Tuesday 17th November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 159)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 17 November 2020.

C1: Champion Martyn Simpson (2 wins, 208 points.) An Apterite and area sales manager in the mobility sector from Kingswinford, West Midlands.
C2: Challenger Kevin Hackett. A man from Birmingham. He loves playing bowls and golf, and even went to Augusta to watch the 2018 Masters.
DC: Susie Dent and Rufus Hound.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R N L E A O E X T
R02: N S A N I W P E T
R03: 25, 100, 75, 50, 7, 5. Target: 463.
TTT: ONECIRCLE - "Restore relations with one of your circle of friends."
R04: G S I V A T R E T
R05: G C S O A E M L S
R06: 100, 8, 6, 2, 7, 8. Target: 433.
R07: R Z S A O E U D R
R08: N W A L G E I R D
R09: 75, 100, 50, 25, 10, 9. Target: 453.
TTT: ISNOTVERY - "The man is not very relaxed, in fact, he's fraught with this."
R10: K R L O E N B I T
R11: N F R A E I G T D
R12: C Y E P U F D I B
R13: H T N O I E R M D
R14: 9, 7, 8, 7, 4, 4. Target: 969.
R15: M A R T I N P I G (conundrum)


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Round 1: R N L E A O E X T

Martyn: EXTERNAL (8)
Kevin: RELATE (6)
DC: ETERNAL (7)
Score: 8–0 (max 8)

Round 2: N S A N I W P E T

Martyn: PANTIES (7)
Kevin: PANTIES (7)
DC: SAPIENT (7)
OT: PANTINES (8) PENATINS (8)
Score: 15–7 (max 16)

Round 3: 25, 100, 75, 50, 7, 5. Target: 463.

Martyn: 463. ((100 - 7) x 5) - (50 / 25) (10)
Kevin: 463. Mistake in working.
Score: 25–7 (max 26)

Teatime teaser: ONECIRCLE -> RECONCILE

Round 4: G S I V A T R E T

Martyn: GRAVEST (7)
Kevin: GRAVIES (7)
DC: TARGETS (7) STAGIER (7) VIRGATES (8)
Score: 32–14 (max 34)

Round 5: G C S O A E M L S

Martyn: SOCAGE (6)
Kevin: cogless
DC: MOLASSE (7)
OT: GLOSSAE (7) MASCLES (7) MESCALS (7) MOGASES (7) SOLACES (7)
Score: 38–14 (max 41)

Round 6: 100, 8, 6, 2, 7, 8. Target: 433.

Martyn: 433. ((100 + 8) x (8 / 2)) + 7 - 6 (10)
Kevin: 433. ((6 - 2) x (100 + 8)) + 8 - 7 (10)
Score: 48–24 (max 51)

Rufus does a poem about his actor friend, Sarah, whose only other poem written about her was done by Harold Pinter!

Round 7: R Z S A O E U D R

Martyn: AROUSED (7)
Kevin: ardours
DC: ARDOUR (6) arouser
OT: ADORERS (7) ARRODES (7) DROSERA (7) RAZORED (7) ROADERS (7)
Score: 55–24 (max 58)

Round 8: N W A L G E I R D

Martyn: WRANGLED (8)
Kevin: WRANGLED (8)
DC: DRAWLING (8)
OT: DANGLIER (8) DRAGLINE (8) RELADING (8)
Score: 63–32 (max 66)

Round 9: 75, 100, 50, 25, 10, 9. Target: 453.

Martyn: 453. (50 x 9) + (75 / 25) (10)
Kevin: 453. (50 x 9) + (75 / 25) (10)
Score: 73–42 (max 76)

Teatime teaser: ISNOTVERY -> NERVOSITY

Round 10: K R L O E N B I T

Martyn: BLINKER (7)
Kevin: BLINKER (7)
DC: boinker
OT: BORNITE (7) INKBLOT (7) RETINOL (7) RIETBOK (7) ROBINET (7) TINKLER (7)
Score: 80–49 (max 83)

Round 11: N F R A E I G T D

Martyn: GRADIENT (8)
Kevin: REDATING (8)
DC: TREADING (8) DRAFTING (8) INGRAFTED (18)
Score: 88–57 (max 101)

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

Round 12: C Y E P U F D I B

Martyn: EDIFY (5)
Kevin: EDIFY (5)
DC: DEIFY (5) PUBIC (5) CUBED (5)
OT: BICEP (5) BIPED (5) CEBID (5) CUPID (5) DICEY (5) PICEY (5) PUDIC (5)
Score: 93–62 (max 106)

Round 13: H T N O I E R M D

Martyn: THORNED (7)
Kevin: THRONED (7)
DC: MOTHIER (7) THERMION (8)
Score: 100–69 (max 114)

Round 14: 9, 7, 8, 7, 4, 4. Target: 969.

Martyn: 960. Mistake in working.
Kevin: -
RR: 969. ((7 x 7) + 8) x (9 + 4 + 4) (10)
Score: 100–69 (max 124)

Round 15: M A R T I N P I G

Martyn buzzes on 2.5 seconds to say IMPARTING which is correct.
Final Score: 110–69 (max 134)

Statistics Corner

Martyn:
Total score - 110
Raw score - 110
Total % of max - 82
Raw % of max - 82
Total average score per round - 7.3
Raw average score per round - 7.3
Number of maxes - 9

Kevin:
Total score - 69
Raw score - 75
Total % of max - 51
Raw % of max - 56
Total average score per round - 4.6
Raw average score per round - 5.0
Number of maxes - 5

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