Tuesday 15th June 2010 (Series 62, QF4)
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 7:23 am
Countdown recap for Tuesday 15 June 2010.
After a week and a half of doing bugger all in the post-exam period it’s good to be back in the recap saddle filling my semi-weekly Tuesday slot – OH! And as a treat it looks like my return will be a quarter-final too. I was still busy doing bugger all on Tuesday though so this late crapcap is brought to you by Jointace apparently (I haven’t watched Countdown in a while) and the magic of the 63-hours-after-original-broadcast repeat on 4+1. (Yes this means I got up about 6am to watch Countdown which is unimaginably early, even for HOWARD!)
C1: Champion Peter Zyss (7 wins, #4 seed) is “pretty nervous” but was much more graphic in pre-match talks with Stelling. Thinking of everything though, he was already wearing brown shorts. The perfect cover!
C2: Champion Craig Chittenden (6 wins, #5 seed) The undisputed numbers talent of the series and possible dark horse.
DC: Susie Dent and Pawl Xenon.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: S T A E K A D Q U
R02: T L T A E O A N P
R03: G E M O H E I S T
R04: S F A I D P R O E
R05: 50, 5, 1, 5, 4, 4. Target: 119.
TTT: NURSEEGO - "Extremely giving, sometimes to a fault."
R06: V C F A I E R N O
R07: X S L A I G E O R
R08: N D G N I A O P U
R09: R E B A D E L H T
R10: 8, 3, 9, 2, 4, 3. Target: 924.
TTT: BARETILE - "3-1 to the home side perhaps?"
R11: Z O W A N E L N P
R12: R T M A E O I S M
R13: E E R D O S C E U
R14: 25, 3, 10, 5, 5, 7. Target: 709.
R15: L A R D B E F A T (conundrum)
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Round 1: S T A E K A D Q U
C1: STAKED (6)
C2: STAKED (6)
DC: SQUEAK (6) QUAKED (6)
OT: QUAKES (6) SAUTED (6) SKATED (6) TASKED (6) TUSKED (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)
Round 2: T L T A E O A N P
C1: POLENTA (7)
C2: POLENTA (7)
Score: 13–13 (max 13)
Both players match each other again with the darrenic 7. This could be a close call.
Round 3: G E M O H E I S T
C1: EGOTISM (7)
C2: EGOTISM (7)
DC: EIGHTSOME (18)
Score: 20–20 (max 31)
I had the sexual pleasure of being sat next to Jack Hurst who positively exploded with lexo-happiness and shat his pants when he spotted the 9.
Round 4: S F A I D P R O E
C1: PARODIES (8)
C2: PARODIES (8)
DC: PRAISED (7) DIAPERS (7)
OT: DIASPORE (8)
Score: 28–28 (max 39)
Round 5: 50, 5, 1, 5, 4, 4. Target: 119.
C1: 120.
C2: 119. (4x5+4)x5-1 (10)
Craig effectively turns the round into 5 small and pushes ahead in this crucial numbers round. Before the break Pawl Zenon shows us his lucky whistle and bad penny.
Score: 28–38 (max 49)
Teatime teaser: NURSEEGO -> GENEROUS
Round 6: V C F A I E R N O
C1: FANCIER (7)
C2: FANCIER (7)
DC: CONIFER (7) VERONICA (8)
Score: 35–45 (max 57)
Round 7: X S L A I G E O R
C1: regails
C2: GAOLERS (7)
DC: SERAGLIO (8)
OT: GIRASOLE (8)
Score: 35–52 (max 65)
I had to go and do a poo in this round.
Round 8: N D G N I A O P U
C1: POUNDING (8)
C2: POUNDING (8)
Score: 43–60 (max 73)
Washes hands.
Round 9: R E B A D E L H T
C1: BLATHERED (18)
C2: BREATHED (8)
Score: 61–60 (max 91)
Unbelievable! Craig’s hard graft is undone by a brilliant 9 from Peter which pushes him ahead by a solitary point.
Round 10: 8, 3, 9, 2, 4, 3. Target: 924.
C1: -
C2: 920. ((3x3+4)x9-2)x8 (7)
RR: 924. (9x8+2+3)x4x3 (10) (with extra thinking time while Craig showed his method)
Score: 61–67 (max 101)
Teatime teaser: BARETILE -> LIBERATE
Free one! Geddit?
Round 11: Z O W A N E L N P
C1: pannel
C2: WEAPON (6)
DC: pawl zenon
Score: 61–73 (max 107)
ZOMG LOL!
Round 12: R T M A E O I S M
C1: ATOMISER (8)
C2: ATOMISER (8)
DC: MARMOSET (8) MARMITES (8)
OT: AMORTISE (8)
Score: 69–81 (max 115)
For the 7th time today both contestants offer the same word.
Marmites are stone cooking pots.
Round 13: E E R D O S C E U
C1: SOURCED (7)
C2: DECREES (7)
DC: RECODES (7) REDUCES (7) SEDUCER (7)
OT: COURSED (7) SCOURED (7) RECEDES (7) SECEDER (7) RECUSED (7) RESCUED (7) SECURED (7)
Score: 76–88 (max 122)
Round 14: 25, 3, 10, 5, 5, 7. Target: 709.
C1: -
C2: 709. (25x10-7-5)x3-5 (10)
Score: 76–98 (max 132)
Craig wraps up the game with a beautiful display of skill.
Round 15: L A R D B E F A T
C2 buzzes on 3 seconds to say DRAFTABLE which is incorrect.
C1 does not buzz.
A talent search for fresh faces in the audience yields only hideous Countdown nerds desperate to plaster their face on the screen one last time so Jeff instead goes back to Craig who has found the answer FLATBREAD.
Score: 76–98 (max 142)
So Craig marches on to face Oli in a highly anticipated Semi-Final (which most of have already seen cos I’m telling you what happened 3 days ago innit!) Hopefully his numbers flair won’t let him down as the 27 point advantage gained on today’s numbers effectively won him the game.
We finish off with talk of Craig wearing Rachel’s dresses and Pawl performs another mini trickette where all he had to do to astound us all was remember how many coins to put in each shot glass. This took him 3 takes.
Recap written by bona fide Greek Dinos Sfyris. Accept no substitutes. See y’all in series 63!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=62
After a week and a half of doing bugger all in the post-exam period it’s good to be back in the recap saddle filling my semi-weekly Tuesday slot – OH! And as a treat it looks like my return will be a quarter-final too. I was still busy doing bugger all on Tuesday though so this late crapcap is brought to you by Jointace apparently (I haven’t watched Countdown in a while) and the magic of the 63-hours-after-original-broadcast repeat on 4+1. (Yes this means I got up about 6am to watch Countdown which is unimaginably early, even for HOWARD!)
C1: Champion Peter Zyss (7 wins, #4 seed) is “pretty nervous” but was much more graphic in pre-match talks with Stelling. Thinking of everything though, he was already wearing brown shorts. The perfect cover!
C2: Champion Craig Chittenden (6 wins, #5 seed) The undisputed numbers talent of the series and possible dark horse.
DC: Susie Dent and Pawl Xenon.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: S T A E K A D Q U
R02: T L T A E O A N P
R03: G E M O H E I S T
R04: S F A I D P R O E
R05: 50, 5, 1, 5, 4, 4. Target: 119.
TTT: NURSEEGO - "Extremely giving, sometimes to a fault."
R06: V C F A I E R N O
R07: X S L A I G E O R
R08: N D G N I A O P U
R09: R E B A D E L H T
R10: 8, 3, 9, 2, 4, 3. Target: 924.
TTT: BARETILE - "3-1 to the home side perhaps?"
R11: Z O W A N E L N P
R12: R T M A E O I S M
R13: E E R D O S C E U
R14: 25, 3, 10, 5, 5, 7. Target: 709.
R15: L A R D B E F A T (conundrum)
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Round 1: S T A E K A D Q U
C1: STAKED (6)
C2: STAKED (6)
DC: SQUEAK (6) QUAKED (6)
OT: QUAKES (6) SAUTED (6) SKATED (6) TASKED (6) TUSKED (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)
Round 2: T L T A E O A N P
C1: POLENTA (7)
C2: POLENTA (7)
Score: 13–13 (max 13)
Both players match each other again with the darrenic 7. This could be a close call.
Round 3: G E M O H E I S T
C1: EGOTISM (7)
C2: EGOTISM (7)
DC: EIGHTSOME (18)
Score: 20–20 (max 31)
I had the sexual pleasure of being sat next to Jack Hurst who positively exploded with lexo-happiness and shat his pants when he spotted the 9.
Round 4: S F A I D P R O E
C1: PARODIES (8)
C2: PARODIES (8)
DC: PRAISED (7) DIAPERS (7)
OT: DIASPORE (8)
Score: 28–28 (max 39)
Round 5: 50, 5, 1, 5, 4, 4. Target: 119.
C1: 120.
C2: 119. (4x5+4)x5-1 (10)
Craig effectively turns the round into 5 small and pushes ahead in this crucial numbers round. Before the break Pawl Zenon shows us his lucky whistle and bad penny.
Score: 28–38 (max 49)
Teatime teaser: NURSEEGO -> GENEROUS
Round 6: V C F A I E R N O
C1: FANCIER (7)
C2: FANCIER (7)
DC: CONIFER (7) VERONICA (8)
Score: 35–45 (max 57)
Round 7: X S L A I G E O R
C1: regails
C2: GAOLERS (7)
DC: SERAGLIO (8)
OT: GIRASOLE (8)
Score: 35–52 (max 65)
I had to go and do a poo in this round.
Round 8: N D G N I A O P U
C1: POUNDING (8)
C2: POUNDING (8)
Score: 43–60 (max 73)
Washes hands.
Round 9: R E B A D E L H T
C1: BLATHERED (18)
C2: BREATHED (8)
Score: 61–60 (max 91)
Unbelievable! Craig’s hard graft is undone by a brilliant 9 from Peter which pushes him ahead by a solitary point.
Round 10: 8, 3, 9, 2, 4, 3. Target: 924.
C1: -
C2: 920. ((3x3+4)x9-2)x8 (7)
RR: 924. (9x8+2+3)x4x3 (10) (with extra thinking time while Craig showed his method)
Score: 61–67 (max 101)
Teatime teaser: BARETILE -> LIBERATE
Free one! Geddit?
Round 11: Z O W A N E L N P
C1: pannel
C2: WEAPON (6)
DC: pawl zenon
Score: 61–73 (max 107)
ZOMG LOL!
Round 12: R T M A E O I S M
C1: ATOMISER (8)
C2: ATOMISER (8)
DC: MARMOSET (8) MARMITES (8)
OT: AMORTISE (8)
Score: 69–81 (max 115)
For the 7th time today both contestants offer the same word.
Marmites are stone cooking pots.
Round 13: E E R D O S C E U
C1: SOURCED (7)
C2: DECREES (7)
DC: RECODES (7) REDUCES (7) SEDUCER (7)
OT: COURSED (7) SCOURED (7) RECEDES (7) SECEDER (7) RECUSED (7) RESCUED (7) SECURED (7)
Score: 76–88 (max 122)
Round 14: 25, 3, 10, 5, 5, 7. Target: 709.
C1: -
C2: 709. (25x10-7-5)x3-5 (10)
Score: 76–98 (max 132)
Craig wraps up the game with a beautiful display of skill.
Round 15: L A R D B E F A T
C2 buzzes on 3 seconds to say DRAFTABLE which is incorrect.
C1 does not buzz.
A talent search for fresh faces in the audience yields only hideous Countdown nerds desperate to plaster their face on the screen one last time so Jeff instead goes back to Craig who has found the answer FLATBREAD.
Score: 76–98 (max 142)
So Craig marches on to face Oli in a highly anticipated Semi-Final (which most of have already seen cos I’m telling you what happened 3 days ago innit!) Hopefully his numbers flair won’t let him down as the 27 point advantage gained on today’s numbers effectively won him the game.
We finish off with talk of Craig wearing Rachel’s dresses and Pawl performs another mini trickette where all he had to do to astound us all was remember how many coins to put in each shot glass. This took him 3 takes.
Recap written by bona fide Greek Dinos Sfyris. Accept no substitutes. See y’all in series 63!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=62
