13–0 (max 15)
Round 3: 75, 5, 8, 4, 1, 2. Target: 877.
Jamie: 877. ((8 + 4) x (75 - 2)) + 1 (10)
Alex: 876.
Score: 23–0 (max 25)
Teatime teaser: CROPTOOTH -> OCTOTHORP
Round 4: B S R U A O D N E
Jamie: REBOUNDS (8)
Alex: BOUNDERS (8)
DC: BROADENS (8) SUBORNED (8)
OT: BANDORES (8) SOUNDBAR (8)
Score: 31–8 (max 33)
Round 5: S D I E X P A M H
Jamie: APHIDES (7)
Alex: PHASED (6)
DC: MASHED (6) ADMIXES (7)
OT: DAMPISH (7) PHASMID (7)
Score: 38–8 (max 40)
Round 6: 25, 100, 4, 8, 10, 3. Target: 775.
Jamie: 775. (100 x 8) - 25 (10)
Alex: 775. (100 x 8) - 25 (10)
Score: 48–18 (max 50)
Hannah talks about how the movies get physics wrong.
Round 7: O I G S C U O T N
Jamie: SCOUTING (8)
Alex: SCOUTING (8)
DC: SCOOTING (8)
Score: 56–26 (max 58)
Round 8: T P A G I S N O U
Jamie: SPOUTING (8)
Alex: SPOUTING (8)
DC: OUTGAINS (8) pigsnout
OT: AUTOINGS (8) OPUNTIAS (8) PAITUNGS (8) PATINOUS (8) POUTINGS (8) UTOPIANS (8)
Score: 64–34 (max 66)
Round 9: 25, 75, 5, 6, 2, 1. Target: 580.
Jamie: 580. ((6 + 2) x 75) - 25 + 5 (10)
Alex: 580. ((6 + 2) x 75) - 25 + 5 (10)
Score: 74–44 (max 76)
Teatime teaser: VINCESRIG -> SERVICING
Round 10: F T R I A N E L A
Jamie: INFLATE (7)
Alex: FAINTER (7)
DC: INFLATER (8) RELIANT (7)
Score: 81–51 (max 84)
Round 11: T R S O E O M B I
Jamie: MOTORISE (8)
Alex: BOOMERS (7)
DC: ROOMIEST (8) MOBSTER (7)
OT: BIOSTROME (18)
Score: 89–51 (max 102)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "hustings".
Round 12: D S P A E R U D E
Jamie: PERSUADED (18)
Alex: PERSUADED (18)
DC: SUPERADD (8)
Score: 107–69 (max 120)
Round 13: C A I E T R U R V
Jamie: CURATIVE (8)
Alex: CURATE (6)
DC: CURVIER (7)
Score: 115–69 (max 128)
Round 14: 50, 25, 7, 1, 8, 5. Target: 733.
Jamie: 732. ((8 + 5 + 1) x 50) + 25 + 7 (7)
Alex: 732. ((8 + 5 + 1) x 50) + 25 + 7 (7)
RR: 733. ((50 + 25 + 7) x (8 + 1)) - 5 (10)
Score: 122–76 (max 138)
Round 15: R I D E I T O F F
Jamie buzzes on 1.5 seconds to say FORFEITED which is incorrect.
Alex buzzes on 12.25 seconds to say FORTIFIED which is correct.
Final Score: 122–86 (max 148)
And an impressive final display from Jamie Wing sees him be part of Countdown history, as he becomes the NINTH octochamp of Series 81, but he's more than safe, as his 899 (not including the 10 in his tie-break against Paul on his debut) puts him at #2 on the leaderboard, and unfortunately means that Corrina Attwood will become the first octochamp not to qualify for the series finals, as her 681 points is the lowest total of the 9 octochamps.
We only have 6 prelims left, so our finals line-up is set, so now it's time to find out who will be carryover champion going into the new decade.
Statistics Corner
Jamie:
Total score - 122
Raw score - 122
Total % of max - 82
Raw % of max - 82
Total average score per round - 8.1
Raw average score per round - 8.1
Number of maxes - 9
Alex:
Total score - 86
Raw score - 117
Total % of max - 58
Raw % of max - 79
Total average score per round - 5.7
Raw average score per round - 7.8
Number of maxes - 7
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=81