Countdown recap for Wednesday 6 October 2010.
C1: Champion Michael Chadwick (3 wins, 269 points.) An Apterite from Tooting, London, but was brought up in the Chilterns. He works as a advertising strategist. In his spare time he enjoys cooking and cycling.
C2: Challenger Jude Bell. From Ilkley, West Yorkshire. She works as an office manager. She's married with a daughter and a noticable baby bump, which will produce another baby in January. She says the most memorable experience of her life was her 6 week honeymoon that took in Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Thailand. She says that Sydney is her favourite place, and she would love to live there if it was much closer to this country.
DC: Susie Dent and Matt Le Tissier, who reveals that his first single he bought was Shakin' Stevens' This Ole House.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: P I D S A L E F R
R02: C H I R E U B S G
R03: L A S N U F E A S
R04: K N T E A H E S M
R05: 100, 4, 10, 2, 7, 9. Target: 887.
TTT: ANEWSILK - "Graceful and elegant, and nearly something by Tchaikovsky"
R06: T D C U O I N S E
R07: M O G R E I D A T
R08: P I E C T L Y O T
R09: D U P M E D I G N
R10: 50, 9, 3, 10, 7, 8. Target: 559.
TTT: ACESTEAK - "Before your ace steak, try these for breakfast"
R11: S O N R A T I R A
R12: N S V U I L E A W
R13: P U L I X M O D R
R14: 50, 25, 5, 1, 3, 6. Target: 355.
R15: B E A R D N E R D (conundrum)
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Round 1: P I D S A L E F R
C1: DERAILS (7)
C2: FIELDS (6)
DC: FELDSPAR (8)
OT: PREDIALS (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)
Michael might have DERAILS, but it's full steam ahead for him, as Jude is left to rummage round in the FIELDS. Interestingly, Touchdown rules would give me 2 9's of past significance to me. AIRFIELDS was the first 9 available to me in any of my shows and if the F was an L, a certain conundrum would be formed. SPIRALLED
Round 2: C H I R E U B S G
C1: CHERUBS (7)
C2: CHERUBS (7)
DC: BIRCHES (7) BUSHIER (7)
OT: CUSHIER (7) GUSHIER (7)
Score: 14–7 (max 15)
Both players go with the almost-sticking out 7 there.
Round 3: L A S N U F E A S
C1: UNSEALS (7)
C2: UNSAFE (6)
DC: SENSUAL (7)
OT: FULNESS (7)
Score: 21–7 (max 22)
Michael's dubious 7 beats Jude's not written down 6.
Round 4: K N T E A H E S M
C1: THEMES (6)
C2: MEANEST (7)
DC: METHANE (7)
OT: ANTHEMS (7)
Score: 21–14 (max 29)
But, Jude comes back in immediately with a 7 of her own.
Round 5: 100, 4, 10, 2, 7, 9. Target: 887.
C1: 887. ((100 + 10) x 4 x 2) + 7 (10)
C2: 887. (9 x 100) - (7 - 4 + 10) (10)
Score: 31–24 (max 39)
2 very different ways, but 10 well deserved points each.
Matt talks about the meanest players he faced during his career at Southampton, including Nottingham Forest's Stuart Pearce, who he played in his 2nd game as a 17-year-old
, and Arsenal's Martin Keown.Teatime teaser: ANEWSILK -> SWANLIKE
Round 6: T D C U O I N S E
C1: SEDUCTION (18)
C2: COUNTED (7)
DC: EDUCTIONS (18)
OT: SUCTIONED (18)
Score: 49–24 (max 57)
9's all round
, apart from Jude. 
Round 7: M O G R E I D A T
C1: GRATED (6)
C2: MIDGET (6)
DC: MIGRATED (8) MEDIATOR (8)
OT: IDEOGRAM (8)
Score: 55–30 (max 65)
Michael copies one of his words from yesterday, but if he'd put the MI before it, he'd have had a nice 8. Cue also more MIDGET Jeff jokes.
An IDEOGRAM is a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
Round 8: P I E C T L Y O T
C1: PILOT (5)
C2: POLICE (6)
DC: PETTILY (7)
OT: EPICOTYL (8)
Score: 55–36 (max 73)
A very tricky round, in which the darrenic 8 is left lurking. In the meantime, Jude's help from the coppers puts her right back in the game. (Well, coppers should help pregnant ladies anyway.
)An EPICOTYL is the part of an embryo plant stem above the cotyledons but beneath the terminal bud.
Round 9: D U P M E D I G N
C1: DUMPING (7)
C2: PUDDING (7)
DC: IMPUGNED (8)
Score: 62–43 (max 81)
DC get the darrenic 8, while Jeff PUDDING jokes now go round the studio.
Susie's Call My Bluff has Matt in the hotseat. The word is EXONYM.
Is it:
a) A name that foreigners use for a place, instead of the name that the people who live there use. e.g. Florence
Firenze.b) The nickname, or more likely an insult, given to ex-boyfriends or ex-girlfriends who have dumped you.
c) A false opposite/antonym. e.g. SHEVELLED doesn't apply for DISHEVELLED.
Matt correctly guessed at a).
Round 10: 50, 9, 3, 10, 7, 8. Target: 559.
C1: 559. ((8 - 3 + 50) x 10) + 9 (10)
C2: 559. ((8 - 7 + 10) x 50) + 9 (10)
Score: 72–53 (max 91)
Teatime teaser: ACESTEAK -> TEACAKES
Round 11: S O N R A T I R A
C1: RATIONS (7)
C2: RATIONS (7)
OT: ROSARIAN (8)
Score: 79–60 (max 99)
An E at the end would've brought up SERRATION, but as it is, the darrenic 8 is left untouched.
A ROSARIAN is a person who is fond of, develops, or cultivates roses.
Round 12: N S V U I L E A W
C1: UNVEILS (7)
C2: NAILS (5)
OT: ALEVINS (7) INSULAE (7) INWALES (7) UNALIVE (7)
Score: 86–60 (max 106)
Michael is almost over the line with that 7.
An ALEVIN is an ichthyological term for a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.
An INWALE is a horizontal timber binding together the frames along the top strake in an open boat, or a strip of reinforcing material within a gunwale.
Round 13: P U L I X M O D R
C1: MOULD (5)
C2: MOULD (5)
DC: PODIUM (6)
OT: LUPOID (6) MILORD (6) MODULI (6) PROLIX (6)
Score: 91–65 (max 112)
And there it is, Michael becomes a half-octochamp.
PROLIX is an adjective meaning extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
Round 14: 50, 25, 5, 1, 3, 6. Target: 355.
C1: 355. ((6 + 1) x 50) + 5 (10)
C2: 355. ((6 + 1) x 50) + (25 / 5) (10)
Score: 101–75 (max 122)
30 easy points from the numbers games today, gives Michael his first century.
Round 15: B E A R D N E R D
C1 buzzes on 16 seconds to say REBRANDED which is correct.
Final Score: 111–75 (max 132)
And the BEARDNERD solves the conundrum to bring up a Nelson, and in the process has overtaken Heather Driver in the standings to occupy the #8 seed for the time being.
Can he make it 5 in a row tomorrow
Join me tomorrow for the Robinson Recap Anniversary Extravaganza.
Till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Michael:
Total score - 111
Raw score - 122
Total % of max - 84
Raw % of max - 92
Total average score per round - 7.4
Raw average score per round - 8.1
Number of maxes - 8
Jude:
Total score - 75
Raw score - 99
Total % of max - 57
Raw % of max - 75
Total average score per round - 5.0
Raw average score per round - 6.6
Number of maxes - 5
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63