Tuesday 10th May 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 82)

[James Bradley]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 10 May 2011.

C1: Champion Cliff Barnes (1 win, 81 points.) Cliff owns 2 pubs in Brighton.
C2: Challenger Tom Barnes. Tom is an Apterite originally from Gloucester but now lives in London. He is a sports trainer for a spread betting company. His claim to fame is that he won a drag beauty contest in his freshers week at university!
DC: Susie Dent and Gloria Hunniford.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: A E I S B D L O C
R02: Q N D A I E P R M
R03: O I U S R S A G I
R04: D T N O A I T O E
R05: 100, 75, 50, 6, 8, 10. Target: 984.
TTT: DIETSKIN - "small and neat like a little toy perhaps"
R06: K R S O E O P A L
R07: E O V I C F N B E
R08: C Y R O A E T I S
R09: E U J T D A G T E
R10: 75, 9, 2, 9, 2, 1. Target: 832.
TTT: ACNERISK - "you risk getting acne if you don't indulge in this"
R11: U I A Z S I R U D
R12: G S N A E I D E N
R13: A W L U E P M T G
R14: 25, 75, 50, 100, 3, 9. Target: 576.
R15: P N E C R I S I S (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: A E I S B D L O C

C1: BALDIES (7)
C2: blocades
DC: SOCIABLE (8)
OT: CABILDOS (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)
Cliff gets out of the blocks straight away with the seven and Tom is unlucky with his try at an eight.

Round 2: Q N D A I E P R M

C1: PANDER (6)
C2: PAIRED (6)
DC: REMIND (6)
OT: ADMIRE (6) AIRMEN (6) DAMPEN (6) DAMPER (6) DIAPER (6) IMPEND (6) MAIDEN (6) MAINER (6) MANDIR (6) MARINE (6) MEDIAN (6) MEDINA (6) MINDER (6) PAINED (6) PIEMAN (6) PRIMED (6) RAINED (6) RAMPED (6) RAPINE (6) REMAIN (6) REMAND (6) REPAID (6)
Score: 13–6 (max 14)
Lots of sixes around and both of the contestants found one.

Round 3: O I U S R S A G I

C1: ragous
C2: GIAOURS (7)
OT: RUGOSAS (7)
Score: 13–13 (max 21)
Tom comes up with an excellent spot that draws him level with Cliff.

Round 4: D T N O A I T O E

C1: TOOTED (6)
C2: ANTIDOTE (8)
OT: TETANOID (8)
Score: 13–21 (max 29)
Tom comes up with another great spot here.

Round 5: 100, 75, 50, 6, 8, 10. Target: 984.

C1: 986. (100X10)-8-6 (7)
C2: 986. (100X10)-8-6 (7)
RR: 984. (75+50)X8-(10+6) (10)
Score: 20–28 (max 39)
Cliff again picks three large as it worked so well for him yesterday and both of the contestants get two away. Rachel once again solves a tricky numbers puzzle.

Gloria Hunniford talks about Rip Off Britain.She also tells a joke about how several men mange to get away from their wives to play golf.

Teatime teaser: DIETSKIN -> DINKIEST

Round 6: K R S O E O P A L

C1: reloops
C2: LOOKERS (7)
DC: LOOPERS (7) REPOSAL (7)
OT: AEROSOL (7) PAROLES (7) PRESOAK (7) ROSEOLA (7) SPARKLE (7)
Score: 20–35 (max 46)
Lots of sevens. Cliff will be kicking himself because he could have had LOOPERS instead of RELOPPS which wasn't there.

Round 7: E O V I C F N B E

C1: BOVINE (6)
C2: BOVINE (6)
DC: NOVICE (6) ENVICE (6)
OT: BENEFIC (7)
Score: 26–41 (max 53)
Both contestants find bovine but nobody gets the darrenic seven.

Round 8: C Y R O A E T I S

C1: roasty
C2: SOCIETY (7)
DC: CORSET (6) EROTICA (7)
OT: COASTER (7) CRISTAE (7) OSTERIA (7) RACIEST (7) RECOATS (7) SATYRIC (7) SCORIAE (7) SECTARY (7)
Score: 26–48 (max 60)
Tom finds another good seven.

Round 9: E U J T D A G T E

C1: JUTTED (6)
C2: GUTTED (6)
OT: JETTED (6)
Score: 32–54 (max 66)
Sixes all round.

Susie talks about the origin of the phrase "To put a sock in it."

Round 10: 75, 9, 2, 9, 2, 1. Target: 832.

C1: 832. (9+2)X75+(9-2) (10)
C2: 832. (9+2)X75+(9-2) (10)
Score: 42–64 (max 76)
Tom picks a safe 1 large and both contestants solve the relatively easy numbers game.

Teatime teaser: ACNERISK -> SKINCARE

Round 11: U I A Z S I R U D

C1: SAID (4)
C2: RADIUS (6)
OT: DURZIS (6) IZARDS (6)
Score: 42–70 (max 83)
Tricky selection of which Tom finds a good six.

Round 12: G S N A E I D E N

C1: SANDING (7)
C2: SEEDING (7)
DC: ANISEED (7)
OT: DIGENEANS (18)
Score: 49–77 (max 101)
Sevens all round in the studio but there was a nine in the selection.

Round 13: A W L U E P M T G

C1: PLUMAGE (7)
C2: PLUMAGE (7)
DC: AMULET (6)
Score: 56–84 (max 108)
Both contestants find the darrenic seven excellently.

Round 14: 25, 75, 50, 100, 3, 9. Target: 576.

C1: 575.
C2: 576. (9X75)-100-(3-(50/25)) (10)
Score: 56–94 (max 118)
Tom goes for four large and it pays off as he solves a tricky numbers game.

Round 15: P N E C R I S I S

No one buzzes. The answer was PRICINESS.
Final Score: 56–94 (max 128)
Rachel is the only person in the studio to get the conundrum.

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64

[James Robinson]

Round 11: I A A Z S I R U D

C1: SAID (4)
C2: RADIUS (6)
OT: SUDARIA (7)
Score: 42–70 (max 83)

Oops, the selection is slighty wrong here, James. The selection was U I A Z S I R U D, so SUDARIA was unavailable, and the max is only 6.

Round 14: 25, 75, 50, 100, 3, 9. Target: 576.

C1: 575.
C2: 576. (9X75)-100=(3-(50/25)) (10)
Score: 56–94 (max 118)

And I don't think there should be an equals sign there either.....

[James Bradley]

Thnaks James, have sorted the problems out.

[James Robinson]

Thnaks James, have sorted the problems out.

Not quite, you haven't changed the letters selection at the top of the page and the max is still one too high.
Oh, and the other 6's available in that round are DURZIS and IZARDS.

[Steve Balog]

A bit disappointed the last consonant in round 12 wasn't a G, you could've gotten GANDISEEG for 9 then

[Mike Brown]

Not your fault, James, but TETANOID is no longer valid and should be removed from R4.

[Mike Brown]

Was the conundrum a reference to Preston North End, or should it have been PENCRISIS and the letters got transposed? ITWSBT.