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In case you didn't know, since Mike has retired, I've got the Friday slot.
Enjoy. And sorry about my extreme lateness.

Countdown recap for Friday 13 January 2012.

C1: Champion Jack Worsley (5 wins, 521 points.) An aptoforumite from Blackpool, Lancashire, who has centuried all 5 of his games so far.
C2: Challenger Abi Maher. From Liverpool, as Nick finds out when she pronounces her surname correctly but not her first name. She once poked the Queen in the eye!
DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zenon.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: V G D N E I A D G
R02: R M S E A T E U N
R03: D S W Q O A E T I
R04: R T N S A E I L M
R05: 75, 100, 50, 25, 4, 5. Target: 596.
TTT: ICYNORMA - "Norma's icy because there's bitterness in the air"
R06: P H S U E U R O F
R07: D H S B A O E S A
R08: M F N I A E C R T
R09: X V L P A I U B E
R10: 75, 6, 5, 6, 5, 4. Target: 721.
TTT: AVENGEIT - "Very downbeat about the brown piece of film"
R11: C N K T I E U S I
R12: R Y G M E O E P I
R13: N Z R L O I E S O
R14: 25, 4, 8, 9, 1, 5. Target: 943.
R15: Q U I E T M O D S (conundrum)


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Rachel and Nick talk about how they think superstition is a load of sloblock; and Rachel’s cat.

Round 1: V G D N E I A D G

C1: INVADED (7)
C2: GADDING (7)
DC: EVADING (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)

Nice even start as the studio finds all the sevens.

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

C1: MATURES (7)
C2: MATURES (7)
DC: NUMERATE (8) numerates
OT: MENSTRUA (8) USERNAME (8)
Score: 14–14 (max 15)

Hope I wasn’t the only one to think NUMERATES^ is in.

Round 3: D S W Q O A E T I

C1: WAISTED (7)
C2: STADE (5)
DC: TOWAIS (6)
OT: IODATES (7) TOADIES (7) WAISTED (7)
Score: 21–14 (max 22)

Click here to find out what a TOWAIS is.

Round 4: R T N S A E I L M

C1: TERMINALS (18)
C2: mirtles
DC: ENTRAILS (8) MINSTREL (8) TRAMLINES (18)
Score: 39–14 (max 40)

Double nine!
Abi sees the nine after she declares.

Round 5: 75, 100, 50, 25, 4, 5. Target: 596.

C1: 596. 100*5+75+25-4 (10)
C2: 596. 100*5+75+25-4 (10)
Score: 49–24 (max 50)

Paul has a mirror which he can bend and poke knitting needles through without it breaking.

Teatime teaser: ICYNORMA -> ACRIMONY

Round 6: P H S U E U R O F

C1: POSHER (6)
C2: PUSHER (6)
DC: PURSUE (6) PROFUSE (7)
Score: 55–30 (max 57)

Paul declares PROFUSE as a 6.

Round 7: D H S B A O E S A

C1: ABASHED (7)
C2: ABASHED (7)
OT: ABASHES (7)
Score: 62–37 (max 64)

Surprised noone got ABASHES.

Round 8: M F N I A E C R T

C1: MINARET (7)
C2: mainer
DC: FANCIER (7) CARMINE (7) FIREMAN (7) CERTAIN (7)
OT: FAINTER (7) FRANTIC (7) INFARCT (7) MANTRIC (7) MERANTI (7) NEMATIC (7) RAIMENT (7) TACRINE (7)
Score: 69–37 (max 71)

Megaflatness.

Round 9: X V L P A I U B E

C1: VALUE (5)
C2: PILAU (5)
DC: VIABLE (6)
Score: 74–42 (max 77)

Nick Hewer wrote: A five, Jack? That’s unlike you!

Susie talks about thirteen, Friday the thirteenth, triskaidekaphobia and stuff.

Round 10: 75, 6, 5, 6, 5, 4. Target: 721.

C1: 721. (75+5)*(5+4)+(6/6) (10)
C2: 720.
Score: 84–42 (max 87)

Teatime teaser: AVENGEIT -> NEGATIVE

Round 11: C N K T I E U S I

C1: INKIEST (7)
C2: KINETICS (8)
Score: 84–50 (max 95)

LOTTERIES, CONTRITE and now KINETICS?! That’s 3 days in a row!

Round 12: R Y G M E O E P I

C1: MOPIER (6)
C2: grimey
DC: REGIME (6) EMPIRE (6)
OT: EMIGRE (6) EPIMER (6) MOPERY (6) PEROGI (6)
Score: 90–50 (max 101)

JACK HAS WON!

Round 13: N Z R L O I E S O

C1: LOONIER (7)
C2: ozones
OT: OZONISER (8) SNOOZIER (8)
Score: 97–50 (max 109)

Round 14: 25, 4, 8, 9, 1, 5. Target: 943.

C1: 943 not written down. ((((25+5)*4)-1)*8)-9 (10)
C2: 945.
Score: 107–50 (max 119)

Amazing number skills give Jack his 6th century.

Round 15: Q U I E T M O D S

C1 buzzes on 29 seconds to say MOSQUITED which is incorrect.
C2 does not buzz.
The answer was MISQUOTED.
Final Score: 107–50 (max 129)

Oddly, Jack doesn’t get it. Oh well, that’s his 6th win and century.

Score: 107-50
Raw score (assuming the 720 and 945 were right): 114-69
Maxes: 9-4


Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=66

Thomas Carey wrote:Round 8: M F N I A E C R T

C1: MINARET (7)
C2: mainer
DC: RAIMENT (7) FIREMAN (7) CERTAIN (7)
OT: CARMINE (7) FAINTER (7) FANCIER (7) FRANTIC (7) INFARCT (7) MANTRIC (7) MERANTI (7) NEMATIC (7) TACRINE (7)
Score: 69–37 (max 71)

NOTE: DC actually said FIREMAN, CERTAIN, CARMINE and FANCIER. No RAIMENT mentioned.

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Thomas Carey wrote:Round 8: M F N I A E C R T

C1: MINARET (7)
C2: mainer
DC: RAIMENT (7) FIREMAN (7) CERTAIN (7)
OT: CARMINE (7) FAINTER (7) FANCIER (7) FRANTIC (7) INFARCT (7) MANTRIC (7) MERANTI (7) NEMATIC (7) TACRINE (7)
Score: 69–37 (max 71)

NOTE: DC actually said FIREMAN, CERTAIN, CARMINE and FANCIER. No RAIMENT mentioned.

Didn't you say you found MINECRAFT*?

Thomas Carey wrote: Round 9: X V L P A I U B E
OT: EXUVIAL (7)

No EXUVIAL^ any more, I'm afraid, which takes the max down by 1. The longest valid word was VIABLE. Wiki amended.