Countdown recap for Wednesday 14 October 2009.
C1: Champion Steve Wood (6 wins, 500 points.) Despite claiming to be just here on a whim, he has made it to show 7, after just surviving yesterday's 64-58 win over Colin Wilson. He likes watching horror movies and doing extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skydiving. He hopes to do BASE jumping soon.
C2: Challenger Toby Chenery. From West Malling, Kent. He is a paramedic and is married with 3 children. Is a member of the Ipswich Town & England Supporters' Clubs. His ambition is to see England win a World Cup Final in a penalty shoot-out. (Somehow England winning a penalty shoot-out seems unlikely.)
DC: Susie Dent and Penny Smith.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: S U S T N O M E I
R02: P A X E R A B I D
R03: K T E O T W N E O
R04: M E T N A S E S G
R05: 50, 100, 7, 3, 6, 1. Target: 566.
TTT: BUILTYUM - "If you get this, you can get another one at half price"
R06: D L M A O E P I N
R07: L O E L D N O E Z
R08: N I H E P I J I P
R09: T S O G N E A E R
R10: 100, 8, 7, 6, 10, 4. Target: 361.
TTT: LUCKSLOB - "Sandra's favourite animals, perhaps"
R11: N I C T B A I E T
R12: R O F E L I R A S
R13: L U A D V R I S A
R14: 25, 75, 50, 4, 6, 2. Target: 823.
R15: C A S H B R O K E (conundrum)
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Round 1: S U S T N O M E I
C1: MOUSIEST (8)
C2: moisten (declared as 6)
DC: SMITE (5) MOISTENS (8)
Score: 8–0 (max 8)
Toby gets early nerves as he declares his 7 as a 6, which itself could have had the extra S added to it to make an 8. Steve gets the only other valid 8.
Round 2: P A X E R A B I D
C1: PARADE (6)
C2: PARADE (6)
DC: DIAPER (6)
OT: BRAAIED (7)
Score: 14–6 (max 15)
BRAAIED comes from the Afrikaans word BRAAI, which is to barbecue something.
Round 3: K T E O T W N E O
C1: TOKEN (5)
C2: TOKEN (5)
DC: WOKEN (5) KETONE (6) TOWNEE (6)
Score: 19–11 (max 21)
Round 4: M E T N A S E S G
C1: MESSAGE (7)
C2: MAGNETS (7)
DC: TAMENESS (8)
OT: GAMENESS (8) SEGMENTS (8)
Score: 26–18 (max 29)
Round 5: 50, 100, 7, 3, 6, 1. Target: 566.
C1: 561. (100 x 6) - 50 + 7 + 3 + 1 (7)
C2: 561. (100 x 6) - 50 + 7 + 3 + 1 (7)
RR: 566. ((100 + 1) x 6) - (50 - 3 - 7) (10)
Score: 33–25 (max 39)
Penny tells of the time that she interviewed Penelope Cruz and completely failing in getting her to understand "Knock, Knock" jokes.
Teatime teaser: BUILTYUM -> MULTIBUY
Round 6: D L M A O E P I N
C1: IMPLODE (7)
C2: polite
DC: DOPAMINE (8) PALINODE (8)
OT: MELANOID (8)
Score: 40–25 (max 47)
Toby IMPLODES with an invalid 6 which no-one picks up on in the studio, as Steve's lead moves to double figures.
Round 7: L O E L D N O E Z
C1: DOZEN (5)
C2: LOONED (6)
DC: NOODLE (6)
Score: 40–31 (max 53)
Round 8: N I H E P I J I P
C1: HIPPIE (6)
C2: HIPPIE (6)
Score: 46–37 (max 59)
Simple darren for the contestants.
Round 9: T S O G N E A E R
C1: STRANGE (7)
C2: STRANGE (7)
DC: GROATS (6) RAGSTONE (8)
OT: ESTRANGE (8) GRANTEES (8) REAGENTS (8) SERGEANT (8) NEGATORS (8) RESONATE (8)
Score: 53–44 (max 67)
Slightly STRANGE that ESTRANGE is overlooked by everyone in the studio.
In Susie's Origin Of Words, the American English theme continues with a discussion about the influence of American spellings in English and vice-versa.
Round 10: 100, 8, 7, 6, 10, 4. Target: 361.
C1: 360. ((7 - 4) x 100) + (10 x 6) (7)
C2: -
RR: 361. ((100 - 10) x 4) + 8 - 7 (10)
Score: 60–44 (max 77)
Teatime teaser: LUCKSLOB -> BULLOCKS
Round 11: N I C T B A I E T
C1: CABINET (7)
C2: CABINET (7)
DC: BINT (4 from Penny) TITANIC (7)
OT: TABETIC (7) TETANIC (7)
Score: 67–51 (max 84)
Interesting that Susie mentions that TITANIC means that it is something of "great strength". Clearly that ship of the same name was of great strength.
TABETIC is someone who is affected with TABES, which is a gradually progressive emaciation.
Round 12: R O F E L I R A S
C1: LOAFERS (7)
C2: fairers
DC: LORRIES (7)
OT: FORESAIL (8)
Score: 74–51 (max 92)
The dodgy 7 give Steve a massive lead with 3 rounds to go.
Round 13: L U A D V R I S A
C1: VISUAL (6)
C2: RADIUS (6)
DC: RADIALS (7)
OT: SUDARIA (7)
Score: 80–57 (max 99)
SUDARIA is the plural of SUDARIUM, which is a cloth used to wipe the face in Ancient Rome.
Round 14: 25, 75, 50, 4, 6, 2. Target: 823.
C1: 825. ((6 + 4 + 2) x 75) - 50 - 25 (7)
C2: 825. (6 x 2 x 75) - 50 - 25 (7)
RR: 823. ((4 + 6) x 75) + 50 + 25 - 2 (10)
Score: 87–64 (max 109)
Round 15: C A S H B R O K E
No one buzzes. The answer was HORSEBACK.
Score: 87–64 (max 119)
Steve has got to 7 wins with 587 points. Definitely his most convincing win of the week by a country mile.
Jeffrey must be hoping that he gets less than 99 points, so he can stay at #4 in the standings.
Having said that, Steve hasn't hit 99 on any of his shows, but can he provide a grandstand finish for his final show tomorrow
Who knows? (Well, he does, since the show has already been recorded!)Here are the stats of the show:
Steve:
Total score - 87
Raw score - 92
Total % of max - 73
Raw % of max - 77
Total average score per round - 5.8
Raw average score per round - 6.1
Number of maxes - 3
Toby:
Total score - 64
Raw score - 64
Total % of max - 54
Raw % of max - 54
Total average score per round - 4.3
Raw average score per round - 4.3
Number of maxes - 2
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=61
