Countdown recap for Thursday 13 January 2022.
C1: Champion Adrian Fletcher (7 wins, 656 points.) A worker in IT who lives in Kensington, but is originally from Warrington.
C2: Challenger David Wevill. A steel design engineer from Yorkshire.
DC: Susie Dent and Prue Leith.
AMI: Anne-Marie Imafidon.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: T A G L E P E T D
R02: S N A R D I E E M
R03: 75, 7, 2, 5, 4, 10. Target: 363.
TTT: RICHGENT - "He may have been a rich gent, but his personality left me feeling sick."
R04: O T N C O A R I U
R05: S E W N A O T G A
R06: 100, 4, 6, 8, 3, 8. Target: 968.
R07: S T E W C O N I R
R08: E F S G I V O M R
R09: 100, 8, 3, 1, 7, 3. Target: 678.
TTT: IHARDONE - "This is a hard one, 007 might be able to help."
R10: G S P N O E T U E
R11: D A L V S U I R E
R12: L M E O L I H R O
R13: P I F M U E S H I
R14: 75, 25, 10, 3, 9, 5. Target: 161.
R15: T O P P O E T R Y (conundrum)
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Round 1: T A G L E P E T D
Adrian: PLEATED (7)
David: PLEATED (7)
DC: LADETTE (7)
OT: AGLETTED (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)
Round 2: S N A R D I E E M
Adrian: REMAINED (8)
David: MEANDERS (8)
OT: MERIENDAS (18)
Score: 15–15 (max 26)
Round 3: 75, 7, 2, 5, 4, 10. Target: 363.
Adrian: 363. (75 x 5) - 10 - 2 (10)
David: 363. (75 x 5) - 10 - 2 (10)
Score: 25–25 (max 36)
Teatime teaser: RICHGENT -> RETCHING
Round 4: O T N C O A R I U
Adrian: CURTAIN (7)
David: CONTOUR (7)
DC: CURATION (8) CARTOON (7) RUCTION (7)
OT: NOCTURIA (8)
Score: 32–32 (max 44)
Round 5: S E W N A O T G A
Adrian: WASTAGE (7)
David: WASTAGE (7)
DC: STOWAGE (7) ONSTAGE (7) tonnage
OT: WANTAGES (8)
Score: 39–39 (max 52)
Round 6: 100, 4, 6, 8, 3, 8. Target: 968.
Adrian: 968. ((6 + 3) x (100 + 8)) - 4 (10)
David: 969.
Score: 49–39 (max 62)
Prue talks about dignity in dying, which she has been a supporter of following her brother's death.
Round 7: S T E W C O N I R
Adrian: CORNIEST (8)
David: SECTION (7)
DC: CROWNETS (8)
OT: NOTICERS (8)
Score: 57–39 (max 70)
Round 8: E F S G I V O M R
Adrian: FORGIVES (8)
David: FORGIVES (8)
Score: 65–47 (max 78)
Round 9: 100, 8, 3, 1, 7, 3. Target: 678.
Adrian: 678. ((100 - 3) x 7) - 1 (10)
David: 678. ((100 - 3) x 7) - 1 (10)
Score: 75–57 (max 88)
Teatime teaser: IHARDONE -> IRONHEAD
Round 10: G S P N O E T U E
Adrian: PENTOSE (7)
David: TONGUES (7)
DC: TOUPEES (7)
OT: OUTSEEN (7) PENGEST (7) PETUNES (7) POSTEEN (7) POTEENS (7)
Score: 82–64 (max 95)
Round 11: D A L V S U I R E
Adrian: SURVEIL (7)
David: VALUERS (7)
DC: RESIDUAL (8) DISVALUE (8)
Score: 89–71 (max 103)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "Neanderthal".
Round 12: L M E O L I H R O
Adrian: MILLER (6)
David: HEIRLOOM (8)
DC: MORELLO (7)
Score: 89–79 (max 111)
Round 13: P I F M U E S H I
Adrian: FUMES (5)
David: HUMPS (5)
DC: HUMPIES (7) HUMIFIES (8)
Score: 94–84 (max 119)
Round 14: 75, 25, 10, 3, 9, 5. Target: 161.
Adrian: 160. (9 x 10) + 75 - 5 (7)
David: 162. 75 + 25 + (5 x 10) + 9 + 3 (7)
AMI: 161. ((25 - 5 - 3) x 10) - 9 (10)
Score: 101–91 (max 129)
WOWSERS!!! A 10-point gap going into the conundrum..., can Adrian avoid a possible tiebreaker....
Round 15: T O P P O E T R Y
Adrian buzzes on 3.75 seconds to say "No, I'm wrong", which is incorrect.
David buzzes on 7.25 seconds to say PROTOTYPE which is correct.
Score: 101–101 (max 139)
ARGH!!!!! Adrian buzzes, but admits he's wrong...., and David steps in to level the scores....
A tiebreaker for octochampdom it is
Tiebreak conundrum: L E T Q U A R R Y
Adrian buzzes on 2 seconds to say QUARTERLY which is correct.
Final Score: 111–101 (max 139)
No mistake this time from Adrian, he does become an octochamp, and he should be back in the summer for the finals, he finishes with 757 points (not including those 10 points from that tiebreaker), you would think that there will be higher octototals in this series, but who knows...
Statistics Corner
Adrian:
Total score - 101 (111)
Raw score - 107 (117)
Total % of max - 73 (80)
Raw % of max - 77 (84)
Total average score per round - 6.7 (6.9)
Raw average score per round - 7.1 (7.3)
Number of maxes - 6 (7)
David:
Total score - 101 (101)
Raw score - 115 (115)
Total % of max - 73 (73)
Raw % of max - 83 (83)
Total average score per round - 6.7 (6.3)
Raw average score per round - 7.7 (7.2)
Number of maxes - 6 (6)
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=85