Recap - Friday 9 October 2009. Series 61 Prelim 60

[Allan Harmer]

Countdown recap for Friday 9 October 2009.

C1: Champion Steve Wood (3 wins, 263 points.)
Apterist Steve comes from Woking but is completing a MA at Manchester. Very handy for filming then.
C2: Challenger Paul Broadhead.
Paul is a Councillor from Tuckton in Derbyshire. His hobbies are pipe smoking and drinking. His wife Eileen has also appeared on CD in this series and was beaten 116-52 by our own Andrew Hulme.
DC: Susie Dent and Martin Lewis.
I think that Martin is a very welcome addition to DC and he clearly has a passion for the game.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: V I N O E C D A R
R02: D C R E I E T N I
R03: H A I S N P O U M
R04: T E J A I D Q T O
R05: 4, 6, 10, 7, 25, 75, . Target: 205.
TTT: TONICSIR - "The youth is angry about pieces of fried bread"
R06: E A D B S I H F E
R07: S C O O P R E S T
R08: S Z L I A I T R E
R09: F O R N E A G L O
R10: 8, 6, 9, 7, 5, 25. Target: 115.
TTT: HOLYNEST - "For this clue I'll promise you there's no lying"
R11: X R U S D A E B T
R12: N L N I E I E W N
R13: M I L U E T M O R
R14: 6, 1, 8, 10, 6, 100. Target: 706.
R15: O R C A C H O C K (conundrum)


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Round 1: V I N O E C D A R

C1: INVADER (7)
C2: INVADE (6)
First round nerves for Paul as he misses adding the R for INVADER
DC: VOIDANCE (8)
OT: VERONICA (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)

Round 2: D C R E I E T N I

C1: ENTICED (7)
C2: INCITED (7)
DC: INDIRECT (8)
OT: INDICTEE (8) INDICTER (8)
Score: 14–7 (max 16)

Round 3: H A I S N P O U M

C1: PAINS (5)
C2: maison
A reasonable gamble by Paul but maison is not in the Dictionary
DC: PIANOS (6)
OT: MOPANIS (7) SHOPMAN (7) SPUMONI (7)
Score: 19–7 (max 23)

Round 4: T E J A I D Q T O

C1: JOTTED (6)
C2: JOTTED (6)
OT: IODATE (6)
Score: 25–13 (max 29)

Round 5: 4, 6, 10, 7, 25, 75. Target: 205.

C1: 206. 7-4=3x75=225-25+6 (7)
C2: 207.
RR: 205. 7x4x10=280-75 (10)
OT: 205. 7+6=13x10=130+75=205 (10)
Score: 32–13 (max 39)
Steve has established a nice lead, which will be hard for Paul to peg back.

Martin tells us the most expensive and cheapest ways to buy rail tickets and it is a surprise to learn that it can be much cheaper to buy separate returns to different destinations within the same journey.

Teatime teaser: TONICSIR -> CROSTINI

Round 6: E A D B S I H F E

C1: FISHED (6)
C2: FISHED (6)
DC: BEHEADS (7)
Jeff beats DC and the contestants with BEHEADS.
OT: SHEAFED (7)
Score: 38–19 (max 46)

Round 7: S C O O P R E S T
Rachel imitates Carol Vorderman by pointing out the words developing on the letters board and two 8 letter words become very apparent to all and sundry.
C1: SCOOPERS (8)
C2: SCOOTERS (8)
Score: 46–27 (max 54)

Round 8: S Z L I A I T R E

C1: LITRES (6)
C2: LAZIEST (7)
DC: LISTERIA (8)
OT: LAIRIEST (8) SATIRIZE (8)
Score: 46–34 (max 62)

Round 9: F O R N E A G L O

C1: FORAGE (6)
C2: FORAGE (6)
DC: FORGONE (7)
OT: FLANGER (7) OREGANO (7)
Score: 52–40 (max 69)

Susie diverts from Money and Finance terms to tell us how the terms 'Add Insult to Injury' and 'The Naked Truth' originated.
Round 10: 8, 6, 9, 7, 5, 25. Target: 115.

C1: 115. 25x5=125-(9-6+7) (10)
C2: 115. 25x5=125-(8-7+9) (10)
Score: 62–50 (max 79)

Teatime teaser: HOLYNEST -> HONESTLY

Round 11: X R U S D A E B T

C1: BASTED (6)
C2: BUSTARD (7)
DC: DAUBERS (7)
OT: EARBUDS (7)
Score: 62–57 (max 86)
A great spot by Paul and he has worked his way nicely back into the game.

Round 12: N L N I E I E W N

C1: inline
C2: ninnie
DC: LINEN (5)
OT: WIENIE (6)
Score: 62–57 (max 92)
A really tricky selection and both players gamble unsuccessfully on dodgy sixes.

Round 13: M I L U E T M O R

C1: TURMOIL (7)
C2: moulter
DC: ULTIMO (6)
OT: MOTLIER (7) OUTLIER (7) TROMMEL (7) TUMMLER (7)
Score: 69–57 (max 99)
Bad luck to Paul but moulter was always going to be very risky. It looks like game over now.
Round 14: 6, 1, 8, 10, 6, 100. Target: 706.

C1: 706. 6+1=7x100+6 (10)
C2: 706. 8-1=7x100+6 (10)
Score: 79–67 (max 109)

Round 15: O R C A C H O C K

C1 buzzes on 3 seconds to say COCKROACH which is correct.
Score: 89–67 (max 119)
And Steve spots the Conundrum very quickly to wrap it all up.

Paul is happy to have beaten wife Eileen's score and he can get back to his pipe and slippers.
Steve continues to march onwards but I feel he will be vulnerable to someone with strong word-power but he is very useful on the Conundrums. Let's hope he continues his winning run and we can look forward to having yet another apterous Octochamp next week.

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=61