I'm back, and better than ever, which means a brilliant Robinson Recap for all you wonderful forumites. 
Enjoy.Countdown recap for Thursday 23 September 2010.
C1: Champion Eoin Monaghan (6 wins, 669 points.) An Apteforumite from Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. Nothing new is said, but Jeff erroneously says that Eoin has had 7 consecutive centuries. That'd be very impressive, but he's only had 6 shows.
Maybe he's read his ending notes instead. 
C2: Challenger Angela Monk. From Countesthorpe, Leicestershire. She is a stay-at-home mum. She has 2 kids, a husband and 4 cats. She has a fear of birds and once jumped in a phone box with a stranger to avoid some.
DC: Susie Dent and Dave Spikey.
RR: Rachel Riley, who hasn't heard of Cole's Law (Spot the joke.
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R01: O A O D W L P E R
R02: T O W C I P U G C
R03: E O E L V K R S Q
R04: B G A R E S T O N
R05: 25, 1, 6, 7, 8, 3. Target: 786.
TTT: HUMFLOUT - "You shouldn't speak with this, but you can give one to somebody"
R06: T S E A N S I F D
R07: O A E H F R G M D
R08: R I V L E A T P R
R09: E A U D S J N T Y
R10: 75, 25, 3, 8, 3, 10. Target: 900.
TTT: MESCARED - "Me very scared, in fact I almost did this"
R11: E O E N L S R T N
R12: M S O T A N P I E
R13: I U I M B G T E D
R14: 100, 75, 7, 9, 2, 5. Target: 976.
R15: N E W C D U S E R (conundrum)
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Round 1: O A O D W L P E R
C1: POLEWARD (8)
C2: LOADER (6)
Score: 8–0 (max 8)
Eoin shows he has a good memory by remembering a word he missed on Tuesday to make a perfect start.
Round 2: T O W C I P U G C
C1: POUT (4)
C2: POUT (4)
DC: OCCIPUT (7)
Score: 12–4 (max 15)
While both contestants can only POUT, DC excel themselves with a brilliant darrenic 7.
Round 3: E O E L V K R S Q
C1: REVOKES (7)
C2: RESOLVE (7)
DC: EVOKES (6)
OT: EVOKERS (7)
Score: 19–11 (max 22)
Round 4: B G A R E S T O N
C1: BARONETS (8)
C2: orangest
DC: STRONG (6) BARNETS (7)
OT: NEGATORS (8) RAGSTONE (8)
Score: 27–11 (max 30)
The not too unreasonable orangest isn't in, so Eoin pulls away further with his valid 8.
Round 5: 25, 1, 6, 7, 8, 3. Target: 786.
C1: 787. ((3 + 1) x 25 x 8) - (7 + 6) (7)
C2: 787. ((3 + 1) x 25 x 8) - (7 + 6) (7)
RR: 786. (((8 - 3) x 25) + 6) x (7 - 1) (10)
Score: 34–18 (max 40)
1 away was pretty straightforward, but Rachel has clearly been revising her 131 times table to solve this one.
Dave talks about his upcoming autobiography, Under The Microscope, and talks about how he shot Derek Rigby.
Teatime teaser: HUMFLOUT -> MOUTHFUL
Round 6: T S E A N S I F D
C1: daftness
C2: FASTENS (7)
DC: SANDIEST (8)
OT: DESTAINS (8)
Score: 34–25 (max 48)
The not too daft daftness is surprisingly not in either, meaning that the gap is back into single figures.
Round 7: O A E H F R G M D
C1: FORAGED (7)
C2: FORAGED (7)
Score: 41–32 (max 55)
Round 8: R I V L E A T P R
C1: PRIVATE (7)
C2: PRIVATE (7)
DC: PALTRIER (8)
OT: PRETRIAL (8)
Score: 48–39 (max 63)
Round 9: E A U D S J N T Y
C1: ADJUST (6)
C2: JAUNTS (6)
DC: STEADY (6) UNSTEADY (8)
OT: UNSTAYED (8)
Score: 54–45 (max 71)
Angela could've gone for JAUNTED to make the atmosphere even more tense.
Susie's Origin Of Words talks about the origin of the phrase, "How's your father".
Round 10: 75, 25, 3, 8, 3, 10. Target: 900.
C1: 900. (8 - 3 - 3 + 10) x 75 (10)
C2: 900. (25 + 75) x 3 x 3 (10)
Score: 64–55 (max 81)
Plenty of ways to get 900 here, but will Eoin find another gear to crucify the Monk
Teatime teaser: MESCARED -> SCREAMED
Round 11: E O E N L S R T N
C1: ENTRESOL (8)
C2: LOSER (5)
OT: TENONERS (8)
Score: 72–55 (max 89)
A brilliant 8 to start with, and is Angela's word a sign of the result
Round 12: M S O T A N P I E
C1: PTOMAINES (18)
C2: PAINTS (6)
Score: 90–55 (max 107)
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That has surely killed the game off now, if not yet officially.Round 13: I U I M B G T E D
C1: MIDGET (6)
C2: BUDGET (6)
DC: DEBUG (5)
OT: BUDGIE (6) DUGITE (6) IMBUED (6) MIDGUT (6) TEDIUM (6)
Score: 96–61 (max 113)
Eoin brings up a bit of laughter when mentioning the word MIDGET to Jeff.
A DUGITE is a medium-sized venomous snake, Pseudonaja affinis, of Central and Western Australia, having a small head and slender olive-coloured body with black specks.
Round 14: 100, 75, 7, 9, 2, 5. Target: 976.
C1: 976. (9 x 100) + 75 + ((5 + 2) / 7) (10)
C2: 975.
Score: 106–61 (max 123)
And that is century #7 wrapped up for Eoin, with a clinical finish in the numbers game.
Round 15: N E W C D U S E R
C1 buzzes on 0.5 seconds to say UNSCREWED which is correct.
Final Score: 116–61 (max 133)
Yet another sub-second conundrum solve by Eoin and he's surely not going to be stopped now. Those 116 points put him on 785, already 11 more than Tom, who has played a game more.
Eoin just needs 56 points tomorrow, as well as the win of course, to become the new #1 seed. Can he do it
Join Mike tomorrow to find out.
I'll be back next week when someone else will be in the champions' chair.
Till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Eoin:
Total score - 116
Raw score - 116
Total % of max - 87
Raw % of max - 87
Total average score per round - 7.7
Raw average score per round - 7.7
Number of maxes - 10
Angela:
Total score - 61
Raw score - 85
Total % of max - 46
Raw % of max - 64
Total average score per round - 4.1
Raw average score per round - 5.7
Number of maxes - 4
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63