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Countdown recap for Wednesday 15 September 2010.
C1: Challenger David Rayner. From Lancaster, Lancashire. He's a retired civil servant. In his spare time he enjoys quizzes, crosswords, watching sport on the TV, but most of all, sleeping. He was originally from London's East End (der-der-der-der-der-der-der-der), where he played football on the Hackney Marshes. He even grew up on the same council estate as the current manger of Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Harry Redknapp.
C2: Challenger Eoin Monaghan. An Apteforumite from Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. He's a student, not too surprising, as he's only 14. Amongst his hobbies are playing football for his local clubs, that's the tradtitional and Gaelic versions. He also enjoys playing tennis, snooker and surfing. His favourite band is Aerosmith, particularly the song, I Don't Want To Miss A Thing.
DC: Susie Dent and Alastair Stewart.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: L G S T A E O D S
R02: E I E R P T B O R
R03: Z T P G E A O N H
R04: E A O F R S G A R
R05: 100, 4, 3, 9, 3, 7. Target: 867.
TTT: HOTELTAP - "It's on top of the cooker or the bottom of the iron"
R06: I U A W F T B E M
R07: Y R T S U A E J S
R08: I E I L R C V N P
R09: X D S T E O I E S
R10: 100, 2, 8, 7, 10, 7. Target: 167.
TTT: RENTSITE - "You might not be able to rent the site if these rates go up"
R11: P N T N A E U Q E
R12: A I E D M D M O R
R13: L D M C I U O L E
R14: 75, 2, 10, 10, 8, 8. Target: 743.
R15: T H I S L A G E R (conundrum)
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Round 1: L G S T A E O D S
C1: GLOATED (7)
C2: GLOATED (7)
DC: GLASSED (7) GODLESS (7)
OT: DESALTS (7) DOSAGES (7) DOTAGES (7) GLOSSED (7) LASSOED (7) LEGATOS (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)
Plenty of 7's around letting both our challengers settle in nicely here.
Round 2: E I E R P T B O R
C1: RETIRE (6)
C2: PORTIERE (8)
Score: 7–15 (max 15)
A brilliant darrenic spot by Eoin there. Is this the sign of things to come
Round 3: Z T P G E A O N H
C1: PHAETON (7)
C2: HEPTAGON (8)
DC: PATHOGEN (8)
Score: 7–23 (max 23)
There was me hoping that a 2nd N would come out for PENTAGON, but then complete missing HEPTAGON following the arrival of the H in its place. Luckily, Eoin is smart enough to spot it and he remains on 100% at the moment.
Round 4: E A O F R S G A R
C1: FORAGERS (8)
C2: FORAGERS (8)
DC: AGRO (4)
OT: FARRAGOS (8)
Score: 15–31 (max 31)
Another 8 arrives, but luckily David sees this one, meaning that he's still in touch for the moment.
Round 5: 100, 4, 3, 9, 3, 7. Target: 867.
C1: 866/868. (Just said "1 away".)
C2: 867. ((100 - 3) x 9) - (7 - (4 - 3)) (10)
Score: 15–41 (max 41)
Alastair talks about the time he was in Beijing during the Summer Olympics, where he went to a restaurant where he and his friend ate duck webbed feet, chicken comb and the local delicacy, caterpillar soup, which Alastair thought was a fingerbowl, while his friend thought it was noodle soup.
Teatime teaser: HOTELTAP -> HOTPLATE
Round 6: I U A W F T B E M
C1: IMBUE (5)
C2: BEAUT (5)
OT: AMBIT (5) BEFIT (5) FUMET (5) MUFTI (5)
Score: 20–46 (max 46)
Hmmm, there looked like there might've been an odd 6 there, but not to be, just 6 5's.
A FUMET is a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavour and used as a flavouring.
Round 7: Y R T S U A E J S
C1: STAYERS (7)
C2: STRAYS (6)
OT: ESTUARY (7) EUSTASY (7) RUSSETY (7)
Score: 27–46 (max 53)
ARGH!!!! So much for a debut max game. David's dubious 7 wasn't that dubious in the end.
EUSTASY is any uniformly global change of sea level that may reflect a change in the quantity of water in the ocean, or a change in the shape and capacity of the ocean basins.
RUSSETY refers to RUSSET, the yellowish-brown colour.
Round 8: I E I L R C V N P
C1: inliver
C2: PRINCE (6)
DC: INLIER (6) PINCER (6) PENCIL (6)
OT: LINIER (6) IRENIC (6) PELVIC (6) VIRILE (6)
Score: 27–52 (max 59)
Another dubious 7 for David, but unfortunately it is just that this time.
IRENIC means tending to promote peace or reconciliation.
Round 9: X D S T E O I E S
C1: SEXIEST (7)
C2: EXISTED (7)
DC: DETOXES (7)
Score: 34–59 (max 66)
Susie's Origin Of Words talks about "folk etymology" and how Jerusalem artichiokes have nothing to do with Jerusalem or artichokes.
Round 10: 100, 2, 8, 7, 10, 7. Target: 167.
C1: 166.
C2: 167. (7 x 10) - (8 - 7 + 2) + 100 (10)
Score: 34–69 (max 76)
The numbers seemed to present plenty of solutions, but none of them were obvious to David.
Teatime teaser: RENTSITE -> INTEREST
Round 11: P N T N A E U Q E
C1: EQUATE (6)
C2: EQUATE (6)
DC: PENNATE (7) PETANQUE (8)
Score: 40–75 (max 84)
Both contestant decided not to risk PENNATE here, while DC show off with a ball-icious darrenic 8.
Round 12: A I E D M D M O R
C1: mirador
C2: MEMOIR (6)
DC: MAID (4) MERMAID (7) MIRED (5) ADMIRED (7)
OT: RADIOED (7) ROADIED (7)
Score: 40–81 (max 91)
Oddly enough I was thinking of mirador, until I realised there was only 1 R in the selection. Seems to be quite a problem in this series, seeing extra R's.
Round 13: L D M C I U O L E
C1: MILLED (6)
C2: COLLUDE (7)
DC: MUCOID (6)
OT: LODICULE (8)
Score: 40–88 (max 99)
Another 7 wraps up the game for Master Monaghan, leaving the impressive darrenic 8 untouched.
A LODICULE is one of the specialized scales at the base of the ovary of certain grass flowers.
Round 14: 75, 2, 10, 10, 8, 8. Target: 743.
C1: 743. Mistake in working.
C2: 743. (75 x 10) - (10 - ((8 / 8) + 2)) (10)
Score: 40–98 (max 109)
David and numbers games don't seem to mix, as he declares the answer but gives up at 75 x 10.
Round 15: T H I S L A G E R
C2 buzzes on 0.5 seconds to say GHASTLIER which is correct.
Final Score: 40–108 (max 119)
What a way to wrap up the win too! The fastest conundrum solve of the series has given Eoin a well-deserved century and has probally made a few octochamps shaking in their boots at the same time as well.
Will we have our 4th octochamp next Friday
On this form, it's hard to say no at this moment in time.I'll be back tomorrow to see if Eoin can continue where he left off today.
Till then, bye bye.
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Statistics Corner
David:
Total score - 40
Raw score - 73
Total % of max - 34
Raw % of max - 61
Total average score per round - 2.7
Raw average score per round - 4.9
Number of maxes - 5
Eoin:
Total score - 108
Raw score - 114
Total % of max - 91
Raw % of max - 96
Total average score per round - 7.2
Raw average score per round - 7.6
Number of maxes - 11
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63