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Countdown recap for Friday 5 October 2012.

Champion Tia Corkish (2 wins, 180 points)
Challenger Nayomie Worth
DC: Susie Dent and Sir Ranulph Fiennes
RR: Rachel Riley
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01:MSNTUAOME
R02:RIGESJUSN
R03:VNHAEBAET
R04:DIGAWSIEH
R05:25 100 9 4 5 1 548
TTT:COLINPAT - Colin and Pat had this kind of relationship.
R06:DIQEUNRIE
R07:CTNOEGISO
R08:CAMOYPEAG
R09:MXPOEAFLU
R10:25 50 8 3 3 7 519
TTT:CHOSECAN - Chose a can of this soup in the Caribbean.
R11:KFTOAERTS
R12:RIDOTBEAI
R13:VTCUEPIRA
R14:100 25 1 8 1 2 635
R15:IRINGTHEM (conundrum)

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Enjoy the show. This was written without the recap writer as that is currently being bombed with premium Iranian unluckiness.

Round 1: MSNTUAOME
C1: AMOUNTS (7)
C2: AMOUNTS (7)
DC: SEAMOUNT (8)
Score: 7-7 (max 8)

Both players already have AMOUNTS of points.

Round 2: RIGESJUSN
C1: INJURES (7)
C2: SINGERS (7)
DC: RESIGNS REUSING (both 7)
OT: GUISERS INGRESS INSURES JESSING NURSIES SIGNERS SUNRISE (all 7)

Score: 14-14 (max 15)

Rather flat round here.

Round 3: VNHAEBAET
C1: BENEATH (7)
C2: BEHAVE (6)
DC: BEATEN (6)
Score: 21-14 (max 22)

Tia takes the lead with a darren.

Round 4: DIGAWSIEH
C1: WISHED (6)
C2: WASHED (6)
DC: WADIS (5) GASHED (6)
OT: AWEIGH GEISHA SIGHED SWAGED WEIGHS WIDISH (all 6)

Pancake #2 of the day.

Score: 27-20 (max 28)

Round 5: 25 100 9 4 5 1 548
C1: 552.
C2: 548. ((100 + 9) x 5) + 4 – 1 (10)

Score: 27-30 (max 38)

Nayomie goes ahead with a numbers solve that’s easier than it looks.

TTT: COLINPAT PLATONIC

Round 6: DIQEUNRIE
C1: ENQUIRED (8)
C2: ENQUIRED (8)
DC: QUERIED (7)
OT: INQUIRED (8)

Score: 35-38 (max 46)

Round 7: CTNOEGISO
C1: COOTIES (7)
C2: cognitoes
DC: COGITO (6) GENTOOS (7)
OT: SCOOTING (8)

Tia is given the lead again as cognitoes is not a word. The penguins make another appearance.

Score: 42-38 (max 54)

Round 8: CAMOYPEAG
C1: AGAPE (5)
C2: CAMEO (5)
DC: CAMPY (5) POMACE (6)
Score: 47-43 (max 60)

DC get the obscure darren here.

Round 9: MXPOEAFLU
C1: AMPLE (5)
C2: AMPLE (5)
DC: flumox AMPOULE (7)
Score: 52-48 (max 67)

FLUMMOX has 2 Ms, as Sir Ranulph finds out.

Round 10: 25 50 8 3 3 7 519
C1: 518. Mistake in method.
C2: 517. ((7 + 3) x 50) + 25 – 8 (7)
RR: 519. (((25 x 3) - 8) x 7) + 50 (10)

Nayomie takes the lead by three points at the numbers game again.

Score: 52-55 (max 77)

TTT: CHOSECAN SANCOCHE

Round 11: KFTOAERTS
C1: TOASTER (7)
C2: tasker
DC: TAKER (5) TAKERS (6)
OT: FORSAKE ROTATES (both 7)

You can’t be a tasker, but it would not have mattered anyway to either of them because Tia got a seven.

Score: 59-55 (max 84)

Round 12: RIDOTBEAI
C1: debitor
C2: boatier
DC: ABORTED (7) DIATRIBE (8)
Score: 59-55 (max 92)

Round 13: VTCUEPIRA
C1: CAPTURE (7)
C2: picture (declared as 6)
DC: PICTURE (7) PIRATE (6) CURATIVE (8)
Score: 66-55 (max 100)

Ouch, Nayomie declares her 7 as a 6!* However, she has proved better at numbers...

Round 14: 100 25 1 8 1 2 635
C1: 643. Mistake in method.
C2: Nothing.
RR: 637. ((100 + 1 + 1) x (8 - 2)) + 25 (7)
Score: 66-55 (max 107)

TIA HAS WON!

Not even Rachel gets this exactly – unsolvable. Tia gets another victory for Team Apterous.

Conundrum: IRINGTHEM
No one buzzes. The answer was MITHERING.

Final Score: 66-55 (max 117)

Join Graeme on Monday for Tia’s potential half-octochamp game.

Score: 66-55
Raw: 66-61
RAUNSWC: 73-61
Maxes: 4-4

Further summaries are at:
Series 67 summary
Link to the spoiler thread
Wikicap
Mystery link

Thomas Carey wrote: DC: WADIS GASHED (both 6)

O rly?

Thomas Carey wrote:Countdown recap for Friday 5 Iceboat 2012.

Champion Tia Corkish (2 wins, 108 points)

Iceboat And it's 180 points, not 108.

Graeme Cole wrote:

Thomas Carey wrote: DC: WADIS GASHED (both 6)

O rly?

James Robinson wrote:

Thomas Carey wrote:Countdown recap for Friday 5 Iceboat 2012.

Champion Tia Corkish (2 wins, 108 points)

Iceboat And it's 180 points, not 108.

All fixed.

I've removed the teaser solutions at the top of the recap just in case anyone wants to have a go at guessing them.

Beat both by a margin of 40+ points, fairly pleased