Tuesday 20th July 2021 (Series 84, Preliminary 16)
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 2:15 pm
So the day after "freedom day". They still made me wear a mask in Tescos though. Annedown XVI.
Countdown recap for Tuesday 20 July 2021.
Anne appears to be wearing an electric dog collar. She tells us 52 years ago today that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. (Did you know more people have been on the moon than won Takeshi's Castle?) She then asks Rachel R why aren't there more female astronauts.
C1: Champion Florence Cappleman-Lynes (4 wins, 413 points.) Apterite and wife of Series 82 runner-up Sam Cappleman-Lynes. Left her job in December 2019 to look after her (and presumably Sam's) first child.
C2: Challenger Sarah Hobhouse. A retired GP from Andover - "you don't look anywhere near old enough", and Anne is genuinely nice towards her.
DC: Rachel Parris. Wearing a pink shirt and black crevette, she looks like a poor man's Sixth Doctor without the waistcoat or overcoat.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: L U S O N O B A R
R02: G D P E I O T S N
R03: 25, 9, 6, 1, 2, 6. Target: 277.
TTT: ENIDFRED - "Enid and Fred became pals on social media."
R04: Q C S M E E I D A
R05: H A C U S I L T E
R06: 25, 4, 7, 1, 2, 8. Target: 648.
R07: P I K A R E S G R
R08: M F T M U I E G P
R09: 50, 75, 5, 10, 6, 2. Target: 675.
TTT: ONETRACE - "One can trace this back to a certain orange vegetable. "
R10: S D R E O A L N W
R11: P U T A D O S O N
R12: S Y W A E R B O R
R13: F E N I V U N L C
R14: 75, 7, 9, 7, 8, 6. Target: 230.
R15: H A R R Y S A P I (conundrum)
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Round 1: L U S O N O B A R
Florence: SOLUNAR (7)
Sarah: SOLAR (5)
OT: LABOROUS (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8, jos 7)
Darren-o-meter: 1/1 (100%)
Florence starts us off with a jossy 7. I missed LABOROUS on Apto last night, and I missed it again here.
Round 2: G D P E I O T S N
Florence: DEPOSING (8)
Sarah: pidgeons
DC: PODGIEST (8) PONGIEST (8)
Score: 15–0 (max 16, jos 15)
Darren-o-meter: 1/2 (50%)
PIGEONS doesn't have a D, thus giving Florence another 8-point lead.
Round 3: 25, 9, 6, 1, 2, 6. Target: 277.
Florence: 277. (6 + 6 − 1) × 25 + 2 (10)
Sarah: 277. (9 + 2) × 25 + 6 ÷ 6 + 1 (10)
Score: 25–10 (max 26, jos 25)
10 points each here.
Teatime teaser: ENIDFRED -> FRIENDED
Round 4: Q C S M E E I D A
Florence: DEMISE (6)
Sarah: DAMES (5)
DC: CEASED (6)
OT: DECIMAS (7) DECIMES (7)
Score: 31–10 (max 33, jos 31)
Darren-o-meter: 1/3 (33%)
Florence extends her lead by another six points.
Round 5: H A C U S I L T E
Florence: LATCHES (7)
Sarah: CHALETS (7)
DC: ACHIEST (7) SATCHEL (7)
OT: ACUTISH (7) AITCHES (7) ALETHIC (7) AULETIC (7) CHITALS (7) CLUIEST (7) CULTISH (7) ELASTIC (7) ETHICAL (7) LACIEST (7) LATEISH (7) LATICES (7) SCHALET (7) SULCATE (7)
Score: 38–17 (max 40, jos 38)
Darren-o-meter: 1/4 (25%)
Flaaaaaaat.
Round 6: 25, 4, 7, 1, 2, 8. Target: 648.
Florence: 648. (8 × 4 − 7 + 1) × 25 − 2 (10)
Sarah: 648. (8 × 4 − 7 + 1) × 25 − 2 (10)
Score: 48–27 (max 50, jos 48)
Not quite Ariana level, but another 10 points each.
Anne commends Rachel P about The Mash Report's piece on sexual harassment. Given that The Mash Report is one of my least favourite programmes, I'm not saying any more about it. Anne then asks about Marcus Brigstocke, Rachel P's husband, and laments that he picked Rachel P over her.
Round 7: P I K A R E S G R
Florence: SPARKIER (8) (try)
Sarah: RASPIER (7) (try)
OT: GARPIKES (8)
Score: 56–27 (max 58, jos 56)
Darren-o-meter: 1/5 (20%)
Florence's try pays off with another eight points on to her lead.
Round 8: M F T M U I E G P
Florence: IMPUTE (6) (try)
Sarah: gummie (try)
DC: UPTIME (6)
OT: GUIMPE (6) METUMP (6)
Score: 62–27 (max 64, jos 62)
Darren-o-meter: 1/6 (17%)
I think Sarah was thinking of GUMMY, but in any case Florence is allowed to extend her lead further. Looks like Sarah will be going home teapot-less...
Round 9: 50, 75, 5, 10, 6, 2. Target: 675.
Florence: 675. 50 × 6 × 2 + 75 (10)
Sarah: 675. 50 × 6 × 2 + 75 (10)
Score: 72–37 (max 74, jos 72)
thank u, next
Teatime teaser: ONETRACE -> CAROTENE
Gasoline, carotene, stop drop roll...
Our retired GP informs us this is to do with a carrot overdose.
Round 10: S D R E O A L N W
Florence: SLANDER (7)
Sarah: LOADERS (7)
DC: WORDS (5) LADRONES (8)
OT: SOLANDER (8)
Score: 79–44 (max 82, jos 80)
Darren-o-meter: 1/7 (14%)
Rachel P spots (or is told) LADRONES which denies Florence - whose spot of SLANDER is still very good - of a jos game.
Round 11: P U T A D O S O N
Florence: UPSTAND (7) (try)
Sarah: ADOPTS (6)
DC: OUTSPAN (7)
OT: PUNATOOS (8)
Score: 86–44 (max 90, jos 87)
Darren-o-meter: 2/8 (25%)
Another good try from Florence puts gives her four match points...
Sue tells Anne she keeps bees. I knew someone who used to keep slightly more than three dozen bees. Her husband loved it when she would get her 38Bs whizzing around his head...
Round 12: S Y W A E R B O R
Florence: BARROWS (7)
Sarah: borrows (phantom O)
DC: BROWSER (7) ROSEBAY (7) SWEARY (6)
OT: BOWYERS (7) BROWSEY (7) YARROWS (7)
Score: 93–44 (max 97, jos 94)
Darren-o-meter: 2/9 (22%)
And Sarah's phantom O gets Florence across the line.
Round 13: F E N I V U N L C
Florence: FUNNEL (6)
Sarah: FUNNEL (6)
DC: FUNICLE (7)
OT: NUCLEIN (7)
Score: 99–50 (max 104, jos 100)
Darren-o-meter: 2/10 (20%)
Not a great letters round to finish, it's just sixes for our two contestants.
Round 14: 75, 7, 9, 7, 8, 6. Target: 230.
Florence: 231. (not written down) (9 − 6) × 75 + 7 + 7 − 8 (7)
Sarah: 231. (9 − 6) × 75 − (8 − 7) + 7 (7)
RR: 230. (9 − 6) × (75 − 7 ÷ 7) + 8 (10)
Score: 106–57 (max 114, jos 110)
Not written down or not, both contestants have a variation on a theme of one away. Rachel R finally gets something to do, and tells us how to get there.
Round 15: H A R R Y S A P I
Florence buzzes on 10.25 seconds to say HAIRSPRAY which is correct.
Final Score: 116–57 (max 124, jos 120)
Florence notches up another conundrum spot and gets her to five wins. Three more incoming...?
Join us again for Countdown. Goodbye.
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=84
Countdown recap for Tuesday 20 July 2021.
Anne appears to be wearing an electric dog collar. She tells us 52 years ago today that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. (Did you know more people have been on the moon than won Takeshi's Castle?) She then asks Rachel R why aren't there more female astronauts.
C1: Champion Florence Cappleman-Lynes (4 wins, 413 points.) Apterite and wife of Series 82 runner-up Sam Cappleman-Lynes. Left her job in December 2019 to look after her (and presumably Sam's) first child.
C2: Challenger Sarah Hobhouse. A retired GP from Andover - "you don't look anywhere near old enough", and Anne is genuinely nice towards her.
DC: Rachel Parris. Wearing a pink shirt and black crevette, she looks like a poor man's Sixth Doctor without the waistcoat or overcoat.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: L U S O N O B A R
R02: G D P E I O T S N
R03: 25, 9, 6, 1, 2, 6. Target: 277.
TTT: ENIDFRED - "Enid and Fred became pals on social media."
R04: Q C S M E E I D A
R05: H A C U S I L T E
R06: 25, 4, 7, 1, 2, 8. Target: 648.
R07: P I K A R E S G R
R08: M F T M U I E G P
R09: 50, 75, 5, 10, 6, 2. Target: 675.
TTT: ONETRACE - "One can trace this back to a certain orange vegetable. "
R10: S D R E O A L N W
R11: P U T A D O S O N
R12: S Y W A E R B O R
R13: F E N I V U N L C
R14: 75, 7, 9, 7, 8, 6. Target: 230.
R15: H A R R Y S A P I (conundrum)
And now a brief interlude before our main feature:
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Round 1: L U S O N O B A R
Florence: SOLUNAR (7)
Sarah: SOLAR (5)
OT: LABOROUS (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8, jos 7)
Darren-o-meter: 1/1 (100%)
Florence starts us off with a jossy 7. I missed LABOROUS on Apto last night, and I missed it again here.
Round 2: G D P E I O T S N
Florence: DEPOSING (8)
Sarah: pidgeons
DC: PODGIEST (8) PONGIEST (8)
Score: 15–0 (max 16, jos 15)
Darren-o-meter: 1/2 (50%)
PIGEONS doesn't have a D, thus giving Florence another 8-point lead.
Round 3: 25, 9, 6, 1, 2, 6. Target: 277.
Florence: 277. (6 + 6 − 1) × 25 + 2 (10)
Sarah: 277. (9 + 2) × 25 + 6 ÷ 6 + 1 (10)
Score: 25–10 (max 26, jos 25)
10 points each here.
Teatime teaser: ENIDFRED -> FRIENDED
Round 4: Q C S M E E I D A
Florence: DEMISE (6)
Sarah: DAMES (5)
DC: CEASED (6)
OT: DECIMAS (7) DECIMES (7)
Score: 31–10 (max 33, jos 31)
Darren-o-meter: 1/3 (33%)
Florence extends her lead by another six points.
Round 5: H A C U S I L T E
Florence: LATCHES (7)
Sarah: CHALETS (7)
DC: ACHIEST (7) SATCHEL (7)
OT: ACUTISH (7) AITCHES (7) ALETHIC (7) AULETIC (7) CHITALS (7) CLUIEST (7) CULTISH (7) ELASTIC (7) ETHICAL (7) LACIEST (7) LATEISH (7) LATICES (7) SCHALET (7) SULCATE (7)
Score: 38–17 (max 40, jos 38)
Darren-o-meter: 1/4 (25%)
Flaaaaaaat.
Round 6: 25, 4, 7, 1, 2, 8. Target: 648.
Florence: 648. (8 × 4 − 7 + 1) × 25 − 2 (10)
Sarah: 648. (8 × 4 − 7 + 1) × 25 − 2 (10)
Score: 48–27 (max 50, jos 48)
Not quite Ariana level, but another 10 points each.
Anne commends Rachel P about The Mash Report's piece on sexual harassment. Given that The Mash Report is one of my least favourite programmes, I'm not saying any more about it. Anne then asks about Marcus Brigstocke, Rachel P's husband, and laments that he picked Rachel P over her.
Round 7: P I K A R E S G R
Florence: SPARKIER (8) (try)
Sarah: RASPIER (7) (try)
OT: GARPIKES (8)
Score: 56–27 (max 58, jos 56)
Darren-o-meter: 1/5 (20%)
Florence's try pays off with another eight points on to her lead.
Round 8: M F T M U I E G P
Florence: IMPUTE (6) (try)
Sarah: gummie (try)
DC: UPTIME (6)
OT: GUIMPE (6) METUMP (6)
Score: 62–27 (max 64, jos 62)
Darren-o-meter: 1/6 (17%)
I think Sarah was thinking of GUMMY, but in any case Florence is allowed to extend her lead further. Looks like Sarah will be going home teapot-less...
Round 9: 50, 75, 5, 10, 6, 2. Target: 675.
Florence: 675. 50 × 6 × 2 + 75 (10)
Sarah: 675. 50 × 6 × 2 + 75 (10)
Score: 72–37 (max 74, jos 72)
thank u, next
Teatime teaser: ONETRACE -> CAROTENE
Gasoline, carotene, stop drop roll...
Our retired GP informs us this is to do with a carrot overdose.
Round 10: S D R E O A L N W
Florence: SLANDER (7)
Sarah: LOADERS (7)
DC: WORDS (5) LADRONES (8)
OT: SOLANDER (8)
Score: 79–44 (max 82, jos 80)
Darren-o-meter: 1/7 (14%)
Rachel P spots (or is told) LADRONES which denies Florence - whose spot of SLANDER is still very good - of a jos game.
Round 11: P U T A D O S O N
Florence: UPSTAND (7) (try)
Sarah: ADOPTS (6)
DC: OUTSPAN (7)
OT: PUNATOOS (8)
Score: 86–44 (max 90, jos 87)
Darren-o-meter: 2/8 (25%)
Another good try from Florence puts gives her four match points...
Sue tells Anne she keeps bees. I knew someone who used to keep slightly more than three dozen bees. Her husband loved it when she would get her 38Bs whizzing around his head...
Round 12: S Y W A E R B O R
Florence: BARROWS (7)
Sarah: borrows (phantom O)
DC: BROWSER (7) ROSEBAY (7) SWEARY (6)
OT: BOWYERS (7) BROWSEY (7) YARROWS (7)
Score: 93–44 (max 97, jos 94)
Darren-o-meter: 2/9 (22%)
And Sarah's phantom O gets Florence across the line.
Round 13: F E N I V U N L C
Florence: FUNNEL (6)
Sarah: FUNNEL (6)
DC: FUNICLE (7)
OT: NUCLEIN (7)
Score: 99–50 (max 104, jos 100)
Darren-o-meter: 2/10 (20%)
Not a great letters round to finish, it's just sixes for our two contestants.
Round 14: 75, 7, 9, 7, 8, 6. Target: 230.
Florence: 231. (not written down) (9 − 6) × 75 + 7 + 7 − 8 (7)
Sarah: 231. (9 − 6) × 75 − (8 − 7) + 7 (7)
RR: 230. (9 − 6) × (75 − 7 ÷ 7) + 8 (10)
Score: 106–57 (max 114, jos 110)
Not written down or not, both contestants have a variation on a theme of one away. Rachel R finally gets something to do, and tells us how to get there.
Round 15: H A R R Y S A P I
Florence buzzes on 10.25 seconds to say HAIRSPRAY which is correct.
Final Score: 116–57 (max 124, jos 120)
Florence notches up another conundrum spot and gets her to five wins. Three more incoming...?
Join us again for Countdown. Goodbye.
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=84