Thursday 20th October 2011 (Series 65, Prelim 79)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:12 pm
Countdown recap for Thursday 20 October 2011.
C1: Champion Beryl Upshall (1 win, 75 points.) A retired clerk from Oxford. She once flew in a Tiger Moth plane around 15-20 years ago, and was in the driver's seat, although the pilot behind her was doing the flying.
C2: Challenger Daniel Holmes. A charity shop volunteer from Driffield, East Yorkshire. He enjoys Formula 1, snooker and listening to R.E.M. and Garbage. He's even played a game of darts against Phil "The Power" Taylor.
DC: Susie Dent and Les Dennis.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: R K I N O A T Q U
R02: B I M T A C F E U
R03: S R E P A S I D T
R04: R A V S O L W E A
R05: 25, 1, 2, 3, 2, 8. Target: 845.
TTT: FINDBEER - "Offer support to a person in need"
R06: S U F H E P T I R
R07: D E R M O T N A B
R08: Z E T W I L H E L
R09: N O T C E I V S A
R10: 75, 4, 1, 1, 7, 4. Target: 361.
TTT: ABLUERUG - "We've all known one of these, they talk nonsense!"
R11: D E N T O U D N I
R12: X O R J E G M I D
R13: S E Y D I T U R N
R14: 100, 10, 5, 3, 2, 4. Target: 254.
R15: A L A N P O T T S (conundrum)
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Round 1: R K I N O A T Q U
C1: QUAINT (6)
C2: RATION (6)
DC: OUTRANK (7) RAINOUT (7)
Score: 6–6 (max 7)
A couple of regularly occurring 7's here, but the contestants are happy with their QUAINT RATIONs.
Round 2: B I M T A C F E U
C1: IMBUE (5)
C2: FACET (5)
DC: BIFACE (6)
RR: FAUCET (6)
OT: CUMBIA (6) FACTUM (6)
Score: 11–11 (max 13)
A tricky set, unless you were on Touch mode when BACTERIUM would've been available.
CUMBIA is a type of Latin-American dance music of Colombian origin, similar to salsa and using guitars, accordions, bass guitar, and percussion.
A FACTUM is a statement of the facts in a controversy or legal case.
Round 3: S R E P A S I D T
C1: PRAISED (7)
C2: DIAPERS (7)
DC: DESPAIRS (8)
OT: DISASTER (8) DISRATES (8) PASTRIES (8) PIASTRES (8) RASPIEST (8) TRAIPSED (8) TRAIPSES (8)
Score: 18–18 (max 21)
8 8's, but it's 7 apiece for the contestants.
A PIASTRE is a former coin/monetary unit in Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, South Vietnam and Spain.
Round 4: R A V S O L W E A
C1: SALVER (6)
C2: SLOWER (6)
DC: AVOWALS (7) LOVERS (6) WOLVES (6)
OT: OVERSAW (7)
Score: 24–24 (max 28)
Oooooh, Daniel saw AVOWALS but decided to stick with his 6. Could that be crucial later
Round 5: 25, 1, 2, 3, 2, 8. Target: 845.
C1: -
C2: -
RR: 844/846. (7)
OT: 844. (((25 + 1) x 8) + 3) x 2 x 2 (7)
Score: 24–24 (max 35)
Another stinky numbers pops up, but this time it is impossible...........
Carrying on with his name-dropping fest, Les talks about his trip in business class to Los Angeles, and then after being moved to first class, talks about sitting between George Michael, Kenny Goss, David Furnish & Elton John.
Teatime teaser: FINDBEER -> BEFRIEND
Round 6: S U F H E P T I R
C1: PRIEST (6)
C2: PUSHIER (7)
DC: HIRSUTE (7) FUSTIER (7)
OT: FURPHIES (8)
Score: 24–31 (max 43)
The deadlock is broken with Daniel's PUSHIER 7, clearly Rich was no help to Beryl there.
A FURPHY is a false report or a rumour.
Round 7: D E R M O T N A B
C1: BOATER (6)
C2: ORNATE (6)
DC: METRO (5) ROADMEN (7) BOATMEN (7)
OT: ABDOMEN (7) ABORTED (7) BANDORE (7) BARONET (7) BARTEND (7) BROADEN (7) BROMATE (7) DORMANT (7) MORDANT (7) MORDENT (7)
Score: 30–37 (max 50)
Flat, flat, flat, flatttttttttttttttttt-ish.
A BANDORE is an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
Round 8: Z E T W I L H E L
C1: WHILE (5)
C2: WHITE (5)
OT: WELLIE (6) WILLET (6)
Score: 35–42 (max 56)
A very stinky selection here, with 2 6's missed by all concerned.
A WILLET is a large, eastern North American shorebird, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, having a striking black and white wing pattern.
Round 9: N O T C E I V S A
C1: NOTICES (7)
C2: VAINEST (7)
DC: CANOEIST (8) CENTAVOS (8)
OT: ACONITES (8) CONATIVE (8) SONICATE (8) VESICANT (8)
Score: 42–49 (max 64)
Loadsa loadsa 8's, but just 7's for the contestants.
An ACONITE is any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
CONATIVE is an adjective meaning pertaining to or of the nature of conation.
SONICATE means to disrupt (as bacterial cells) by exposure to high-frequency sound.
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "as sure as eggs is eggs" and "don't beat about the bush".
Round 10: 75, 4, 1, 1, 7, 4. Target: 361.
C1: -
C2: 363. ((4 + 1) x 75) - (7 + 4 + 1) (7)
RR: 361. ((75 - 4) x (4 + 1)) + 7 - 1 (10)
Score: 42–56 (max 74)
Even Rachel needed extra time to solve this one, but Daniel extends his lead further in this rather mundane game. Mundane in the fact that both players have failed to score a max between them so far
Teatime teaser: ABLUERUG -> BLAGUEUR
Round 11: D E N T O U D N I
C1: INTONED (7)
C2: UNITED (6)
OT: UNTONED (7)
Score: 49–56 (max 81)
Until now, Beryl's 7 slashes Daniel's advantage in half. Is a comeback on
Round 12: X O R J E G M I D
C1: GRIMED (6)
C2: MIDGE (5)
Score: 55–56 (max 87)
More than definitely now thanks to the darrenic 6 Just the one point in it now
Round 13: S E Y D I T U R N
C1: DUSTIER (7)
C2: DUSTIER (7)
DC: INTRUDES (8)
OT: INDUSTRY (8) NURDIEST (8)
Score: 62–63 (max 95)
A few 8's, but the contestants can't dust off the 7 tag. NOTE: Daniel's max count is still at ZERO..............
Round 14: 100, 10, 5, 3, 2, 4. Target: 254.
C1: 254. (100 x 2) + (10 x 5) + 4 (10)
C2: 254. (100 x 2) + (10 x 5) + 4 (10)
Score: 72–73 (max 105)
Now ONE, but his lead is also that, so Beryl is in for another crucial conundrum, but she needs the conundrum, this time to return tomorrow.
Round 15: A L A N P O T T S
C1 buzzes on 17.25 seconds to say POSTNATAL which is correct.
Final Score: 82–73 (max 115)
And that is an impressive solve by Beryl. I was still racking my brains trying to get it there 
And Beryl has defied all the odds yet again to get back-to-back wins under her belt. A very low max game today, especially in the first 10 rounds, but Beryl pulled out her trump card to deny Daniel the chance of making it 4 days in a row for challenger triumphs.
Join Mike tomorrow to see if she can complete her hat-trick.
I'll see you all next week for my pre-Co:Lon recaps.
Till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Beryl:
Total score - 82
Raw score - 88
Total % of max - 71
Raw % of max - 77
Total average score per round - 5.5
Raw average score per round - 5.9
Number of maxes - 4
Daniel:
Total score - 73
Raw score - 84
Total % of max - 63
Raw % of max - 73
Total average score per round - 4.9
Raw average score per round - 5.6
Number of maxes - 1
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=65
C1: Champion Beryl Upshall (1 win, 75 points.) A retired clerk from Oxford. She once flew in a Tiger Moth plane around 15-20 years ago, and was in the driver's seat, although the pilot behind her was doing the flying.
C2: Challenger Daniel Holmes. A charity shop volunteer from Driffield, East Yorkshire. He enjoys Formula 1, snooker and listening to R.E.M. and Garbage. He's even played a game of darts against Phil "The Power" Taylor.
DC: Susie Dent and Les Dennis.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: R K I N O A T Q U
R02: B I M T A C F E U
R03: S R E P A S I D T
R04: R A V S O L W E A
R05: 25, 1, 2, 3, 2, 8. Target: 845.
TTT: FINDBEER - "Offer support to a person in need"
R06: S U F H E P T I R
R07: D E R M O T N A B
R08: Z E T W I L H E L
R09: N O T C E I V S A
R10: 75, 4, 1, 1, 7, 4. Target: 361.
TTT: ABLUERUG - "We've all known one of these, they talk nonsense!"
R11: D E N T O U D N I
R12: X O R J E G M I D
R13: S E Y D I T U R N
R14: 100, 10, 5, 3, 2, 4. Target: 254.
R15: A L A N P O T T S (conundrum)
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Round 1: R K I N O A T Q U
C1: QUAINT (6)
C2: RATION (6)
DC: OUTRANK (7) RAINOUT (7)
Score: 6–6 (max 7)
A couple of regularly occurring 7's here, but the contestants are happy with their QUAINT RATIONs.
Round 2: B I M T A C F E U
C1: IMBUE (5)
C2: FACET (5)
DC: BIFACE (6)
RR: FAUCET (6)
OT: CUMBIA (6) FACTUM (6)
Score: 11–11 (max 13)
A tricky set, unless you were on Touch mode when BACTERIUM would've been available.
CUMBIA is a type of Latin-American dance music of Colombian origin, similar to salsa and using guitars, accordions, bass guitar, and percussion.
A FACTUM is a statement of the facts in a controversy or legal case.
Round 3: S R E P A S I D T
C1: PRAISED (7)
C2: DIAPERS (7)
DC: DESPAIRS (8)
OT: DISASTER (8) DISRATES (8) PASTRIES (8) PIASTRES (8) RASPIEST (8) TRAIPSED (8) TRAIPSES (8)
Score: 18–18 (max 21)
8 8's, but it's 7 apiece for the contestants.
A PIASTRE is a former coin/monetary unit in Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, South Vietnam and Spain.
Round 4: R A V S O L W E A
C1: SALVER (6)
C2: SLOWER (6)
DC: AVOWALS (7) LOVERS (6) WOLVES (6)
OT: OVERSAW (7)
Score: 24–24 (max 28)
Oooooh, Daniel saw AVOWALS but decided to stick with his 6. Could that be crucial later
Round 5: 25, 1, 2, 3, 2, 8. Target: 845.
C1: -
C2: -
RR: 844/846. (7)
OT: 844. (((25 + 1) x 8) + 3) x 2 x 2 (7)
Score: 24–24 (max 35)
Another stinky numbers pops up, but this time it is impossible...........
Carrying on with his name-dropping fest, Les talks about his trip in business class to Los Angeles, and then after being moved to first class, talks about sitting between George Michael, Kenny Goss, David Furnish & Elton John.
Teatime teaser: FINDBEER -> BEFRIEND
Round 6: S U F H E P T I R
C1: PRIEST (6)
C2: PUSHIER (7)
DC: HIRSUTE (7) FUSTIER (7)
OT: FURPHIES (8)
Score: 24–31 (max 43)
The deadlock is broken with Daniel's PUSHIER 7, clearly Rich was no help to Beryl there.
A FURPHY is a false report or a rumour.
Round 7: D E R M O T N A B
C1: BOATER (6)
C2: ORNATE (6)
DC: METRO (5) ROADMEN (7) BOATMEN (7)
OT: ABDOMEN (7) ABORTED (7) BANDORE (7) BARONET (7) BARTEND (7) BROADEN (7) BROMATE (7) DORMANT (7) MORDANT (7) MORDENT (7)
Score: 30–37 (max 50)
Flat, flat, flat, flatttttttttttttttttt-ish.
A BANDORE is an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
Round 8: Z E T W I L H E L
C1: WHILE (5)
C2: WHITE (5)
OT: WELLIE (6) WILLET (6)
Score: 35–42 (max 56)
A very stinky selection here, with 2 6's missed by all concerned.
A WILLET is a large, eastern North American shorebird, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, having a striking black and white wing pattern.
Round 9: N O T C E I V S A
C1: NOTICES (7)
C2: VAINEST (7)
DC: CANOEIST (8) CENTAVOS (8)
OT: ACONITES (8) CONATIVE (8) SONICATE (8) VESICANT (8)
Score: 42–49 (max 64)
Loadsa loadsa 8's, but just 7's for the contestants.
An ACONITE is any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
CONATIVE is an adjective meaning pertaining to or of the nature of conation.
SONICATE means to disrupt (as bacterial cells) by exposure to high-frequency sound.
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "as sure as eggs is eggs" and "don't beat about the bush".
Round 10: 75, 4, 1, 1, 7, 4. Target: 361.
C1: -
C2: 363. ((4 + 1) x 75) - (7 + 4 + 1) (7)
RR: 361. ((75 - 4) x (4 + 1)) + 7 - 1 (10)
Score: 42–56 (max 74)
Even Rachel needed extra time to solve this one, but Daniel extends his lead further in this rather mundane game. Mundane in the fact that both players have failed to score a max between them so far
Teatime teaser: ABLUERUG -> BLAGUEUR
Round 11: D E N T O U D N I
C1: INTONED (7)
C2: UNITED (6)
OT: UNTONED (7)
Score: 49–56 (max 81)
Until now, Beryl's 7 slashes Daniel's advantage in half. Is a comeback on
Round 12: X O R J E G M I D
C1: GRIMED (6)
C2: MIDGE (5)
Score: 55–56 (max 87)
More than definitely now thanks to the darrenic 6
Just the one point in it now Round 13: S E Y D I T U R N
C1: DUSTIER (7)
C2: DUSTIER (7)
DC: INTRUDES (8)
OT: INDUSTRY (8) NURDIEST (8)
Score: 62–63 (max 95)
A few 8's, but the contestants can't dust off the 7 tag. NOTE: Daniel's max count is still at ZERO..............
Round 14: 100, 10, 5, 3, 2, 4. Target: 254.
C1: 254. (100 x 2) + (10 x 5) + 4 (10)
C2: 254. (100 x 2) + (10 x 5) + 4 (10)
Score: 72–73 (max 105)
Now ONE, but his lead is also that, so Beryl is in for another crucial conundrum, but she needs the conundrum, this time to return tomorrow.
Round 15: A L A N P O T T S
C1 buzzes on 17.25 seconds to say POSTNATAL which is correct.
Final Score: 82–73 (max 115)
And that is an impressive solve by Beryl. I was still racking my brains trying to get it there
And Beryl has defied all the odds yet again to get back-to-back wins under her belt. A very low max game today, especially in the first 10 rounds, but Beryl pulled out her trump card to deny Daniel the chance of making it 4 days in a row for challenger triumphs.
Join Mike tomorrow to see if she can complete her hat-trick.
I'll see you all next week for my pre-Co:Lon recaps.
Till then, bye bye.
Statistics Corner
Beryl:
Total score - 82
Raw score - 88
Total % of max - 71
Raw % of max - 77
Total average score per round - 5.5
Raw average score per round - 5.9
Number of maxes - 4
Daniel:
Total score - 73
Raw score - 84
Total % of max - 63
Raw % of max - 73
Total average score per round - 4.9
Raw average score per round - 5.6
Number of maxes - 1
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=65