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Oh yeah, enjoy. 
Countdown recap for Thursday 14 July 2011.
C1: Champion Mark Deeks (2 wins, 208 points.) An Apterite from Braughing, Hertfordshire. He likes watching basketball. His grandfather competed in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and came 14th in the skeet shooting. His other grandfather's cousin is Barbara Windsor. As mentioned yesterday, he is a big Arsneal fan.
C2: Challenger Joe Zender. He comes from London and is currently in his gap year. He had been working at a futures trading firm. A Spurs fan, his favourite place is White Hart Lane and he was a mascot too. He's on the show as he hopes he's as good as he thinks he is when he watches the show. His heroes are Soccer Saturday stalwarts, Chris Kamara and Phil Thompson.
DC: Susie Dent and John Stapleton.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: K E N G O R S E U
R02: D L B E O S G A N
R03: T N E I V A M S D
R04: T D N O I E M Y N
R05: 50, 75, 100, 25, 3, 4. Target: 133.
TTT: GLENSCAR - "Was this kids programme packed with mistakes?"
R06: Q R L U E E N S H
R07: S I C W A E J G M
R08: R T C R A U E W I
R09: U S L A X G E P O
R10: 75, 6, 5, 2, 7, 3. Target: 507.
TTT: SEMICOLA - "My friend Chris might wear one of these"
R11: F T U A P D I R A
R12: N T S Z O E I R D
R13: L O P D R U A E T
R14: 1, 4, 6, 9, 2, 3. Target: 417.
R15: R O V E W R O N G (conundrum)
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Round 1: K E N G O R S E U
C1: SURGEON (7)
C2: GENEROUS (8)
DC: GROUSE (6)
OT: GERENUKS (8)
Score: 0–8 (max 8)
Joe makes a GENEROUS start to the game, meaning Mark is already playing catch-up today.
A GERENUK is a reddish-brown antelope, Litocranius walleri, of eastern Africa, having a long, slender neck.
Round 2: D L B E O S G A N
C1: BANGLES (7)
C2: bondages
DC: BONDAGE (7) BLONDES (7) ALBEDOS (7)
OT: DOGBANES (8)
Score: 7–8 (max 16)
Mark didn't seem to think that BANGLES was OK, maybe he thought that just the band existed.
Oh well, he's back in it, as Joe's risky 8 fails to pay off. If only he rearranged it for the darren.... A DOGBANE is any of several plants of the genus Apocynum, especially Apocynum androsaemifolium, yielding an acrid milky juice and having an intensely bitter root.
Round 3: T N E I V A M S D
C1: DEVIANTS (8)
C2: INVADES (7)
OT: MEDIANTS (8)
Score: 15–8 (max 24)
A very good spot by Mark gives him the lead.
Round 4: T D N O I E M Y N
C1: INTONED (7)
C2: MENTION (7)
DC: ENMITY (6)
Score: 22–15 (max 31)
Both 7's accounted for here.
Round 5: 50, 75, 100, 25, 3, 4. Target: 133.
C1: 133. ((50 / 25) x 4) + (75 / 3) + 100 (10)
C2: 132.
Score: 32–15 (max 41)
A small target, but a small miss by Joe sees Mark now have a big lead.
John talks about his 1990's morning show, The Time, The Place, and the people who weren't allowed on the show mainly because of misdemeanours before appearing on the show.
Teatime teaser: GLENSCAR -> CLANGERS
Round 6: Q R L U E E N S H
C1: QUEENS (6)
C2: unheels
DC: UNREELS (7)
Score: 38–15 (max 48)
Ouchy, if only Joe changed the H to an R, this game might have had an interesting twist in the making.......
Round 7: S I C W A E J G M
C1: IMAGES (6)
C2: IMAGES (6)
DC: MAGICS (6) JIGSAW (6)
OT: AGEISM (6) AMICES (6)
Score: 44–21 (max 54)
Pancake time
An AMICE is an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
Round 8: R T C R A U E W I
C1: CURATE (6)
C2: WAITER (6)
DC: curater RECRUIT (7) WARTIER (7)
OT: AIRCREW (7) ERRATIC (7)
Score: 50–27 (max 61)
Good thing that Mark didn't go for curater, as his 23 point lead is maintained.......... for now anyway.
Round 9: U S L A X G E P O
C1: PLAGUES (7)
C2: PLAGUES (7)
DC: polaxes
Score: 57–34 (max 68)
Double darren time.
Double darren time.
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "quintessential".
Round 10: 75, 6, 5, 2, 7, 3. Target: 507.
C1: 507. ((75 + 7 + 2) x 6) + 3 (10)
C2: 507. (7 x 75) - (6 x 3) (10)
Score: 67–44 (max 78)
Teatime teaser: SEMICOLA -> CAMISOLE
Round 11: F T U A P D I R A
C1: PUTRID (6)
C2: RAPID (5)
DC: DATURA (6)
OT: PARFAIT (7)
Score: 73–44 (max 85)
Slightly embarrassing that on Bastille Day, this French food darren is missed by all.
Round 12: N T S Z O E I R D
C1: DOZIEST (7)
C2: STEROID (7)
DC: STONIER (7)
OT: EDITORS (7) INDORSE (7) ORIENTS (7) RODENTS (7) ROSINED (7) SNORTED (7) SORTIED (7) STORIED (7) TRIODES (7)
Score: 80–51 (max 92)
ROSINED relates to ROSIN, the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine.
Pancake, pancake.
Round 13: L O P D R U A E T
C1: PAROLED (7)
C2: LEOPARD (7)
DC: ROULADE (7) UPRATED (7)
OT: ADOPTER (7) DELATOR (7) DROPLET (7) LEOTARD (7) PRELOAD (7) PROLATE (7) READOPT (7) TADPOLE (7) TORULAE (7)
Score: 87–58 (max 99)
Mark will probably enjoy this pancake more as it wins him the game.
Round 14: 1, 4, 6, 9, 2, 3. Target: 417.
C1: 418. ((3 + 4) x 6 x (9 + 1)) - 2 (7)
C2: -
RR: 417. (((4 x 9) - 1) x 2 x 6) - 3 (10)
Score: 94–58 (max 109)
Like yesterday, a 6 small is chosen after the result is beyond doubt, and like yesterday, Mark scores while his opponent doesn't.
Round 15: R O V E W R O N G
C1 buzzes on 0.5 seconds to say OVERGROWN which is correct.
Final Score: 104–58 (max 119)
An even faster solve than yesterday sees Mark get another century. He seems to be on top form, 104 today and an average of 104 too.
Surely half-octochampdom beckons tomorrow
Mike will tell all then.I'll be back next week, hopefully for Mark's last 2 shows.
So, till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Mark:
Total score - 104
Raw score - 111
Total % of max - 87
Raw % of max - 93
Total average score per round - 6.9
Raw average score per round - 7.4
Number of maxes - 9
Joe:
Total score - 58
Raw score - 77
Total % of max - 49
Raw % of max - 65
Total average score per round - 3.9
Raw average score per round - 5.1
Number of maxes - 7
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=65
Saw it immediately too, but a slight bit tired after last night (hence the lateness of the recap.)