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Countdown recap for Monday 3 October 2011.

Hey! I apologise for today's lack of commentary. Although that's probably a good thing. I calculated I have 14 hours worth of TV to catch up on so that's the reason for my sluggishness.

C1: Champion Jayne Wisniewski (6 wins, 512 points.)
C2: Challenger Kate Bronsdon.
DC: Susie Dent and Anneka Rice.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: T M I A B R E A U
R02: S I A C F E W M O
R03: Y D E A T X I E H
R04: S O O M G T E A P
R05: 100, 9, 5, 7, 2, 3. Target: 852.
TTT: FALSELOT - "Florence lets everyone know about a place to stay at sea"
R06: R E I T E T L A S
R07: C V I E S N U O J
R08: R I C K O L I V E
R09: N G A E L D I G S
R10: 25, 1, 8, 1, 2, 2. Target: 498.
TTT: TEAMDIET - "Relax in silence, focus your mind and then you'll get the answer"
R11: R B E A P T U A N
R12: Z N P O I O S T I
R13: R D E A N R O E I
R14: 75, 6, 6, 3, 1, 2. Target: 507.
R15: A C U T E C A L L (conundrum)


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Jayne Wisniewski is looking very good in the champion's chair and is sure to be in the finals when November time comes round. She can reinforce this today though by winning her 7th show.

Kate Bronsdon is from Essex and once went on a blind date to the opening match of the 1966 World Cup.

Enjoy the show.

Round 1: T M I A B R E A U

C1: AMATEUR (7)
C2: MATIER (6)
DC: MURIATE (7)
OT: AUBRETIA (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)

Round 2: S I A C F E W M O

C1: FIASCO (6)
C2: FACES (5)
DC: MIAOWS (6) CAMEOS (6) MOSAIC (6)
OT: AMICES (6) FACIES (6) SAMFIE (6)
Score: 13–0 (max 14)

Round 3: Y D E A T X I E H

C1: HEATED (6)
C2: TAXIED (6)
DC: EXITED (6)
OT: HEADTIE (7)
Score: 19–6 (max 21)

Round 4: S O O M G T E A P

C1: POSTAGE (7)
C2: PASTE (5)
DC: POTAGES (7)
Score: 26–6 (max 28)

Round 5: 100, 9, 5, 7, 2, 3. Target: 852.

C1: 852. (100-5)*9-3 (10)
C2: 851.
Score: 36–6 (max 38)

Teatime teaser: FALSELOT -> FLOATELS

Round 6: R E I T E T L A S

C1: LITTERS (7)
C2: RATTLES (7)
DC: LITERATES (18)
OT: STATELIER (18)
Score: 43–13 (max 56)

Round 7: C V I E S N U O J

C1: VOICES (6)
C2: COVENS (6)
DC: CUNJEVOIS (18)
Score: 49–19 (max 74)

Wow. This was bloody awesome...well done to whoever got that out of Susie or Damian but my guess is Damian.

Round 8: R I C K O L I V E

C1: RECOIL (6)
C2: RECOIL (6)
DC: relock relick LICKER (6) LOCKER (6)
OT: RILIEVO (7)
Score: 55–25 (max 81)

Round 9: N G A E L D I G S

C1: DEALINGS (8)
C2: SEALING (7)
DC: GELDINGS (8)
OT: DEALIGNS (8) SLEDGING (8) SNAGGLED (8) SNIGGLED (8)
Score: 63–25 (max 89)

Round 10: 25, 1, 8, 1, 2, 2. Target: 498.

C1: 498. (8+2)*2*25-1-1 (10)
C2: -
Score: 73–25 (max 99)

Teatime teaser: TEAMDIET -> MEDITATE

Round 11: R B E A P T U A N

C1: PUNTER (6)
C2: BANTER (6)
DC: PEANUT (6) BUNTER (6)
Score: 79–31 (max 105)

Round 12: Z N P O I O S T I

C1: OPTIONS (7)
C2: POSITION (8)
Score: 79–39 (max 113)

Round 13: R D E A N R O E I

C1: RANDIER (7)
C2: RANDIER (7)
OT: ORDAINER (8)
Score: 86–46 (max 121)

Round 14: 75, 6, 6, 3, 1, 2. Target: 507.

C1: 507. (6+1)*75-3*6 (10)
C2: 510.
Score: 96–46 (max 131)

Round 15: A C U T E C A L L

C2 buzzes on 6 seconds to say CALCULATE which is correct.
Final Score: 96–56 (max 141)

Jayne looked impressively strong today. A great score just shy of the century mark and easily dismissed the challenge of Kate. The fact that Kate scored 0 points on the numbers games was probably her downfall today. Jayne is on the verge of octochampdom...find out if she can do it tomorrow.

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=65

Oh, look, a new month! Erm... Ocotber anyone?

Ryan Taylor wrote:Round 11: R B E A P T U A N

C1: PUNTER (6)
C2: BANTER (6)
DC: PEANUT (6) BUNTER (6)
Score: 79–31 (max 105)

Looks like someone forgot to hit the OT button............

3 7's available here: ANTBEAR, TANPURA and another one that I've forgotten, at the moment.

So total max at the end should be 142.

James Robinson wrote:Looks like someone forgot to hit the OT button............

Damn your quick edit, spoiled my hilarious "looks like someone forgot to press the 'e' key" joke

Ryan Taylor wrote:DC: CUNJEVOIS (18)

Wow. This was bloody awesome...well done to whoever got that out of Susie or Damian but my guess is Damian.

Must be a candidate for best word ever. A totally obscure word from a most unpromising selection of letters. Amazing.

David Williams wrote:

Ryan Taylor wrote:DC: CUNJEVOIS (18)

Wow. This was bloody awesome...well done to whoever got that out of Susie or Damian but my guess is Damian.

Must be a candidate for best word ever. A totally obscure word from a most unpromising selection of letters. Amazing.

Interesting declaration by Damian, mind. Wonder if he didn't know it and thought it was some kind of French verb that had made it into dictionary.

Matt Morrison wrote:

David Williams wrote:

Ryan Taylor wrote:DC: CUNJEVOIS (18)

Wow. This was bloody awesome...well done to whoever got that out of Susie or Damian but my guess is Damian.

Must be a candidate for best word ever. A totally obscure word from a most unpromising selection of letters. Amazing.

Interesting declaration by Damian, mind. Wonder if he didn't know it and thought it was some kind of French verb that had made it into dictionary.

It looks like it should be a rude word to me.

Ha, clearly no-one posting in this thread plays much Aegilops on apterous. Yes, CUNJEVOI is a fairly regular max in that variant... so I've also seen the word many times. [brag] Hence I spotted that 9 instantly, probably as Damian did. Very much a case of if you know the word, it practically leaps out at you.[/brag]

Apterous has ruined Countdown.