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Countdown recap for Thursday 12 April 2012.
C1: Champion Nathan Steggles (1 win, 94 points.) A chef from South Woodford, London. His favourite music is by Morrissey and Leonard Cohen.
C2: Challenger Pouvanen Vee. An Apterite and home care agency co-ordinator from Sutton, Surrey, but was originally born in Mauritius. His hobbies are playing computer games and watching movies. His favourite book is The Doomsday Conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon and his favourite movie is The Shawshank Redemption.
DC: Susie Dent and Jenny Eclair.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: I X E D O S A L N
R02: R D T G T R E A E
R03: A P E R I P U N M
R04: G R W L S R I E I
R05: 50, 6, 9, 7, 7, 3. Target: 705.
TTT: BEREDHOT - "If you're all flustered, you will be red hot"
R06: P A S E Y O C D V
R07: E N O B U S E P N
R08: L A M I R O V I D
R09: O T E Q A W O S C
R10: 100, 9, 3, 4, 2, 7. Target: 980.
TTT: BICRANIA - "He might need 2 crania to fit all his genius in"
R11: I S E T O R A T R
R12: H I T U D N O M E
R13: O H A C O S I L F
R14: 50, 10, 1, 4, 2, 6. Target: 425.
R15: M I N I G I N G A (conundrum)
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Round 1: I X E D O S A L N
C1: SALINE (6)
C2: slained
DC: SLAIN (5) DIOXANE (7) ANODISE (7)
RR: SEX (3) IDOL (4)
OT: SILOXANE (8)
Score: 6–0 (max 8)
Unlucky for Pouvanen, as the past participle of SLAIN is SLAIN.
Carrying on with DC's chemical theme, there is a super impressive 8 lurking there.In case you're wondering what the RR words are for, they are in reference to someone sending their knickers to our beloved host.
A SILOXANE is any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R2SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen.
Round 2: R D T G T R E A E
C1: TARGETED (8)
C2: RETREAT (7)
DC: GARTERED (8)
Score: 14–0 (max 16)
Spot on from Nathan here, as he gets a very good 8.
Round 3: A P E R I P U N M
C1: impuner
C2: UMPIRE (6)
OT: NAPPIER (7)
Score: 14–6 (max 23)
Nathan's phantom silent G is missing, so Pouvanen is off the mark now.
Slightly shocking miss from DC there. Round 4: G R W L S R I E I
C1: GRISLIER (8)
C2: RIGS (4)
DC: SWIRLIER (8)
Score: 22–6 (max 31)
Another ace 8 find from Nathan here, and his lead seems to be cemented a bit more here.
Round 5: 50, 6, 9, 7, 7, 3. Target: 705.
C1: 703.
C2: 706. ((7 + 7) x 50) + 6 (7)
RR: 705. ((7 + 7) x 50) + ((6 + 9) / 3) (10)
Score: 22–13 (max 41)
WOAH!!! How do you miss 706 from that
Well, Pouvanen gets an unexpected lifeline in this game, even though he might slightly kick himself for missing getting the 5 to add.Jenny gives us another poem from her 80's magazine column.
Teatime teaser: BEREDHOT -> BOTHERED
Round 6: P A S E Y O C D V
C1: SPACED (6)
C2: COPED (5)
DC: SOAPED (6) DECAYS (6)
OT: COVEYS (6) DECOYS (6) SCOPAE (6) SCOPED (6) SPACEY (6) SPAYED (6) VADOSE (6)
Score: 28–13 (max 47)
Plenty of 6's around, but not for Pouvanen though.
A COVEY is a brood or small flock of partridges or similar birds.
A SCOPA (or POLLEN BRUSH) is the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
Round 7: E N O B U S E P N
C1: BONUS (5)
C2: BONUS (5)
DC: OBESE (5) BOSUN (5)
OT: BENNES (6) BONNES (6) PEONES (6) UNSEEN (6)
Score: 33–18 (max 53)
Quite a few odd 6's here, but none of them are spotted in the studio............
In the southern U.S. and the Bahamas, a BENNE is the sesame plant or its seeds.
In France, a BONNE is a maid-servant or a child's nurse.
Round 8: L A M I R O V I D
C1: MORAL (5)
C2: VALID (5)
DC: RAVIOLI (7)
Score: 38–23 (max 60)
Yummy, some darrenic RAVIOLI on the menu here.
Round 9: O T E Q A W O S C
C1: COATS (5)
C2: SWEAT (5)
DC: SCOOT (5) COAST (5)
OT: COSTAE (6)
Score: 43–28 (max 66)
One lonesome darrenic 6 around, but it's yet another rubbish round here..........
A COSTA (plural COSTAE) is a rib or riblike part.
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of the phrase, "easy as pie".
Round 10: 100, 9, 3, 4, 2, 7. Target: 980.
C1: 982.
C2: 979. (((4 x 2) + 100) x 9) + 7 (7)
RR: 980. (100 - 2) x (7 + 3) (10)
Score: 43–35 (max 76)
Oh dear, both the contestants should hang their heads in shame............
Teatime teaser: BICRANIA -> BRAINIAC
Round 11: I S E T O R A T R
C1: RATTIER (7)
C2: TOASTER (7)
DC: TRAITORS (8) TOASTIER (8)
OT: RORTIEST (8) ROSTRATE (8) ROTARIES (8) TARRIEST (8)
Score: 50–42 (max 84)
Quite a few 8's here, but Pouvanen will be kicking himself for not sticking the I in his TOASTER.........
ROSTRATE is an adjective meaning furnished with a rostrum.
Round 12: H I T U D N O M E
C1: MOUTHED (7)
C2: MINUTE (6)
OT: DEMOUNT (7) ETHMOID (7) HIDEOUT (7) INHUMED (7) MINUTED (7) MOUNTED (7)
Score: 57–42 (max 91)
Plenty of 7's again, but yet again Pouvanen is a letter extension away from some more points..........
Round 13: O H A C O S I L F
C1: SCHOOL (6)
C2: filaos
DC: COALFISH (8)
Score: 63–42 (max 99)
Ouchy, a very cruel way to lose the game for Pouvanen. A filao is a French tree, as he thought, but it's not in the dictionary unfortunately for him.
On the plus side, DC pull out a cracker of a darren from that rubbish lot
Round 14: 50, 10, 1, 4, 2, 6. Target: 425.
C1: 424.
C2: 425. ((50 - (6 + 2)) x 10) + 4 + 1 (10)
Score: 63–52 (max 109)
At last, Pouvanen has a max, and while Nathan might have won the game, his tally of zero points in the 3 numbers games today will be a cause of concern for the champ.
Round 15: M I N I G I N G A
C1 buzzes on 6.5 seconds to say IMAGINING which is correct.
Final Score: 73–52 (max 119)
But his conundrum solving abilities are not being questioned though, as it's 2 out of 2 for him.
So, today's game was really spoiled by the horrible letters selections, but the closeness of the game throughout made it intriguing, but Pouvanen was a tad unlucky, especially in the letters games, and that's what gave Nathan his win, it has to be said.
Can he improve and make it a hat-trick tomorrow
Thomas will be around for that.I'll be back next week in The Apprentice reunion week, as it seems to have been called.
So, till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Nathan:
Total score - 73
Raw score - 94
Total % of max - 64
Raw % of max - 79
Total average score per round - 4.9
Raw average score per round - 6.3
Number of maxes - 5
Pouvanen:
Total score - 52
Raw score - 74
Total % of max - 44
Raw % of max - 62
Total average score per round - 3.5
Raw average score per round - 4.9
Number of maxes - 1
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=66
