Countdown recap for Monday 2 August 2021.
It's National Colouring Day. Anne remarks this will make a change from 50 Shades of Grey.
C1: Champion Patrick Welsh (1 win, 82 points.) Liberace comparisons "thrust upon me against my will".
C2: Challenger Jason Dias. Apterite and works with furniture.
DC: Susie Dent and Julian Clary. Clary competed in Carol Vorderman's series of Strictly. When are the BBC going to get Susie and Anne on, to inevitably dance with Anton?
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: R U S A E O M S G
R02: N T R E A U P N O
R03: 75, 6, 8, 7, 9, 3. Target: 677.
TTT: OBOERAFT - "It sounds like the naked 12 inches knocked her socks off. I don't quite know what that means but we'll see you in a minute."
R04: S L P A E A R S N
R05: T I Y O U E P R L
R06: 100, 10, 6, 1, 8, 9. Target: 637.
R07: D S E O I I C N W
R08: T B S E O U V M C
R09: 75, 8, 3, 2, 3, 1. Target: 847.
TTT: CLUETOLD - "It's up there, but it's not as big as the others."
R10: T M L A E A D S N
R11: D O M G O I U L P
R12: H N T O E I R S G
R13: C I O S U E B D F
R14: 75, 6, 3, 7, 5, 4. Target: 655.
R15: J U L O C L A R Y (conundrum)
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Round 1: R U S A E O M S G
Patrick: GASSER (6)
Jason: MORGUES (7)
DC: ORGASMS (7) AROUSES (7) GOSSAMER (8)
OT: MESOSAUR (8)
Score: 0–7 (max 8, jos 8)
Darren-o-meter: 0/1 (0%)
Seven for Jason to get us started. Eight for Julian.
Round 2: N T R E A U P N O
Patrick: PUNTER (6)
Jason: PUNTER (6)
DC: OPERANT (7) PRONATE (7)
OT: ENPATRON (8) PATRONNE (8)
Score: 6–13 (max 16, jos 15)
Darren-o-meter: 0/2 (0%)
Sixes each, but seven for dictionary corner again. The computer wins out with eights, however.
Round 3: 75, 6, 8, 7, 9, 3. Target: 677.
Patrick: 677. 9 × 75 + 8 − 6 (10)
Jason: 677. 9 × 75 + 8 − 6 (10)
Score: 16–23 (max 26, jos 25)
Ariana.
Teatime teaser: OBOERAFT -> BAREFOOT
Round 4: S L P A E A R S N
Patrick: PLANERS (7)
Jason: PLANERS (7)
DC: ARSENALS (8)
OT: PRENASALS (18)
Score: 23–30 (max 44, jos 33)
Darren-o-meter: 1/3 (33%)
Arsenal-loving Susie is very happy with ARSENALS for eight. Presumably double the Arsenal means double the disappointment.
Round 5: T I Y O U E P R L
Patrick: POUTIER (7)
Jason: POUTIER (7)
DC: PERTLY (6) PORTLY (6)
OT: PYROLITE (8)
Score: 30–37 (max 52, jos 40)
Darren-o-meter: 2/4 (50%)
Once again both contestants are equally matched, but beaten by the computer.
Round 6: 100, 10, 6, 1, 8, 9. Target: 637.
Patrick: 627.
Jason: 637. (100 + 8) × 6 − 10 − 1 (10)
Score: 30–47 (max 62, jos 50)
Jason with the round win to take him 17 ahead.
Julian Clary talks about having mellowed a little, not doing "single entendres" any more, as the public is no longer as shocked as they once were. He then plugs his new tour, Born to Mince. Anne puts some of Rachel Parris's comments at Clary, doing comparethecomedian.com and Julian Clary says that Lincoln to Rachel Parris is Chatam to him. Says he now writes children's books, reading an extract from his book about hyenas disguising as humans in Teddington. Anne interrupts him, so Julian stops reading.
Round 7: D S E O I I C N W
Patrick: COINED (6)
Jason: WINCED (6)
DC: ICONISED (8)
OT: DECISION (8)
Score: 36–53 (max 70, jos 58)
Darren-o-meter: 2/5 (40%)
Sixes again, and once again Dictionary Corner gets an eight, although how on earth Susie missed DECISION is a bit odd.
Round 8: T B S E O U V M C
Patrick: COVETS (6)
Jason: COMETS (6)
DC: COMBUST (7)
OT: COSTUME (7) SUBMOVE (7)
Score: 42–59 (max 77, jos 65)
Darren-o-meter: 2/6 (33%)
Copy and paste, merely replacing "eight" with "seven".
Round 9: 75, 8, 3, 2, 3, 1. Target: 847.
Patrick: 847. (not written down). Mistake in working.
Jason: 847. Mistake in working.
RR: 847. (75 + 2) × (8 + 3) (10)
Score: 42–59 (max 87, jos 75)
Patrick does 78 x 11 and Jason does 76 x 11. D'oh! Meanwhile, Julian does the "Richard Max" by doing "8.75. - 3.3. + 3. + 2." but used the three 3 times anyway. Rachel, who's probably on the verge of tearing her hair out, finally shows us how to do it.
Teatime teaser: CLUETOLD -> CLOUDLET
Round 10: T M L A E A D S N
Patrick: MANDATES (8)
Jason: MANDATES (8)
DC: steams SLANTED (7) MANDALS (7)
OT: TEAMLANDS (18)
Score: 50–67 (max 105, jos 83)
Darren-o-meter: 2/7 (29%)
Eight for the two contestants again, and one obscure nine for the computer.
Round 11: D O M G O I U L P
Patrick: MOULD (5)
Jason: GLOOM (5)
DC: PODIUM (6)
OT: LUPOID (6) MODULI (6) MODULO (6) OILDOM (6) OMIGOD (6) PIGDOM (6)
Score: 55–72 (max 111, jos 89)
Darren-o-meter: 2/8 (25%)
The gap remains at 17, then, despite 9 rounds out of 11 being tied.
Susie talks about place names and the origins of place names. The Americas are named after Amerigo Vespucci, initially given in Latin as Americus Vespuccius. In Ancient Latin that would be Americvs Vespvccivs. She also talked about the Pacific Ocean.
Round 12: H N T O E I R S G
Patrick: SHORTING (8) (risky)
Jason: SHORTING (8)
DC: HORNIEST (8)
OT: GENITORS (8) OTHERING (8) RIGHTENS (8) ROSETING (8) THINGERS (8) TRIGONES (8)
Score: 63–80 (max 119, jos 97)
Darren-o-meter: 2/9 (22%)
Another round equalled here, although Patrick finds it riskier than Jason.
Round 13: C I O S U E B D F
Patrick: bouts (phantom T)
Jason: BODIES (6)
DC: CUBOIDS (7) BODICES (7)
OT: DEFOCUS (7) FOCUSED (7) FUCOIDS (7) SUBCODE (7)
Score: 63–86 (max 126, jos 104)
Darren-o-meter: 2/10 (20%)
That will do it. Six for Jason gets him to a 23-point lead and five for Patrick which has a phantom T anyway.
Round 14: 75, 6, 3, 7, 5, 4. Target: 655.
Patrick: 655. Mistake in working.
Jason: 655. (6 + 3) × 75 − 5 × 4 (10)
Score: 63–96 (max 136, jos 114)
And that rubs salt into the wound as Patrick gets the numbers wrong.
Round 15: J U L O C L A R Y
Jason buzzes on 10 seconds to say JOCULARLY which is correct.
Final Score: 63–106 (max 146, jos 124)
So a strong finish from Jason gets him a teapot. The winning margin of 37 points perhaps flatters him a touch, but moreover it's a big win.
Join us again for Countdown. Goodbye.
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