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Friday 6th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 152)

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:13 pm
by James Robinson
Countdown recap for Friday 6 November 2020.

C1: Champion Rebecca Harraway (1 win, 88 points.) A nursery owner from Farnborough, Hampshire.
C2: Challenger Andy Bruno. A retired maths and science tutor from Stoke-on-Trent. He previously appeared on the show back in Series 1 in 1982, winning 2 games :!: :!: :shock: :shock: :o :o 8-)
DC: Susie Dent and Helen Fospero.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: S N V T I A E C I
R02: T N A P E M O T M
R03: 25, 7, 5, 5, 1, 6. Target: 270.
TTT: LIAMROGER - "Liam and Roger combined to make such a complicated process."
R04: D B R U V E L A T
R05: C P L I E I Y R O
R06: 75, 9, 8, 3, 5, 8. Target: 549.
R07: H W R F E A I S T
R08: E H M L U A J C S
R09: 1, 3, 8, 5, 10, 6. Target: 592.
TTT: CLEANAUNT - "The nurse cleaned the back of aunt's hand in readiness to do this."
R10: D E T R A T O C E
R11: R X G N I O E S G
R12: R N T O D I R E A
R13: S N D U E I N F O
R14: 50, 2, 1, 3, 8, 2. Target: 467.
R15: G I V E N D I C E (conundrum)


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Round 1: S N V T I A E C I

Rebecca: vainiest
Andy: CAVITIES (8)
DC: VAINEST (7) TISANE (6)
OT: ACTIVINS (8) INACTIVE (8) NATIVISE (8) VANITIES (8) VESICANT (8)
Score: 0–8 (max 8)

Round 2: T N A P E M O T M

Rebecca: MOMENT (6)
Andy: pantone
DC: MOMENTA (7)
OT: TOMENTA (7)
Score: 6–8 (max 15)

Round 3: 25, 7, 5, 5, 1, 6. Target: 270.

Rebecca: 270. (7 - 6 + 1 + 25) x (5 + 5) (10)
Andy: 270. (7 - 6 + 1 + 25) x (5 + 5) (10)
Score: 16–18 (max 25)

Teatime teaser: LIAMROGER -> RIGMAROLE

Round 4: D B R U V E L A T

Rebecca: BRAVED (6)
Andy: VAULTED (7)
DC: ADULTER (7)
OT: ABLUTED (7) BLURTED (7) DURABLE (7) VAULTER (7)
Score: 16–25 (max 32)

Round 5: C P L I E I Y R O

Rebecca: POLICY (6)
Andy: policer
DC: POLICIER (8)
Score: 22–25 (max 40)

Round 6: 75, 9, 8, 3, 5, 8. Target: 549.

Rebecca: 546. Mistake in working.
Andy: 552. (8 x 75) - (5 x 9) - 3 (7)
RR: 549. ((75 - 5) x 8) - 8 - 3 (10)
Score: 22–32 (max 50)

Helen talks about her new podcast including an interview via a hike with Chris Bonington.

Round 7: H W R F E A I S T

Rebecca: WAITERS (7)
Andy: FAIREST (7)
DC: WHARFIES (8)
OT: WATERISH (8)
Score: 29–39 (max 58)

Round 8: E H M L U A J C S

Rebecca: MUSCLE (6)
Andy: MULCHES (7)
DC: CAMELS (6)
OT: MACULES (7)
Score: 29–46 (max 65)

Round 9: 1, 3, 8, 5, 10, 6. Target: 592.

Rebecca: 592. (10 x 6 x (3 - 1) x 5) - 8 (10)
Andy: 599.
Score: 39–46 (max 75)

Teatime teaser: CLEANAUNT -> CANNULATE

Round 10: D E T R A T O C E

Rebecca: ROTATED (7)
Andy: DECORATE (8)
DC: COATED (6) RECOATED (8)
OT: DETECTOR (8)
Score: 39–54 (max 83)

Round 11: R X G N I O E S G

Rebecca: SOGGIER (7)
Andy: IGNORES (7)
DC: SNIGGER (7) SNOGGER (7) GRINGOS (7)
OT: GINGERS (7) NIGGERS (7) NOGGIES (7) OREXINS (7) REGIONS (7) RIGGONS (7)
Score: 46–61 (max 90)

Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "lop".

Round 12: R N T O D I R E A

Rebecca: ORIENT (6)
Andy: TRAINED (7)
DC: ORDINATE (8) ORDAINER (8)
OT: ANTERIOR (8) DERATION (8) NADORITE (8) NORRATED (8) RATIONED (8) REORDAIN (8) RODENTIA (8)
Score: 46–68 (max 98)

Round 13: S N D U E I N F O

Rebecca: sunnied
Andy: FUNNIES (7)
DC: SUNNED (6) INFUSED (7) FONDUES (7)
OT: NOUNISED (8)
Score: 46–75 (max 106)

Round 14: 50, 2, 1, 3, 8, 2. Target: 467.

Rebecca: 467. ((8 + 1) x (50 + 2)) - (3 - 2) (10)
Andy: 467. ((50 - 3) x (8 + 2)) - 2 - 1 (10)
Score: 56–85 (max 116)

Round 15: G I V E N D I C E

Andy buzzes on 4.25 seconds to say "No, I think it's wrong", which is incorrect.
Rebecca does not buzz.
The answer (given by Andy afterwards) was DECEIVING.
Final Score: 56–85 (max 126)

Statistics Corner

Rebecca:
Total score - 56
Raw score - 81
Total % of max - 44
Raw % of max - 64
Total average score per round - 3.7
Raw average score per round - 5.4
Number of maxes - 4

Andy:
Total score - 85
Raw score - 90
Total % of max - 67
Raw % of max - 71
Total average score per round - 5.7
Raw average score per round - 6.0
Number of maxes - 7

Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=82