On this day in 1991 we said goodbye to Queen frontman Freddie Mercury who tragically died at the age of 45, not only he was a huge cat lover owning many as 10, each cat having it's own bedroom at his luxury mansion in Kensington they were his babies. Every one of his cats were lavished with gifts and treats, when he was not touring or recording an album as we all know Freddie was a huge Countdown fan he loved the word part of the game but never cared much for the maths part, so here is my tribute to the late great Freddie Mercury.
C1: Champion Neil Brooks (3 wins, 273 points.)
C2: Challenger Bobby James.
DC: Susie Dent and Christopher Biggins .
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: M O G E H U T G T
R02: N P R O I E C Y S
R03: 50, 6, 3, 3, 5, 8, . Target: 185.
TTT: HOMESALE - "It's going to pour with frozen rain; it could be good for me."
R04: W R T N A U A D H
R05: L O M A N O R I N
R06: 75, 100, 10, 2, 8, 3. Target: 108.
R07: R A F I L E T Z J
R08: T S I E U D P T I
R09: 75, 4, 8, 10, 9, 3. Target: 711.
TTT: SNAILPEG - "You'd better be quick, time is running out."
R10: S T S M R O A E K
R11: N I X E R O B N G
R12: D C L I A A S E R
R13: L A S E T I F T V
R14: 75, 100, 25, 50, 8, 3, . Target: 842.
R15: B E N D D R U L E (conundrum)
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Round 1: M O G E H U T G T
Neil: THEM (4)
Bobby: TOUGH (5)
DC: TOUGH (5) HOGGET (6)
OT: GHETTO (6) MUGGET (6) MUGGOT (6)
Score: 0–5 (max 6)
Not the best set of letters.......Quite a few 6s were hidden
Round 2: N P R O I E C Y S
Neil: CORNY (5)
Bobby: cornies
DC: CRONIES (7) CONSPIRE (8)
OT: NECROPSY (8)
Score: 5–5 (max 14)
Round 3: 50, 6, 3, 3, 5, 8. Target: 185.
Neil: 186.
Bobby: 185. (50 + 6 + 3) × 3 + 8 (10)
Score: 5–15 (max 24)
Teatime teaser: HOMESALE -> HALESOME
Round 4: W R T N A U A D H
Neil: THAW (4)
Bobby: TAUNT* (5)wrongly allowed
DC: UNTHAW (6)
OT: DATURA (6) DHARNA (6) DURWAN (6) HARDUN (6) THRAWN (6) TUNDRA (6) WHANAU (6)
Score: 5–20 (max 30)
Round 5: L O M A N O R I N
Neil: MOLAR (5)
Bobby: MONORAIL (8)
Score: 5–28 (max 38)
Round 6: 75, 100, 10, 2, 8, 3. Target: 108.
Neil: 108. 100+8 (10)
Bobby: 108. 100+8 (10)
Score: 15–38 (max 48)
AHEM..............................NO COMMENT !!!!!
Round 7: R A F I L E T Z J
Neil: FILTER (6)
Bobby: FLARE/FLAIR (5)
DC: JALFREZI (8)
Score: 21–38 (max 56)
A nice foodie 8 from Susie Jalfrezi !!
Round 8: T S I E U D P T I
Neil: PITTED (6)
Bobby: DISPUTE (7)
DC: PUTTIED (7)
OT: DITTIES (7) PIETIST (7) PUTTIES (7) SPITTED (7) TIDIEST (7)
Score: 21–45 (max 63)
Round 9: 75, 4, 8, 10, 9, 3. Target: 711.
Neil: 711. (75 − 4) × 10 + 9 − 8 (10)
Bobby: 711. (75 − 4) × 10 + 9 − 8 (10)
Score: 31–55 (max 73)
Top marks from both of our contestants they have no trouble in spotting this bad boy !!!..........In other news there was a less complicated method
75+4=79
79*9=711
Teatime teaser: SNAILPEG -> ELAPSING
Round 10: S T S M R O A E K
Neil: moaters
Bobby: MARKETS (7)
DC: SMOKERS (7) MAESTROS (8)
OT: MORATSES (8)
Score: 31–62 (max 81)
Round 11: N I X E R O B N G
Neil: BONNIER (7)
Bobby: reboxing
DC: RINGBONE (8)
OT: ENROBING (8)
Score: 38–62 (max 89)
A good 7 from Neil.......It is still not enough to catch Bobby who has Reboxing disallowed by Susie, but DC spot an 8 with Ringbone
Round 12: D C L I A A S E R
Neil: SCALED (6)
Bobby: RADICALS (8)
DC: SALARIED (8)
OT: ALCAIDES (8) CALDERAS (8) DESCRIAL (8) RADIALES (8) RADICELS (8) RADICLES (8) SIDALCEA (8)
Score: 38–70 (max 97)
Lots of 8s .........lets move on !!!!
Round 13: L A S E T I F T V
Neil: FEAST (5)
Bobby: FESTIVAL (8)
DC: FLATTIES (8)
Score: 38–78 (max 105)
A nice selection of letters.....I spotted both of the 8s
Round 14: 75, 100, 25, 50, 8, 3. Target: 842.
Neil: 844. 100 × 8 + 50 − (75 ÷ 25 + 3) (7)
Bobby: 843. Mistake in working.
RR: 842. (100 − 25 × 3 ÷ 75) × 8 + 50 (10)
Score: 45–78 (max 115)
A good solve from Neil but it is not enough to seal a 4th victory, but Rachel shows us how it is done.......this was one I solved using a completely different method
75/25=3
3*3=9
100*9=900
50+8=58
900-58=842
Round 15: B E N D D R U L E
Bobby buzzes on 5 seconds to say BLUNDERED which is correct.
Final Score: 45–88 (max 125)
NOTE 1: In Round 4, James' declaration of TAUNT should have been disallowed as there was only one T in the selection; therefore, the final score should have been 83 – 49.
NOTE 2: James was not asked to spell his word in Round 7 and both homophones are therefore listed here. He was also not asked to spell his word in Round 12, but Dent and Rachel Riley took his declaration as RADICALS rather than RADICLES.[/b]
A great game all round from Neil will be satisfied with his 3 wins and the teapot , tune into the show tomorrow to see if Bobby can stay in the champions chair.......in the meantime it's bye for now !
