Thursday 9th September 2010 (Series 63, Prelim 44)
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:09 pm
The second half of this week's Robinson Recap Double Bill is here. Enjoy. 
Countdown recap for Thursday 9 September 2010.
C1: Champion Daniel Pati (4 wins, 432 points.) An Apteforumite from Manchester. He works as a Search Engine Optimiser Consultant. His hobbies include music, tennis and snooker, where his best break is 38.
C2: Challenger Alan Egan. From Ballinlough, Cork, Ireland. He's a semi-retired, part-time university tutor and student. (Yes, you heard that right, he's a student AND a teacher
) He's been a supporter of Machester United since 1956.
DC: Susie Dent and Penny Smith.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: G I L E N A F U D
R02: V T S E I E G S I
R03: L E W A T O R A H
R04: G Z R E O N I S P
R05: 25, 3, 9, 6, 4, 9. Target: 101.
TTT: ACLOSURE - "It's the play that goes round and round"
R06: E A O N Y T M E T
R07: N O S E D I R A T
R08: D M S E O E R O P
R09: B E T A W U M A Q
R10: 75, 50, 4, 2, 1, 8. Target: 983.
TTT: OCTETREV - "We mostly know it as a car, but it's actually a ship"
R11: F I C E M I B U T
R12: S N K A O A L D I
R13: H E R U L O N A X
R14: 25, 50, 9, 4, 2, 5. Target: 216.
R15: S E E D R Y R O T (conundrum)
And now a brief interlude before our main feature:
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
Enjoy the show.
Round 1: G I L E N A F U D
C1: FINAGLED (8)
C2: DEALING (7)
Score: 8–0 (max 8)
Round 2: V T S E I E G S I
C1: VESTIGES (8)
C2: VISIT (5)
DC: SIEVES (6)
Score: 16–0 (max 16)
A brilliant double darren start by Daniel here. It looks like he might have regained his form from last Friday and Monday.
Round 3: L E W A T O R A H
C1: LOATHER (7)
C2: WREATH (6)
DC: RATHOLE (7)
Score: 23–0 (max 23)
Round 4: G Z R E O N I S P
C1: REPOSING (8)
C2: PRISON (6)
DC: SPONGIER (8)
Score: 31–0 (max 31)
Despite his doubts, Daniel finds another 8 and Alan is just helpless to stop him at the moment.
Round 5: 25, 3, 9, 6, 4, 9. Target: 101.
C1: 101. (25 x 4) + (9 / 9) (10)
C2: 101. (25 x 4) + (9 / 9) (10)
Score: 41–10 (max 41)
Alan finally gets off the mark with the easy numbers game.
Penny talks about her being invited to parties, but on one occasion she found out she was at a reception for a gay wedding.
Teatime teaser: ACLOSURE -> CAROUSEL
Round 6: E A O N Y T M E T
C1: TOMENTA (7)
C2: MEANT (5)
Score: 48–10 (max 48)
Another brilliant darren by Daniel here. He's showing no mercy so far today.
Round 7: N O S E D I R A T
C1: ORDINATES (18)
C2: -
DC: DERATIONS (18)
OT: NOTARISED (18)
Score: 66–10 (max 66)
Oh dear. Alan just completely loses it here, leaving Daniel to pick one of the 3 available 9's here.
Round 8: D M S E O E R O P
C1: SPOORED (7)
C2: ROOMED (6)
DC: REPOSED (7)
OT: PREDOOMS (8)
Score: 73–10 (max 74)
ARGH!!! That ends the max game. The appropriate PREDOOMS is missed by all, but more imprtantly, Alan still misses out on scoring here. His 10 points are still only from the first numbers game.
Round 9: B E T A W U M A Q
C1: ABATE (5)
C2: ABATE (5)
OT: BATEAU (6) BEMATA (6)
Score: 78–15 (max 80)
Finally Alan scores in a letters game for the first time, where as both available 6's remain hidden.
A BEMATA is the enclosed space surrounding the altar in an Eastern Church.
Susie's Origin Of Words talks about the origin of "Geronimo!"
Round 10: 75, 50, 4, 2, 1, 8. Target: 983.
C1: 986. Mistake in working.
C2: 988. ((50 + 75) x 8) - ((1 + 2) x 4) (7)
RR: 983. (((50 + 2) / 4) x 75) + 8 (10)
Score: 78–22 (max 90)
Ooooh, Daniel plays the honesty card again as he mistakenly thinks that 78 x 12 = 986, whereas it's 936, but even with Rachel pointing to the 50 that he hadn't used, Daniel just packed it in, leaving Alan to get some much-needed points and letting Rachel solve it for our viewing pleasure.
Teatime teaser: OCTETREV -> CORVETTE
Round 11: F I C E M I B U T
C1: imbute
C2: FUME (4)
DC: IMBUE (5) MICE (4) BEFIT (5) MUFTI (5)
OT: CUBIT (5) CUTIE (5) FUMET (5) METIC (5)
Score: 78–26 (max 95)
Daniel mixes IMPUTE with imbute, leaving Alan's 4 as the round winner here.
A CUBIT is an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches.
A FUMET is a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavour and used as a flavouring.
A METIC is an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there. (That alien invasion of Ancient Gereece has been kept schtum for a good while 
)
Round 12: S N K A O A L D I
C1: DAIKONS (7)
C2: SANDAL (6)
DC: DOLINAS (7)
OT: ANDISOL (7) LADINOS (7)
Score: 85–26 (max 102)
A brilliant recovery by Daniel with that 7 which secures the game for him.
Round 13: H E R U L O N A X
C1: aleuron
C2: HAULER (6)
DC: LOANER (6)
OT: HOAXER (6) NEURAL (6) UNREAL (6)
Score: 85–32 (max 108)
Ouch, apparently Daniel's word is OK in Scrabble, but in this game it needs another E on the end to make it legal.
Round 14: 25, 50, 9, 4, 2, 5. Target: 216.
C1: 216. (50 x 5) - (25 + 9) (10)
C2: 216. ((50 + 25) x (5 - 2)) - 9 (10)
Score: 95–42 (max 118)
2 very different ways, but 10 points to both means that Daniel has the chance to get his 3rd century.
Round 15: S E E D R Y R O T
C1 buzzes on 3.75 seconds to say DESTROYER which is correct.
Final Score: 105–42 (max 128)
And there you go. A 3rd century and still a 100% record on conundrums for Daniel. Unfortuantely for Alan, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time today. He was just outclassed in all fairness to him.
Mike will be back tomorrow to see if Daniel can reach win #6.
I'll be around with many more historical recaps over the next few days, I should think.
And for you regular readers, I'll be back here next Wednesday when Daniel will have departed, octochamp or not.
So, till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Daniel:
Total score - 105
Raw score - 105
Total % of max - 82
Raw % of max - 82
Total average score per round - 7.0
Raw average score per round - 7.0
Number of maxes - 10
Alan:
Total score - 42
Raw score - 83
Total % of max - 33
Raw % of max - 65
Total average score per round - 2.8
Raw average score per round - 5.5
Number of maxes - 3
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63
Countdown recap for Thursday 9 September 2010.
C1: Champion Daniel Pati (4 wins, 432 points.) An Apteforumite from Manchester. He works as a Search Engine Optimiser Consultant. His hobbies include music, tennis and snooker, where his best break is 38.
C2: Challenger Alan Egan. From Ballinlough, Cork, Ireland. He's a semi-retired, part-time university tutor and student. (Yes, you heard that right, he's a student AND a teacher
) He's been a supporter of Machester United since 1956.DC: Susie Dent and Penny Smith.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: G I L E N A F U D
R02: V T S E I E G S I
R03: L E W A T O R A H
R04: G Z R E O N I S P
R05: 25, 3, 9, 6, 4, 9. Target: 101.
TTT: ACLOSURE - "It's the play that goes round and round"
R06: E A O N Y T M E T
R07: N O S E D I R A T
R08: D M S E O E R O P
R09: B E T A W U M A Q
R10: 75, 50, 4, 2, 1, 8. Target: 983.
TTT: OCTETREV - "We mostly know it as a car, but it's actually a ship"
R11: F I C E M I B U T
R12: S N K A O A L D I
R13: H E R U L O N A X
R14: 25, 50, 9, 4, 2, 5. Target: 216.
R15: S E E D R Y R O T (conundrum)
And now a brief interlude before our main feature:
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
Enjoy the show.
Round 1: G I L E N A F U D
C1: FINAGLED (8)
C2: DEALING (7)
Score: 8–0 (max 8)
Round 2: V T S E I E G S I
C1: VESTIGES (8)
C2: VISIT (5)
DC: SIEVES (6)
Score: 16–0 (max 16)
A brilliant double darren start by Daniel here. It looks like he might have regained his form from last Friday and Monday.
Round 3: L E W A T O R A H
C1: LOATHER (7)
C2: WREATH (6)
DC: RATHOLE (7)
Score: 23–0 (max 23)
Round 4: G Z R E O N I S P
C1: REPOSING (8)
C2: PRISON (6)
DC: SPONGIER (8)
Score: 31–0 (max 31)
Despite his doubts, Daniel finds another 8 and Alan is just helpless to stop him at the moment.
Round 5: 25, 3, 9, 6, 4, 9. Target: 101.
C1: 101. (25 x 4) + (9 / 9) (10)
C2: 101. (25 x 4) + (9 / 9) (10)
Score: 41–10 (max 41)
Alan finally gets off the mark with the easy numbers game.
Penny talks about her being invited to parties, but on one occasion she found out she was at a reception for a gay wedding.
Teatime teaser: ACLOSURE -> CAROUSEL
Round 6: E A O N Y T M E T
C1: TOMENTA (7)
C2: MEANT (5)
Score: 48–10 (max 48)
Another brilliant darren by Daniel here. He's showing no mercy so far today.
Round 7: N O S E D I R A T
C1: ORDINATES (18)
C2: -
DC: DERATIONS (18)
OT: NOTARISED (18)
Score: 66–10 (max 66)
Oh dear. Alan just completely loses it here, leaving Daniel to pick one of the 3 available 9's here.
Round 8: D M S E O E R O P
C1: SPOORED (7)
C2: ROOMED (6)
DC: REPOSED (7)
OT: PREDOOMS (8)
Score: 73–10 (max 74)
ARGH!!! That ends the max game. The appropriate PREDOOMS is missed by all, but more imprtantly, Alan still misses out on scoring here. His 10 points are still only from the first numbers game.
Round 9: B E T A W U M A Q
C1: ABATE (5)
C2: ABATE (5)
OT: BATEAU (6) BEMATA (6)
Score: 78–15 (max 80)
Finally
Alan scores in a letters game for the first time, where as both available 6's remain hidden.A BEMATA is the enclosed space surrounding the altar in an Eastern Church.
Susie's Origin Of Words talks about the origin of "Geronimo!"
Round 10: 75, 50, 4, 2, 1, 8. Target: 983.
C1: 986. Mistake in working.
C2: 988. ((50 + 75) x 8) - ((1 + 2) x 4) (7)
RR: 983. (((50 + 2) / 4) x 75) + 8 (10)
Score: 78–22 (max 90)
Ooooh, Daniel plays the honesty card again as he mistakenly thinks that 78 x 12 = 986, whereas it's 936, but even with Rachel pointing to the 50 that he hadn't used, Daniel just packed it in, leaving Alan to get some much-needed points and letting Rachel solve it for our viewing pleasure.
Teatime teaser: OCTETREV -> CORVETTE
Round 11: F I C E M I B U T
C1: imbute
C2: FUME (4)
DC: IMBUE (5) MICE (4) BEFIT (5) MUFTI (5)
OT: CUBIT (5) CUTIE (5) FUMET (5) METIC (5)
Score: 78–26 (max 95)
Daniel mixes IMPUTE with imbute, leaving Alan's 4 as the round winner here.
A CUBIT is an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches.
A FUMET is a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavour and used as a flavouring.
A METIC is an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there. (That alien invasion of Ancient Gereece has been kept schtum for a good while
)Round 12: S N K A O A L D I
C1: DAIKONS (7)
C2: SANDAL (6)
DC: DOLINAS (7)
OT: ANDISOL (7) LADINOS (7)
Score: 85–26 (max 102)
A brilliant recovery by Daniel with that 7 which secures the game for him.
Round 13: H E R U L O N A X
C1: aleuron
C2: HAULER (6)
DC: LOANER (6)
OT: HOAXER (6) NEURAL (6) UNREAL (6)
Score: 85–32 (max 108)
Ouch, apparently Daniel's word is OK in Scrabble, but in this game it needs another E on the end to make it legal.
Round 14: 25, 50, 9, 4, 2, 5. Target: 216.
C1: 216. (50 x 5) - (25 + 9) (10)
C2: 216. ((50 + 25) x (5 - 2)) - 9 (10)
Score: 95–42 (max 118)
2 very different ways, but 10 points to both means that Daniel has the chance to get his 3rd century.
Round 15: S E E D R Y R O T
C1 buzzes on 3.75 seconds to say DESTROYER which is correct.
Final Score: 105–42 (max 128)
And there you go. A 3rd century and still a 100% record on conundrums for Daniel. Unfortuantely for Alan, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time today. He was just outclassed in all fairness to him.
Mike will be back tomorrow to see if Daniel can reach win #6.
I'll be around with many more historical recaps over the next few days, I should think.
And for you regular readers, I'll be back here next Wednesday when Daniel will have departed, octochamp or not.
So, till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Daniel:
Total score - 105
Raw score - 105
Total % of max - 82
Raw % of max - 82
Total average score per round - 7.0
Raw average score per round - 7.0
Number of maxes - 10
Alan:
Total score - 42
Raw score - 83
Total % of max - 33
Raw % of max - 65
Total average score per round - 2.8
Raw average score per round - 5.5
Number of maxes - 3
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63