Monday 9th November 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 81)

[Kai Laddiman]

Countdown recap for Monday 9 November 2009.

C1: Champion (and apteroid) Ryan Taylor (2 wins, 173 points.)
C2: Challenger Geoff Morris.
DC: Susie Dent and Marian Keyes. Oh no, wait, it's Tim Vine. Yay!
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: O Q A I S O P D A
R02: R I D T O W A E N
R03: I G U I S N O Q I
R04: L E O S E A N Y N
R05: 100, 3, 1, 8, 2, 2. Target: 302.
TTT: DIRELOSS - "They can definitely go to work on an egg."
R06: B O E M U E L X Y
R07: A C I S E R K O P
R08: T C I T E U E F A
R09: O L E I R T E L R
R10: 4, 1, 5, 8, 2, 6. Target: 982.
TTT: ISNOMEAL - "It's no meal - more of a pudding really."
R11: A G I O T R U A D
R12: I M E S N A L I T
R13: E L A E F P S A G
R14: 100, 50, 75, 6, 2, 8. Target: 483.
R15: G L E N C I N C H (conundrum)


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Round 1: O Q A I S O P D A

C1: POSADA (6)
C2: dopias
OT: ISOPOD (6)
Score: 6–0 (max 6)

A good spot from Ryan in a tricky selection.

Round 2: R I D T O W A E N

C1: RATIONED (8)
C2: TRAINED (7)
DC: DOWNRATE (8) DERATION (8)
OT: DANEWORT (8) Dammit why didn't he say ORDINATE (8)
Score: 14–0 (max 14)

Round 3: I G U I S N O Q I

C1: SONG (4)
C2: QUINS (5)
DC: QUOINS (6)
Score: 14–5 (max 20)

2 Qs?! (I am reliably informed that this is the second time this atrocity has occurred recently.)

Round 4: L E O S E A N Y N

C1: LOANEES (7)
C2: sloaney
RB: saloneen (8)
Score: 21–5 (max 27)

Round 5: 100, 3, 1, 8, 2, 2. Target: 302.

C1: 302. 3 x 100 + 2 (10)
C2: 302. (100 + 1) x 3 - 2 / 2 (10)
Score: 31–15 (max 37)

10 points from a tricky numbers game puts both contestants on double figures going in to the break.

Tim Vine (woop woop) tells us how to make strangers laugh. (But disappointingly with no cry of END OF ANECDOTE at the end.)

Teatime teaser: DIRELOSS -> SOLDIERS

Round 6: B O E M U E L X Y

C1: XYLEM (5)
C2: buleme
DC: BUXOM (5)
OT: BLUEY (5) BOULE (5) MOBEY (5) MULEY (5) OLEUM (5) UMBEL (5)
Score: 36–15 (max 42)

Nice word for Ryan in an "awkward collection of letters", while Geoff declares his third invalid word of the game.

Round 7: A C I S E R K O P

C1: PACKERS (7)
C2: PACKERS (7)
DC: PROSAIC (7)
OT: ARKOSIC (7) COPIERS (7) REPACKS (7) PARKIES (7) PICAROS (7) PICKERS (7) PORKIES (7) PRESOAK (7) SCORIAE (7) SCRAPIE (7) SPACIER (7) SOAPIER (7)
Score: 43–22 (max 49)

Flat ______

Round 8: T C I T E U E F A

C1: FAUCET (6)
C2: TACIT (5)
Score: 49–22 (max 55)

Ryan is soaring in front now, it's going to take a big effort from Geoff to overturn him.

Round 9: O L E I R T E L R

C1: LOITERER (8)
C2: LOITERER (8)
Score: 57–30 (max 63)

OoW: Susie talks about alcohol (apparently nothing to do with Tim, nyeh).

Round 10: 4, 1, 5, 8, 2, 6. Target: 982.

C1: 978. (4 x 5 x 8 + 2 + 1) x 6 (7)
C2: 968.
RR: 982. 4 x 6 x (5 x 8 + 1) - 2 (10) [LATE]
Score: 64–30 (max 73)

According to Craig, these numbers were easy; according to Kirk, they weren't. Discuss.

Teatime teaser: ISNOMEAL -> SEMOLINA

Round 11: A G I O T R U A D

C1: AGOUTI (6)
C2: RATIO (5)
DC: AUDITOR (7)
Score: 70–30 (max 80)

Round 12: I M E S N A L I T

C1: MENIALS (7)
C2: menialist
DC: AILMENTS (8)
OT: MANLIEST (8) ALIENIST (8) LITANIES (8)
Score: 77–30 (max 88)

One last go for Geoff doesn't pay off as Ryan effectively ends the game...

Round 13: E L A E F P S A G

C1: PLEASE (6)
C2: flapages
DC: LEAFAGES (8)
Score: 83–30 (max 96)

Hang on, this is the final go for Geoff. Didn't work either.

Round 14: 100, 50, 75, 6, 2, 8. Target: 483.

C1: 483. 8 x 50 + 75 + 6 + 2 (10)
C2: 483. (6 - 2) x 100 + 75 + 8 (10)
Score: 93–40 (max 106)

Round 15: G L E N C I N C H

C2 buzzes on 1 second to say CLENCHING which is correct.
Score: 93–50 (max 116)

A good performance from Ryan sees him become a trichamp. Will he get to squaredom? Find out with dinos_the_mathematician...

Statistics Corner

Ryan:
Total score - 93
Raw score - 97
Total % of max - 80
Raw % of max - 84
Total average score per round - 6.2
Raw average score per round - 6.5
Number of maxes - 9

Geoff:
Total score - 50
Raw score - 67
Total % of max - 43
Raw % of max - 58
Total average score per round - 3.3
Raw average score per round - 4.5
Number of maxes - 5

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=61

[Kirk Bevins]

Round 10: 4, 1, 5, 8, 2, 6. Target: 982.

C1: 978. (4 x 5 x 8 + 2 + 1) x 6 (7)
C2: 968.
RR: 982. 4 x 6 x (5 x 8 + 1) (10) [LATE]
Score: 64–30 (max 73)

You're missing a -2 in the RR solution.

[Dinos Sfyris]

RB: saloneen (8)

LOL priceless

Will he get to squaredom? Find out with dinos_the_mathematician...

Sorry it won't be up til tomorrow afternoon (or should that now be this afternoon), but tune in because I promise to make it remarkably slightly above average

[James Robinson]

Monday 9th November 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 86)

Kai, Monday was only Prelim 81, not 86. Your calendar seems to have accelerated by a week.

[Kai Laddiman]

Monday 9th November 2009 (Series 61, Prelim 86)

Kai, Monday was only Prelim 81, not 86. Your calendar seems to have accelerated by a week.

My 'calendar' involves counting how many weeks there have been since the start of the series. Jam fail.