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It's come to my attention that with my Countdown website being deleted, my 10 games are no longer available on the CDb. So I've decided to recap them again, although not all today. I assume it's possible to change the link so that they link here.

Countdown recap for Wednesday 14th May 2003.

C1: Challenger Anthony Wilson.
C2: Challenger Martin Gardner.
DC: Alison Heard and Linda Smith.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: L A R E C U N I S
R02: E O T D R P J I A
R03: N E S A M O R I T
R04: D G L E A U T S Z
R05: 75, 4, 2, 5, 9, 5. Target: 655.
TTT:
R06: E I N G H D T E C
R07: L O X A N E L U R
R08: B C R A O E S M N
R09: F A T E N O S I C
R10: 9, 1, 100, 75, 50, 25. Target: 729.
TTT:
R11: F A R I Q O L U B
R12: A E M T K V S I O
R13: P A D I M E D U T
R14: 6, 4, 100, 75, 50, 25. Target: 789.
R15: S E N T M I N O R (conundrum)


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Round 1: L A R E C U N I S

C1: SCALIER (7)
C2: UNCLEAR (7)
DC: AURICLES, (8) LUNACIES (8)
OT: CARLINES (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)

Round 2: E O T D R P J I A

C1: porated
C2: PAROTID (7)
OT: ADOPTER (7) READOPT (7) DIOPTRE (7) PERIDOT (7) DIPTERA (7) PARTIED (7) PIRATED (7) OPIATED (7)
Score: 7–14 (max 15)

Round 3: N E S A M O R I T

C1: MINARETS (8)
C2: ATOMISER (8)
OT: AMNIOTES (8) AMORTISE (8) MERANTIS (8) RAIMENTS (8) MONSTERA (8) STOREMAN (8) MORAINES (8) ROMAINES (8) ROMANISE (8) NOTARIES (8) NOTARISE (8) SENORITA (8)
Score: 15–22 (max 23)

Round 4: D G L E A U T S Z

C1: LUSTED (6)
C2: LUSTED (6)
DC: SALUTED (7)
Score: 21–28 (max 30)

Round 5: 75, 4, 2, 5, 9, 5. Target: 655.

C1: 655. 75X9-4X5 (10)
C2: 655. 75X9-(5+5)X2 (10)
Score: 31–38 (max 40)

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Round 6: E I N G H D T E C

C1: HEEDING (7)
C2: ITCHED (6)
OT: ENTICED (7) ETCHING (7) GENETIC (7) NEIGHED (7)
Score: 38–38 (max 47)

Round 7: L O X A N E L U R

C1: NEURAL (6)
C2: LOANER (6)
OT: LLANERO (7)
Score: 44–44 (max 54)

Round 8: B C R A O E S M N

C1: ROMANCES (8)
C2: ROMANCES (8)
DC: BACONERS (8)
Score: 52–52 (max 62)

Round 9: F A T E N O S I C

C1: FACTIONS (8)
C2: ACONITES (8)
OT: CANOEIST (8) SONICATE (8) FANCIEST (8)
Score: 60–60 (max 70)

Round 10: 9, 1, 100, 75, 50, 25. Target: 729.

C1: 726.
C2: 729. (75+(100+50)/25)*9 (10)
Score: 60–70 (max 80)

Teatime teaser: ->

Round 11: F A R I Q O L U B

C1: quoria
C2: LIQUOR (6)
DC: FIBULAR (7)
Score: 60–76 (max 87)

Round 12: A E M T K V S I O

C1: MOTIVES (7)
C2: MISTAKE (7)
OT: AMOSITE (7) ATOMIES (7) ATOMISE (7) VOETSAK (7)
Score: 67–83 (max 94)

Round 13: P A D I M E D U T

C1: IMPUTED (7)
C2: IMPUTED (7)
DC: AUDITED (7) UPDATED (7)
Score: 74–90 (max 101)

Round 14: 6, 4, 100, 75, 50, 25. Target: 789.

C1: 790. (100/25+75)X(6+4) (7)
C2: 790. (100/25+75)X(6+4) (7)
Score: 81–97 (max 108)

Round 15: S E N T M I N O R

C2 buzzes on 14 seconds to say INNERMOST which is correct.
Score: 81–107 (max 118)


Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=49

Martin Gardner wrote:It's come to my attention that with my Countdown website being deleted, my 10 games are no longer available on the CDb. So I've decided to recap them again, although not all today. I assume it's possible to change the link so that they link here.

Thanks for this

Yeah, was good to read again. Btw, interesting to see 15 as one of the numbers in round 10

Kirk Bevins wrote:Yeah, was good to read again. Btw, interesting to see 15 as one of the numbers in round 10

Hah, that's something the Recap Writer should probably flag.