C1: Champion David Barnard (3 wins, 292 points.) Back for a fourth time, DB is an apterite who got 111 yesterday.
C2: Challenger Chris Tracey. From Worksop, he is in bands and injured his arm clubbing. His girlfriend is Amy Gilbert who got 2 wins in October.
DC: Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: T L R D E A O S E
R02: T W A I H T E B P
R03: C H D X O A I A T
R04: F I M E O R N E G
R05: 25, 4, 1, 5, 6, 4. Target: 270.
TTT: TAKEWORM - "Combined efforts from one to eleven, perhaps?"
R06: L A N R I E P T O
R07: N C Q N U O E I D
R08: J A U D N E G R O
R09: M S T P E A E G Y
R10: 25, 100, 6, 9, 5, 2. Target: 106.
TTT: DRIPALOT - "It's about three feet, but it isn't height-related"
R11: S D M Z O A U B E
R12: T A N L I T E H G
R13: C S L T I A O S E
R14: 75, 8, 2, 5, 3, 1. Target: 952.
R15: N I C E G I V E R (conundrum)
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The gang talk about Christmas lists and very expensive things.
Round 1: T L R D E A O S E
C1: LODESTAR (8)
C2: ROASTED (7)
DC: LEOTARD (7) LEOTARDS (8)
OT: DELATORS (8) DESOLATE (8) OLEASTER (8) TREADLES (8)
Score: 8–0 (max 8)
David starts off with a great LEOTARDS anagram to get him forward.
Round 2: T W A I H T E B P
C1: THWAITE (7)
C2: BATHE (5)
Score: 15–0 (max 15)
A darren to keep going. Good stuff DB.
Round 3: C H D X O A I A T
C1: DHOTI (5)
C2: CHAT (4)
DC: DACOIT (6)
OT: ATAXIC (6) DATCHA (6)
A DHOTI is an Asian men’s item of clothing.
Score: 20–0 (max 21)
Round 4: F I M E O R N E G
C1: FREEING (7)
C2: groine
DC: FOREIGN (7)
OT: FERMION (7) FIREMEN (7) FOREMEN (7) FORMING (7) FROGMEN (7) REEFING (7) REGIMEN (7)
Score: 27–0 (max 28)
Quite flat but Chris still hasn’t scored.
Round 5: 25, 4, 1, 5, 6, 4. Target: 270.
C1: 270. (6+4+1)*25-5 (10)
C2: 270. (4-1)*4*25-6*5 (10)
Score: 37–10 (max 38)
Chris finally gets off the mark here, while Gyles talks about entertaining troops, famous Adamses before making a joke about the 18th letter of the alphabet being after T.
Teatime teaser: TAKEWORM -> TEAMWORK
Round 6: L A N R I E P T O
C1: repliant
C2: RELATION (8)
DC: TRIPLANE (8)
OT: ATROPINE (8) EPILATOR (8) INTERLAP (8) ORIENTAL (8) PETIOLAR (8) TRAPLINE (8)
Score: 37–18 (max 46)
REPLIANT^ is not a word and thus gives Chris time to catch up.
Round 7: N C Q N U O E I D
C1: QUINONE (7)
C2: CONNED (6)
OT: QUOINED (7)
Score: 44–18 (max 53)
Another good spot from Apto-Man.
Round 8: J A U D N E G R O
C1: UNDERGO (7)
C2: GROANED (7)
DC: GUERDON (7) AGROUND (7)
OT: ADJOURN (7) RONDEAU (7)
Score: 51–25 (max 60)
Round 9: M S T P E A E G Y
C1: STEAMY (6)
C2: MEATS (5)
DC: GAMETES (7)
OT: SEPTAGE (7)
Score: 57–25 (max 67)
Susie explains origins of chocolate.
Round 10: 25, 100, 6, 9, 5, 2. Target: 106.
C1: 106. 100+6 (10)
C2: 106. 100+6 (10)
Score: 67–35 (max 77)
That damn CECIL throws out a target which the contestants had less chance of failing than getting J,K,Q,X,Y and Z in the same letters round and then having a round spell out KIBBUTZIM the very next day. Or something. David still feels the need to cover up his answer.
Teatime teaser: DRIPALOT -> TRIPODAL
Round 11: S D M Z O A U B E
C1: AMUSED (6)
C2: ABODES (6)
DC: DUMBO (5) DUMBOS (6)
OT: ABUSED (6) ADOBES (6) DAUBES (6) DEMOBS (6) MEDUSA (6) MOUSED (6) ODEUMS (6)
Score: 73–41 (max 83)
Flat as a... round of Countdown with the letters SDMZOAUEB. I need to work on my similes.
Round 12: T A N L I T E H G
C1: HEATING (7)
C2: LETTING (7)
DC: LATIN (5)
OT: ATHELING (8)
Score: 80–48 (max 91)
An ATHELING is a prince or lord in Anglo-Saxon England.
Round 13: C S L T I A O S E
C1: societals
C2: CLOSETS (7)
DC: SOCIETAL (8) SOLSTICE (8)
OT: ALECOSTS (8) CELOSIAS (8) ISOLATES (8) SCALIEST (8)
Score: 80–55 (max 99)
DAVID HAS WON!
Despite pluralising an unpluralisable word, David gets to 4 wins here.
Round 14: 75, 8, 2, 5, 3, 1. Target: 952.
C1: 952. (75-2)*(8+5)+3 (10)
C2: -
Score: 90–55 (max 109)
An easy-ish numbers round which David gets and Chris doesn’t. David now has ninety, can he get a century?
Round 15: N I C E G I V E R
C1 buzzes on 1 second to say RECEIVING which is correct.
Final Score: 100–55 (max 119)
Indeed he can. Nick actually says “Yes, David, what are you up to?” after he buzzes, giving him extra time to work it out but David had a performance which was stronger than 19 off the max may suggest. Makes you think, having a legal name change to something with a ridiculous amount of syllables could improve your countdown skills in this way.
Join somebody, presumably Graeme, on Monday to see DB either win his fifth game or fail. See you then.
Score: 100-55
Raw: 100-82
Maxes: 11-6
(Copyright JR)Further summaries are at:
Series 67 summary
Link to the spoiler thread
Wikicap
Mystery link
