Friday 18th June 2021 (Series 83, Second Quarter Final)

[Rhys Benjamin]

It's Friday theeen.... it's Saturday, Sunday, what... (one day I will think of a better intro for Friday recaps)

Countdown recap for Friday 18 June 2021.

Nick moans that he's never had a Fathers' Day gift. Woe betide him.

C1: #2 seed James Burley (8 wins, 819 points.)
C2: #7 seed Tom Vincent (6 wins, 609 points.)
DC: Susie Dent and Rufus Hound.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R S L R U E A E B
R02: D K N R E O I O A
R03: 100, 75, 3, 4, 10, 6. Target: 390.
TTT: RICOCRAM - "Rico can't cram all his family into this, it's too small."
R04: D T C L E I E I O
R05: N W P C E I O T I
R06: 50, 100, 75, 25, 4, 7. Target: 568.
R07: R T M L N E E U I
R08: W T P S A O I B D
R09: 75, 50, 2, 4, 9, 5. Target: 273.
TTT: VITALAXE - "It's vital that he axes spicy food from his diet. They work as this."
R10: G S L T E O O A F
R11: S D G N S I A U M
R12: P N R A E I E D M
R13: G T R T A O A I H
R14: 100, 50, 25, 75, 2, 5. Target: 688.
R15: F O O L H I R D Y (conundrum)


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Round 1: R S L R U E A E B

James: REUSABLE (8)
Tom: blearers (try, risky)
DC: BARRELS (7)
Score: 8–0 (max 8, jos 8)
Darren-o-meter: 1/1 (100%)

James gets us underway with a darren. Tom tries an eight too, but it's not there.

Round 2: D K N R E O I O A

James: ANEROID (7)
Tom: ORDAIN (6)
DC: OINKED (6) DARKEN (6)
OT: ROOINEK (7)
Score: 15–0 (max 15, jos 15)
Darren-o-meter: 1/2 (50%)

James's ANEROID barometer does the job, to give Tom a mountain to climb and we haven't really started yet.

Round 3: 100, 75, 3, 4, 10, 6. Target: 390.

James: 390. 100 × 4 − 10​ (10)
Tom: 390. 100 × 4 − 10​ (10)
Score: 25–10 (max 25, jos 25)

Ariana.

Teatime teaser: RICOCRAM -> MICROCAR

Round 4: D T C L E I E I O

James: ELICITED (8)
Tom: ELICITED (8)
DC: CITIED (6) DELICT (6) COILED (6)
OT: IDIOLECT (8)
Score: 33–18 (max 33, jos 33)
Darren-o-meter: 1/3 (33%)

Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O... and on that farm he had an 8, E I E I O... with ELICITED here and IDIOLECT there, here an 8, there an 8, everywhere an 8-8, Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O...

Round 5: N W P C E I O T I

James: POETIC (6)
Tom: PONCE (5)
DC: NOTICE (6) TOWNIE (6) NEPOTIC (7)
OT: PENTOIC (7) PICONET (7) POIETIC (7)
Score: 39–18 (max 40, jos 40)
Darren-o-meter: 1/4 (25%)

James extends his lead with a six to Tom's five, although Susie gets a 7.

Round 6: 50, 100, 75, 25, 4, 7. Target: 568.

James: 567.
Tom: 568. (100 − 75) × 25 − 50 − 7 (10)
Score: 39–28 (max 50, jos 50)

James effectively makes a mistake - "I've just realised it's 567", suggesting he thought he had it and had stopped working. Tom gets there via the Tony Atkins method, and pulls the gap back to 11.

Rufus gives us a poem about being a dad. We've still got five more shows of his poetry. That's all I have to say about that.

Round 7: R T M L N E E U I

James: REUNITE (7)
Tom: MUTINEER (8)
OT: LIMERENT (8) RELUMINE (8) RETINULE (8)
Score: 39–36 (max 58, jos 58)
Darren-o-meter: 1/5 (20%)

Tom has taken 18 points out of James in two rounds, and now the gap is just 3 points - game on!

Round 8: W T P S A O I B D

James: ADOPTS (6)
Tom: PATIOS (6)
DC: PATOIS (6)
OT: ADBOTS (6) BIPODS (6) POTAIS (6) TOWAIS (6)
Score: 45–42 (max 64, jos 64)
Darren-o-meter: 1/6 (17%)

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Round 9: 75, 50, 2, 4, 9, 5. Target: 273.

James: 273. 4 × 75 − (5 − 2) × 9 (10)
Tom: 273. (75 − 5) × 4 − (9 − 2) (10)
Score: 55–52 (max 74, jos 74)

This isn't Ariana levels of easy, but it's still a fairly straightforward 10 points.

Teatime teaser: VITALAXE -> LAXATIVE

Round 10: G S L T E O O A F

James: FOOTLES (7) (try)
Tom: FLOATS (6) (not written down)
DC: GALOOTS (7) LEGATOS (7)
OT: FOLATES (7) FOOTAGE (7) GELATOS (7)
Score: 62–52 (max 81, jos 81)
Darren-o-meter: 1/7 (14%)

Seven for James takes the lead back out to 10 points. Six sevens available here.

Round 11: S D G N S I A U M

James: AMUSING (7)
Tom: AMUSING (7)
DC: MUSINGS (7) ASSUMING (8) (from RR)
Score: 69–59 (max 89, jos 89)
Darren-o-meter: 2/8 (25%)

Lovely bit of darrenage from Rachel as the contestants may well kick themselves for missing it.

Susie gets an email from John Wilson (aged 78) and asks why his father used "dukes" to refer to hands, and comments he's never heard anyone else say it. Susie says it's rhyming slang.

Round 12: P N R A E I E D M

James: REMAINED (8) (I think)
Tom: REAPED (6) (lots of)
DC: PREMEDIAN (18)
Score: 77–59 (max 107, jos 107)
Darren-o-meter: 3/9 (33%)

Tom has lots of sixes, but even if you added them all together you'd need 3 of them to level the max here, PREMEDIAN spotted by Dictionary Corner, although Rufus tries to claim it as his own. James's 8 takes the lead out to 18 points.

Round 13: G T R T A O A I H

James: THROAT (6)
Tom: GROAT (5) (dodgy)
DC: AGITATOR (8)
Score: 83–59 (max 115, jos 115)
Darren-o-meter: 4/10 (40%)

A GROAT is an old coin, not dodgy at all, and certainly a non-dodgy THROAT gives James the victory. DC's AGITATOR-in-chief, Susie Dent, finishes her day off with a darren and a max game for her.

Round 14: 100, 50, 25, 75, 2, 5. Target: 688.

James: 686. (100 − 2) × (5 + 50 ÷ 25)​ (7)
Tom: 686. (100 − 2) × (5 + 50 ÷ 25)​ (7)
RR: 688. (50 − 100 ÷ 25) × 75 ÷ 5 − 2​ (10)
Score: 90–66 (max 125, jos 125)

Both contestants are 2 away (1 away is impossible, incidentally) and Rachel struggles to get there too. She does get there after the conundrum.

Round 15: F O O L H I R D Y

James buzzes on 13 seconds to say HYDROFOIL which is correct.
Final Score: 100–66 (max 135, jos 135)

James gets the conundrum to give him a century and one more point than Luke scored yesterday and stakes his claim for the final. The 34-point margin is a bit harsh on Tom, who gave James more than a decent scare and might have beaten him on another day.

Just one more week of the Hewer era to go. On Monday it'll be [s]Louis Ross[/s] Adam Latchford vs Declan McGurk. Who will win? Join us then.


Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=83