Tuesday 13th July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 12)
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:36 pm
Annedown XII, and I need a new laptop. This took an hour to boot up.
Countdown recap for Tuesday 13 July 2021.
Anne points out that 26 years ago on this day was Live Aid. She also hopes that we'll get up to 1.5 billion viewers in due course.
C1: Champion Juliet Hedge (1 win, 69 points.)
C2: Challenger Florence Cappleman-Lynes. From Rochdale. An open-water swimmer. Apterite and wife of Series 82 runner-up Sam Cappleman-Lynes. This, oddly, doesn't get a mention. Anne asks if she goes by the name of "Flo", which she absolutely definitely doesn't.
DC: Susie Dent and Philippa Perry.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: P D E A N C S A F
R02: R E D O G A R S L
R03: 50, 9, 10, 8, 4, 8. Target: 890.
TTT: DONNATIM - "Donna and Tim were married but she definitely wore the trousers."
R04: B U N I T E D T I
R05: A M T E A R G S O
R06: 50, 25, 1, 9, 3, 3. Target: 516.
R07: D O R K F I E S C
R08: Y O R I S A G H G
R09: 75, 7, 7, 5, 10, 6. Target: 915.
TTT: GELDRUNT - "It sounds like the pig was actually quite happy."
R10: L A S E N I T W E
R11: E T L Q O O H N L
R12: S U D E N U R V C
R13: M I B E A T R I T
R14: 50, 6, 8, 1, 3, 10. Target: 379.
R15: U P P E R P E E T (conundrum)
And now a brief interlude before our main feature:
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Round 1: P D E A N C S A F
Juliet: escaped (phantom E)
Florence: PANDAS (6)
DC: CANAPES (7)
OT: FACADES (7) PANADES (7)
Score: 0–6 (max 7, jos 7)
Darren-o-meter: 0/1 (0%)
Whoops. Not a great start for our champion as she sees a phantom E and Florence takes the lead.
Round 2: R E D O G A R S L
Juliet: REGARDS (7)
Florence: LODGERS (7)
DC: GRADERS (7) GAOLERS (7)
OT: RAGLORES (8)
Score: 7–13 (max 15, jos 14)
Darren-o-meter: 1/2 (50%)
Sevens all round - except the computer beats everyone.
Round 3: 50, 9, 10, 8, 4, 8. Target: 890.
Juliet: -
Florence: 890. 8 ÷ 4 × 9 × 50 − 10 (10)
Score: 7–23 (max 25, jos 24)
A bad miss from Juliet gives Florence a 16-point lead after just three rounds.
Teatime teaser: DONNATIM -> DOMINANT
Round 4: B U N I T E D T I
Juliet: UNITED (6)
Florence: UNITED (6)
DC: BUTTED (6) BITTEN (6)
OT: INTUITED (8)
Score: 13–29 (max 33, jos 30)
Darren-o-meter: 2/3 (67%)
Sixes for the contestants and for Dictionary Corner - the eight eludes everyone.
Round 5: A M T E A R G S O
Juliet: GRATES (6) (not asked for spelling)
Florence: STORAGE (7)
DC: ORGASM (6) MARGATES (8)
OT: GEORAMAS (8) MEGASTAR (8) RAMGOATS (8) SAGAMORE (8)
Score: 13–36 (max 41, jos 38)
Darren-o-meter: 2/4 (50%)
GRATES? GREATS? We'll never know. In any case, it's immaterial. MARGATES from Susie, but it's not known whether this is related to the town.
Round 6: 50, 25, 1, 9, 3, 3. Target: 516.
Juliet: 516. (9 + 1) × 50 + 25 − 3 × 3 (10)
Florence: 516. (9 + 1) × 50 + 25 − 3 × 3 (10)
Score: 23–46 (max 51, jos 48)
That's more like it from Juliet.
Philippa has a podcast. She also claims there's 60 billion people in the world. Just 53 billion out, there. She doesn't have a couch, so Anne asks why so many "shrinks" have couches. Philippa tries to explain but then again, she doesn't have one, so this is explanation without agreement. Her explanation of "it's a Freudian thing" leads into a fairly random discussion on Freud. I did A Level philosophy, so this conversation hurts my brain.
Round 7: D O R K F I E S C
Juliet: DOCKERS (7)
Florence: FRISKED (7)
DC: CORKED (6) CORKIES (7)
OT: DEFROCKS (8) DISFROCK (8)
Score: 30–53 (max 59, jos 55)
Darren-o-meter: 2/5 (40%)
Sevens for Juliet and Florence, but everyone misses the two eights. DEFROCKS and DISFROCK - shame that Daniel Crews, the frock destroyer-- sorry, designer, isn't still with us.
Round 8: Y O R I S A G H G
Juliet: HAGGIS (6)
Florence: GARISH (6)
DC: SHAGGY (6) ARGOSY (6)
OT: GAYISH (6) GOYAHS (6) GOYISH (6) OGRISH (6) YORGAS (6)
Score: 36–59 (max 65, jos 61)
Darren-o-meter: 2/6 (33%)
Flat.
Round 9: 75, 7, 7, 5, 10, 6. Target: 915.
Juliet: 916. (7 + 5) × 75 + 10 + 6 (7)
Florence: 916. (7 + 5) × 75 + 10 + 6 (7)
RR: 915. (7 + 6 + 75) × 10 + 7 × 5 (10)
Score: 43–66 (max 75, jos 71)
Rachel has the answer, although it's not quite as hard as she made out.
Teatime teaser: GELDRUNT -> GRUNTLED
If anyone remembers OOW from the other day, this is another "lost positive" that Susie loves.
Round 10: L A S E N I T W E
Juliet: SALIENT (7)
Florence: ENTAILS (7)
DC: WEASEL (6)
OT: EASTLIN (7) ELASTIN (7) INWALES (7) LATEENS (7) LEANEST (7) LENITES (7) LISENTE (7) NETWISE (7) SALTINE (7) SLAINTE (7) TENSILE (7) WANTIES (7) WESTLIN (7)
Score: 50–73 (max 82, jos 78)
Darren-o-meter: 2/7 (29%)
Philippa misses approximately a million 7s.
Round 11: E T L Q O O H N L
Juliet: HOTEL (5)
Florence: HOTEL (5)
DC: HELLO (5) helloo
OT: HELOT (5) LENTO (5) OHELO (5) OHONE (5) THOLE (5)
Score: 55–78 (max 87, jos 82)
Darren-o-meter: 2/8 (25%)
Dictionary Corner's desperate attempt to get more than five is rejected.
Susie carries out her threat to cover some of her greatest hits, and this time it's "steal one's thunder."
Round 12: S U D E N U R V C
Juliet: CURVED (6)
Florence: uncurved (try)
DC: UNCURED (7)
Score: 61–78 (max 94, jos 89)
Darren-o-meter: 3/9 (33%)
Florence tries for UNCUVRED^ but it's not there. It's giving Juliet a fighting chance, with the gap down to 17 points.
Round 13: M I B E A T R I T
Juliet: BATTIER (7)
Florence: BATTIER (7)
DC: AIRTIME (7)
OT: AMBETTI (7) AMBRETT (7) AMBRITE (7) AMIRITE (7) BIRETTA (7) BITTIER (7) IMITATE (7) MARTITE (7) MITRATE (7)
Score: 68–85 (max 101, jos 96)
Darren-o-meter: 3/10 (30%)
Flaaaaaaaat. Both contestants pass their paper to each other, which looks a little strange and something from the Chuckle Brothers. To me, to you...
Round 14: 50, 6, 8, 1, 3, 10. Target: 379.
Juliet: 379. 8 × 50 − (6 + 1) × 3 (10)
Florence: 379. 50 × 6 + 8 × 10 − 1 (10)
Score: 78–95 (max 111, jos 106)
Rachel makes a hash of transcribing the solutions, but it gets Florence over the line.
Round 15: U P P E R P E E T
Florence buzzes on 7 seconds to say PUPPETEER which is correct.
Final Score: 78–105 (max 121, jos 116)
And she gets the conundrum for good measure to score a century on debut and the first century of the Robinson era.
Join us again for Countdown. Goodbye.
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=84
Countdown recap for Tuesday 13 July 2021.
Anne points out that 26 years ago on this day was Live Aid. She also hopes that we'll get up to 1.5 billion viewers in due course.
C1: Champion Juliet Hedge (1 win, 69 points.)
C2: Challenger Florence Cappleman-Lynes. From Rochdale. An open-water swimmer. Apterite and wife of Series 82 runner-up Sam Cappleman-Lynes. This, oddly, doesn't get a mention. Anne asks if she goes by the name of "Flo", which she absolutely definitely doesn't.
DC: Susie Dent and Philippa Perry.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: P D E A N C S A F
R02: R E D O G A R S L
R03: 50, 9, 10, 8, 4, 8. Target: 890.
TTT: DONNATIM - "Donna and Tim were married but she definitely wore the trousers."
R04: B U N I T E D T I
R05: A M T E A R G S O
R06: 50, 25, 1, 9, 3, 3. Target: 516.
R07: D O R K F I E S C
R08: Y O R I S A G H G
R09: 75, 7, 7, 5, 10, 6. Target: 915.
TTT: GELDRUNT - "It sounds like the pig was actually quite happy."
R10: L A S E N I T W E
R11: E T L Q O O H N L
R12: S U D E N U R V C
R13: M I B E A T R I T
R14: 50, 6, 8, 1, 3, 10. Target: 379.
R15: U P P E R P E E T (conundrum)
And now a brief interlude before our main feature:
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Round 1: P D E A N C S A F
Juliet: escaped (phantom E)
Florence: PANDAS (6)
DC: CANAPES (7)
OT: FACADES (7) PANADES (7)
Score: 0–6 (max 7, jos 7)
Darren-o-meter: 0/1 (0%)
Whoops. Not a great start for our champion as she sees a phantom E and Florence takes the lead.
Round 2: R E D O G A R S L
Juliet: REGARDS (7)
Florence: LODGERS (7)
DC: GRADERS (7) GAOLERS (7)
OT: RAGLORES (8)
Score: 7–13 (max 15, jos 14)
Darren-o-meter: 1/2 (50%)
Sevens all round - except the computer beats everyone.
Round 3: 50, 9, 10, 8, 4, 8. Target: 890.
Juliet: -
Florence: 890. 8 ÷ 4 × 9 × 50 − 10 (10)
Score: 7–23 (max 25, jos 24)
A bad miss from Juliet gives Florence a 16-point lead after just three rounds.
Teatime teaser: DONNATIM -> DOMINANT
Round 4: B U N I T E D T I
Juliet: UNITED (6)
Florence: UNITED (6)
DC: BUTTED (6) BITTEN (6)
OT: INTUITED (8)
Score: 13–29 (max 33, jos 30)
Darren-o-meter: 2/3 (67%)
Sixes for the contestants and for Dictionary Corner - the eight eludes everyone.
Round 5: A M T E A R G S O
Juliet: GRATES (6) (not asked for spelling)
Florence: STORAGE (7)
DC: ORGASM (6) MARGATES (8)
OT: GEORAMAS (8) MEGASTAR (8) RAMGOATS (8) SAGAMORE (8)
Score: 13–36 (max 41, jos 38)
Darren-o-meter: 2/4 (50%)
GRATES? GREATS? We'll never know. In any case, it's immaterial. MARGATES from Susie, but it's not known whether this is related to the town.
Round 6: 50, 25, 1, 9, 3, 3. Target: 516.
Juliet: 516. (9 + 1) × 50 + 25 − 3 × 3 (10)
Florence: 516. (9 + 1) × 50 + 25 − 3 × 3 (10)
Score: 23–46 (max 51, jos 48)
That's more like it from Juliet.
Philippa has a podcast. She also claims there's 60 billion people in the world. Just 53 billion out, there. She doesn't have a couch, so Anne asks why so many "shrinks" have couches. Philippa tries to explain but then again, she doesn't have one, so this is explanation without agreement. Her explanation of "it's a Freudian thing" leads into a fairly random discussion on Freud. I did A Level philosophy, so this conversation hurts my brain.
Round 7: D O R K F I E S C
Juliet: DOCKERS (7)
Florence: FRISKED (7)
DC: CORKED (6) CORKIES (7)
OT: DEFROCKS (8) DISFROCK (8)
Score: 30–53 (max 59, jos 55)
Darren-o-meter: 2/5 (40%)
Sevens for Juliet and Florence, but everyone misses the two eights. DEFROCKS and DISFROCK - shame that Daniel Crews, the frock destroyer-- sorry, designer, isn't still with us.
Round 8: Y O R I S A G H G
Juliet: HAGGIS (6)
Florence: GARISH (6)
DC: SHAGGY (6) ARGOSY (6)
OT: GAYISH (6) GOYAHS (6) GOYISH (6) OGRISH (6) YORGAS (6)
Score: 36–59 (max 65, jos 61)
Darren-o-meter: 2/6 (33%)
Flat.
Round 9: 75, 7, 7, 5, 10, 6. Target: 915.
Juliet: 916. (7 + 5) × 75 + 10 + 6 (7)
Florence: 916. (7 + 5) × 75 + 10 + 6 (7)
RR: 915. (7 + 6 + 75) × 10 + 7 × 5 (10)
Score: 43–66 (max 75, jos 71)
Rachel has the answer, although it's not quite as hard as she made out.
Teatime teaser: GELDRUNT -> GRUNTLED
If anyone remembers OOW from the other day, this is another "lost positive" that Susie loves.
Round 10: L A S E N I T W E
Juliet: SALIENT (7)
Florence: ENTAILS (7)
DC: WEASEL (6)
OT: EASTLIN (7) ELASTIN (7) INWALES (7) LATEENS (7) LEANEST (7) LENITES (7) LISENTE (7) NETWISE (7) SALTINE (7) SLAINTE (7) TENSILE (7) WANTIES (7) WESTLIN (7)
Score: 50–73 (max 82, jos 78)
Darren-o-meter: 2/7 (29%)
Philippa misses approximately a million 7s.
Round 11: E T L Q O O H N L
Juliet: HOTEL (5)
Florence: HOTEL (5)
DC: HELLO (5) helloo
OT: HELOT (5) LENTO (5) OHELO (5) OHONE (5) THOLE (5)
Score: 55–78 (max 87, jos 82)
Darren-o-meter: 2/8 (25%)
Dictionary Corner's desperate attempt to get more than five is rejected.
Susie carries out her threat to cover some of her greatest hits, and this time it's "steal one's thunder."
Round 12: S U D E N U R V C
Juliet: CURVED (6)
Florence: uncurved (try)
DC: UNCURED (7)
Score: 61–78 (max 94, jos 89)
Darren-o-meter: 3/9 (33%)
Florence tries for UNCUVRED^ but it's not there. It's giving Juliet a fighting chance, with the gap down to 17 points.
Round 13: M I B E A T R I T
Juliet: BATTIER (7)
Florence: BATTIER (7)
DC: AIRTIME (7)
OT: AMBETTI (7) AMBRETT (7) AMBRITE (7) AMIRITE (7) BIRETTA (7) BITTIER (7) IMITATE (7) MARTITE (7) MITRATE (7)
Score: 68–85 (max 101, jos 96)
Darren-o-meter: 3/10 (30%)
Flaaaaaaaat. Both contestants pass their paper to each other, which looks a little strange and something from the Chuckle Brothers. To me, to you...
Round 14: 50, 6, 8, 1, 3, 10. Target: 379.
Juliet: 379. 8 × 50 − (6 + 1) × 3 (10)
Florence: 379. 50 × 6 + 8 × 10 − 1 (10)
Score: 78–95 (max 111, jos 106)
Rachel makes a hash of transcribing the solutions, but it gets Florence over the line.
Round 15: U P P E R P E E T
Florence buzzes on 7 seconds to say PUPPETEER which is correct.
Final Score: 78–105 (max 121, jos 116)
And she gets the conundrum for good measure to score a century on debut and the first century of the Robinson era.
Join us again for Countdown. Goodbye.
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=84