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After being busy with the historical recaps for a good part of the last week, it's time for something up-to-date now. So, enjoy the first part of the Robinson Recap Double Bill.

Countdown recap for Wednesday 8 September 2010.

C1: Champion Daniel Pati (3 wins, 334 points.) An Apteforumite from Manchester. His favourite place is London. The person he'd most like to meet is Derren Brown, so he could learn how to do some of his tricks. No doubt he'll be watching Derren's latest stunt at 10pm on Channel 4.
C2: Challenger Ben Ponniah. From East Sheen, London. He works as an economics teacher. His main passion is music, particularly classical jazz and funk. His biggest claim to fame is meeting Rob Brydon at his parent's evening at school.
DC: Susie Dent and Penny Smith.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R U C H O T A F O
R02: S N T N A I U W E
R03: P O E B I C R S R
R04: N L T O I A B M E
R05: 100, 5, 9, 1, 6, 2. Target: 192.
TTT: LIFESAIM - "Life's aim for many is to start one of these of their own"
R06: T L N D I A U X E
R07: R I L U G E S A R
R08: Y P M D E O E S O
R09: V E N A D I K E T
R10: 50, 3, 1, 6, 10, 4. Target: 459.
TTT: GINGLOSS - "You might be too goosed to get this"
R11: C A D I Q E T O J
R12: M S P A U I D A R
R13: M O S E R O T A U
R14: 4, 3, 5, 9, 8, 5. Target: 124.
R15: R U N E F R U I T (conundrum)


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Round 1: R U C H O T A F O

C1: TORCH (5)
C2: FOURTH (6)
DC: FACTOR (6) AUTHOR (6)
OT: FUTHORC (7) TOURACO (7)
Score: 0–6 (max 7)

The champion might have a TORCH, but he can't use it to get past 5, letting the challenger go FOURTH into the lead.

FUTHORC (or FUTHARK) is the runic alphabet.
A TOURACO is any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.

Round 2: S N T N A I U W E

C1: WANNEST (7)
C2: TWINES (6)
DC: AUNTIES (7) SINUATE (7)
OT: UNTWINES (8)
Score: 7–6 (max 15)

A very risky punt there by Daniel, but the show's rules on adding -ER or -EST help him out here. Bit of a shame that Ben didn't put the UN before TWINES to get the darrenic 8.

Round 3: P O E B I C R S R

C1: PROSCRIBE (18)
C2: PROSCRIBE (18)
Score: 25–24 (max 33)

A fantastic 9 spot by both contestants here.

Round 4: N L T O I A B M E

C1: TOENAIL (7)
C2: AILMENT (7)
DC: BAILMENT (8)
Score: 32–31 (max 41)

Again, Ben misses the darren by forgetting to put a small prefix in front of his word.

Round 5: 100, 5, 9, 1, 6, 2. Target: 192.

C1: 192. (2 x 100) - (9 - 1) (10)
C2: 192. (2 x 100) - (9 - 1) (10)
Score: 42–41 (max 51)

Penny talks about her backpacking trip to the Yukon, when she almost broke her ankle after slipping on some snowmelt.

Teatime teaser: LIFESAIM -> FAMILIES

Round 6: T L N D I A U X E

C1: LANDTIE (7)
C2: EXALT (5)
DC: DILUENT (7)
OT: LUXATED (7) UNIDEAL (7) UNTAXED (7)
Score: 49–41 (max 58)

Daniel clearly has a good memory as he remembers a DC offering from his show on Friday.

Round 7: R I L U G E S A R

C1: glarers
C2: larries
DC: REGULARS (8)
OT: RURALISE (8)
Score: 49–41 (max 66)

Oh dear. A double no-no there as both players give incorrect 7's.

Round 8: Y P M D E O E S O

C1: demoes
C2: MODES (5)
DC: DEPOSE (6) MOPEDS (6)
OT: MOSEYED (7)
Score: 49–46 (max 73)

Has Daniel gone into freefall DEMOS has to be DEMOS, not demoes. Ben is well back in this game now.

Round 9: V E N A D I K E T

C1: TANKED (6)
C2: DEVIANT (7)
OT: DEVIATE (7) EVIDENT (7)
Score: 49–53 (max 80)

And now Daniel has been well and truly TANKED, as Ben's 7 takes him back into the lead for the first time since round 1.

Susie's Origin Of Words talks about the origin of the Shakespearean idiom "the rub".

Round 10: 50, 3, 1, 6, 10, 4. Target: 459.

C1: 459. (50 + 1) x (6 + 3) (10)
C2: 459. ((6 + 3) x 50) + 10 - 1 (10)
Score: 59–63 (max 90)

Teatime teaser: GINGLOSS -> GOSLINGS

Round 11: C A D I Q E T O J

C1: COATED (6)
C2: CADET (5)
DC: DACOIT (6) DACITE (6)
OT: IODATE (6)
Score: 65–63 (max 96)

Daniel regains the lead with probably the easiest of the 4 6's available there, although it's nice to see DACOIT make a reappearance on the show.

Round 12: M S P A U I D A R

C1: MARAUDS (7)
C2: RAPIDS (6)
DC: RUMP (4) RADIUS (6) RADIUM (6)
OT: MARSUPIA (8)
Score: 72–63 (max 104)

Daniel dioesn't seem to be confident with his 7, but it's more than OK and the gap is now at 9 points, so far the widest margin of lead in this game today.

Round 13: M O S E R O T A U

C1: MOTORS (6)
C2: outroams
DC: AMOROUS (7) SMOTE (5)
OT: AUTOSOME (8)
Score: 78–63 (max 112)

Clearly in fear of Daniel, Ben tries the very risky 8, and it turns out to be just that.

An AUTOSOME is any sort of chromosome that isn't a sex chromosome.

Round 14: 4, 3, 5, 9, 8, 5. Target: 124.

C1: 124. ((5 x 5) + 9 - 3) x 4 (10)
C2: 124. ((5 x 5) + 9 - 3) x 4 (10)
Score: 88–73 (max 122)

Probably after seeing Daniel's blank on yeasterday's 6 small, Ben hopes for as much luck in the numbers as Fran did. Unfortunately for Ben, the 6 small is fairly easy and Daniel has wrapped up the game.

Round 15: R U N E F R U I T

C1 buzzes on 1.25 seconds to say FURNITURE which is correct.
Final Score: 98–73 (max 132)

Another quick conundrum solve by Daniel there. 4 out of 4 in games and conundrums so far. Even though he's dropped a bit in performances in his last 2 shows, he's still got more than enough skill to become an octochamp in this ever-improving series.

A bit unfortunate that Ben had to play Daniel, as with the exception of the third part, he was more than a match for the champion.

Daniel is now a half-octochamp, but can he be an octochamp next Tuesday

I'll be back tomorrow to see if he can get to 5 in a row.

Till then, bye bye.

Statistics Corner

Daniel:
Total score - 98
Raw score - 109
Total % of max - 74
Raw % of max - 83
Total average score per round - 6.5
Raw average score per round - 7.3
Number of maxes - 7

Ben:
Total score - 73
Raw score - 95
Total % of max - 55
Raw % of max - 72
Total average score per round - 4.9
Raw average score per round - 6.3
Number of maxes - 5

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63

Not seen todays show but I think I will watch it now after reading the recap, seemed a decent show. The challenger seemed a pretty decent player from what I've just read. I would never in a million years spotted PROSCRIBE.