Monday 21st September 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 118)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Monday 21 September 2020.

C1: Champion Shane Roberts (1 win, 90 points.) An assistant principal at a secondary school from Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
C2: Challenger Des Cooper. A trainee driving instructor from Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire. He has a season ticket for Peterborough United F.C..
DC: Susie Dent and Steph McGovern.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: Z I A T G N E R N
R02: M D L C O U A I S
R03: 75, 5, 3, 9, 10, 8. Target: 252.
TTT: FINEUNCLE - "Social media stars can earn lots of money helping to do this to people."
R04: O A E J M R T U L
R05: D I P W D A E R R
R06: 75, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10. Target: 959.
R07: T O S R B C U E H
R08: P F W Y I A E O B
R09: 8, 6, 1, 5, 2, 9. Target: 886.
TTT: DIGTHESUN - "She didn't dig the sun being in her eyes, she couldn't see a thing."
R10: E I A O H K V F C
R11: T E R G Q L I A O
R12: E I O S X G L A D
R13: P U S M N D I E R
R14: 75, 10, 6, 2, 3, 1. Target: 761.
R15: E W E V I R G I N (conundrum)


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Round 1: Z I A T G N E R N

Shane: tazering
Des: RANTING (7)
OT: AGINNER (7) ANTEING (7) ANTIGEN (7) EARNING (7) ENGRAIN (7) ENTRAIN (7) GENTIAN (7) GRANITE (7) GRANNIE (7) GRATINE (7) INGRATE (7) NEARING (7) NIGERAN (7) RAENING (7) REGNANT (7) RENTING (7) RETZIAN (7) RINGENT (7) TANGIER (7) TEARING (7) TRANNIE (7) TZIGANE (7)
Score: 0–7 (max 7)

Round 2: M D L C O U A I S

Shane: MOSAIC (6)
Des: coulais
DC: COULIS (6)
OT: MUCOIDAL (8)
Score: 6–7 (max 15)

Round 3: 75, 5, 3, 9, 10, 8. Target: 252.

Shane: 252. ((75 + 10) x 3) - (8 - 5) (10)
Des: 252. (75 + 9) x 3 (10)
Score: 16–17 (max 25)

Teatime teaser: FINEUNCLE -> INFLUENCE

Round 4: O A E J M R T U L

Shane: malter
Des: MOULTER (7)
DC: EMULATOR (8)
Score: 16–24 (max 33)

Round 5: D I P W D A E R R

Shane: rapider
Des: REPAID (6)
DC: RAPID (5) PARRIED (7) WARPED (6)
OT: RAIRDED (7) REDWARD (7)
Score: 16–30 (max 40)

Round 6: 75, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10. Target: 959.

Shane: 960.
Des: 959. ((10 + 3) x 75) - 9 - 7 (10)
Score: 16–40 (max 50)

Steph talks about her podcast, Not Bad For A Monday, where people talk about weird work stories.

Round 7: T O S R B C U E H

Shane: BUTCHERS (8)
Des: BUTCHERS (8)
OT: BOTCHERS (8) TOUCHERS (8)
Score: 24–48 (max 58)

Round 8: P F W Y I A E O B

Shane: WIFEY (5)
Des: WIPE (4)
DC: BOWIE (5)
OT: POWIE (5)
Score: 29–48 (max 63)

Round 9: 8, 6, 1, 5, 2, 9. Target: 886.

Shane: 880. (5 + 6) x 8 x (9 + 1) (5)
Des: 886. Mistake in working.
RR: 886. ((((8 x 9) + 1) x 6) + 5) x 2 (10)
Score: 34–48 (max 73)

Teatime teaser: DIGTHESUN -> UNSIGHTED

Round 10: E I A O H K V F C

Shane: VOICE (5)
Des: VOICE (5)
DC: HACKIE (6)
OT: KOCHIA (6)
Score: 39–53 (max 79)

Round 11: T E R G Q L I A O

Shane: GOATIER (7)
Des: GLOATER (7)
OT: ALIGOTE (7) LEGATOR (7) RIGOLET (7)
Score: 46–60 (max 86)

Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "gibberish".

Round 12: E I O S X G L A D

Shane: GOALIES (7)
Des: LADIES (6)
DC: OXIDASE (7)
OT: GOALSIDE (8)
Score: 53–60 (max 94)

Round 13: P U S M N D I E R

Shane: DUMPERS (7)
Des: MINDERS (7)
DC: UNPRIMED (8) INSURED (7)
OT: SUPERMIND (18)
Score: 60–67 (max 112)

Round 14: 75, 10, 6, 2, 3, 1. Target: 761.

Shane: 761. (10 x 75) + 6 + 2 + 3 (10)
Des: 761. ((75 + 1) x 10) + 3 - 2 (10)
Score: 70–77 (max 122)

Round 15: E W E V I R G I N

Des buzzes on 3.25 seconds to say REVIEWING which is correct.
Final Score: 70–87 (max 132)

Statistics Corner

Shane:
Total score - 70
Raw score - 77
Total % of max - 53
Raw % of max - 58
Total average score per round - 4.7
Raw average score per round - 5.1
Number of maxes - 5

Des:
Total score - 87
Raw score - 97
Total % of max - 66
Raw % of max - 73
Total average score per round - 5.8
Raw average score per round - 6.5
Number of maxes - 7

Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=82