c4countdown

Countdown recap for Tuesday 23rd September 2008.

C1: Challenger Charlie Reams.
C2: Challenger David O'Donnell.
DC: Martin Gardner
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R P F N E A O O A
R02: U A E N S T Z T R
R03: P S R H U I O A X
R04: E I E V M Q D E M
R05: 25, 1, 9, 8, 6, 2. Target: 321.
TTT:
R06: I I E L Y D R A T
R07: D L G I O O A C
R08: O E A N D T P S E
R09: K R M N E I O A D
R10: 25, 50, 100, 75, 5, 1. Target: 573.
TTT:
R11: S C F R E U I E T
R12: O U A N P J W G E
R13: T S C T I I U E R
R14: 100, 50, 75, 25, 6, 4. Target: 243.
R15: H E R V O T I N G (conundrum)


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Round 1: R P F N E A O O A

C1: PROFANE (7)
C2: PROFANE (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)

Round 2: U A E N S T Z T R

C1: TAUNTERS (8)
C2: TAUNTERS (8)
Score: 15–15 (max 15)

Round 3: P S R H U I O A X

C1: PARISH (6)
C2: HOURIS (6)
DC: RUPIAHS (7)
Score: 21–21 (max 22)

Round 4: E I E V M Q D E M

C1: MIMED (5)
C2: MIMED (5)

MIMED is actually the only 5 from this selection

Score: 26–26 (max 27)

Round 5: 25, 1, 9, 8, 6, 2. Target: 321.

C1: 321. (25-2)x(6+8)-1 (10)
C2: 320.
Score: 36–26 (max 37)

Teatime teaser: ->

Round 6: I I E L Y D R A T

C1: READILY (7)
C2: IRATELY (7)
DC: IDEALITY (8)
Score: 43–33 (max 45)

Round 7: D L G N I O O A C

C1: LOADING (7)
C2: CONOIDAL (8)
Score: 43–41 (max 53)

Round 8: O E A N D T P S E

C1: ADOPTEES (8)
C2: NOTEPADS (8)
DC: PENTODES (8) TONEPADS (8)
Score: 51–49 (max 61)

Round 9: K R M N E I O A D

C1: RAMEKIN (7)
C2: MONIKER (7)
OT: ANEROID (7) DOMAINE (7) MANKIER (7) MINORED (7) MORAINE (7) ROMAINE (7) ROADMEN (7)
Score: 58–56 (max 68)

Round 10: 25, 50, 100, 75, 5, 1. Target: 573.

C1: 573. 5x100+75-50/25 (10)
C2: 573. 5x100+75-50/25 (10)
Score: 68–66 (max 78)

Teatime teaser: ->

Round 11: S C F R E U I E T

C1: SURFEIT (7)
C2: REFUTES (7)
DC: CUTESIER (8) FIERCEST (8)
Score: 75–73 (max 86)

Round 12: O U A N P J W G E

C1: WEAPON (6)
C2: WEAPON (6)
Score: 81–79 (max 92)

Round 13: T S C T I I U E R

C1: ERISTIC (7)
C2: CUTTIES (7)
DC: TRUISTIC (8)
Score: 88–86 (max 100)

Round 14: 100, 50, 75, 25, 6, 4. Target: 243.

C1: 244.
C2: 243. ((50+6+4)x100+75)/25 (10)

Classic James Martin style solution here

Score: 88–96 (max 110)

Round 15: H E R V O T I N G

C1 buzzes on 3 seconds to say OVERNIGHT which is correct.
Score: 98–96 (max 120)

A bit of controversy on the conundrum as we couldn't decide who'd buzzed first! But still Charlie buzzed first and took home the win, although David qualified for the next round with a superior points total, noting that all three players (with Dinos) had won one game.

Hell of a win Charlie, well done. And well done to David on a hell of a numbers solution!

Rich Priest wrote:Hell of a win Charlie, well done. And well done to David on a hell of a numbers solution!

Thanks Rounds 3 and 11 were annoying, but otherwise I was happy.

I was a bit disappointed with this performance - too many words missed that I should really be getting (and a numbers rd ffs!) but Charlie was in the same boat: we tend to have scrappy games anyway. The better player won and recently Charlie seems to be handing my ass to me every chance he gets: he is my new nemesis, well alongside Corbus Maximus. Although, my mediocre performance means that, provisionally, I am lined up to play against Julian .

I should point out that the controversy over the conundrum only really came from Martin the rest of us in the room were adamant that Charlie had buzzed first - I was a microsecond or two behind him. It made for a very enjoyable game in terms of how tight it was and I will be backing Charlie to do the business in the plate (not because he beat me - I lose most of my games!) but because I think he will miss far fewer words in his next encounters.

Looks like I missed a decent game here. Nice numbers solution Doddy, and well done to Charlie on his win. I'm already bricking it that we should meet again in the Plate

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Looks like I missed a decent game here. Nice numbers solution Doddy, and well done to Charlie on his win. I'm already bricking it that we should meet again in the Plate

He's going to be gunning for ya now!! I am not volunteering to clean up all the blood that will be splattering the walls of apterous shortly

Interesting stuff - since Dinos crushed Charlie and O'Donnell then crushed Dinos, you'd expect O'Donnell to absolutely larrup Charlie... but it looks like the theme of this tournament might be "players making a massive improvement in their second game", we've seen it with Charlie, Rich Priest, Ben Pugh and, er, me...

I hope I don't have to play you David

Julian Fell wrote:Interesting stuff - since Dinos crushed Charlie and O'Donnell then crushed Dinos, you'd expect O'Donnell to absolutely larrup Charlie... but it looks like the theme of this tournament might be "players making a massive improvement in their second game", we've seen it with Charlie, Rich Priest, Ben Pugh and, er, me...

I hope I don't have to play you David

Mate, whether you mean it or not, that's an awesome compliment