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Countdown Recap - Thursday 14th November 2002

Champion (C1): Champion Mary Sexton (1 win, 89 points) from London
Challenger (C2): Ronald Goodman from Wakefield
DC: The bewitching Susie Dent and the magical Geoffrey Durham
CV: Carol Vorderman
OT: Other words, solutions and suchlike

R01: N E I U L R T H S
R02: G P J A E A C T U
R03: E L M D E O R S R
R04: T N S I E M A V L
R05: 50, 25, 5, 3, 5, 1 --> Target: 378
TTT: URANTIC
R06: B G O E A P T D I
R07: S R C I E O Y Z F
R08: E O N M G I D T L
R09: S W A R F U E D N
R10: 25, 9, 10, 4, 7, 8 --> Target: 903
TTT: STRUMOR
R11: C S E E P O L T A
R12: R Q M E I O G D S
R13: K N A I R V E C O
R14: 50, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 --> Target: 492
R15: T E N N T O N I C (conundrum)

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Round 1: N E I U L R T H S

C1: HURTLES (7)
C2: LISTEN (6)
DC: HUNTERS (7) and HUSTLER (7) to equal Mary, but INSULTER (8) was there for eight.
OT: LUSTRINE (8), a glossy silk cloth, was there for a silky smooth equaller.
Score: 7–0 (max 8)

Round 2: G P J A E A C T U

C1: JAPE (4)
C2: AGAPE (5)
DC: If Ron wants a teapot, he's going to need a TEACUP (6)!
OT: CAJEPUT (7), a small tree or shrub native to the East Indies and Australia, beats everyone. Leaf it out!
Score: 7–5 (max 15)

Round 3: E L M D E O R S R

C1: MORSEL (6)
C2: SELDOM (6)
DC: REMODELS (8)
OT: SOLDERER (8)
Score: 13–11 (max 23)

Round 4: T N S I E M A V L

C1: VALISE (6)
C2: ENTAIL (6)
DC: ENTAILS (7), INMATES (7) and NATIVES (7), but MANLIEST (8) is there for eight.
OT: MANLIEST anagrams to AILMENTS (8) and ALIMENTS (8).
Score: 19–17 (max 31)

Round 5: 50, 25, 5, 3, 5, 1 --> Target: 378

C1: Zip.
C2: 378 = ...nope, I've made a mistake
CV: 378 = (50 + 25) × 5 + 3 (10)
Score: 19–17 (max 41)

Teatime teaser: URANTIC --> CURTAIN

Round 6: B G O E A P T D I

C1: OPIATED (7)
C2: BIGOTED (7)
DC: GODETIA (7)
Score: 26–24 (max 48)

Round 7: S R C I E O Y Z F

C1: FORCES (6)
C2: fierce
DC: COSIER (6) and COZIER (6)
OT: Three more sixes: CROZES (6), which are grooves in the end of a barrel, FRESCO (6) and FOYERS (6).
Score: 32–24 (max 54)

Round 8: E O N M G I D T L

C1: MELTING (7)
C2: MINGLED (7)
DC: DEMOTING (8) is the Darrenic eight.
Score: 39–31 (max 62)

Round 9: S W A R F U E D N

C1: WANDERS (7)
C2: WARDENS (7)
DC: REFUNDS (7)
OT: Loads more sevens, including ASUNDER (7), SUNWARD (7) and SNAFUED (7).
Score: 46–38 (max 69)

Round 10: 25, 9, 10, 4, 7, 8 --> Target: 903

C1: 900
C2: 903 = 9 × 4 × 25 + 10 - 7 (10)
Score: 46–48 (max 79)

Teatime teaser: STRUMOR -> ROSTRUM

Round 11: C S E E P O L T A

C1: CASTLE (6)
C2: LACTOSE (7)
DC: POLECATS (8)
OT: There's an equaller in ESCALOPE (8).
Score: 46–55 (max 87)

Round 12: R Q M E I O G D S

C1: MIRED (5)
C2: MIDGES (6)
DC: EGOISM (6)
OT: Amongst the *14* additional sixes on offer are DERMIS (6), ISOMER (6) and ORGIES (6).
Score: 46–61 (max 93)

Round 13: K N A I R V E C O

C1: CONKER (6)
C2: CRAVEN (6)
DC: CORVINE (7) is there for seven, but DC were crowing about VERONICA (8).
Score: 52–67 (max 101)

Round 14: 50, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 --> Target: 492

C1: 492 = 50 × 10 - 4 × 2 (10)
C2: 492 = ...sorry, I've gone wrong.
Score: 62–67 (max 111)

Round 15: T E N N T O N I C

C1 buzzes on 4.75 seconds to say CONTINENT... which is absolutely right! Which Countdown trivia buff wants to answer the question, "what happened next?"
Score: 72–67 (max 121)

Friday's challenger: Campbell Laurie from Scotland, who missed today's conundrum.

This recap was scrawled by Chris Philpot. Further summaries for this series can be found at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=48

Chris Philpot wrote:Round 15: T E N N T O N I C

C1 buzzes on 4.75 seconds to say CONTINENT... which is absolutely right! Which Countdown trivia buff wants to answer the question, "what happened next?"
Score: 72–67 (max 121)

A couple of the letters fell off, as seen in the outtakes of the 25th birthday episode

*nods* It was the O and the first T to be precise, leaving C N INENT as the answer.