Wednesday 13th October 2010 (Series 63, Prelim 68)
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:19 pm
Welcome one and all to the Robinson Recap, just one day after 2 Countdown records were broken, so while the 3rd episode of this week is taking place, let us move forth into today's game while I try and find a sentence to use the word "fifth". Oh, just done it 
Enjoy.
Countdown recap for Wednesday 13 October 2010.
C1: Champion Andrew Greenway (1 win, 47 points.) An Apterite from London. He's a civil servant and lifelong Countdown fan. And no, you aren't in the Historical Recaps section, Andrew did win with just 47 points yesterday He says he aims to get at least 50 today. One of his ambitions is to write a book in the style of Bill Bryson.
C2: Challenger Jack Hurst. An Apteforumite from Desford, Leicestershire, but is studying mathematics at Pembroke College, Cambridge. His ambitions are to get a good-looking girlfriend (which leads to a snapshot of the "young" members of the front row of the studio audience) and wants to see Chelsea F.C. get relegated, even though he doesn't care much for football.
DC: Susie Dent and David Lloyd.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: R A S C E U N S E
R02: P D L O B I A Z E
R03: M B D I E O N R I
R04: G W T E U O C E I
R05: 25, 4, 1, 8, 6, 10. Target: 403.
TTT: LEOMUSIC - "In ancient times, you might've seen lions and music here"
R06: F N A O U T P A M
R07: R E I A N G D T O
R08: K L V I E I T A E
R09: O A I S Y A H N R
R10: 50, 1, 10, 1, 8, 4. Target: 986.
TTT: SUBCODER - "It's not very clear and you can hardly see it"
R11: T D R E O J U R E
R12: L S M A E O T Q A
R13: D L S E U N O T P
R14: 75, 8, 9, 6, 4, 5. Target: 297.
R15: R U G B Y D A T E (conundrum)
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Round 1: R A S C E U N S E
C1: SCREENS (7)
C2: UNCREASES (18)
Score: 0–18 (max 18)
Now that's the power of an Apterite A 9 on his first go for Jack and he already has nearly 40% of Andrew's total score from yesterday after only 1 round. 
Round 2: P D L O B I A Z E
C1: pliable
C2: BOILED (6)
DC: BLADE (5) PEDAL (5) BIPEDAL (7) PIEBALD (7)
Score: 0–24 (max 25)
Andrew's phantom L sees Jack's lead already at 2 dozen, but there'll be no debut max game as both 7's were missed by him.
Round 3: M B D I E O N R I
C1: BROMINE (7)
C2: MINORED (7)
DC: BROMIDE (7)
OT: DOMINIE (7) MIDIRON (7)
Score: 7–31 (max 32)
Andrew's off the mark with his 7, which is equalled by Jack's 7.
A MIDIRON is a golf club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a driving iron but less slope than a mid-mashie.
Round 4: G W T E U O C E I
C1: TWICE (5)
C2: CUTIE (5)
OT: OUTIE (5)
Score: 12–36 (max 37)
A tricky selection here. I'm personally wondering if Jack was after ECOTAGE, but as it is, 3 5's will do.
Round 5: 25, 4, 1, 8, 6, 10. Target: 403.
C1: 403. ((10 + 6) x 25) + 4 - 1 (10)
C2: 403. ((10 + 6) x 25) + 4 - 1 (10)
Score: 22–46 (max 47)
David talks about his book, The World According To Bumble: Start The Car!, and how he enjoys comedy.
Teatime teaser: LEOMUSIC -> COLISEUM
Round 6: F N A O U T P A M
C1: AMOUNT (6)
C2: AMOUNT (6)
DC: PANTOUM (7)
Score: 28–52 (max 54)
Round 7: R E I A N G D T O
C1: TREADING (8)
C2: RATIONED (8)
DC: DERATION (8) GRADIENT (8)
OT: DERATING (8) ORDINATE (8) DRAGONET (8) ORGANDIE (8)
Score: 36–60 (max 62)
Just about the worst vowel comes out here, leaving just plenty of 8's to go for.
Round 8: K L V I E I T A E
C1: levate
C2: TALKIE (6)
DC: leviate
OT: ILVAITE (7)
Score: 36–66 (max 69)
A tricky round here, with Andrew's levate failing to make the cut, while the darrenic 7 is left alone.
ILVAITE is a silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals and columnar masses.
Round 9: O A I S Y A H N R
C1: SHARIA (6)
C2: NORIAS (6)
DC: RHINOS (6)
OT: NAIRAS (6) ROSINY (6)
Score: 42–72 (max 75)
Another tricky set here, but all concerned manage a 6 here.
The NAIRA is a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
ROSINY relates to ROSIN, the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
Susie's Viewers' Questions answers a question sent in by Daniel O'Mara about the odd names for the "hidden parts" of the body. They are "ancon"
elbow, "bort" the bend of the elbow, "oxter" armpit, "napper" knee, and the space behind the knee is the "hough".
Round 10: 50, 1, 10, 1, 8, 4. Target: 986.
C1: 988. ((1 + 1) x 10 x 50) - (8 + 4) (7)
C2: 984. ((10 x 50) - 8) x (1 + 1) (7)
Score: 49–79 (max 82)
A tricky numbers here and amazingly 2 away is as close as you can get.
Teatime teaser: SUBCODER -> OBSCURED
Round 11: T D R E O J U R E
C1: retoured
C2: rerouted
DC: ROUTED (6)
OT: DETOUR (6) TOURED (6) DOURER (6) ORDURE (6) RETROD (6) RORTED (6) ROUTER (6) TOURER (6) TEREDO (6) URETER (6)
Score: 49–79 (max 88)
Oh dear, just about everyone falls for the rerouted trap, except for Andrew who goes into another trap altogether.
ORDURE means dung, manure or excrement.
A TEREDO is a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
Round 12: L S M A E O T Q A
C1: MALTOSE (7)
C2: OATMEAL (7)
DC: OATMEALS (8) MALATES (7)
OT: MALTASE (7) TAMALES (7)
Score: 56–86 (max 96)
Oooooh, Susie says OATMEALS is fine, but it's a no-no in our books, despite the mass food rule. Andrew reaches his promised 50 mark as well.
Round 13: D L S E U N O T P
C1: unspelt
C2: OUTSPEND (8)
DC: TOUSLED (7)
OT: POSTLUDE (8)
Score: 56–94 (max 104)
And that's it, Jack has the victory with that brilliant 8.
A POSTLUDE is a musical term for the concluding piece or movement.
Round 14: 75, 8, 9, 6, 4, 5. Target: 297.
C1: 297. (75 x 4) - (9 - 6) (10)
C2: 297. (75 x 4) - (9 - 6) (10)
Score: 66–104 (max 114)
And Jack gets his century with that easy numbers solve.
Round 15: R U G B Y D A T E
C2 buzzes on 0.1 seconds to say BUDGETARY which is correct.
Final Score: 66–114 (max 124)
WOAH!!! You thought Eoin was fast. Jack just blasted him into next week. Is Jack the new real deal. It's probably a bit early to tell, but getting 10 maxes and dropping just 10 points is a good early sign to me.
He'll be back tomorrow, as will I with the 2nd half of this week's Robinson Recap.
Till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Andrew:
Total score - 66
Raw score - 73
Total % of max - 53
Raw % of max - 59
Total average score per round - 4.4
Raw average score per round - 4.9
Number of maxes - 7
Jack:
Total score - 114
Raw score - 114
Total % of max - 92
Raw % of max - 92
Total average score per round - 7.6
Raw average score per round - 7.6
Number of maxes - 10
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63
Enjoy.
Countdown recap for Wednesday 13 October 2010.
C1: Champion Andrew Greenway (1 win, 47 points.) An Apterite from London. He's a civil servant and lifelong Countdown fan. And no, you aren't in the Historical Recaps section, Andrew did win with just 47 points yesterday
He says he aims to get at least 50 today. One of his ambitions is to write a book in the style of Bill Bryson.C2: Challenger Jack Hurst. An Apteforumite from Desford, Leicestershire, but is studying mathematics at Pembroke College, Cambridge. His ambitions are to get a good-looking girlfriend (which leads to a snapshot of the "young" members of the front row of the studio audience) and wants to see Chelsea F.C. get relegated, even though he doesn't care much for football.
DC: Susie Dent and David Lloyd.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: R A S C E U N S E
R02: P D L O B I A Z E
R03: M B D I E O N R I
R04: G W T E U O C E I
R05: 25, 4, 1, 8, 6, 10. Target: 403.
TTT: LEOMUSIC - "In ancient times, you might've seen lions and music here"
R06: F N A O U T P A M
R07: R E I A N G D T O
R08: K L V I E I T A E
R09: O A I S Y A H N R
R10: 50, 1, 10, 1, 8, 4. Target: 986.
TTT: SUBCODER - "It's not very clear and you can hardly see it"
R11: T D R E O J U R E
R12: L S M A E O T Q A
R13: D L S E U N O T P
R14: 75, 8, 9, 6, 4, 5. Target: 297.
R15: R U G B Y D A T E (conundrum)
And now a brief interlude before our main feature:
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Round 1: R A S C E U N S E
C1: SCREENS (7)
C2: UNCREASES (18)
Score: 0–18 (max 18)
Now that's the power of an Apterite
A 9 on his first go for Jack and he already has nearly 40% of Andrew's total score from yesterday after only 1 round. Round 2: P D L O B I A Z E
C1: pliable
C2: BOILED (6)
DC: BLADE (5) PEDAL (5) BIPEDAL (7) PIEBALD (7)
Score: 0–24 (max 25)
Andrew's phantom L sees Jack's lead already at 2 dozen, but there'll be no debut max game as both 7's were missed by him.
Round 3: M B D I E O N R I
C1: BROMINE (7)
C2: MINORED (7)
DC: BROMIDE (7)
OT: DOMINIE (7) MIDIRON (7)
Score: 7–31 (max 32)
Andrew's off the mark with his 7, which is equalled by Jack's 7.
A MIDIRON is a golf club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a driving iron but less slope than a mid-mashie.
Round 4: G W T E U O C E I
C1: TWICE (5)
C2: CUTIE (5)
OT: OUTIE (5)
Score: 12–36 (max 37)
A tricky selection here. I'm personally wondering if Jack was after ECOTAGE, but as it is, 3 5's will do.
Round 5: 25, 4, 1, 8, 6, 10. Target: 403.
C1: 403. ((10 + 6) x 25) + 4 - 1 (10)
C2: 403. ((10 + 6) x 25) + 4 - 1 (10)
Score: 22–46 (max 47)
David talks about his book, The World According To Bumble: Start The Car!, and how he enjoys comedy.
Teatime teaser: LEOMUSIC -> COLISEUM
Round 6: F N A O U T P A M
C1: AMOUNT (6)
C2: AMOUNT (6)
DC: PANTOUM (7)
Score: 28–52 (max 54)
Round 7: R E I A N G D T O
C1: TREADING (8)
C2: RATIONED (8)
DC: DERATION (8) GRADIENT (8)
OT: DERATING (8) ORDINATE (8) DRAGONET (8) ORGANDIE (8)
Score: 36–60 (max 62)
Just about the worst vowel comes out here, leaving just plenty of 8's to go for.
Round 8: K L V I E I T A E
C1: levate
C2: TALKIE (6)
DC: leviate
OT: ILVAITE (7)
Score: 36–66 (max 69)
A tricky round here, with Andrew's levate failing to make the cut, while the darrenic 7 is left alone.
ILVAITE is a silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals and columnar masses.
Round 9: O A I S Y A H N R
C1: SHARIA (6)
C2: NORIAS (6)
DC: RHINOS (6)
OT: NAIRAS (6) ROSINY (6)
Score: 42–72 (max 75)
Another tricky set here, but all concerned manage a 6 here.
The NAIRA is a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
ROSINY relates to ROSIN, the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
Susie's Viewers' Questions answers a question sent in by Daniel O'Mara about the odd names for the "hidden parts" of the body. They are "ancon"
elbow, "bort" the bend of the elbow, "oxter" armpit, "napper" knee, and the space behind the knee is the "hough". Round 10: 50, 1, 10, 1, 8, 4. Target: 986.
C1: 988. ((1 + 1) x 10 x 50) - (8 + 4) (7)
C2: 984. ((10 x 50) - 8) x (1 + 1) (7)
Score: 49–79 (max 82)
A tricky numbers here and amazingly 2 away is as close as you can get.
Teatime teaser: SUBCODER -> OBSCURED
Round 11: T D R E O J U R E
C1: retoured
C2: rerouted
DC: ROUTED (6)
OT: DETOUR (6) TOURED (6) DOURER (6) ORDURE (6) RETROD (6) RORTED (6) ROUTER (6) TOURER (6) TEREDO (6) URETER (6)
Score: 49–79 (max 88)
Oh dear, just about everyone falls for the rerouted trap, except for Andrew who goes into another trap altogether.
ORDURE means dung, manure or excrement.
A TEREDO is a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
Round 12: L S M A E O T Q A
C1: MALTOSE (7)
C2: OATMEAL (7)
DC: OATMEALS (8) MALATES (7)
OT: MALTASE (7) TAMALES (7)
Score: 56–86 (max 96)
Oooooh, Susie says OATMEALS is fine, but it's a no-no in our books, despite the mass food rule. Andrew reaches his promised 50 mark as well.
Round 13: D L S E U N O T P
C1: unspelt
C2: OUTSPEND (8)
DC: TOUSLED (7)
OT: POSTLUDE (8)
Score: 56–94 (max 104)
And that's it, Jack has the victory with that brilliant 8.
A POSTLUDE is a musical term for the concluding piece or movement.
Round 14: 75, 8, 9, 6, 4, 5. Target: 297.
C1: 297. (75 x 4) - (9 - 6) (10)
C2: 297. (75 x 4) - (9 - 6) (10)
Score: 66–104 (max 114)
And Jack gets his century with that easy numbers solve.
Round 15: R U G B Y D A T E
C2 buzzes on 0.1 seconds to say BUDGETARY which is correct.
Final Score: 66–114 (max 124)
WOAH!!! You thought Eoin was fast. Jack just blasted him into next week. Is Jack the new real deal. It's probably a bit early to tell, but getting 10 maxes and dropping just 10 points is a good early sign to me.
He'll be back tomorrow, as will I with the 2nd half of this week's Robinson Recap.
Till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Andrew:
Total score - 66
Raw score - 73
Total % of max - 53
Raw % of max - 59
Total average score per round - 4.4
Raw average score per round - 4.9
Number of maxes - 7
Jack:
Total score - 114
Raw score - 114
Total % of max - 92
Raw % of max - 92
Total average score per round - 7.6
Raw average score per round - 7.6
Number of maxes - 10
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63