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Welcome to yet another week of Robinson Recap madness.

Enjoy.

Countdown recap for Wednesday 20 April 2011.

C1: Champion Mary Adie (3 wins, 266 points.) From Glasgow. She says that she applied for the show in order to challenge herself, as well as meet Jeff, Rachel & Susie. The first record she bought was "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles, and she practising doing shorthand by transcribing the lyrics to that song.
C2: Challenger Anne Senneck. She is a retired secretary from Hartley, Kent. She has 5 grandchildren aged between 5 years and 9 months. She has been president of the Women's Institute for 2 sessions as well.
DC: Susie Dent and Carol Smillie.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.

NOTE: This is only the 2nd game since Jeff has been host where there have been 5 women in the studio. The 1st was 2 days ago (I should give credit to Marcus for pointing it out to me in the first place. )

R01: T N R B T I A E S
R02: C U V E F O D I N
R03: B T D Q R O E A O
R04: S E N A G O H U A
R05: 25, 2, 2, 6, 8, 10. Target: 430.
TTT: SLIDEOUT - "Slide out of contact in search of this"
R06: V I F E R O I L P
R07: N W H R C A E I N
R08: D U P I T O M E S
R09: N S Z G R A E I A
R10: 50, 1, 7, 8, 9, 6. Target: 704.
TTT: SORELIPS - "Without these, some cars are hard to handle"
R11: T K S X T R U E E
R12: Y I N O L R E D C
R13: S P L G O I A L I
R14: 25, 4, 5, 7, 10, 3. Target: 286.
R15: E I N S T T E I N (conundrum)


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Round 1: T N R B T I A E S

C1: BITTERNS (8)
C2: BITTERNS (8)
DC: BANISTER (8) tartines
OT: BIRETTAS (8) NITRATES (8) STRAITEN (8)
Score: 8–8 (max 8)

A very impressive start by the ladies here. Long may it continue.

A BIRETTA is a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the centre of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.

Round 2: C U V E F O D I N

C1: codine
C2: FINED (5)
DC: CONFIDE (7) UNVOICED (8)
Score: 8–13 (max 16)

It would have been a nice spot by Mary, if another E was in the selection, but as it is, Anne takes an early lead in this one with her 5, as DC spot the darrenic 8.

Round 3: B T D Q R O E A O

C1: ROOTED (6)
C2: BOOTED (6)
DC: ABORTED (7) TABOOED (7)
Score: 14–19 (max 23)

More brilliance by DC with the 2 available 7's.

Round 4: S E N A G O H U A

C1: ENOUGH (6)
C2: SANG (4)
DC: SHOGUN (6)
OT: GENOAS (6) GUANOS (6) HOGANS (6) NAUSEA (6) SANGHA (6)
Score: 20–19 (max 29)

The contestants SANG ENOUGH, so Mary takes the lead from Anne's grasp.

A HOGAN is a Navajo Indian dwelling constructed of earth and branches and covered with mud or sod.
A SANGHA is a community of Buddhist monks.

Round 5: 25, 2, 2, 6, 8, 10. Target: 430.

C1: 430. (2 x 8 x 25) + ((6 / 2) x 10) (10)
C2: 426.
Score: 30–19 (max 39)

And Mary stretches her lead further with that perfect solve.

Carol talks about her time doing holiday programmes with all the perks that come with it. She also accidentally returned to the house that she had just moved out of after a long trip on the show.

Teatime teaser: SLIDEOUT -> SOLITUDE

Round 6: V I F E R O I L P

C1: PROFILE (7)
C2: PLOVER (6)
OT: RILIEVO (7)
Score: 37–19 (max 46)

Another good spot by Mary, and she seems to have gone into steamroller mode now.

RILIEVO is another name for relief in Italian.

Round 7: N W H R C A E I N

C1: CANNIER (7)
C2: wincher
DC: WINCH (5) WINNER (6) ENCHAIN (7)
Score: 44–19 (max 53)

Anne's luck seems to be deserting her now, she hasn't scored for 4 rounds now.

Round 8: D U P I T O M E S

C1: SPOUTED (7)
C2: MOPEDS (6)
DC: DUMPIEST (8)
Score: 51–19 (max 61)

A very good darrenic 8 by DC, but the Adie Express is still gathering steam.

Round 9: N S Z G R A E I A

C1: graizes
C2: grazing
DC: SEARING (7)
OT: ANERGIA (7) ERASING (7) GAINERS (7) REGAINS (7) SANGRIA (7) SARANGI (7) ZINGERS (7)
Score: 51–19 (max 68)

But it hits the buffers, as both contestants give invalid 7's here.

ANERGIA is a lack of energy, or in another word, inactivity.
A SARANGI is an Indian violinlike instrument used to accompany classical dancing.

Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origin of the phrase, "baker's dozen".

Round 10: 50, 1, 7, 8, 9, 6. Target: 704.

C1: 706. ((8 + 6) x 50) + 7 - 1 (7)
C2: 705. Mistake in working.
RR: 704. ((7 + 8) x (50 - (9 - 6))) - 1 (10)
Score: 58–19 (max 78)

Dear oh dear, Anne messes up her method, leaving the door open ajar for Mary, and wide open for Rachel to take the glory.

Teatime teaser: SORELIPS -> SPOILERS

Round 11: T K S X T R U E E

C1: TRUSTEE (7)
C2: streek
DC: TEXTURES (8)
Score: 65–19 (max 86)

Another brill darren is spotted by DC, but this game is almost over now in terms of it being a contest.

Round 12: Y I N O L R E D C

C1: COILED (6)
C2: CLONED (6)
DC: CYLINDER (8)
Score: 71–25 (max 94)

Another fantastic DC darren. They're definitely hot today (well, Carol & Susie are most days anyway ), as Anne finally gets off 19, and Mary wins her 4th match.

Round 13: S P L G O I A L I

C1: SPOIL (5)
C2: SPOIL (5)
DC: GALLOPS (7)
Score: 76–30 (max 101)

And there's the DC darrenic hat-trick.

Round 14: 25, 4, 5, 7, 10, 3. Target: 286.

C1: 286. ((25 + 3) x 10) + 7 - 5 + 4 (10)
C2: 286. (4 x 25 x 3) - ((10 / 5) x 7) (10)
Score: 86–40 (max 111)

And Anne gets some numbers points to take back home with her to Kent, as Mary is in line to beat her 15-round best if she gets the conundrum.

Round 15: E I N S T T E I N

No one buzzes. The answer was INTESTINE.
Final Score: 86–40 (max 121)

But she doesn't and it's left to one of the many (as Jeff says) people in the audience to solve it.

So, compared to her first 2 wins, Mary has had a much easier ride yesterday and today, but she has now got 4 wins under her belt and is now in the top 8. Another 4 wins will get her a finals place, as well as octochampdom, but are there any more twists in the tale

Join me tomorrow for the next exciting installment.

Till then, bye bye.

Statistics Corner

Mary:
Total score - 86
Raw score - 86
Total % of max - 71
Raw % of max - 71
Total average score per round - 5.7
Raw average score per round - 5.7
Number of maxes - 6

Anne:
Total score - 40
Raw score - 63
Total % of max - 33
Raw % of max - 52
Total average score per round - 2.7
Raw average score per round - 4.2
Number of maxes - 2

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64

Superb letters maxing from DC. Especially the round where Susie obviously hadn't briefed Carol on GALLOPS, so she got to take the credit herself for once. You must be loving Carol's surname though, James!