Friday 3 September 2010 (Series 63, Prelim 40)
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:09 pm
Countdown recap for Friday 3 September 2010 (Series 63, Prelim 40).
C1: Champion Lee Palmer (1 win, 63 points.)
C2: Challenger Daniel Pati.
DC: Susie Dent (who, according to Jeff, is “the epitome of cool”) and Gloria Hunniford.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
In yesterday’s game, Lee Palmer from Norwich disposed of long-running champion Pete Godwin. Can he stick around today, or will he come unstuck against Manchester’s Daniel Pati? Let’s get to it!
R01: G F N E I E S L I
R02: M A X O P I C T T
R03: M D E O K R A S E
R04: M O T O C I R E S
R05: 25, 100, 6, 4, 2, 2. Target: 902.
TTT: IBLISTER - "If you wear these, you certainly won't blister your head."
R06: Y O R A T O S E L
R07: T R I E P G A N D
R08: R U G N O L E T I
R09: R L S U E Q D A U
R10: 100, 4, 1, 10, 9, 6. Target: 757.
TTT: DEALNUTS - "Nuts and butter, yes - but not chips."
R11: L N T I A E D B I
R12: D O R E T U S A Z
R13: H I T C W A A E R
R14: 50, 1, 6, 2, 3, 2. Target: 228.
R15: C U R R Y C I T I (conundrum)
Countdown is still being sponsored by Cardioace. Surely a change of supplement is coming on Monday?
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The show opens with Jeff discussing the merits of health spas. I suppose he has to keep his body looking like that of Leonardo DiCaprio somehow. (If you haven’t been watching the actual programmes and relying on recaps, this may well mean nothing to you. By the way, did you know Mr DiCaprio’s middle name is Wilhelm? No? Neither did I.)
Round 1: G F N E I E S L I
C1: FEELINGS (8)
C2: FEELINGS (8)
DC: FEELINGS (8) GENIES (6)
Score: 8–8 (max 8)
Cue Gloria (singing): “Feelings, nothing more than feelings”. Actually, they also had GENIES.
Round 2: M A X O P I C T T
C1: OPTIC (5)
C2: IMPACT (6)
DC: COPITA (6) ATOMIC (6)
OT: APOMICT (7)
Score: 8–14 (max 15)
An APOMICT is a plant that reproduces asexually.
Round 3: M D E O K R A S E
C1: DRAKES (6)
C2: REMAKES (7)
DC: RADOMES (7) SMEARED (7) (JS)
OT: DARKSOME (8)
Score: 8–21 (max 23)
Things are starting to look iffy for Lee, but it’s early days yet. (Don’t you hate it when Word tells you you’re using the wrong kind of ‘it’s’, when you’re not?)
Round 4: M O T O C I R E S
C1: ROOMIEST (8)
C2: ROOMIEST (8)
DC: MOTORISE (8) MORTICES (8)
Score: 16–29 (max 31)
MOTORISE jumped out at me straight away, but both our contestants plump for ROOMIEST.
Round 5: 25, 100, 6, 4, 2, 2. Target: 902.
C1: -
C2: 902. ((4+2)x6x25)+2 (10)
Score: 16–39 (max 41)
Lee’s failure to score on the numbers puts him a worrying 23 points behind at the end of Part One, while Daniel is only two away from the max.
Before the Teaser, Gloria relates some stories about her friend Cliff Richard. She says he would love to come on Countdown. I wonder if it will happen??
Teatime teaser: IBLISTER -> TRILBIES
Round 6: Y O R A T O S E L
C1: TOOLERS (7)
C2: LOOTERS (7)
DC: LOOTERS (7) ORATES (6)
OT: AEROSOL (7) ROSEOLA (7) RETOOLS (7) ROOTLES (7)
Score: 23–46 (max 48)
Lee is a little anxious about TOOLERS, but it’s one of several valid sevens available.
Round 7: T R I E P G A N D
C1: grandie
C2: DEPARTING (18)
OT: PREDATING (18)
Score: 23–64 (max 66)
Disaster may be looming for Lee as Daniel gets a niner. Surely he can’t recover from over forty points down? - although stranger things have been known. As regular viewers and recap readers will know, the other nine, PREDATING, is not the opposite of POST-DATING, but what predators are doing when they hunt. Honest.
Round 8: R U G N O L E T I
C1: LONGER (6)
C2: ROUTEING (8)
DC: OUTLINER (8)
Score: 23–72 (max 74)
Mr Pati strikes what must be the killer blow with an excellent eight. ROUTEING is one of those words that I always think looks slightly wrong (it can be spelled with or without the ‘E’), while OUTLINER is a computer program 99% of computer programmers have probably never heard of.
Round 9: R L S U E Q D A U
C1: RULED (5)
C2: SQUARED (7)
DC: SQUARED (7)
Score: 23–79 (max 81)
Both players offer types of paper. Sorry, that’s the best comment I could come up with.
OoW: Susie concludes her very interesting week of pub name histories with the story of the “Rose & Crown”. She also remarks that she has a hostelry near her called “The Rose Revived”. That would be this one, I expect: http://www.rose-revived-inn-newbridge.co.uk/
Round 10: 100, 4, 1, 10, 9, 6. Target: 757.
C1: 749.
C2: 757. ((6+1)x(100+10))-9-4 (10)
Score: 23–89 (max 91)
Lee misses out on any numbers game points for a second time, while Daniel is still only two off the max. At this rate, he’s on for a cracking score.
Teatime teaser: DEALNUTS -> UNSALTED
Nice teaser clue and I quite agree... chips without salt? Unthinkable!
Round 11: L N T I A E D B I
C1: DETAIL (6)
C2: TAILED (6)
DC: LANDTIE (7)
OT: ALIBIED (7)
Score: 29–95 (max 98)
Like a few other words, such as SALMONID and DAIMYO, LANDTIE always reminds me of Julian Fell. Where is he now? Answers on a postcard! And I’m afraid it’s game over already for Lee, despite there being four rounds to go.
Round 12: D O R E T U S A Z
C1: STORED (6)
C2: readouts
DC: AROUSED (7)
OT: DETOURS (7) DOUREST (7) ROUSTED (7) ROASTED (7) TORSADE (7)
Score: 35–95 (max 105)
No! Daniel falls into the old ‘hyphenated read-outs’ trap. Surely it must lose its hyphen soon? I’ve been spelling it that way for years!
Round 13: H I T C W A A E R
C1: WATCHER (7)
C2: WATCHER (7)
DC: WATCHER (7) TRACHEA (7)
OT: HETAIRA (7) THERIAC (7)
Score: 42–102 (max 112)
Everyone sees WATCHER (get it? Sees watcher? Oh, never mind). And I loved Susie’s definition of TRACHEA: “to do with the tracheal... (points to throat) thing here.” Classic. And in case you were wondering, THERIAC is an antidote to snake venom.
Round 14: 50, 1, 6, 2, 3, 2. Target: 228.
C1: 228. (50+6+1)x(2+2) (10)
C2: 228. Mistake in working.
Score: 52–102 (max 122)
Daniel makes what I think I can safely call an uncharacteristic blob on the numbers, despite it only being his first game, while Lee recovers some pride with a particular elegant solution.
Round 15: C U R R Y C I T I
C2 buzzes on 27 seconds to say CIRCUITRY which is correct.
Final Score: 52–112 (max 132)
A weird word to spell, but CIRCUITRY gives Daniel a good first-day score, even if it wasn’t quite the 130 or so that looked on the cards for a while. What will happen next? You’ll have to wait until Monday’s show to find out, when Penny Smith will be returning to Dictionary Corner. See you next week!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63
C1: Champion Lee Palmer (1 win, 63 points.)
C2: Challenger Daniel Pati.
DC: Susie Dent (who, according to Jeff, is “the epitome of cool”) and Gloria Hunniford.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
In yesterday’s game, Lee Palmer from Norwich disposed of long-running champion Pete Godwin. Can he stick around today, or will he come unstuck against Manchester’s Daniel Pati? Let’s get to it!
R01: G F N E I E S L I
R02: M A X O P I C T T
R03: M D E O K R A S E
R04: M O T O C I R E S
R05: 25, 100, 6, 4, 2, 2. Target: 902.
TTT: IBLISTER - "If you wear these, you certainly won't blister your head."
R06: Y O R A T O S E L
R07: T R I E P G A N D
R08: R U G N O L E T I
R09: R L S U E Q D A U
R10: 100, 4, 1, 10, 9, 6. Target: 757.
TTT: DEALNUTS - "Nuts and butter, yes - but not chips."
R11: L N T I A E D B I
R12: D O R E T U S A Z
R13: H I T C W A A E R
R14: 50, 1, 6, 2, 3, 2. Target: 228.
R15: C U R R Y C I T I (conundrum)
Countdown is still being sponsored by Cardioace. Surely a change of supplement is coming on Monday?
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The show opens with Jeff discussing the merits of health spas. I suppose he has to keep his body looking like that of Leonardo DiCaprio somehow. (If you haven’t been watching the actual programmes and relying on recaps, this may well mean nothing to you. By the way, did you know Mr DiCaprio’s middle name is Wilhelm? No? Neither did I.)
Round 1: G F N E I E S L I
C1: FEELINGS (8)
C2: FEELINGS (8)
DC: FEELINGS (8) GENIES (6)
Score: 8–8 (max 8)
Cue Gloria (singing): “Feelings, nothing more than feelings”. Actually, they also had GENIES.
Round 2: M A X O P I C T T
C1: OPTIC (5)
C2: IMPACT (6)
DC: COPITA (6) ATOMIC (6)
OT: APOMICT (7)
Score: 8–14 (max 15)
An APOMICT is a plant that reproduces asexually.
Round 3: M D E O K R A S E
C1: DRAKES (6)
C2: REMAKES (7)
DC: RADOMES (7) SMEARED (7) (JS)
OT: DARKSOME (8)
Score: 8–21 (max 23)
Things are starting to look iffy for Lee, but it’s early days yet. (Don’t you hate it when Word tells you you’re using the wrong kind of ‘it’s’, when you’re not?)
Round 4: M O T O C I R E S
C1: ROOMIEST (8)
C2: ROOMIEST (8)
DC: MOTORISE (8) MORTICES (8)
Score: 16–29 (max 31)
MOTORISE jumped out at me straight away, but both our contestants plump for ROOMIEST.
Round 5: 25, 100, 6, 4, 2, 2. Target: 902.
C1: -
C2: 902. ((4+2)x6x25)+2 (10)
Score: 16–39 (max 41)
Lee’s failure to score on the numbers puts him a worrying 23 points behind at the end of Part One, while Daniel is only two away from the max.
Before the Teaser, Gloria relates some stories about her friend Cliff Richard. She says he would love to come on Countdown. I wonder if it will happen??
Teatime teaser: IBLISTER -> TRILBIES
Round 6: Y O R A T O S E L
C1: TOOLERS (7)
C2: LOOTERS (7)
DC: LOOTERS (7) ORATES (6)
OT: AEROSOL (7) ROSEOLA (7) RETOOLS (7) ROOTLES (7)
Score: 23–46 (max 48)
Lee is a little anxious about TOOLERS, but it’s one of several valid sevens available.
Round 7: T R I E P G A N D
C1: grandie
C2: DEPARTING (18)
OT: PREDATING (18)
Score: 23–64 (max 66)
Disaster may be looming for Lee as Daniel gets a niner. Surely he can’t recover from over forty points down? - although stranger things have been known. As regular viewers and recap readers will know, the other nine, PREDATING, is not the opposite of POST-DATING, but what predators are doing when they hunt. Honest.
Round 8: R U G N O L E T I
C1: LONGER (6)
C2: ROUTEING (8)
DC: OUTLINER (8)
Score: 23–72 (max 74)
Mr Pati strikes what must be the killer blow with an excellent eight. ROUTEING is one of those words that I always think looks slightly wrong (it can be spelled with or without the ‘E’), while OUTLINER is a computer program 99% of computer programmers have probably never heard of.
Round 9: R L S U E Q D A U
C1: RULED (5)
C2: SQUARED (7)
DC: SQUARED (7)
Score: 23–79 (max 81)
Both players offer types of paper. Sorry, that’s the best comment I could come up with.
OoW: Susie concludes her very interesting week of pub name histories with the story of the “Rose & Crown”. She also remarks that she has a hostelry near her called “The Rose Revived”. That would be this one, I expect: http://www.rose-revived-inn-newbridge.co.uk/
Round 10: 100, 4, 1, 10, 9, 6. Target: 757.
C1: 749.
C2: 757. ((6+1)x(100+10))-9-4 (10)
Score: 23–89 (max 91)
Lee misses out on any numbers game points for a second time, while Daniel is still only two off the max. At this rate, he’s on for a cracking score.
Teatime teaser: DEALNUTS -> UNSALTED
Nice teaser clue and I quite agree... chips without salt? Unthinkable!
Round 11: L N T I A E D B I
C1: DETAIL (6)
C2: TAILED (6)
DC: LANDTIE (7)
OT: ALIBIED (7)
Score: 29–95 (max 98)
Like a few other words, such as SALMONID and DAIMYO, LANDTIE always reminds me of Julian Fell. Where is he now? Answers on a postcard! And I’m afraid it’s game over already for Lee, despite there being four rounds to go.
Round 12: D O R E T U S A Z
C1: STORED (6)
C2: readouts
DC: AROUSED (7)
OT: DETOURS (7) DOUREST (7) ROUSTED (7) ROASTED (7) TORSADE (7)
Score: 35–95 (max 105)
No! Daniel falls into the old ‘hyphenated read-outs’ trap. Surely it must lose its hyphen soon? I’ve been spelling it that way for years!
Round 13: H I T C W A A E R
C1: WATCHER (7)
C2: WATCHER (7)
DC: WATCHER (7) TRACHEA (7)
OT: HETAIRA (7) THERIAC (7)
Score: 42–102 (max 112)
Everyone sees WATCHER (get it? Sees watcher? Oh, never mind). And I loved Susie’s definition of TRACHEA: “to do with the tracheal... (points to throat) thing here.” Classic. And in case you were wondering, THERIAC is an antidote to snake venom.
Round 14: 50, 1, 6, 2, 3, 2. Target: 228.
C1: 228. (50+6+1)x(2+2) (10)
C2: 228. Mistake in working.
Score: 52–102 (max 122)
Daniel makes what I think I can safely call an uncharacteristic blob on the numbers, despite it only being his first game, while Lee recovers some pride with a particular elegant solution.
Round 15: C U R R Y C I T I
C2 buzzes on 27 seconds to say CIRCUITRY which is correct.
Final Score: 52–112 (max 132)
A weird word to spell, but CIRCUITRY gives Daniel a good first-day score, even if it wasn’t quite the 130 or so that looked on the cards for a while. What will happen next? You’ll have to wait until Monday’s show to find out, when Penny Smith will be returning to Dictionary Corner. See you next week!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63