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Countdown Recap - Wednesday 16th September 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 43)

Champion (C1): Bob De Caux (5 wins, 426 points), a former investment banker from London who can frequently be spotted on Apterous. Jeff today revealed how Bob loves pub quizzes, and in particular his specialist subject of capital cities, but will Bob be able to cap-it-all off with his first century or will he be heading Stock-home?
Challenger (C2): Jeffrey Burgin, a sports fan, Apterite, and lover of cheesy one-hit wonders. Will Jeffrey need the support of a Spirit in the Sky today, or will Burgin Kill the Apterous Star?
DC: Susie Dent and Jo 'Pussierot' Brand
RR: Rachel Riley, being suggestive once again when told the Americans call Wednesday "hump-day"
OT: Other words, solutions and unfunny twaddle

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R01: S T R S O A I A D
R02: V T S E I E H Y C
R03: N P T M O I A I H
R04: N W R E A I S D A
R05: 100, 9, 4, 1, 10, 3 --> Target: 997
TTT: LATEVISA - "You might do this just before tucking in."
R06: L K L E I O B M R
R07: D M S Z E A E O F
R08: D X L U E A N E D
R09: S D B R A E I U N
R10: 100, 10, 6, 5, 1, 10 --> Target: 714
TTT: BRINGLAW - "Battle jewellery for the noisy bird, perhaps."
R11: J N T S A E O E R
R12: F N Q O U E C T N
R13: P T S N I O E U P
R14: 75, 5, 9, 7, 1, 2 --> Target: 195
R15: M I N T Y P I G S (conundrum)

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Round 1: S T R S O A I A D

C1: ASTROID (7)
C2: ASTROIDS (8)
Score: 0–8 (max 8)

Round 2: V T S E I E H Y C

C1: CHESTY (6)
C2: CHEESY (6)
DC: TECHIES and THIEVES (7)
OT: Some slightly more obscure sevens in the forms of CHEVETS, VETCHES and SEVICHE (7)
Score: 6–14 (max 15)

Round 3: N P T M O I A I H

C1: ptomain
C2: PHANTOM (7)
DC: Susie spots POTMAN, and Jo suggests her husband's toilet is a HIMPOTI^...
OT: ,,,but DC are roundly beaten by Chris Davies, amongst others, with HIMATION (8) for eight
Score: 6–21 (max 23)

Round 4: N W R E A I S D A

C1: SANDIER (7)
C2: REWINDS (7)
DC: Only more (legitimate) sevens in INWARDS, RADIANS and WARDENS (7)
OT: There is an eight in there: Phil Makepeace spotted ARANEIDS (8), another word for spiders, and posted it on the web!
Score: 13–28 (max 31)

Round 5: 100, 9, 4, 1, 10, 3 --> Target: 997

C1: 997 = 10 × 100 - 3 (10)
C2: 997 = 10 × 100 - 3 (10)
Score: 23–38 (max 41)

Teatime teaser: LATEVISA --> SALIVATE

Round 6: L K L E I O B M R

C1: EMBROIL (7)
C2: EMBROIL (7)
DC: LIBERO (6)
Score: 30–45 (max 48)

Round 7: D M S Z E A E O F

C1: FOAMED (6)
C2: DEFAMES (7)
Score: 30–52 (max 55)

Round 8: D X L U E A N E D

C1: LEANED (6)
C2: deluxe
DC: DELUDE and LANDED (6), but...
OT: ...it's our Rachel who finds the Darren in UNLEADED (8)
Score: 36–52 (max 63)

Round 9: S D B R A E I U N

C1: unbraised
C2: unbraised
DC: There is a legal nine on offer: URBANISED (18)
Score: 36–52 (max 81)

Round 10: 100, 10, 6, 5, 1, 10 --> Target: 714.

C1: 714 = (100 + 10 ÷ 5) × (6 + 1) (10)
C2: 714 = (100 + 10 ÷ 5) × (6 + 1) (10)
Score: 46–62 (max 91)

Teatime teaser: BRINGLAW --> WARBLING

Round 11: J N T S A E O E R

C1: RESONATE (8)
C2: RESONATE (8)
OT: SERJEANT (8) was also available if you paid atten-shun!
Score: 54–70 (max 99)

Round 12: F N Q O U E C T N

C1: COUNT (5)
C2: COUNT (5)
DC: Jo thinks the max is QUO (3) but Susie confutes her with CONFUTE (7), meaning to prove someone wrong.
Score: 59–75 (max 106)

Round 13: P T S N I O E U P

C1: uppiest
C2: POINTS (6)
DC: If Jeffrey had been into ballet he would surely have added the E to make POINTES (7)
OT: Just more sevens: PEPINOS, PINOUTS, PINSPOT, PITEOUS, PUNIEST, PUNTIES, SNIPPET, TOPPIES and TOPSPIN (7)
Score: 59–81 (max 113)

Round 14: 75, 5, 9, 7, 1, 2 --> Target: 195

C1: 195 = 75 × 2 + 9 × 5 (10)
C2: 195 = 75 × 2 + 9 × 5 (10)
Score: 69–91 (max 123)

Round 15: M I N T Y P I G S

C2 buzzes on 9 seconds to say STIMPYING... which is incorrect.
C1 buzzes on 27 seconds to say MISTYPING... which is spot on!
Score: 79–91 (max 133)

Philpot's final thought:

This is the final show I'll be able to recap for a while as next week sees the start of a new 'semester' at university. My timetable suggests I will be in lectures on a Wednesday afternoon, and I'll be away from my beloved Sky+ box. I couldn't have picked a much more exciting game on which to bow out for now, as it seemed to have a bit of everything: non-existant words, a non-existant nine from both contestants and the fallibility of the less than deluxe^ ODE2r. This lead to an exciting contest with a strong new champion unlucky not to get a century on his debut - though, to be fair, beyond this lady luck was certainly on his side!

Well done to Jeffrey - will he string a few hits together or simply be a one-hit wonder himself? Tune in tomorrow to find out!

This recap was written by occasional funnyman Chris Philpot. Further game summaries for this series are available at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=61

Chris Philpot wrote:This is the final show I'll be able to recap for a while as next week sees the start of a new 'semester' at university. My timetable suggests I will be in lectures on a Wednesday afternoon, and I'll be away from my beloved Sky+ box.

Have you not investigated watching online?

Oh I have but I detest it - and that's when I tried one I forgot to record at home and had to use 4oD from my desktop PC.

Recapping from a 1024×600 10" screen? Sounds like my idea of hell.

Ah, cool cool. I suppose I should have said "what's wrong with 4oD" rather than "have you not tried it", since it'd be a bit weird if you hadn't

Chris Philpot wrote:This is the final show I'll be able to recap for a while as next week sees the start of a new 'semester' at university. My timetable suggests I will be in lectures on a Wednesday afternoon, and I'll be away from my beloved Sky+ box.

Cool, I'll try and fill in.

Chris Philpot wrote:RR: Rachel Riley, being suggestive once again when told the Americans call Wednesday "hump-day"

Here is Jason's explanation from ages ago for this term, so we don't end up having that discussion again http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... ump#p35091

All the one hit wonders references made that a very witty swan song Chris. Good luck at university.

CHEVIES is also in for Round 2 - an error on countmax.

Chris Philpot wrote: I couldn't have picked a much more exciting game on which to bow out for now, as it seemed to have a bit of everything: non-existant words,

Existant? Oh the irony!