Friday 9 September 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 50)
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:44 pm
Countdown recap for Friday 9 September 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 50).
C1: Champion Carl Williams (3 wins, 284 points.)
C2: Challenger Stefan Clarke.
DC: Susie Dent and Gloria Hunniford.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
Would you believe it’s the end of the week again already and it’s time for another recap from the wilds of Norfolk? Carl Williams has won three games so far, including a slightly controversial last-gasp victory on Wednesday against Jeff Probst. Can he make it four against Stefan Clarke, who hails from Worle, which is on the outskirts of Weston-super-Mare? Shall we see?
R01: S Q N L H O A E P
R02: T U N A C O R E K
R03: T C S A I E T D R
R04: V O I W G N A R W
R05: 1, 10, 9, 7, 2, 4. Target: 320.
TTT: TEENPINT - "Very resourceful - in a cheap wigwam, perhaps."
R06: M E Z F O I S Y R
R07: L T G E O I D S R
R08: H A S P I J U P A
R09: L R E O A B N B L
R10: 25, 3, 2, 7, 6, 9. Target: 819.
TTT: NESTDIRT - "They're not Britney's spears, they're Britannia's."
R11: S R N V I E E U D
R12: G E T I R A L E T
R13: M N D C U E O S G
R14: 50, 100, 25, 75, 5, 3. Target: 370.
R15: S L A Y E R H I T (conundrum)
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According to Jeff at the top of today’s show, teenagers now expect to be earning £60,000 per annum by the time they’re 35. As he pointed out, this might be a little ambitious, although perhaps not quite as much as you might initially think, when you take into account the effect of inflation. This moves on to a discussion with Rachel, in which she notes once again that she’s “not a morning person” – I’m with you on that one, Rach.
Round 1: S Q N L H O A E P
C1: PHONES (6)
C2: shapen
DC: SHOAL (5) PHENOLS (7)
OT: NOPALES (7)
Score: 6–0 (max 7)
Not a good start for Stefan, while Carl PHONES home for a six. A good pen-cam spot for DC; NOPALES are fleshy edible cactus pads, as used in Mexican cuisine – I wonder what they taste like?
Round 2: T U N A C O R E K
C1: COUNTER (7)
C2: ROCKET (6)
DC: COURANTE (8)
Score: 13–0 (max 15)
Another event to set off the Corby-ometer – Carl declares a “risky” seven and then offers the decidedly un-risky COUNTER, before explaining that he was going to offer RECOUNT. Surely if he had COUNTER written down, he’d have offered it, and the conspiracy theorists will wonder what he had written on his pad. In his defence, nerves can make you do funny things, so I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.
Round 3: T C S A I E T D R
C1: SCATTIER (8)
C2: SCATTIER (8)
DC: DISTRACT (8)
OT: CITRATES (8) CRISTATE (8) DETRACTS (8) DICTATES (8) STRIATED (8) TARDIEST (8)
Score: 21–8 (max 23)
A bunch of eights available. For the record, CRISTATE means ‘ridged’ in anatomical and zoological circles.
Round 4: V O I W G N A R W
C1: VOWING (6)
C2: ROWING (6)
DC: AVOWING (7) VIRAGO (6)
Score: 27–14 (max 30)
Susie notes that you can add the ‘A’ to VOWING for a darrenic seven.
Round 5: 1, 10, 9, 7, 2, 4. Target: 320.
Carl asks Rachel for “any six of your choice”. She resists the chance to take some from the top row and selects his preferred option of six small numbers.
C1: 320. (9-1)x4x10 (10)
C2: 320. ((((9-1)/2)x7)+4)x10 (10)
Score: 37–24 (max 40)
Stefan goes amusingly round the houses to get his ten points, but the end result is the same.
Gloria reads out a poem about learning, with a nod to the upcoming tenth anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11.
Teatime teaser: TEENPINT -> PENITENT
Round 6: M E Z F O I S Y R
C1: FROZE (5)
C2: FROZE (5)
DC: MISERY (6)
OT: ISOZYME (7)
Score: 42–29 (max 47)
Jeff calls MISERY “definitely the only six hidden away in there”. It isn’t (there’s also FORMES, FOYERS and ISOMER), but I’m sure we can forgive him for that assumption. An ISOZYME is another term for an ISOENZYME, which is a term from biochemistry.
Round 7: L T G E O I D S R
C1: gristled
C2: SOLDIER (7)
DC: STODGIER (8)
OT: GODLIEST (8)
Score: 42–36 (max 55)
A bad risk from Carl means Stefan recovers some ground, but is it the start of a comeback?
Round 8: H A S P I J U P A
C1: PAPAS (5)
C2: PAPAS (5)
DC: UPPISH (6)
OT: HAPPIS (6) HIPPUS (6)
Score: 47–41 (max 61)
Stefan’s not sure about PAPAS, but unlike PUPAS^, it’s fine. HAPPIS are loose Japanese coats, while HIPPUS is a medical condition affecting the pupil of the eye.
Round 9: L R E O A B N B L
C1: LOANER (6)
C2: LOANER (6)
DC: LOANER (6) NOBBLER (7)
OT: BARBELL (7) LLANERO (7)
Score: 53–47 (max 68)
DC offer the amusing word NOBBLER, which, as you might suspect, is someone or something that nobbles. Nice to see LLANERO coming up again, even if Susie didn’t mention it this time around.
OoW: Susie discusses the etymological origins of various foodstuffs, ranging from the cantaloupe melon to lager.
Round 10: 25, 3, 2, 7, 6, 9. Target: 819.
C1: 816. Mistake in working.
C2: -
RR: 819. (25-(2x6))x7x9 (10)
Score: 53–47 (max 78)
Carl blobs, while Stefan has nothing to declare. Clever girl that she is, Rachel spots the target is divisible by 9 and manages to make 91 from the other numbers.
Teatime teaser: NESTDIRT -> TRIDENTS
Round 11: S R N V I E E U D
C1: UNIVERSE (8)
C2: RUINED (6)
DC: UNREVISED (18)
Score: 61–47 (max 96)
I was pleased with UNIVERSE (as was Carl, I expect), but Susie and Gloria hit the jackpot with a great niner. UNSERVED and UNVERSED were also lurking in that fruitful selection.
Round 12: G E T I R A L E T
C1: GLITTER (7)
C2: RATTLE (6)
DC: LITERATE (8)
OT: AIGRETTE (8) LATERITE (8) LITREAGE (8)
Score: 68–47 (max 104)
An AIGRETTE is a kind of headdress, often made using an egret’s feathers (hence its name); while LATERITE is a reddish, clayey material (which derives from later, the Latin for brick, if you were wondering).
Round 13: M N D C U E O S G
C1: DUNCES (6)
C2: condems
DC: CONSUMED (8)
Score: 74–47 (max 112)
Stefan’s misspelling of CONDEMNS means it’s all over for the lad from the West Country, while DC have evidently eaten the dictionary as they offer up CONSUMED for eight.
Round 14: 50, 100, 25, 75, 5, 3. Target: 370.
C1: 370. (3x100)+75-5 (10)
C2: 370. (3x100)+75-5 (10)
Score: 84–57 (max 122)
(Almost) everyone in the world gets 370...
Round 15: S L A Y E R H I T
No one buzzes. The answer was HAIRSTYLE.
Final Score: 84–57 (max 132)
... but almost no one in the world (and certainly no one in the studio) gets HAIRSTYLE.
Well done to Carl for winning another game and commiserations to Stefan, who took his defeat with good grace and said how much he’d enjoyed it. On Monday, Mr Paul Zenon will be back in the Corner for the first time since April Fool’s Day, while Ryan will be back on Recap Duty. And I’ll see you next week!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=65
C1: Champion Carl Williams (3 wins, 284 points.)
C2: Challenger Stefan Clarke.
DC: Susie Dent and Gloria Hunniford.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
Would you believe it’s the end of the week again already and it’s time for another recap from the wilds of Norfolk? Carl Williams has won three games so far, including a slightly controversial last-gasp victory on Wednesday against Jeff Probst. Can he make it four against Stefan Clarke, who hails from Worle, which is on the outskirts of Weston-super-Mare? Shall we see?
R01: S Q N L H O A E P
R02: T U N A C O R E K
R03: T C S A I E T D R
R04: V O I W G N A R W
R05: 1, 10, 9, 7, 2, 4. Target: 320.
TTT: TEENPINT - "Very resourceful - in a cheap wigwam, perhaps."
R06: M E Z F O I S Y R
R07: L T G E O I D S R
R08: H A S P I J U P A
R09: L R E O A B N B L
R10: 25, 3, 2, 7, 6, 9. Target: 819.
TTT: NESTDIRT - "They're not Britney's spears, they're Britannia's."
R11: S R N V I E E U D
R12: G E T I R A L E T
R13: M N D C U E O S G
R14: 50, 100, 25, 75, 5, 3. Target: 370.
R15: S L A Y E R H I T (conundrum)
Countdown is sponsored by Vitabiotics Wellkid.
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According to Jeff at the top of today’s show, teenagers now expect to be earning £60,000 per annum by the time they’re 35. As he pointed out, this might be a little ambitious, although perhaps not quite as much as you might initially think, when you take into account the effect of inflation. This moves on to a discussion with Rachel, in which she notes once again that she’s “not a morning person” – I’m with you on that one, Rach.
Round 1: S Q N L H O A E P
C1: PHONES (6)
C2: shapen
DC: SHOAL (5) PHENOLS (7)
OT: NOPALES (7)
Score: 6–0 (max 7)
Not a good start for Stefan, while Carl PHONES home for a six. A good pen-cam spot for DC; NOPALES are fleshy edible cactus pads, as used in Mexican cuisine – I wonder what they taste like?
Round 2: T U N A C O R E K
C1: COUNTER (7)
C2: ROCKET (6)
DC: COURANTE (8)
Score: 13–0 (max 15)
Another event to set off the Corby-ometer – Carl declares a “risky” seven and then offers the decidedly un-risky COUNTER, before explaining that he was going to offer RECOUNT. Surely if he had COUNTER written down, he’d have offered it, and the conspiracy theorists will wonder what he had written on his pad. In his defence, nerves can make you do funny things, so I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.
Round 3: T C S A I E T D R
C1: SCATTIER (8)
C2: SCATTIER (8)
DC: DISTRACT (8)
OT: CITRATES (8) CRISTATE (8) DETRACTS (8) DICTATES (8) STRIATED (8) TARDIEST (8)
Score: 21–8 (max 23)
A bunch of eights available. For the record, CRISTATE means ‘ridged’ in anatomical and zoological circles.
Round 4: V O I W G N A R W
C1: VOWING (6)
C2: ROWING (6)
DC: AVOWING (7) VIRAGO (6)
Score: 27–14 (max 30)
Susie notes that you can add the ‘A’ to VOWING for a darrenic seven.
Round 5: 1, 10, 9, 7, 2, 4. Target: 320.
Carl asks Rachel for “any six of your choice”. She resists the chance to take some from the top row and selects his preferred option of six small numbers.
C1: 320. (9-1)x4x10 (10)
C2: 320. ((((9-1)/2)x7)+4)x10 (10)
Score: 37–24 (max 40)
Stefan goes amusingly round the houses to get his ten points, but the end result is the same.
Gloria reads out a poem about learning, with a nod to the upcoming tenth anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11.
Teatime teaser: TEENPINT -> PENITENT
Round 6: M E Z F O I S Y R
C1: FROZE (5)
C2: FROZE (5)
DC: MISERY (6)
OT: ISOZYME (7)
Score: 42–29 (max 47)
Jeff calls MISERY “definitely the only six hidden away in there”. It isn’t (there’s also FORMES, FOYERS and ISOMER), but I’m sure we can forgive him for that assumption. An ISOZYME is another term for an ISOENZYME, which is a term from biochemistry.
Round 7: L T G E O I D S R
C1: gristled
C2: SOLDIER (7)
DC: STODGIER (8)
OT: GODLIEST (8)
Score: 42–36 (max 55)
A bad risk from Carl means Stefan recovers some ground, but is it the start of a comeback?
Round 8: H A S P I J U P A
C1: PAPAS (5)
C2: PAPAS (5)
DC: UPPISH (6)
OT: HAPPIS (6) HIPPUS (6)
Score: 47–41 (max 61)
Stefan’s not sure about PAPAS, but unlike PUPAS^, it’s fine. HAPPIS are loose Japanese coats, while HIPPUS is a medical condition affecting the pupil of the eye.
Round 9: L R E O A B N B L
C1: LOANER (6)
C2: LOANER (6)
DC: LOANER (6) NOBBLER (7)
OT: BARBELL (7) LLANERO (7)
Score: 53–47 (max 68)
DC offer the amusing word NOBBLER, which, as you might suspect, is someone or something that nobbles. Nice to see LLANERO coming up again, even if Susie didn’t mention it this time around.
OoW: Susie discusses the etymological origins of various foodstuffs, ranging from the cantaloupe melon to lager.
Round 10: 25, 3, 2, 7, 6, 9. Target: 819.
C1: 816. Mistake in working.
C2: -
RR: 819. (25-(2x6))x7x9 (10)
Score: 53–47 (max 78)
Carl blobs, while Stefan has nothing to declare. Clever girl that she is, Rachel spots the target is divisible by 9 and manages to make 91 from the other numbers.
Teatime teaser: NESTDIRT -> TRIDENTS
Round 11: S R N V I E E U D
C1: UNIVERSE (8)
C2: RUINED (6)
DC: UNREVISED (18)
Score: 61–47 (max 96)
I was pleased with UNIVERSE (as was Carl, I expect), but Susie and Gloria hit the jackpot with a great niner. UNSERVED and UNVERSED were also lurking in that fruitful selection.
Round 12: G E T I R A L E T
C1: GLITTER (7)
C2: RATTLE (6)
DC: LITERATE (8)
OT: AIGRETTE (8) LATERITE (8) LITREAGE (8)
Score: 68–47 (max 104)
An AIGRETTE is a kind of headdress, often made using an egret’s feathers (hence its name); while LATERITE is a reddish, clayey material (which derives from later, the Latin for brick, if you were wondering).
Round 13: M N D C U E O S G
C1: DUNCES (6)
C2: condems
DC: CONSUMED (8)
Score: 74–47 (max 112)
Stefan’s misspelling of CONDEMNS means it’s all over for the lad from the West Country, while DC have evidently eaten the dictionary as they offer up CONSUMED for eight.
Round 14: 50, 100, 25, 75, 5, 3. Target: 370.
C1: 370. (3x100)+75-5 (10)
C2: 370. (3x100)+75-5 (10)
Score: 84–57 (max 122)
(Almost) everyone in the world gets 370...
Round 15: S L A Y E R H I T
No one buzzes. The answer was HAIRSTYLE.
Final Score: 84–57 (max 132)
... but almost no one in the world (and certainly no one in the studio) gets HAIRSTYLE.
Well done to Carl for winning another game and commiserations to Stefan, who took his defeat with good grace and said how much he’d enjoyed it. On Monday, Mr Paul Zenon will be back in the Corner for the first time since April Fool’s Day, while Ryan will be back on Recap Duty. And I’ll see you next week!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=65