Recap for Friday 23 November 2001

[Charlie Reams]

Countdown recap for Friday 23 November 2001.

C1: Champion Loz Sands (4 wins, 380 points.)
C2: Challenger Richard Hewitt.
DC: Susie Dent and Barry Norman.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: H T Y A E I G B A
R02: S N E O M G L E V
R03: X I A C R N A D U
R04: T W S E O D P A T
R05: 50, 25, 75, 100, 10, 10. Target: 482.
TTT: HEWITTL
R06: R E T S T I E C D
R07: L P D O U E N G Z
R08: T R I F S A E R L
R09: N D M C O I E L K
R10: 100, 9, 5, 1, 4, 6. Target: 962.
TTT: JOLLYIK
R11: N H J U O A T S E
R12: G I S O R L R E S
R13: M B S A I E Y S F
R14: 25, 5, 8, 3, 4, 4. Target: 279.
R15: A V I A N T R I O (conundrum)


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Round 1: H T Y A E I G B A

C1: HABIT (5)
C2: BATHE (5)
DC: ABATE (5) GAIETY (6)
OT: EIGHTY (6)
Score: 5–5 (max 6)

Round 2: S N E O M G L E V

C1: GLOVES (6)
C2: GLOVES (6)
DC: MELONS (6) LEMONS (6)
OT: ELEVONS (7) GENOMES (7)
Score: 11–11 (max 13)

Round 3: X I A C R N A D U

C1: DRAIN (5)
C2: DRAIN (5)
DC: DURIAN (6) RADIAN (6) CANARD (6)
OT: CANDIRU (7)
Score: 16–16 (max 20)

Round 4: T W S E O D P A T

C1: POSTED (6)
C2: SPOTTED (7)
DC: TOASTED (7) TEAPOTS (7)
OT: SPATTED (7) STEWPOT (7) SWATTED (7) SWOTTED (7)
Score: 16–23 (max 27)

Round 5: 50, 25, 75, 100, 10, 10. Target: 482.

C1: 485. 100x50-(25-10) (7)
C2: 485. 100x50-(25-10) (7)
OT: 483. (50x10-10)-(100+75)/25 (7)
Score: 23–30 (max 34)

Teatime teaser: HEWITTL -> WHITTLE

Round 6: R E T S T I E C D

C1: CRESTED (7)
C2: RECITED (7)
DC: DISCREET (8) DISCRETE (8)
OT: TRISECTED (18)
Score: 30–37 (max 52)

Round 7: L P D O U E N G Z

C1: PLUNGED (7)
C2: PLUNGED (7)
DC: PLUNGED (7) LOUNGED (7)
Score: 37–44 (max 59)

Round 8: T R I F S A E R L

C1: FRAILEST (8)
C2: flirters [unlucky]
DC: TRAILERS (8)
OT: RETIRALS (8) RETRIALS (8) TRIFLERS (8)
Score: 45–44 (max 67)

Round 9: N D M C O I E L K

C1: MILKED (6)
C2: CLINKED (7)
DC: DEMONIC (7)
OT: CLONKED (7) MELODIC (7)
Score: 45–51 (max 74)

Round 10: 100, 9, 5, 1, 4, 6. Target: 962.

C1: 962. (100+6+1)x9-(5-4) (10)
C2: 954.
Score: 55–51 (max 84)

Teatime teaser: JOLLYIK -> KILLJOY

Round 11: N H J U O A T S E

C1: HAUNTS (6)
C2: HAUNTS (6)
DC: JAUNTS (6) SOUTANE (7)
Score: 61–57 (max 91)

Round 12: G I S O R L R E S

C1: rigorless
C2: GLOSSIER (8)
Score: 61–65 (max 99)

Round 13: M B S A I E Y S F

C1: AMISS (5)
C2: fames
DC: EMBASSY (7)
Score: 66–65 (max 106)

Round 14: 25, 5, 8, 3, 4, 4. Target: 279.

C1: 279. (8+3)x25+4 (10)
C2: 280.
Score: 76–65 (max 116)

Round 15: A V I A N T R I O

C1 buzzes on 7 seconds to say VARIATION which is correct.
Final Score: 86–65 (max 126)

And that's it from Loz, since with the introduction of the 15 round format, the producers felt 8 games would be too many and therefore introduced "viscount" (5 time winner) as the highest accolade. Loz was the penultimate viscount, since octochampdom was reintroduced in the following series.

A strange game, with the challenger looking to push Loz the whole way, but after being handed a golden opportunity in Round 12, Hewitt blew it and couldn't even force a crucial conundrum.

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=46

[Mike Brown]

And that's it from Loz, since with the introduction of the 15 round format, the producers felt 8 games would be too many and therefore introduced "viscount" (5 time winner) as the highest accolade. Loz was the penultimate viscount, since octochampdom was reintroduced in the following series.

Think you might want to remove this and pop it at the bottom of the following recap - with it changed to 6 time winner, of course.