c4countdown

Countdown recap for Sunday 21st September 2008.

C1: Challenger Julian Fell.
C2: Challenger Jerry Humphreys.
DC: Dinos Sfyris and the sock puppet of love.
CV: Jono.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: S I C O T A H L E
R02: R M E A I W N D C
R03: S E R A T O B R R
R04: P T N S A E O A T
R05: 25, 50, 75, 100, 2, 3. Target: 489.
R06: L J R E I U N D N
R07: H E T A M A S S G
R08: A I O C Z G L Q F
R09: B U D E N A N S P
R10: 75, 6, 7, 2, 4, 1. Target: 288.
R11: M E S U D E R D K
R12: T L U I I N F E T
R13: D O S E P A T R V
R14: 50, 10, 7, 2, 2, 6. Target: 393.
R15: I C Y T R E B L E (conundrum)


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Round 1: S I C O T A H L E

C1: SOCIETAL (8)
C2: LATCHES (7)
OT: ACHIOTES (8) (KB)
Score: 8–0 (max 8)

Round 2: R M E A I W N D C

C1: WIREMAN (7)
C2: CARMINE (7)
OT: CREWMAN (7)
Score: 15–7 (max 15)

Round 3: S E R A T O B R R

C1: ARRESTOR (8)
C2: BOATERS (7)
Score: 23–7 (max 23)

Round 4: P T N S A E O A T

C1: APOSTATE (8)
C2: TEAPOTS (7)
Score: 31–7 (max 31)

Round 5: 25, 50, 75, 100, 2, 3. Target: 489.

C1: 490. (100-50/25)x(2+3) (7)
C2: 490. (100-2)x(50+75)/25 (7)
CV: 489. (75+50-2)x100/25-3 (10)
Score: 38–14 (max 41)

Round 6: L J R E I U N D N

C1: INJURED (7)
C2: INJURED (7)
OT: INURNED (7) UNLINED (7)
Score: 45–21 (max 48)

Round 7: H E T A M A S S G

C1: ATHAMES (7)
C2: ASTHMA (6)
OT: HAMATES (7) GHATAMS (7) MASSAGE (7)
Score: 52–21 (max 55)

Round 8: A I O C Z G L Q F

C1: LOGIC (5)
C2: LOGIC (5)
OT: AZOIC (5) COLZA (5) FOCAL (5) FOLIA (5) LOGIA (5)
Score: 57–26 (max 60)

Round 9: B U D E N A N S P

C1: DUENNAS (7)
C2: SPANNED (7)
OT: BEDPANS (7) UNBENDS (7)
Score: 64–33 (max 67)

Round 10: 75, 6, 7, 2, 4, 1. Target: 288.

C1: 288. (75-2-1)x4 (10)
C2: 288. 4x75-6x2 (10)
Score: 74–43 (max 77)

Round 11: M E S U D E R D K

C1: RESUMED (7)
C2: RESUMED (7)
Score: 81–50 (max 84)

Round 12: T L U I I N F E T

C1: INTITULE (8)
C2: FLUTE (5)
OT: INUTILE (7)
Score: 89–50 (max 92)

Round 13: D O S E P A T R V

C1: READOPTS (8)
C2: DEPARTS (7)
OT: ADOPTERS (8) PASTORED (8)
Score: 97–50 (max 100)

Round 14: 50, 10, 7, 2, 2, 6. Target: 393.

C1: 393. (2+6)x50-7 (10)
C2: 393. (2+6)x50-7 (10)
Score: 107–60 (max 110)

Round 15: I C Y T R E B L E

C1 buzzes on 1 second to say CELEBRITY which is correct.
Score: 117–60 (max 120)

Julian manages a spectacular 14/15 maxes, leaving Jerry in the dust (well in the pub actually!)

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb

Wow - relentless.

Also just to add round 8 had to be redone because Julian lost connection, but I was hoping to wow him with my 8 from E I I X P T R M O

Cheers for writing the recap Dinos - yes that was much better, I had a bit of a point to prove maybe and it was good to get the horror show against Steve Briers out of my system.

Jerry, as mentioned, played this game in the pub - what an absolute legend; one day I want to emulate this feat. Of note also is that due to a time lag on Jerry's system, my answer to the conundrum appeared on his screen before the scrambled version did

For the record - although Dinos has all the declarations and solutions etc. the right way round, I was actually contestant 2 in this game (i.e. I had the two numbers choices, not Jerry). So it was technically Humphreys vs Fell.