Recap for 14th August 2002, Series 48

[Martin Bishop]

With Countdown on a horse-related sabbatical last week, my parents went digging through their old tapes and found this game: the last in Danny Hamilton's octochamp run. His previous game was on the same tape, but unfortunately, the first couple of rounds are missing.

Countdown recap for Wednesday 14 August 2002.

C1: Champion Danny Hamilton (7 wins)
C2: Challenger Dominic Allen.
DC: Susie Dent and Jan Harvey.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: M C R I A I S N T
R02: H E G O D U R L S
R03: A E O P V G D N R
R04: L I X A D E M A C
R05: 25, 75, 50, 100, 7, 1. Target: 661.
TTT: PULLTOE - "Contaminate"
R06: R O S U F E C L G
R07: I N E P D A R L T
R08: N O D I S I M T A
R09: H J S I E N D G O
R10: 50, 1, 10, 2, 10, 6. Target: 229.
TTT: CLAPHEY - "Inexpensive budgie"
R11: T P M R E I I T G
R12: S O T E K U C M W
R13: O Z R N L Y V A E
R14: 25, 1, 10, 3, 1, 5. Target: 320.
R15: T I C K L E R O N (conundrum)


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Round 1: M C R I A I S N T

C1: STRAIN (6)
C2: MARTINS (7)
DC: ANTICS (6)
OT: ACTINISM (8) SCIMITAR (8)
Score: 0–7 (max 8)

Round 2: H E G O D U R L S

C1: ROUGHED (7)
C2: HURDLES (7)
DC: SLOUGHED (8) SHOULDER (8)
Score: 7–14 (max 16)

Round 3: A E O P V G D N R

C1: GROANED (7)
C2: PRONGED (7)
DC: OPERAND (7)
OT: APRONED (7) PADRONE (7) PRANGED (7)
Score: 14–21 (max 23)

Round 4: L I X A D E M A C

C1: DECIMAL (7)
C2: DECIMAL (7)
DC: MEDICAL (7) CLAIMED (7)
OT: CLIMAXED (8)
Score: 21–28 (max 31)

Round 5: 25, 75, 50, 100, 7, 1. Target: 661.

C1: 668. (100-1)*7-25 (5)
C2: -
OT: 661. (100*7)-((75*(25+1))/50) (10)
Score: 26–28 (max 41)
Carol says she got closer than Danny, but doesn't give any details.

Teatime teaser: PULLTOE -> POLLUTE

Round 6: R O S U F E C L G

C1: CLOSURE (7)
C2: GLUCOSE (7)
DC: REGULOS (7)
OT: COLURES (7) FOCUSER (7) REFOCUS (7) GOLFERS (7) OURSELF (7) SCOURGE (7)
Score: 33–35 (max 48)

Round 7: I N E P D A R L T

C1: TRAINED (7)
C2: DEPLIANTx
DC: TRIPLANE (8) TRAPLINE (8) DIPTERAL (8)
OT: DIPTERAN (8) PANTILED (8)
Score: 40–35 (max 56)

Round 8: N O D I S I M T A

C1: DOMAINS (7)
C2: DOMAINS (7)
DC: MASTOID (7) SAINTDOM (8)
Score: 47–42 (max 64)

Round 9: H J S I E N D G O

C1: JOSHING (7)
C2: JOSHING (7)
OT: DINGOES (7) JINGOES (7) SHOEING (7)
Score: 54–49 (max 71)

Round 10: 50, 1, 10, 2, 10, 6. Target: 229.

C1: -
C2: 230. ((6-1)*50)-10-10 (7)
CV: 229. ((50-6)*(10/2))+10-1 (10)
Score: 54–56 (max 81)

Teatime teaser: CLAPHEY -> CHEAPLY

Round 11: T P M R E I I T G

C1: PERMIT (6)
C2: PERMIT (6)
OT: PERITI (6)
Score: 60–62 (max 87)

Round 12: S O T E K U C M W

C1: COSTUME (7)
C2: COSTUME (7)
Score: 67–69 (max 94)

Round 13: O Z R N L Y V A E

C1: OVERLAY (7)
C2: NEARLY (6)
DC: LAYOVER (7)
OT: VERONAL (7)
Score: 74–69 (max 101)

Round 14: 25, 1, 10, 3, 1, 5. Target: 320.

C1: 320. (25+5+1+1)*10 (10)
C2: 320. (25+5+3-1)*10 (10)
Score: 84–79 (max 111)

Round 15: T I C K L E R O N

C1 buzzes on 12 seconds to say INTERLOCK which is correct.
Score: 94–79 (max 121)

[Richard Priest]

Good game. I remember Danny being the poor guy who ended up being clobbered with four 9s when he played Julian Fell in the semis.