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Countdown recap for Wednesday 14 September 2011.
C1: Champion Carl Williams (6 wins, 526 points.) From Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire. He works as a solution consultant for the NHS. One of his ambitions is to become a helicopter pilot.
C2: Challenger Peter Austin. From Dunstable, Bedfordshire. He's the director of music at Hornsey School For Girls. His hobbies include powerkiting (which nearly killed him
) and supporting Brighton & Hove Albion.DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zenon.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: N I D A N J S E L
R02: P I G N E C A R O
R03: E Q M R D U E L H
R04: R O C A G T E X A
R05: 1, 9, 5, 8, 2, 7. Target: 645.
TTT: NUNISSHY - "I can see clearly now the rain has gone"
R06: R I N E D T A P R
R07: T Y E I U S B P W
R08: S A D O P T I S A
R09: E K T R M O I W E
R10: 75, 100, 50, 25, 6, 5. Target: 501.
TTT: NICELOVE - "Nice love is much preferred to this"
R11: O E F R C L T I A
R12: V O G I N U B S A
R13: E R O L A S D S R
R14: 25, 8, 1, 1, 2, 7. Target: 571.
R15: G O T I N S I D E (conundrum)
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Round 1: N I D A N J S E L
C1: DENIALS (7)
C2: INLAND (6)
DC: ANNELIDS (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)
A nice darrenic start by DC today, as Carl's DENIALS keep Peter on 0.
Round 2: P I G N E C A R O
C1: creaping
C2: CARPING (7)
DC: CAPERING (8)
OT: APOCRINE (8) CAPONIER (8) PROCAINE (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 16)
A few 8's around, but Carl's 8 is misspelt, so Peter levels the match immediately.
APOCRINE means of or pertaining to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odour of perspiration.
PROCAINE is a compound, C13H20N2O2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
Round 3: E Q M R D U E L H
C1: HURDLE (6)
C2: QUEER (5)
DC: DEMURE (6)
OT: HELMED (6) HELMER (6) HURLED (6)
Score: 13–7 (max 22)
A few 6's again, but Peter can't find one and Carl retakes the lead again.
Round 4: R O C A G T E X A
C1: coater
C2: reactor
DC: EXACTOR (7)
OT: CARTAGE (7)
Score: 13–7 (max 29)
Oh dear, a double blank here, as the scores remain the same.
CARTAGE is simply the act or cost of carting.
Round 5: 1, 9, 5, 8, 2, 7. Target: 645.
C1: 645. (((9 x 7) + 1) x (2 + 8)) + 5 (10)
C2: -
Score: 23–7 (max 39)
Another 6 small masterclass from Carl here.
Teatime teaser: NUNISSHY -> SUNSHINY
Paul shows a trick where he uses a £20 note (with the aid of his finger) to cut a carrot and a pencil.
Round 6: R I N E D T A P R
C1: PARTIED (7)
C2: TRAINED (7)
DC: DIPTERAN (8)
OT: TERRAPIN (8)
Score: 30–14 (max 47)
This would probably a dream Touchdown round. As it is, only 2 8's available here, and DC get one of them.
Round 7: T Y E I U S B P W
C1: BUSTY (5)
C2: BITES (5)
DC: UBIETY (6)
OT: SUBTYPE (7)
Score: 35–19 (max 54)
Even I thought UBIETY would probably the best here, but there was a darrenic 7 left untouched.
Round 8: S A D O P T I S A
C1: ADOPTS (6)
C2: ADOPTS (6)
DC: POSADAS (7)
Score: 41–25 (max 61)
As the contestants spot the virtually visible 7, DC go back to darrenic form with their Spanishy 7, or should that be HISPANICY 7 (if you saw Monday's show
) 
Round 9: E K T R M O I W E
C1: METEOR (6)
C2: MITRE (5)
DC: REMOTE (6)
OT: EMOTER (6) METIER (6) RETIME (6)
Score: 47–25 (max 67)
Peter MITRE done a bit better here with 5 6's available, but Carl won't care as his lead extends to a score and 2.
Susie's Origins Of Words answers a viewer's question from a "Mr Paul Zenon of Brighton", about the origins of "shazam" and "holy moly".
Round 10: 75, 100, 50, 25, 6, 5. Target: 501.
C1: 501. (100 x 5) + ((75 - 50) / 25) (10)
C2: 502.
Score: 57–25 (max 77)
What the heck was Peter thinking
You go 4 large and miss that Pffffffffff........ 
Teatime teaser: NICELOVE -> VIOLENCE
Round 11: O E F R C L T I A
C1: TAILOR (6)
C2: FILTER (6)
DC: LOCATE (6) CALORIE (7) EROTICA (7)
OT: FORTALICE (18)
Score: 63–31 (max 95)
Hmmm, not only do DC miss the 8's of FLOATIER and LORICATE, but they miss an impressive 9 too
A FORTALICE is simply a small fort or outwork.
Round 12: V O G I N U B S A
C1: ABUSING (7)
C2: ABUSING (7)
OT: BAGNIOS (7) GABIONS (7)
Score: 70–38 (max 102)
At last! Peter has his first max of the day. Although, I'm pretty sure most people will have got that 7.
A BAGNIO is a brothel, or a bath or bathing house in Italy & Turkey.
A GABION is a cylinder of wickerwork filled with earth, used as a military defence.
Round 13: E R O L A S D S R
C1: RELOADS (7)
C2: LOADERS (7)
DC: DROSERAS (8)
OT: ROADLESS (8)
Score: 77–45 (max 110)
The game is over and Carl has got his magnificent 7 with 2 rounds to go.
Round 14: 25, 8, 1, 1, 2, 7. Target: 571.
C1: 568. ((((2 + 1) x 8) - 1) x 25) - 7 (7)
C2: -
RR: 2 away, then at the end, 571. (((2 x 7) + 8) x (25 + 1)) - 1 (10)
Score: 84–45 (max 120)
A stinky little numbers game to finish off, which had my mum celebrating a tiny bit as she got 570 in the time, beating Rachel's best,.......... until after the conundrum at least.
Round 15: G O T I N S I D E
C2 buzzes on 4.75 seconds to say DIGESTINGS which is INCORRECT.
C1 buzzes on 21 seconds to say DIGESTION which is correct.
Final Score: 94–45 (max 130)
I wonder what Carl was thinking after Peter incorrectly guessed DIGESTINGS, when DIGESTION was pretty obvious, or I thought it was at least.
Well, no matter, the result was already beyond doubt and Carl goes into tomorrow's match hoping to realistically reach 3rd spot, which he'll do if he wins with a score of 72 or more.
Join me tomorrow to see if he can do it.
Till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Carl:
Total score - 94
Raw score - 94
Total % of max - 72
Raw % of max - 72
Total average score per round - 6.3
Raw average score per round - 6.3
Number of maxes - 6
Peter:
Total score - 45
Raw score - 68
Total % of max - 34
Raw % of max - 52
Total average score per round - 3.0
Raw average score per round - 4.5
Number of maxes - 1
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=65