Countdown recap for Thursday 6 May 2010.
C1: Champion Lee Graham (4 wins, 338 points.) From London. He works as a magazine and book editor. His most memorable experience was meeting Les Dennis and hearing his impression of Mavis Riley, which Lee can also do.
C2: Challenger Rob Chapman. From West Kirby, The Wirral. He's a public policy manager. He supports Walsall F.C. and enjoys playing squash, cricket and racketball. Rob says the most dangerous thing he's ever done is teach his 3 sons to drive and he has the grey hairs to prove it.
DC: Susie Dent and Kate Humble.
RR: Rachel Riley. (Hopefully, her voice will be much better by the time my double bill arrives next week.
)OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: D T S F A O A S E
R02: L C O A L T E R M
R03: E A U G K S R S L
R04: V N X E E U D D A
R05: 25, 6, 7, 5, 2, 3. Target: 278.
TTT: KIWIEELS - "Here, here! I'm very fond of Ernie too"
R06: N H W I E A T R J
R07: M D C N E O N A G
R08: T W C I E E S T B
R09: T H N P A O U V E
R10: 75, 7, 8, 4, 1, 3. Target: 641.
TTT: WASHBOOT - "An exhibitionist on the water, perhaps?"
R11: D T P O E I Y P R
R12: S N F Z O A O R O
R13: S R M N A E I R Q
R14: 100, 25, 50, 5, 9, 10. Target: 365.
R15: C O L D E R S U N (conundrum)
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Round 1: D T S F A O A S E
C1: FASTED (6)
C2: FEASTS (6)
DC: FATSOES (7)
Score: 6–6 (max 7)
Round 2: L C O A L T E R M
C1: COLLATE (7)
C2: collater
OT: CALOMEL (7) CORELLA (7) OCELLAR (7) CORMLET (7) CROTALE (7) REALLOT (7)
Score: 13–6 (max 14)
Ouch, Lee takes the early lead, as Rob adds the incorrect suffix to COLLATE there.
CALOMEL is a white, tasteless powder, Hg2Cl2, used chiefly as a purgative and fungicide.
OCELLAR means pertaining to an OCELLUS, a type of simple eye common to invertebrates, consisting of retinal cells, pigments, and nerve fibres.
Round 3: E A U G K S R S L
C1: SULKERS (7)
C2: gravel
OT: ARGUSES (7) SAUGERS (7) LARGESS (7)
Score: 20–6 (max 21)
A good 7 by Lee, as Rob straightens his U to a fake V.
An ARGUS is a giant with 100 eyes in classical mythology.
Round 4: V N X E E U D D A
C1: EXUDED (6)
C2: VENDED (6)
DC: AVENUE (6) UNDEAD (6)
OT: DAVENED (7)
Score: 26–12 (max 28)
Weirdly, Rob's missing V from the last round appears at the start of the next round.
DAVENED, comes from DAVEN, which is the Yiddish word for "to pray".
Round 5: 25, 6, 7, 5, 2, 3. Target: 278.
C1: 278. ((5 + 6) x 25) + 3 (10)
C2: 278. ((5 + 6) x 25) + 3 (10)
Score: 36–22 (max 38)
Kate talks about the early days of Springwatch, when it was known as Wild In Your Garden, when they did 2 shows a day, including a night stint between 11:20pm and midnight.
Teatime teaser: KIWIEELS -> LIKEWISE
Round 6: N H W I E A T R J
C1: WINTER (6)
C2: WINTER (6)
DC: HAIRNET (7) TAWNIER (7)
OT: TARWHINE (8)
Score: 42–28 (max 46)
Round 7: M D C N E O N A G
C1: DECAGON (7)
C2: CONNED (6)
DC: CONDEMN (7)
OT: CONGAED (7)
Score: 49–28 (max 53)
Round 8: T W C I E E S T B
C1: TWEETS (6)
C2: WEBSITE (7)
Score: 49–35 (max 60)
A brilliant darren by Rob puts him right back in the game.
Round 9: T H N P A O U V E
C1: HAVEN (5)
C2: HAUNT (5)
DC: PHONATE (7) PHAETON (7)
Score: 54–40 (max 67)
DC spot both available 7's in this one.
Susie's Origin Of Words talks about the origins of "paparazzi", "Mrs. Robinson", "dumbo", "Tarzan", "Mini Me" and "groovy".
Round 10: 75, 7, 8, 4, 1, 3. Target: 641.
C1: 641. ((75 + 4) x 8) + 7 + 3 - 1 (10)
C2: 640.
Score: 64–40 (max 77)
Lee's lead goes back above 20 again, with that solve.
Teatime teaser: WASHBOOT -> SHOWBOAT
Round 11: D T P O E I Y P R
C1: TRIPPED (7)
C2: RIPPED (6)
DC: PERIDOT (7)
OT: DIOPTRE (7)
Score: 71–40 (max 84)
Ouch. That has got to hurt. That also might his chances of winning the match today.
Round 12: S N F Z O A O R O
C1: ROOFS (5)
C2: SONAR (5)
DC: RAZOOS (6)
Score: 76–45 (max 90)
Round 13: S R M N A E I R Q
C1: MARINERS (8)
C2: SEMINAR (7)
DC: MARINES (7)
Score: 84–45 (max 98)
And Lee wraps up the game with that darren.
Round 14: 100, 25, 50, 5, 9, 10. Target: 365.
C1: -
C2: 365. ((50 + 25) x 5) - 10 (10)
Score: 84–55 (max 108)
A good numbers solve by Rob restores some pride.
Round 15: C O L D E R S U N
C1 buzzes on 27.5 seconds to say SCOUNDREL which is correct.
Score: 94–55 (max 118)
A very late solve by Lee there gives him his 2nd consecutive 94 in a row. That's now 5 wins for the Londoner. A win tomorrow will see him break into the top 8.
Will he do it
Join Gordon...., no sorry, Mike Brown tomorrow to find out. He might be the only Mr. Brown smiling tomorrow.Till next Wednesday from me, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Lee:
Total score - 94
Raw score - 100
Total % of max -80
Raw % of max - 85
Total average score per round - 6.3
Raw average score per round - 6.7
Number of maxes - 8
Rob:
Total score - 55
Raw score - 81
Total % of max - 47
Raw % of max - 69
Total average score per round - 3.7
Raw average score per round - 5.4
Number of maxes - 3
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=62