Thursday 28th October 2010 (Series 63, Prelim 79)
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:39 pm
Welcome to the 2nd Robinson Recap. The games this week have all been tight affairs. Is it too much to ask for a 4th one 
Let's find out. 
Enjoy. 
Countdown recap for Thursday 28 October 2010.
C1: Champion Stevie Field (2 wins, 173 points.) From Edmonton, Greater London. He works as a window cleaner. He enjoys football, snooker and golf, where his ambition is to hit a hole in one, although he has only ever got to the green once.
C2: Challenger Steve Turvey. From Coventry, Warwickshire. He works as a transport consultant. He enjoys football and is a supporter of Leicester City, leading to Jeff making a joke about the fact that the Foxes have had 9 managers in the last 3 years, suggesting that people on Countdown get longer in the hotseat.
DC: Susie Dent and Rory McGrath.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: T S N I U A X T O
R02: P R L I E A T M O
R03: L S D E I A L R N
R04: C D P E E U R C I
R05: 50, 10, 3, 5, 1, 10. Target: 984.
TTT: UNCLEHON - "You might have it at 1 or 2, but it's never free"
R06: S T R E E U B G A
R07: C S D I U O G S T
R08: R N W E I A N Y I
R09: F S J O A E N T R
R10: 50, 5, 3, 4, 2, 8. Target: 350.
TTT: REDMEATS - "The butcher knows everything about red meats"
R11: V M S I A E M F Z
R12: S H W O E A B D E
R13: S D N A U I G T E
R14: 75, 4, 6, 10, 9, 1. Target: 666.
R15: G N U F R I E N D (conundrum)
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Round 1: T S N I U A X T O
C1: STATION (7)
C2: STATION (7)
DC: ANXIOUS (7) TITANOUS (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)
While the contestants reach the STATION at the first go, DC go all metallic with their darrenic 8.
Round 2: P R L I E A T M O
C1: plaiter
C2: IMPALER (7)
DC: PRIMATE (7) TEMPORAL (8)
OT: EPILATOR (8) PETIOLAR (8) PROEMIAL (8)
Score: 7–14 (max 16)
Plenty of 8's around, but Stevie (the champ, so you don't get confused) only offers a disallowed 7, giving Steve (the challenger) the early lead here.
PETIOLAR is an adjective meaning of, or growing from a petiole, the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem.
PROEMIAL relates to PROEM, an introductory discourse to a work of literature.
Round 3: L S D E I A L R N
C1: RALLIES (7)
C2: RALLIES (7)
DC: ISLANDER (8)
OT: DIALLERS (8) LANDLERS (8)
Score: 14–21 (max 24)
Yet again more 8's available, but 7 seems to be the magic numbers for the contestants today.
A LANDLER is an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, the antecedent to the waltz.
Round 4: C D P E E U R C I
C1: precide
C2: CREED (5)
DC: PEDICURE (8)
Score: 14–26 (max 32)
Stevie realises too late that precide should be PRESIDE, so Steve's lead goes to 12 points, while Rory decides to have a PEDICURE.
Round 5: 50, 10, 3, 5, 1, 10. Target: 984.
C1: 994.
C2: 989. ((5 - 3) x 10 x 50) - 10 - 1 (7)
RR: 984. ((10 + 10) x 50) - (3 x 5) - 1 (10)
Score: 14–33 (max 42)
The contestants evade the more obvious route to the answer, leaving us with a 5 away and a 10 away, increasing Steve's lead to 19 points.
Rory tells about the disastrous time he had owning 10% of a horse.
Teatime teaser: UNCLEHON -> LUNCHEON
Round 6: S T R E E U B G A
C1: BEATERS (7)
C2: BEATERS (7)
DC: AUBERGES (8)
Score: 21–40 (max 50)
Round 7: C S D I U O G S T
C1: STUDIOS (7)
C2: DISCO (5)
DC: DISGUST (7)
Score: 28–40 (max 57)
Clearly Stevie likes his surroundings, as the ITV STUDIOS puts him well back in the game.
Round 8: R N W E I A N Y I
C1: WINNER (6)
C2: WINNER (6)
DC: WINERY (6)
OT: WANNER (6) WINIER (6) YAWNER (6)
Score: 34–46 (max 63)
A couple of WINNERs here, but no better.
Round 9: F S J O A E N T R
C1: TREASON (7)
C2: FASTER (6)
DC: SENATOR (7)
OT: SEAFRONT (8)
Score: 41–46 (max 71)
And Stevie's TREASON offering reduces the deficit down to 5 points.
Susie's Origin Of Words continues with the football theme with the origin of Sunderland's sometimes derogatory nickname, "The Mackems"
Round 10: 50, 5, 3, 4, 2, 8. Target: 350.
C1: 350. (4 + 3) x 50 (10)
C2: 350. (5 + 2) x 50 (10)
Score: 51–56 (max 81)
Move on.
Teatime teaser: REDMEATS -> MASTERED
Round 11: V M S I A E M F Z
C1: MAIZE (5)
C2: MAIZES (6)
OT: SAMFIE (6) SAMMIE (6)
Score: 51–62 (max 87)
Oooooooooh, the dubious mass noun food rule comes into effect again, but it's fine after much deliberation by Susie, leaving Steve happy and probably infuriating Stevie for not pluralizing his offering.
Round 12: S H W O E A B D E
C1: WASHED (6)
C2: WASHED (6)
DC: SHADOW (6) BOWHEADS (8)
Score: 57–68 (max 95)
Another fantastic darren by DC here, while the 2 contestants get WASHED up with their 6.
Round 13: S D N A U I G T E
C1: STEADING (8)
C2: STEADING (8)
DC: SEDATING (8)
OT: GAUDIEST (8) SAUTEING (8)
Score: 65–76 (max 103)
Both contestants risk the same 8, but it's not a risk at all.
Round 14: 75, 4, 6, 10, 9, 1. Target: 666.
C1: 666. (9 x 75) - 10 + 1 (10)
C2: 666. (9 x 75) - 10 + 1 (10)
Score: 75–86 (max 113)
Another nice numbers games means that challenger Steve has deposed champion Stevie.
Round 15: G N U F R I E N D
C2 buzzes on 5.5 seconds to say REFUNDING which is correct.
Final Score: 75–96 (max 123)
And that confident conundrum solve wraps up a pretty convincing win for Steve.
That win means that Tom Rowell has now become the 5th confirmed finalist for the finals in December. Who will the other 3 be Hopefully we'll know soon enough.
I'll be back next week, so see you then.
Statistics Corner
Stevie:
Total score - 75
Raw score - 85
Total % of max - 61
Raw % of max - 69
Total average score per round - 5.0
Raw average score per round - 5.7
Number of maxes - 5
Steve:
Total score - 96
Raw score - 107
Total % of max - 78
Raw % of max - 87
Total average score per round - 6.4
Raw average score per round - 7.1
Number of maxes - 6
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63
Let's find out. Enjoy. Countdown recap for Thursday 28 October 2010.
C1: Champion Stevie Field (2 wins, 173 points.) From Edmonton, Greater London. He works as a window cleaner. He enjoys football, snooker and golf, where his ambition is to hit a hole in one, although he has only ever got to the green once.
C2: Challenger Steve Turvey. From Coventry, Warwickshire. He works as a transport consultant. He enjoys football and is a supporter of Leicester City, leading to Jeff making a joke about the fact that the Foxes have had 9 managers in the last 3 years, suggesting that people on Countdown get longer in the hotseat.
DC: Susie Dent and Rory McGrath.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: T S N I U A X T O
R02: P R L I E A T M O
R03: L S D E I A L R N
R04: C D P E E U R C I
R05: 50, 10, 3, 5, 1, 10. Target: 984.
TTT: UNCLEHON - "You might have it at 1 or 2, but it's never free"
R06: S T R E E U B G A
R07: C S D I U O G S T
R08: R N W E I A N Y I
R09: F S J O A E N T R
R10: 50, 5, 3, 4, 2, 8. Target: 350.
TTT: REDMEATS - "The butcher knows everything about red meats"
R11: V M S I A E M F Z
R12: S H W O E A B D E
R13: S D N A U I G T E
R14: 75, 4, 6, 10, 9, 1. Target: 666.
R15: G N U F R I E N D (conundrum)
And now a brief interlude before our main feature:
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Round 1: T S N I U A X T O
C1: STATION (7)
C2: STATION (7)
DC: ANXIOUS (7) TITANOUS (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)
While the contestants reach the STATION at the first go, DC go all metallic with their darrenic 8.
Round 2: P R L I E A T M O
C1: plaiter
C2: IMPALER (7)
DC: PRIMATE (7) TEMPORAL (8)
OT: EPILATOR (8) PETIOLAR (8) PROEMIAL (8)
Score: 7–14 (max 16)
Plenty of 8's around, but Stevie (the champ, so you don't get confused) only offers a disallowed 7, giving Steve (the challenger) the early lead here.
PETIOLAR is an adjective meaning of, or growing from a petiole, the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem.
PROEMIAL relates to PROEM, an introductory discourse to a work of literature.
Round 3: L S D E I A L R N
C1: RALLIES (7)
C2: RALLIES (7)
DC: ISLANDER (8)
OT: DIALLERS (8) LANDLERS (8)
Score: 14–21 (max 24)
Yet again more 8's available, but 7 seems to be the magic numbers for the contestants today.
A LANDLER is an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, the antecedent to the waltz.
Round 4: C D P E E U R C I
C1: precide
C2: CREED (5)
DC: PEDICURE (8)
Score: 14–26 (max 32)
Stevie realises too late that precide should be PRESIDE, so Steve's lead goes to 12 points, while Rory decides to have a PEDICURE.
Round 5: 50, 10, 3, 5, 1, 10. Target: 984.
C1: 994.
C2: 989. ((5 - 3) x 10 x 50) - 10 - 1 (7)
RR: 984. ((10 + 10) x 50) - (3 x 5) - 1 (10)
Score: 14–33 (max 42)
The contestants evade the more obvious route to the answer, leaving us with a 5 away and a 10 away, increasing Steve's lead to 19 points.
Rory tells about the disastrous time he had owning 10% of a horse.
Teatime teaser: UNCLEHON -> LUNCHEON
Round 6: S T R E E U B G A
C1: BEATERS (7)
C2: BEATERS (7)
DC: AUBERGES (8)
Score: 21–40 (max 50)
Round 7: C S D I U O G S T
C1: STUDIOS (7)
C2: DISCO (5)
DC: DISGUST (7)
Score: 28–40 (max 57)
Clearly Stevie likes his surroundings, as the ITV STUDIOS puts him well back in the game.
Round 8: R N W E I A N Y I
C1: WINNER (6)
C2: WINNER (6)
DC: WINERY (6)
OT: WANNER (6) WINIER (6) YAWNER (6)
Score: 34–46 (max 63)
A couple of WINNERs here, but no better.
Round 9: F S J O A E N T R
C1: TREASON (7)
C2: FASTER (6)
DC: SENATOR (7)
OT: SEAFRONT (8)
Score: 41–46 (max 71)
And Stevie's TREASON offering reduces the deficit down to 5 points.
Susie's Origin Of Words continues with the football theme with the origin of Sunderland's sometimes derogatory nickname, "The Mackems"
Round 10: 50, 5, 3, 4, 2, 8. Target: 350.
C1: 350. (4 + 3) x 50 (10)
C2: 350. (5 + 2) x 50 (10)
Score: 51–56 (max 81)
Move on.
Teatime teaser: REDMEATS -> MASTERED
Round 11: V M S I A E M F Z
C1: MAIZE (5)
C2: MAIZES (6)
OT: SAMFIE (6) SAMMIE (6)
Score: 51–62 (max 87)
Oooooooooh, the dubious mass noun food rule comes into effect again, but it's fine after much deliberation by Susie, leaving Steve happy and probably infuriating Stevie for not pluralizing his offering.
Round 12: S H W O E A B D E
C1: WASHED (6)
C2: WASHED (6)
DC: SHADOW (6) BOWHEADS (8)
Score: 57–68 (max 95)
Another fantastic darren by DC here, while the 2 contestants get WASHED up with their 6.
Round 13: S D N A U I G T E
C1: STEADING (8)
C2: STEADING (8)
DC: SEDATING (8)
OT: GAUDIEST (8) SAUTEING (8)
Score: 65–76 (max 103)
Both contestants risk the same 8, but it's not a risk at all.
Round 14: 75, 4, 6, 10, 9, 1. Target: 666.
C1: 666. (9 x 75) - 10 + 1 (10)
C2: 666. (9 x 75) - 10 + 1 (10)
Score: 75–86 (max 113)
Another nice numbers games means that challenger Steve has deposed champion Stevie.
Round 15: G N U F R I E N D
C2 buzzes on 5.5 seconds to say REFUNDING which is correct.
Final Score: 75–96 (max 123)
And that confident conundrum solve wraps up a pretty convincing win for Steve.
That win means that Tom Rowell has now become the 5th confirmed finalist for the finals in December. Who will the other 3 be
Hopefully we'll know soon enough. I'll be back next week, so see you then.
Statistics Corner
Stevie:
Total score - 75
Raw score - 85
Total % of max - 61
Raw % of max - 69
Total average score per round - 5.0
Raw average score per round - 5.7
Number of maxes - 5
Steve:
Total score - 96
Raw score - 107
Total % of max - 78
Raw % of max - 87
Total average score per round - 6.4
Raw average score per round - 7.1
Number of maxes - 6
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=63