Countdown recap for Friday 11 December 2020.
C1: #2 Seed Sam "The Rochdale Rottweiler" Cappleman-Lynes (8 games, 8 wins, 939 points) An Apteforumite and software developer from Rochdale.
C2: #7 Seed Damien "The Bristol Bomb" Doughty (8 games, 8 wins, 758 points) A creative director from Bristol, but originally from Spalding, Lincolnshire.
DC: Susie Dent and John Inverdale.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: P M L T E O I E S
R02: R N C W U A O H S
R03: 100, 25, 75, 50, 8, 6. Target: 755.
TTT: MADEFISH - "Made fish, chips, peas, bread and butter, and ate the lot."
R04: L G S E I O R D E
R05: T K P M A I E B C
R06: 100, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8. Target: 178.
R07: N W S P U O A I J
R08: L F N T O E A E O
R09: 50, 75, 100, 25, 2, 4. Target: 653.
TTT: ROBSFEAR - "More than 3 ancestors of Teddy, perhaps?"
R10: R S D Q H I U A E
R11: M L D N O I E O A
R12: R T S G E I A U M
R13: B C N G E O A D R
R14: 6, 8, 5, 7, 5, 9. Target: 288.
R15: C R A Z Y L I L O (conundrum)
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Round 1: P M L T E O I E S
Sam: PETIOLES (8)
Damien: TEMPLES (7)
DC: MILEPOST (8)
OT: EPISTOME (8) EPITOMES (8) MELITOSE (8) MESOLITE (8) POEMLETS (8) POLEMIES (8) POLEMISE (8) POLEMIST (8)
Score: 8–0 (max 8)
Round 2: R N C W U A O H S
Sam: NACROUS (7)
Damien: ANCHORS (7)
DC: RAUNCH (6)
OT: ARCHONS (7) AUROCHS (7) ROHUNAS (7)
Score: 15–7 (max 15)
Round 3: 100, 25, 75, 50, 8, 6. Target: 755.
Sam: 756.
Damien: 755. ((100 - 6) x 8) + (75 / 25) (10)
Score: 15–17 (max 25)
Teatime teaser: MADEFISH -> FAMISHED
Round 4: L G S E I O R D E
Sam: SOLDIER (7)
Damien: LODGERS (7)
DC: RELODGES (8) RELIGOES (8)
OT: RESOILED (8)
Score: 22–24 (max 33)
Round 5: T K P M A I E B C
Sam: PACKET (6)
Damien: PACE (4)
DC: IMPACT (6) BITMAP (6)
OT: ACMITE (6) BACKIE (6) PACKIE (6) PICKET (6) TACKIE (6)
Score: 28–24 (max 39)
Round 6: 100, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8. Target: 178.
Sam: 178. (8 x 5 x 4) + (6 x 3) (10)
Damien: 178. ((6 + 4) x 8) - (5 - 3) + 100 (10)
Score: 38–34 (max 49)
John talks about the best-selling Christmas presents of the 1990's.
Round 7: N W S P U O A I J
Sam: PIANOS (6)
Damien: PIANOS (6)
DC: SPAWN (5)
OT: NOUWJA (6) PIONUS (6) POWANS (6)
Score: 44–40 (max 55)
Round 8: L F N T O E A E O
Sam: ETALON (6)
Damien: LOANEE (6)
OT: FOETAL (6) FOLATE (6) FONTAL (6) FOOTLE (6) LATEEN (6) LEAFEN (6) OLEATE (6)
Score: 50–46 (max 61)
Round 9: 50, 75, 100, 25, 2, 4. Target: 653.
Sam: 653. ((4 + 2) x 100) + 50 + (75 / 25) (10)
Damien: 652.
Score: 60–46 (max 71)
Teatime teaser: ROBSFEAR -> FORBEARS
Round 10: R S D Q H I U A E
Sam: SQUARED (7)
Damien: SQUARED (7)
DC: QUASHED (7) SHADIER (7)
OT: QUERIDAS (8)
Score: 67–53 (max 79)
Round 11: M L D N O I E O A
Sam: MELANOID (8)
Damien: moondial
DC: MELODION (8)
OT: MALENOID (8) MONOIDAL (8)
Score: 75–53 (max 87)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "humbug".
Round 12: R T S G E I A U M
Sam: MASTIGURE (18)
Damien: MIGRATES (8)
Score: 93–53 (max 105)
Round 13: B C N G E O A D R
Sam: BONDAGER (8)
Damien: BONDAGER (8)
DC: BROCADE (7) BROADEN (7) DECAGON (7)
OT: BONGRACE (8)
Score: 101–61 (max 113)
Round 14: 6, 8, 5, 7, 5, 9. Target: 288.
Sam: 288. (7 - (5 / 5)) x 6 x 8 (10)
Damien: 288. ((9 - 6 + 5) x 5 x 7) + 8 (10)
Score: 111–71 (max 123)
Round 15: C R A Z Y L I L O
Sam buzzes on 5.75 seconds to say ZIRCALLOY which is correct.
Final Score: 121–71 (max 133)
Well, that's not a bad way to end a game, winning with a remarkably weird word beginning with a Z no less
But, after the shaky start of missing the 4 large early on, Sam was relentless all through the show (although Damien's moondial was a cruel blow), and he now takes his place in Thursday's semi-final, where he'll take on the winner of Monday's quarter-final between #3 seed Leo Smith and #6 seed Phil Hulme.
Join me next week as Series 82 finally concludes.
Statistics Corner
Sam:
Total score - 121
Raw score - 128
Total % of max - 91
Raw % of max - 96
Total average score per round - 8.1
Raw average score per round - 8.5
Number of maxes - 12
Damien:
Total score - 71
Raw score - 97
Total % of max - 53
Raw % of max - 73
Total average score per round - 4.7
Raw average score per round - 6.5
Number of maxes - 7
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=82