Tuesday 25th August 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 27)
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:12 pm
Countdown recap for Tuesday 25 August 2009.
C1: Champion Paul Varlaam (5 wins, 416 points.) from Wandsworth, London. He's a volunteer at a school charity shop.
C2: Challenger Ed "SuperTed" Rossiter, a bar manager from Southampton. He's a keen Scrabbler and loves Paris, Crosswords, football and cricket.
DC: Susie Dent and Alastair Stewart.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: C U R C I W H E D
R02: S R P O E A N R S
R03: R X I M G E L E T
R04: Y D F U O E T M P
R05: 100, 2, 8, 9, 4, 9. Target: 562.
TTT: REDGIANT - "Moving lightly on egg shells, perhaps?"
R06: S G T A E O N Z U
R07: B R E S T A D A S
R08: N V L I A I D O N
R09: R S O H E R S I T
R10: 5, 7, 3, 5, 4, 25. Target: 307.
TTT: EELGRASS - "Very generous. Think of Superman's outfit."
R11: P M E T K I L D O
R12: T B T E I E T L I
R13: P O R Q A D N E C
R14: 7, 8, 2, 7, 8, 100. Target: 665.
R15: B I R D S C E D E (conundrum)
For those of you who've been following Paul for the past few weeks, he's told me that he's starting to feel really unnerved and he'd like to be left alone. No seriously though, Paul is possibly one of Countdown's most inconsistent players ever, going from words like WOOMERA and FOAMIEST in one round to NESTS in the next. Possibly it's just his nerves, but there's a lot of talk on whether our hit-and-miss friend will reach the coveted title of Octochamp. He's yet to score a century but hopes to do so today. Up to stop him is Ed Rossiter whom I believe Neb possibly knows from the Scrabble circuit so this is undoubtedly going to be a notorious ding dong of a match!
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Round 1: C U R C I W H E D
C1: RICH (4)
C2: CHIDER (6)
DC: WIDER (5) CURED (5)
OT: CHICER (6) DREICH (6) RUCHED (6)
Score: 0–6 (max 6)
Round 2: S R P O E A N R S
C1: PERSONAS (8)
C2: SPORRANS (8)
OT: RESPONSA (8)
Score: 8–14 (max 14)
In the space of just one round Paul has gone from scrag to brag!
RESPONSA is the plural of the Latin "Responsum" which comprises a body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions
Round 3: R X I M G E L E T
C1: GIMLET (6)
C2: GIMLET (6)
OT: EMIGRE (6) REGIME (6) MELTER (6) METIER (6) RETIME (6) MILTER (6) REGLET (6) RETILE (6)
Score: 14–20 (max 20)
A gimlet is a small T-shaped tool, or a cocktail of gin and lime juice.
Round 4: Y D F U O E T M P
C1: TEMPO (5)
C2: POUTED (6)
DC: DEPUTY (6)
OT: TUMEFY (6) YOMPED (6)
Score: 14–26 (max 26)
Round 5: 100, 2, 8, 9, 4, 9. Target: 562.
C1: 564. (8-2)x100-9x4 (7)
C2: 564. as above (7)
RR: 562. (9x8+2)x9-100-4 (10) (out of time, 563 within the time)
Score: 21–33 (max 36)
Teatime teaser: REDGIANT -> TREADING
I was thinking wtf does GRADIENT have to do with egg shells???
Round 6: S G T A E O N Z U
C1: TONGUES (7)
C2: OUTAGES (7)
DC: SOUTANE (7) TANGOES (7) OUTSANG (7)
OT: NOUGATS (7) ONSTAGE (7)
Score: 28–40 (max 43)
Round 7: B R E S T (lolz) A D A S
C1: ******** (8)
C2: ******** (8)
Score: 36–48 (max 51)
I'm not entirely sure why the 8 was blanked out. It's not as if ASSARTED is even considered that rude anymore. Oh yeah and BASTARDS was there too.
Round 8: N V L I A I D O N
C1: INVALID (7)
C2: INLAID (6)
Score: 43–48 (max 58)
Terrific spot from Paul there. I'm sure a few of you out there were hoping for a final vowel for VINDALOO
Round 9: R S O H E R S I T
C1: HORSIEST (8)
C2: SHORTIES (8)
OT: HERITORS (8) HOISTERS (8) RESISTOR (8) ROISTERS (8) SORRIEST (8)
Score: 51–56 (max 66)
Round 10: 5, 7, 3, 5, 4, 25. Target: 307.
C1: 307. 3x4x25+7 (10)
C2: 307. as above (10)
Score: 61–66 (max 76)
Teatime teaser: EELGRASS -> LARGESSE
Round 11: P M E T K I L D O
C1: MILKED (6)
C2: KILTED (6)
DC: IMPLODE (7)
OT: PILOTED (7)
Score: 67–72 (max 83)
As the Scottish theme continues DC spot their first beater of the day.
Round 12: T B T E I E T L I
C1: TITLE (5)
C2: TITTLE (6)
DC: TITBIT (6)
OT: TITTIE (6) A pity TITTIE wasn't mentioned, along with BREASTS in round 7
Score: 67–78 (max 89)
Round 13: P O R Q A D N E C
C1: pondera (Alas there's 3 valid anagrams but this isn't one of them Paul!)
C2: APRONED (7)
DC: PADRONE (7) OPERAND (7)
OT: ENDOCARP (8) Everyone misses the Darren (except Stuart Earl probably)
Score: 67–85 (max 97)
Round 14: 7, 8, 2, 7, 8, 100. Target: 665.
C1: 660.
C2: 665. (100+2-7)x7 (10)
Score: 67–95 (max 107)
A neat method gives Ed the game by a comfortable margin
Round 15: B I R D S C E D E
C2 buzzes on 0.5 seconds (with his chair shaking!) to say DESCRIBED which is correct.
Score: 67–105 (max 117)
Alas the elusive Benji for Paul remains erm... elusive, but he could still very possibly be back for the finals as he is currently the No 3 seed. Ed meanwhile bags the teapot and 179 points in the way of the dog. Any takers for how many he might win?
Recap written by Sfyris and Garner lexo-industries
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=61
C1: Champion Paul Varlaam (5 wins, 416 points.) from Wandsworth, London. He's a volunteer at a school charity shop.
C2: Challenger Ed "SuperTed" Rossiter, a bar manager from Southampton. He's a keen Scrabbler and loves Paris, Crosswords, football and cricket.
DC: Susie Dent and Alastair Stewart.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: C U R C I W H E D
R02: S R P O E A N R S
R03: R X I M G E L E T
R04: Y D F U O E T M P
R05: 100, 2, 8, 9, 4, 9. Target: 562.
TTT: REDGIANT - "Moving lightly on egg shells, perhaps?"
R06: S G T A E O N Z U
R07: B R E S T A D A S
R08: N V L I A I D O N
R09: R S O H E R S I T
R10: 5, 7, 3, 5, 4, 25. Target: 307.
TTT: EELGRASS - "Very generous. Think of Superman's outfit."
R11: P M E T K I L D O
R12: T B T E I E T L I
R13: P O R Q A D N E C
R14: 7, 8, 2, 7, 8, 100. Target: 665.
R15: B I R D S C E D E (conundrum)
For those of you who've been following Paul for the past few weeks, he's told me that he's starting to feel really unnerved and he'd like to be left alone. No seriously though, Paul is possibly one of Countdown's most inconsistent players ever, going from words like WOOMERA and FOAMIEST in one round to NESTS in the next. Possibly it's just his nerves, but there's a lot of talk on whether our hit-and-miss friend will reach the coveted title of Octochamp. He's yet to score a century but hopes to do so today. Up to stop him is Ed Rossiter whom I believe Neb possibly knows from the Scrabble circuit so this is undoubtedly going to be a notorious ding dong of a match!
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Round 1: C U R C I W H E D
C1: RICH (4)
C2: CHIDER (6)
DC: WIDER (5) CURED (5)
OT: CHICER (6) DREICH (6) RUCHED (6)
Score: 0–6 (max 6)
Round 2: S R P O E A N R S
C1: PERSONAS (8)
C2: SPORRANS (8)
OT: RESPONSA (8)
Score: 8–14 (max 14)
In the space of just one round Paul has gone from scrag to brag!
RESPONSA is the plural of the Latin "Responsum" which comprises a body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions
Round 3: R X I M G E L E T
C1: GIMLET (6)
C2: GIMLET (6)
OT: EMIGRE (6) REGIME (6) MELTER (6) METIER (6) RETIME (6) MILTER (6) REGLET (6) RETILE (6)
Score: 14–20 (max 20)
A gimlet is a small T-shaped tool, or a cocktail of gin and lime juice.
Round 4: Y D F U O E T M P
C1: TEMPO (5)
C2: POUTED (6)
DC: DEPUTY (6)
OT: TUMEFY (6) YOMPED (6)
Score: 14–26 (max 26)
Round 5: 100, 2, 8, 9, 4, 9. Target: 562.
C1: 564. (8-2)x100-9x4 (7)
C2: 564. as above (7)
RR: 562. (9x8+2)x9-100-4 (10) (out of time, 563 within the time)
Score: 21–33 (max 36)
Teatime teaser: REDGIANT -> TREADING
I was thinking wtf does GRADIENT have to do with egg shells???
Round 6: S G T A E O N Z U
C1: TONGUES (7)
C2: OUTAGES (7)
DC: SOUTANE (7) TANGOES (7) OUTSANG (7)
OT: NOUGATS (7) ONSTAGE (7)
Score: 28–40 (max 43)
Round 7: B R E S T (lolz) A D A S
C1: ******** (8)
C2: ******** (8)
Score: 36–48 (max 51)
I'm not entirely sure why the 8 was blanked out. It's not as if ASSARTED is even considered that rude anymore. Oh yeah and BASTARDS was there too.
Round 8: N V L I A I D O N
C1: INVALID (7)
C2: INLAID (6)
Score: 43–48 (max 58)
Terrific spot from Paul there. I'm sure a few of you out there were hoping for a final vowel for VINDALOO
Round 9: R S O H E R S I T
C1: HORSIEST (8)
C2: SHORTIES (8)
OT: HERITORS (8) HOISTERS (8) RESISTOR (8) ROISTERS (8) SORRIEST (8)
Score: 51–56 (max 66)
Round 10: 5, 7, 3, 5, 4, 25. Target: 307.
C1: 307. 3x4x25+7 (10)
C2: 307. as above (10)
Score: 61–66 (max 76)
Teatime teaser: EELGRASS -> LARGESSE
Round 11: P M E T K I L D O
C1: MILKED (6)
C2: KILTED (6)
DC: IMPLODE (7)
OT: PILOTED (7)
Score: 67–72 (max 83)
As the Scottish theme continues DC spot their first beater of the day.
Round 12: T B T E I E T L I
C1: TITLE (5)
C2: TITTLE (6)
DC: TITBIT (6)
OT: TITTIE (6) A pity TITTIE wasn't mentioned, along with BREASTS in round 7
Score: 67–78 (max 89)
Round 13: P O R Q A D N E C
C1: pondera (Alas there's 3 valid anagrams but this isn't one of them Paul!)
C2: APRONED (7)
DC: PADRONE (7) OPERAND (7)
OT: ENDOCARP (8) Everyone misses the Darren (except Stuart Earl probably)
Score: 67–85 (max 97)
Round 14: 7, 8, 2, 7, 8, 100. Target: 665.
C1: 660.
C2: 665. (100+2-7)x7 (10)
Score: 67–95 (max 107)
A neat method gives Ed the game by a comfortable margin
Round 15: B I R D S C E D E
C2 buzzes on 0.5 seconds (with his chair shaking!) to say DESCRIBED which is correct.
Score: 67–105 (max 117)
Alas the elusive Benji for Paul remains erm... elusive, but he could still very possibly be back for the finals as he is currently the No 3 seed. Ed meanwhile bags the teapot and 179 points in the way of the dog. Any takers for how many he might win?
Recap written by Sfyris and Garner lexo-industries
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=61