Friday 14 May 2010 (Series 62, Prelim 85)
Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 9:43 pm
Countdown recap for Friday 14 May 2010.
C1: Champion Steve Wilson (1 win, 84 points.)
C2: Challenger Danny Pledger.
DC: Susie Dent and Hilary Jones.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
It’s Friday again (OK, so actually it’s Sunday) and monochamp Steve Wilson from Romford takes on Southend’s Danny Pledger, making this (as Jeff helpfully points out) an Essex derby. Who will be the pride of the county by the end of the programme? Let’s find out!
R01: V R E S N O G E Z
R02: R I E S D R U E P
R03: D M A O A P S N G
R04: C N O U T I S Q E
R05: 50, 5, 6, 5, 3, 3. Target: 392.
TTT: RODBALLS - "They're not much to look at, but they can stop the traffic."
R06: S L A E R Y U A S
R07: X T E A I N L T E
R08: A U K R D E A C H
R09: L E F P I A N F D
R10: 100, 5, 7, 4, 3, 7. Target: 727.
TTT: DESIGNER - "The designer moved and gave up working."
R11: M I H W N A O G V
R12: T D E O I S G M E
R13: W O T C M A I R O
R14: 75, 2, 9, 4, 10, 8. Target: 113.
R15: C H I P S P E A S (conundrum)
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Jeff opens the show by informing us that it’s ‘Fruity Friday’, an initiative set up to encourage us all to eat more fruit and veg and help our bodies in the fight against cancer. Rachel suggests we should name every day of the week and proposes the name ‘Soccer Saturday’, but says it will never catch on. (During Parts 1 and 2, Hilary Jones keeps suggesting fruity (or veggy) words available in the selections, all of which are dutifully recapped below. Enjoy, at no additional charge.)
Round 1: V R E S N O G E Z
C1: rezones
C2: VERGES (6)
DC: GREENS (6) GOVERNS (7)
OT: EVZONES (7)
Score: 0–6 (max 7)
How many of us were hoping for an ‘I’ at the end of the selection to make SOVEREIGN? (it was there, too!) Our champ starts the day with a risk, which fails to pay off. An EVZONE is a kilted soldier in Greece.
Round 2: R I E S D R U E P
C1: PERUSED (7)
C2: PUREES (6)
DC: RESPIRED (8)
OT: PRUDERIES (18)
Score: 7–6 (max 25)
Steve is back on form with a seven, while DC spot one of the available eights. There’s a nine, although it’s one of those dodgy mass nouns that isn’t listed as such because it’s a sub-entry, which really irritate me.
Round 3: D M A O A P S N G
C1: MOANS (5)
C2: GASMAN (6)
DC: MANGOS (6) DAMSON (6)
OT: DOGNAPS (7) MANDAPS (7) PAGODAS (7) SAMANGO (7) SANGOMA (7)
Score: 7–12 (max 32)
A great word from Danny gives him back the lead. Despite there being five sevens available, no one spots one: admittedly, most of them are pretty obscure, with the exception of PAGODAS. Interesting that to DOGNAP means to steal a dog, whereas CATNAP means something quite different; I love the English language.
Round 4: C N O U T I S Q E
C1: COUNTS (6)
C2: COUNTIES (8)
DC: QUINCES (7) NUTS (4) QUESTION (8)
OT: CONQUEST (8)
Score: 7–20 (max 40)
Perhaps surprisingly, Steve fails to spot an eight and this is starting to look like it could be a very one-sided game, but the proverbial fat lady hasn’t even come on stage yet, so hold your proverbial horses.
Round 5: 50, 5, 6, 5, 3, 3. Target: 392.
C1: 392. ((5+3)x50)-5-3 (10)
C2: 392. ((5+3)x50)-5-3 (10)
Score: 17–30 (max 50)
Steve must be pleased to get into double figures at last. Dr Hilary tells us about the time Ulrika Jonsson apologised about the ‘F’ in fog (geddit?) in the North-East, while doing the weather forecast, before confirming that laughter is indeed the ‘best medicine’.
Teatime teaser: RODBALLS -> BOLLARDS
Round 6: S L A E R Y U A S
C1: SLAYERS (7)
C2: SLAYERS (7)
DC: SLAYERS (7)
OT: ASSAYER (7) RAYLESS (7)
Score: 24–37 (max 57)
Round 7: X T E A I N L T E
C1: LATENT (6)
C2: NETTLE (6)
DC: ENTAIL (6) TALENT (6)
OT: ENTITLE (7) TEXTILE (7)
Score: 30–43 (max 64)
Everyone’s stuck on six, despite the commonness of the sevens hidden in the selection.
Round 8: A U K R D E A C H
C1: RACKED (6)
C2: RACKED (6)
DC: CHARD (5) ARCHDUKE (8)
Score: 36–49 (max 72)
A superb eight from DC shows they haven’t lost their touch for long; CHARADE was also there as the only seven.
Round 9: L E F P I A N F D
C1: PLAINED (7)
C2: PLAINED (7)
DC: PIFFLE (6) PEA (3)
OT: AFFINED (7) PIAFFED (7)
Score: 43–56 (max 79)
A good Countdown word from both our contestants. AFFINED means related or connected (cf. AFFINITY); A PIAFFE is a movement in dressage (from the French ‘piaffer’, meaning ‘to strut’).
OoW: Susie tells us all about the origins of the nursery rhyme, "Rain, rain, go away".
Round 10: 100, 5, 7, 4, 3, 7. Target: 727.
C1: 727. (7x100)+((5+4)x3) (10)
C2: 727. (7x100)+(5x4)+7 (10)
Score: 53–66 (max 89)
Teatime teaser: DESIGNER -> RESIGNED
Round 11: M I H W N A O G V
C1: MOVING (6)
C2: HOMING (6)
DC: WAVING (6)
OT: AVOWING (7)
Score: 59–72 (max 96)
Everyone misses the seven again – it must be all that fruit and veg!
Round 12: T D E O I S G M E
C1: MISTED (6)
C2: EMOTED (6)
DC: MIDGETS (7) DEMOTES (7) EGOTISM (7)
OT: EDGIEST (7) MODISTE (7) TIMESED (7)
Score: 65–78 (max 103)
I fell into the old EGOTISED trap again – sadly (for me), it was removed when the ODE2 was published.
Round 13: W O T C M A I R O
C1: CART (4)
C2: CROW (4)
DC: ATOMIC (6)
OT: AORTIC (6) MATRIC (6) OCTROI (6)
Score: 69–82 (max 109)
The Essex boys are stuck on four, while Dictionary Corner have come over all Debbie Harry with ATOMIC. An OCTROI is a duty levied when goods enter a town or city.
Round 14: 75, 2, 9, 4, 10, 8. Target: 113.
C1: 113. ((8+2)x10)+9+4 (10)
C2: 113. ((9-4)x8)+75-2 (10)
Score: 79–92 (max 119)
A perfect 30 on the numbers for both Steve and Danny, but the funfair operator from Southend is now in an unassailable position, while the Guinness World Record holder from Romford will be taking his teapot home at the end of the programme.
Round 15: C H I P S P E A S
C1 buzzes on 24 seconds to say SPACESHIP which is correct.
Score: 89–92 (max 129)
A great conundrum scramble is solved by Steve in the nick of time and the slender three-point gap at the end of proceedings is indicative of the competitive nature of the match, which saw the players equalling each other’s scores on every round from the first to the last numbers game - good stuff! On Monday, Danny takes on his next opponent and the Welsh athlete Colin Jackson is in Dictionary Corner (at least, I assume it’s that Colin Jackson!). Don’t miss it!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=62
C1: Champion Steve Wilson (1 win, 84 points.)
C2: Challenger Danny Pledger.
DC: Susie Dent and Hilary Jones.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
It’s Friday again (OK, so actually it’s Sunday) and monochamp Steve Wilson from Romford takes on Southend’s Danny Pledger, making this (as Jeff helpfully points out) an Essex derby. Who will be the pride of the county by the end of the programme? Let’s find out!
R01: V R E S N O G E Z
R02: R I E S D R U E P
R03: D M A O A P S N G
R04: C N O U T I S Q E
R05: 50, 5, 6, 5, 3, 3. Target: 392.
TTT: RODBALLS - "They're not much to look at, but they can stop the traffic."
R06: S L A E R Y U A S
R07: X T E A I N L T E
R08: A U K R D E A C H
R09: L E F P I A N F D
R10: 100, 5, 7, 4, 3, 7. Target: 727.
TTT: DESIGNER - "The designer moved and gave up working."
R11: M I H W N A O G V
R12: T D E O I S G M E
R13: W O T C M A I R O
R14: 75, 2, 9, 4, 10, 8. Target: 113.
R15: C H I P S P E A S (conundrum)
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Jeff opens the show by informing us that it’s ‘Fruity Friday’, an initiative set up to encourage us all to eat more fruit and veg and help our bodies in the fight against cancer. Rachel suggests we should name every day of the week and proposes the name ‘Soccer Saturday’, but says it will never catch on. (During Parts 1 and 2, Hilary Jones keeps suggesting fruity (or veggy) words available in the selections, all of which are dutifully recapped below. Enjoy, at no additional charge.)
Round 1: V R E S N O G E Z
C1: rezones
C2: VERGES (6)
DC: GREENS (6) GOVERNS (7)
OT: EVZONES (7)
Score: 0–6 (max 7)
How many of us were hoping for an ‘I’ at the end of the selection to make SOVEREIGN? (it was there, too!) Our champ starts the day with a risk, which fails to pay off. An EVZONE is a kilted soldier in Greece.
Round 2: R I E S D R U E P
C1: PERUSED (7)
C2: PUREES (6)
DC: RESPIRED (8)
OT: PRUDERIES (18)
Score: 7–6 (max 25)
Steve is back on form with a seven, while DC spot one of the available eights. There’s a nine, although it’s one of those dodgy mass nouns that isn’t listed as such because it’s a sub-entry, which really irritate me.
Round 3: D M A O A P S N G
C1: MOANS (5)
C2: GASMAN (6)
DC: MANGOS (6) DAMSON (6)
OT: DOGNAPS (7) MANDAPS (7) PAGODAS (7) SAMANGO (7) SANGOMA (7)
Score: 7–12 (max 32)
A great word from Danny gives him back the lead. Despite there being five sevens available, no one spots one: admittedly, most of them are pretty obscure, with the exception of PAGODAS. Interesting that to DOGNAP means to steal a dog, whereas CATNAP means something quite different; I love the English language.
Round 4: C N O U T I S Q E
C1: COUNTS (6)
C2: COUNTIES (8)
DC: QUINCES (7) NUTS (4) QUESTION (8)
OT: CONQUEST (8)
Score: 7–20 (max 40)
Perhaps surprisingly, Steve fails to spot an eight and this is starting to look like it could be a very one-sided game, but the proverbial fat lady hasn’t even come on stage yet, so hold your proverbial horses.
Round 5: 50, 5, 6, 5, 3, 3. Target: 392.
C1: 392. ((5+3)x50)-5-3 (10)
C2: 392. ((5+3)x50)-5-3 (10)
Score: 17–30 (max 50)
Steve must be pleased to get into double figures at last. Dr Hilary tells us about the time Ulrika Jonsson apologised about the ‘F’ in fog (geddit?) in the North-East, while doing the weather forecast, before confirming that laughter is indeed the ‘best medicine’.
Teatime teaser: RODBALLS -> BOLLARDS
Round 6: S L A E R Y U A S
C1: SLAYERS (7)
C2: SLAYERS (7)
DC: SLAYERS (7)
OT: ASSAYER (7) RAYLESS (7)
Score: 24–37 (max 57)
Round 7: X T E A I N L T E
C1: LATENT (6)
C2: NETTLE (6)
DC: ENTAIL (6) TALENT (6)
OT: ENTITLE (7) TEXTILE (7)
Score: 30–43 (max 64)
Everyone’s stuck on six, despite the commonness of the sevens hidden in the selection.
Round 8: A U K R D E A C H
C1: RACKED (6)
C2: RACKED (6)
DC: CHARD (5) ARCHDUKE (8)
Score: 36–49 (max 72)
A superb eight from DC shows they haven’t lost their touch for long; CHARADE was also there as the only seven.
Round 9: L E F P I A N F D
C1: PLAINED (7)
C2: PLAINED (7)
DC: PIFFLE (6) PEA (3)
OT: AFFINED (7) PIAFFED (7)
Score: 43–56 (max 79)
A good Countdown word from both our contestants. AFFINED means related or connected (cf. AFFINITY); A PIAFFE is a movement in dressage (from the French ‘piaffer’, meaning ‘to strut’).
OoW: Susie tells us all about the origins of the nursery rhyme, "Rain, rain, go away".
Round 10: 100, 5, 7, 4, 3, 7. Target: 727.
C1: 727. (7x100)+((5+4)x3) (10)
C2: 727. (7x100)+(5x4)+7 (10)
Score: 53–66 (max 89)
Teatime teaser: DESIGNER -> RESIGNED
Round 11: M I H W N A O G V
C1: MOVING (6)
C2: HOMING (6)
DC: WAVING (6)
OT: AVOWING (7)
Score: 59–72 (max 96)
Everyone misses the seven again – it must be all that fruit and veg!
Round 12: T D E O I S G M E
C1: MISTED (6)
C2: EMOTED (6)
DC: MIDGETS (7) DEMOTES (7) EGOTISM (7)
OT: EDGIEST (7) MODISTE (7) TIMESED (7)
Score: 65–78 (max 103)
I fell into the old EGOTISED trap again – sadly (for me), it was removed when the ODE2 was published.
Round 13: W O T C M A I R O
C1: CART (4)
C2: CROW (4)
DC: ATOMIC (6)
OT: AORTIC (6) MATRIC (6) OCTROI (6)
Score: 69–82 (max 109)
The Essex boys are stuck on four, while Dictionary Corner have come over all Debbie Harry with ATOMIC. An OCTROI is a duty levied when goods enter a town or city.
Round 14: 75, 2, 9, 4, 10, 8. Target: 113.
C1: 113. ((8+2)x10)+9+4 (10)
C2: 113. ((9-4)x8)+75-2 (10)
Score: 79–92 (max 119)
A perfect 30 on the numbers for both Steve and Danny, but the funfair operator from Southend is now in an unassailable position, while the Guinness World Record holder from Romford will be taking his teapot home at the end of the programme.
Round 15: C H I P S P E A S
C1 buzzes on 24 seconds to say SPACESHIP which is correct.
Score: 89–92 (max 129)
A great conundrum scramble is solved by Steve in the nick of time and the slender three-point gap at the end of proceedings is indicative of the competitive nature of the match, which saw the players equalling each other’s scores on every round from the first to the last numbers game - good stuff! On Monday, Danny takes on his next opponent and the Welsh athlete Colin Jackson is in Dictionary Corner (at least, I assume it’s that Colin Jackson!). Don’t miss it!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=62