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00:30Hello, everybody. Good afternoon.
00:32We're ready for another episode of Countdown,
00:34which would mean absolutely nothing if you weren't watching along.
00:37So thank you very much for doing that.
00:39Simple as that.
00:39And making sure our number is up is Rachel Riley.
00:42Hi, Rach.
00:42Hi, Colin.
00:43Now, listen, word games just are everything.
00:46Love a puzzle, love a game.
00:48Every single day I play Countdown, either here or on the phone.
00:51I play Scrabble every day as well.
00:53But the cryptic crossword has always passed me by.
00:58I just can't get my head around it.
01:00What about you?
01:01I mean, I think there was, like, one I found at some stage in one paper
01:04that was a nice one for me.
01:06Because I like the anagram bits of the ones where you have to find the words
01:09and move, and then the other clues that are just cryptic
01:11and you have to have knowledge to solve them.
01:13I'm absolutely with you.
01:14Can't do it.
01:15So my life.
01:15Our producer, Damien, Countdown Oracle, former champion,
01:18he has written a couple of cryptic, Countdown-connected crossword clues.
01:24I love it.
01:26Pain-switching.
01:27Absolutely.
01:28I'm going to bring in our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent,
01:31and our special guest this week in dictionary,
01:33called Rick Edwards.
01:34So I'll be honest with you.
01:35So I had to look at the answers.
01:37But Damien didn't give me the answers originally.
01:40I couldn't get any of them.
01:41So good luck to all three of you.
01:43Just shout out if you know it.
01:45So he said one of them is easy, apparently,
01:46and one of them is really difficult.
01:48So we'll go with the easy one first.
01:50You'll play along at home.
01:52Must Colin be organised?
01:54The feature in the newspaper.
01:57Must Colin be organised?
01:58Columnist.
01:59Yes, Colin.
02:00Brilliant.
02:00Well done, yes.
02:02It was an anagram one.
02:04OK, it's one word, nine letters.
02:07One word, nine letters.
02:09So it's a conundrum, basically.
02:10Mm-hmm.
02:11The Countdown ladies and the car
02:14combine to make a TV team.
02:18The Countdown ladies and the car
02:21combine to make a TV team.
02:24Devishly difficult.
02:25So what, Rach, Sue's and a car?
02:26It's car, it's C-A-R, not Jimmy.
02:28C-A-R.
02:29Yeah.
02:29Yeah.
02:30What I'm going to do,
02:31so I'm just going to let that hang.
02:33If anyone in the studio can get it
02:35between now and the closing titles,
02:37let me know.
02:38If not, I'll reveal that.
02:39Devishly hard.
02:40Countdown connected, cryptic, crossword clue.
02:43But with Rachel, Susie and Rick Edwards introduced,
02:46we can bring back in our one-time champion,
02:49Alex Munro.
02:50And you were saying,
02:51I didn't even bring enough change of clothes.
02:52I didn't think I was going to win.
02:53Well, you did win.
02:56You are our choir manager,
02:58but you, for quite a long time,
03:00I think, in your 20s,
03:02you were a professional violinist.
03:04I was, yeah.
03:05That's brilliant.
03:05Does that get to see the world with orchestras and stuff?
03:08Yeah, yeah.
03:09It was good fun while I was young
03:11and really enjoyed it,
03:12but then I don't like being told what to do
03:14and I had to sit there and do what I was told,
03:17so I didn't want to do that anymore.
03:19So now,
03:20then I retrained as a primary teacher.
03:22I could tell other people what to do.
03:23Brilliant.
03:24Well, Alex,
03:24lovely to have you here.
03:25You've gone up against young Lucas Glanville,
03:28who is from London,
03:29studying in Edinburgh.
03:30You're the reason I did the cryptic crossword.
03:32Yeah, I do love cryptic crossword,
03:34so I didn't get the second one.
03:35I think you stumped.
03:36What are you studying at Edinburgh?
03:38Economics.
03:39Economics, right.
03:40Brilliant.
03:40Well, it's lovely to have you here
03:41and I'm really pleased with Damien,
03:43the royal wee,
03:44but Damien managed to stump you with that clue.
03:47Good luck to Alex
03:48and good luck to Lucas.
03:51And champion, off we go.
03:53A consonant, please, Rachel.
03:55Thank you, Alex.
03:55Start today with S.
03:58And another one.
04:00N.
04:02And a vowel, please.
04:04U.
04:05And another one.
04:07A.
04:08And a consonant.
04:10M.
04:12And another one, please.
04:15C.
04:16And a vowel.
04:18E.
04:19And another one.
04:21A.
04:23And a consonant, please.
04:24Lastly.
04:25G.
04:26At home and in the studio,
04:27let's play Countdown.
04:28P.
04:30And another one.
04:32P.
04:40And another one.
04:45P.
04:45And another one.
04:47All right.
04:48And another one.
04:51lies in the symbolic AREA.
04:51Alex a risky seven okay and Lucas I'll stick with the five then stick with the five what have you
05:05got sauna sauna well that's good tactics maybe let's find out on cages I have a feeling you may
05:14be in luck you are Alex in yes to release from a cage good start what did you have Rick um managers
05:22for seven managers for seven nice yeah okay second letters around Lucas you're choosing
05:28Gartina Rachel Lucas may I start with a consonant please you may indeed start with our and a vowel
05:34oh and a consonant s and a vowel e and a consonant l and a consonant d and a vowel you and a consonant
05:52b and final vowel please and a final o in 30 seconds
05:59so
06:07I'll try an eight.
06:33Going for the eight.
06:34Alex.
06:35Eight.
06:35Eight as well.
06:36OK, let's see if it's the same.
06:37Doublers.
06:38Doublers.
06:39Boulders.
06:40Boulders and doublers, Susie.
06:42Yeah, both nice anagrams of each other.
06:43Yeah, a doubler is an electronic device
06:45that doubles the voltage of an input signal.
06:47Yeah.
06:48Two eights.
06:48Any more?
06:49Er, no.
06:50No.
06:51Yeah, good.
06:51We'll move straight on to our first numbers round of the day.
06:54Alex Munro, our champion, is choosing.
06:57One big and the rest of them all, please, Rachel.
06:59Thank you, Alex.
07:00One large.
07:01Five little coming up.
07:02And they are five, two, seven, eight, one.
07:09And the large one, 25.
07:11And the target, 959.
07:13959.
07:14Big number up.
07:26Okay.
07:28The big number was the smallest and the number was very, very large indeed.
07:50How did you get on, Alex?
07:51Rubbish.
07:53Anything at all?
07:54No.
07:55875.
07:56Lucas?
07:57960.
07:58960, just one away.
08:00It'll be a big seven points for you.
08:01Let's hear it.
08:028 times 5 is 40.
08:048 times 5, 40.
08:0725 minus 1 is 24.
08:10Yeah.
08:11Multiply them together.
08:13960, one away.
08:14And what about yourself, Rich?
08:15Eventually, I found a way.
08:1825 times by 5 is 125.
08:227 minus 2 is 5.
08:24Take that away for 120.
08:25Times it by 8 for 960.
08:29And you've got one left over.
08:299, 5, 9.
08:34And with that, we are level 15 points apiece.
08:37Well done, Lucas, as we get our tea time teaser, just for fun.
08:40Must boil.
08:41Must boil.
08:42In some places, you must boil the water to remove traces of this.
08:45In some places, you must boil the water to remove traces of this.
08:49Must boil becomes botulism, but during that break, nobody in the studio was trying to work that out.
09:14Because everyone's still stuck on our countdown cryptic crossword clue.
09:19The countdown ladies and the car combine to make a TV team.
09:23And being cruel, I will not reveal it until the very last link, if nobody gets it.
09:27So let's get back to the game.
09:28And Lucas, you're choosing.
09:29May I start with a consonant, please?
09:32Thank you, Lucas.
09:32Thanks, Rich.
10:32Lucas?
10:33A six.
10:34And yourself, Alex?
10:35Six.
10:35And a six as well.
10:36Here we go, Lucas?
10:37A dative.
10:38A dative.
10:39And Alex?
10:40Imaged.
10:41Imaged and dative.
10:42Susie?
10:42Both absolutely fine.
10:44Good.
10:44No problem with that.
10:45Young Rick?
10:46Have you got a seven?
10:46Yes.
10:47Aviated.
10:48Aviated.
10:49To fly?
10:50Fly.
10:51You've aviated.
10:52As we all say all the time.
10:5421 points each.
10:56Still level pegging, which we now know the origin of, thanks to Susie last week.
11:01And you're picking these letters, Alex.
11:02A consonant, please, Rachel.
11:04Thank you, Alex.
11:05T.
11:05And another one.
11:08N.
11:09And a vowel.
11:11E.
11:13And another vowel, please.
11:14O.
11:15And a consonant.
11:18H.
11:19And a vowel, please.
11:22E.
11:24Consonant.
11:25S.
11:28And another consonant, please.
11:30R.
11:31And a vowel to finish.
11:33Lastly, I.
11:35Nice and interesting.
11:36Half a minute, everybody.
12:07That's time. How many, Alex? Seven.
12:11And Lucas? Eight. You're going for an eight.
12:14Alex, what's the seven? Shorten.
12:17Yes, I know what Lucas's eight is,
12:19because only someone in their early 20s would snigger for a full 30 seconds
12:23after getting this word. Off you go, Lucas. Horniest.
12:26Horniest it is indeed. Well done, well done.
12:30It was written all over your face for 30 seconds, it really was.
12:34A big eight points, really generous letters. How did we fare?
12:39Yeah, it felt like there might be a nine in there,
12:41but just heroines, theorise, theories.
12:46Right, 29 plus 21, you have your nose in front,
12:49and Lucas, you're picking the numbers.
12:51Can I get two large, please? You can indeed, two large.
12:54And four, a little coming up.
12:56And for the second time today, the number selection is five, nine,
13:00eight, six, 150.
13:05And the target, 453.
13:07453, numbers up.
13:09What are you going to do?
13:10No?
13:11No!
13:12No!
13:13No!
13:14No!
13:15No!
13:16No!
13:18No!
13:19No!
13:20No!
13:21No!
13:22No!
13:23No!
13:24No!
13:254-5-3, the target. Lucas?
13:43Yeah, 4-5-3.
13:44And Alex?
13:444-5-3.
13:45Yeah, easier than the first round day. Lucas, off you go.
13:4850 times 9.
13:494-50.
13:50Add the 8 minus the 5.
13:51Yeah, simple.
13:52Very good indeed. How do you do it, Alex?
13:54Same.
13:54Brilliant. Thank you. Well done.
14:00Right, 31 plays 39.
14:02Challenger just in front as we break to have a chat with Rick Edwards.
14:06And we're going to talk about missing out on sporting history.
14:10And this hurts both of us.
14:11Your story is very recent and unbelievable.
14:15Yeah, so me and my friends went to the Masters snooker.
14:19Big snooker fans.
14:21Obviously, you buy your tickets way in advance,
14:23so you don't know who you're going to see.
14:24We end up going to see Mark Selby against Mark Allen in the quarterfinals.
14:29It's always a slight sinking feeling when you're going to an evening session with Mark Selby.
14:33Because you know it's going to be a late one.
14:35You kiss your loved ones goodbye.
14:37Yeah.
14:37Your kids, you're thinking, I may not see you until your next birthday.
14:40So we get there and there's an issue that we arrive in two pairs.
14:47One pair arrives on time.
14:49Me and my other friend arrive slightly late, so we've missed the first frame.
14:53Yeah.
14:53That's not a problem.
14:54No.
14:54In a session of 11, completely relaxed.
14:57And to be honest, you'll go out and get a drink at some point and probably miss a frame.
14:59That's OK.
15:00But we can't get the ticket to work on our phone that our other friend has sent us.
15:05We're like, OK.
15:06We sit there and we wait and we think he'll come out after the end of the first frame and give us the ticket.
15:10He doesn't.
15:10So we sit outside for the second frame as well and we're like, still OK, still fine.
15:15And then he does come out at the end of the second frame and has the ticket.
15:21We're like, great, we can go in.
15:22But obviously the third frame has started, so we can't then see the third frame afterwards.
15:26Again, not really an issue until you realise as you're watching on the screen with the...
15:33You've been to Ali Pali.
15:34Yeah.
15:34So the curtains and then the actual table are probably 20 metres from you, so you can hear everything that's going on.
15:40You're tantalisingly close.
15:42Torture.
15:43Mark Allen goes red, black, red, black, red, black.
15:47And you're thinking to yourself, well, he's not going to.
15:49Statistically, he's not going to.
15:51Because the one thing as a snooker fan that is the holy grail to watch live would be a 147.
15:56And you know it.
15:57It's probably not going to happen for you.
16:00And it did.
16:01Oh, no.
16:02And so we missed.
16:03We heard someone get a 147.
16:05And we will never see a 147 live.
16:09You accept that.
16:09So close.
16:11It's funny because that's at the Alexandra Palace in London.
16:14And I had exactly the same experience, only it was the darts.
16:17I took the footballer, Michael Gray, never forgiven him for this.
16:20I took him along to see the darts.
16:22The first game on was Adrian Lewis against Raymond Van Barneveld.
16:26So people can place the actual year.
16:29And he's such a big Phil Taylor fan.
16:31He said, please call.
16:32I know you know Phil.
16:33Introduce me to him.
16:34I said, he don't want to talk to you, Michael.
16:36He said, you are.
16:37He says, please introduce me.
16:38And I did.
16:39Big mistake.
16:40I said, don't talk to him for more than a minute because he's playing later.
16:43You know.
16:44Anyway, they hit it off.
16:45Michael, we got to go.
16:46I'm just talking to Phil.
16:47We got to go.
16:48And 20 minutes later, they were still talking.
16:51And I could hear from backstage nine darter.
16:55I have never seen one before.
16:56And you never will.
16:58I never will.
16:58You never will.
16:59I'm cursed.
16:59You missed your chance.
17:00There you go.
17:01The elusive 147.
17:03Tough break in more ways than one.
17:05Thank you, mate.
17:07APPLAUSE
17:07All right.
17:10The only score that matters now, 39-31.
17:13Bit of catching up to do.
17:14Alex.
17:14Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:16Thank you, Alex.
17:16And a vowel.
17:20E.
17:21A consonant.
17:23Y.
17:25A vowel.
17:27I.
17:27Another consonant.
17:30F.
17:32And another one, please.
17:34N.
17:37And a vowel.
17:39A.
17:42And a consonant, please.
17:46R.
17:46And a vowel.
17:50Lastly, E.
17:52And here we go again.
17:53We'll see you next time.
17:54We'll see you next time.
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18:04MUSIC PLAYS
18:24Alex. Six. Six for you and Lucas.
18:27Six as well. Six as well. What have we got?
18:29Famine. Famine, yes. And Lucas?
18:31Remain. Remain and famine over to DC?
18:35Yeah, a couple of sixes. Refine, finery, and then one seven, fetch the engine, fireman.
18:42Well done. Well done indeed. Right, more letters from you now. Lucas Glanville.
18:46Can I start with a consonant, please?
18:48You can indeed. N. And a vowel?
18:51I. And a consonant?
18:54C. And a vowel?
18:57A. And a consonant?
19:00R.
19:00And another consonant?
19:03S.
19:05And a vowel?
19:06I.
19:07And a consonant?
19:09N.
19:10And a final vowel, please.
19:12And a final E.
19:14Start the clock.
19:15And a consonant?
19:17And aisson that thieves orplugum?
19:17We'll turn it in.
19:19Goodlarını?
19:20And a vowel is maybe there.
19:20To know, I'm자로 hair oceans.
19:21You can start through the wordpresses, you just can start for the town.
19:21Now you need to know I'm going to pass.
19:23From the amount of knowledge that I've told you, the world definitely is running the columns,
19:24Please ask me.
19:26And I will kind of log in.
19:27You can also follow me, if you need to be here.
19:28And in the connect SAMU mode, please.
19:29You can also tell birth when you're ready.
19:30So that's a Islandス抵, please do take my Jasmine.
19:31And a photo will come to try many of thegos.
19:32It will be makan.
19:33And two separate temos 1949.
19:34We'll happen again.
19:35Talk to me, Lucas.
19:47Eight.
19:48Alex?
19:48Seven.
19:49Seven.
19:49Pipped in the post.
19:50What's the seven, Alex?
19:51Canines.
19:52And the eight?
19:53Crannies.
19:54Crannies.
19:55Nooks and crannies, Susie.
19:56Very good.
19:57Yeah, well done.
19:58APPLAUSE
19:59I would have bet Rick having crannies and itching
20:04that Lucas and Alex didn't get it,
20:06because I know I can pet it if you are.
20:07Yeah, but I will show it to you, crannies.
20:10You did.
20:11We have got seven, which is arsenic.
20:13I saw car, of course, in the middle of that.
20:15It did remind me of the clue that nobody can get in the studio.
20:20Right, let's switch back to the numbers then.
20:22Alex?
20:23One big and the rest of the wall, please, Rachel.
20:25Thank you, Alex.
20:26One large, five little.
20:27Coming up.
20:29And this time they are ten, four, six, three...
20:35One and the large one, 100.
20:37And this target, 937.
20:40937.
20:41Numbers up.
20:41And this target, not independent.
20:48So let's show you a brief comment.
20:49Let's give you a brief goodbye to the grocer's family.
20:50We'll see you next time.
20:52We'll see you next time.
20:55Big target, but some big numbers there, Alex.
21:14I've got it, but I've not written it down.
21:16No worries. And Lucas?
21:17Yeah, 937.
21:18You're going first anyway, Alex. Off you go.
21:19So, 10 minus 1 is 9, multiplied by the 100 is 900.
21:24Yeah.
21:26And...
21:27No, I haven't got it.
21:29You might have used that 10 again, eh?
21:31Yeah.
21:31All right, Lucas?
21:33100 minus 6 is 94.
21:3594.
21:36Times the 10.
21:37940.
21:38Take away the 3.
21:39One way to get there. Well done.
21:43Right.
21:43The countdown ladies and the car combine to make a TV team.
21:47Nine letters.
21:49And your second tea time teaser is HALT SNAP.
21:52HALT SNAP.
21:53Get from A to B, with help from the tree.
21:56Get from A to B, with help from the tree.
21:58Welcome back.
22:15HALT SNAP becomes ash plant.
22:18A-S-H.
22:19Not when you fall when you're behind.
22:21What is that, Susie?
22:23A small ash tree.
22:24What is it?
22:25Yeah, it's a sapling from a gorgeous ash tree and can be used as a walking stick, so pretty sturdy.
22:31There you go.
22:3163 plays 37.
22:33Real catching up due for a champion, Alex.
22:36Although that teapot's already secured.
22:38Lucas hoping to do the same.
22:40It's what every 23-year-old wants.
22:42Your letters.
22:42Can I start with a consonant, please?
22:45Thank you, Lucas.
22:46G.
22:47And a vowel.
22:49O.
22:49And a consonant.
22:52D.
22:52And a vowel.
22:54U.
22:55And a consonant.
22:57T.
22:58And a consonant.
23:01S.
23:02And a vowel.
23:04O.
23:05And a consonant.
23:07W.
23:08And a final vowel, please.
23:10And a final A.
23:13Good luck, everybody.
23:13.
23:16Thank you very much.
23:28.
23:34.
23:38.
23:39Lucas?
23:46Just a five.
23:46Just a five here. Alex?
23:48Just a four.
23:49Just a four. What's the four?
23:50Dust.
23:51And the five?
23:52Goats.
23:54Anything beyond that?
23:56Not for me. It's hard.
23:57Yeah, really difficult. Susie?
23:59Well, if something releases or gives off a gas or a vapour,
24:02it outgases.
24:03So outgas will give you a six, but not easy.
24:07Thank goodness me. Let's get on then, Alex.
24:09A consonant, please, Rachel.
24:11Thank you, Alex.
24:12P.
24:13And another one?
24:16L.
24:17And a vowel?
24:19E.
24:20And another one, please?
24:23A.
24:25And a consonant?
24:28T.
24:29And another one, please?
24:31L.
24:33And a vowel?
24:35U.
24:36And another vowel?
24:37A vowel?
24:39I.
24:40And finally, a consonant, please.
24:41And finally, S.
24:43Let's play.
24:44A vowel?
24:46A vowel.
24:47Give me a number, Alex.
25:17Seven. Seven from you, Lucas.
25:19I'll try a seven, then. I'm going to try the seven, OK, Alex?
25:21Pilates. Pilates. Very nice.
25:24Er, stipule.
25:26Susie, talk to me about both of those words, please.
25:29Yeah, so stipule is a leaf-like appendage on a plant.
25:32That's absolutely fine.
25:33Pilates, unfortunately, it's an eponym.
25:36It's named after Joseph Pilates, who invented it.
25:38Capital P. But we did have a nine in this corner.
25:41My goodness me, what did you just find?
25:42Yeah, we is kind. Yes.
25:44I just add palli-est.
25:47That's brilliant for eight.
25:48That's fantastic. It is a really good eight.
25:50One better.
25:51And this one, a little bit obscure, it's to do with the body,
25:54the human body, and it's pulsatile, P-U-L-S-A-T-I-L-E,
25:59relating to pulsation or sort of throbbing.
26:01And the example given is pulsatile tinnitus,
26:03which is not very nice.
26:04Oh, my goodness me.
26:05Yeah.
26:05But that, related to that sort of increase in the pulse,
26:12pulsating, like, you know when you watch a 1-4-7 break live?
26:16Shut up, Colin.
26:17In snooker, that type of feeling, pulsating.
26:19Get on with the game.
26:20Well, I won't, actually.
26:22I'm going to stay exactly where we are in Dixery Corner.
26:25Susie, origins of words.
26:27Well, I'm going to continue with the idea of time and the calendar,
26:32which I kicked off with yesterday.
26:34And some of these expressions that were once very specific
26:38have slipped into the mainstream, and we use them very generally,
26:41such as a movable feast.
26:43So something's a movable feast.
26:45It's sort of quite flexible, but actually it literally means
26:48something that doesn't fall on a fixed date.
26:51So, you know, certain festivities, certain saints' days,
26:55certain very important days, red-letter days, as we discussed yesterday,
26:59have to be on a certain day.
27:01But others, such as Easter, which can fall any time from, you know,
27:0522nd March to 25th April, is a movable feast.
27:08So that's where that one started.
27:10Another one that has changed over time is noon,
27:14because noon is from the Latin nona, ninth,
27:17because it was the ninth hour for them from sunrise.
27:21And that was 3 p.m.
27:23So midday has come back a bit in our time.
27:26You also have vespers, which I love.
27:29Vespers, six of the canonical hours in the Greek and Roman churches,
27:34and it's used for the evening service in the Christian church.
27:38And it comes from the Latin vesperus, meaning evening,
27:40which itself is a relative of hesperus, the evening star,
27:44which I think is quite beautiful.
27:45And I often talk, too, about the old markers of time that we have lost.
27:50Yes, streen for yesterday evening.
27:53My favourite, over morrow for the day after tomorrow.
27:55It's just so beautiful.
27:57And finally, yonks.
27:59Just yonks is a sort of long time, isn't it?
28:02It's just an indefinite but long period of time.
28:04And it emerged in around the 1960s,
28:08so fairly recently in relative terms.
28:10And we think it's a play on donkey's ears.
28:14So they've transposed the two letters of donkey's ears,
28:16and that, in self, was a pun on the length of a donkey's ears,
28:20i.e. very long.
28:21That's lovely.
28:21Lovely.
28:23APPLAUSE
28:23OK, well, what a challenger today.
28:28Lucas Glanville.
28:28Young Lucas is on 75 points.
28:31Surely too much of a gap to make up champion Alex on 37.
28:35But we'll have fun, no matter what.
28:37And Lucas, you're choosing.
28:39May I start with a consonant, please?
28:40Thank you, Lucas.
28:41P.
28:42And a vowel.
28:44A.
28:45And a consonant.
28:48K.
28:49And a consonant.
28:51C.
28:52And a vowel.
28:53I.
28:55And a consonant.
28:57T.
28:59And a vowel.
29:00E.
29:02And a consonant.
29:03R.
29:04And a final vowel, please.
29:06And a final O.
29:08Let's play.
29:25Lucas? Eighth. He doesn't stop. Alex? Six. Join the club. What's your six? Pocket. Lucas,
29:48you're eight. Operatic. Operatic. Excellent. Well done. That's brilliant.
29:52APPLAUSE
29:56That couldn't be that. Yeah, very good. Good as it gets. Good as it got, yeah.
30:00Right, shall we have one more letters round for the road, Alex?
30:03A consonant, please. Thank you, Alex. T. And another one. D. And a vowel, please.
30:11E. And another vowel. A. And another vowel. I. And a consonant, please.
30:21A consonant, please. F. And another consonant. N. A vowel. E. And another vowel, please.
30:33And a final I. And last letters.
30:37That vowel. E. And other vowel. E. And another vowel.
30:40E. And another vowel. E. And another vowel. E. So, I can see.
30:42MUSIC PLAYS
31:07Alex.
31:08Seven.
31:09Lucas.
31:10Eight, not written down.
31:11Alex is seven.
31:12Fainted.
31:13And you might do after this.
31:15What is it?
31:16Definite.
31:16Definite.
31:17It's following me.
31:18Yeah.
31:19Yeah, well done.
31:22Yeah, not in for me, because I was delighted with definite.
31:25Right, wonderful stuff.
31:26Lost in admiration for that.
31:27But let's do one more numbers round, and Lucas, you're going to choose.
31:30Two large, please.
31:32Thank you, Lucas.
31:32Two from the top, and four little.
31:36And for the final time today, they are two, nine, five, one.
31:40Five, one, one hundred and twenty-five.
31:44And the target, seven hundred and eighty-five.
31:46Seven, eight, five.
31:47Last numbers.
31:47And the target, seven, five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and eighty-
32:17Times up pens dying Lucas 785 not written down and Alex 790 just missed it. Okay Lucas off you go
32:269 minus 1 is 8
32:28times 100 800
32:315 times 2 is 10 it is 25 minus the 10 is 15
32:36Take that away
32:41It's 10 more points Alex what a way to go
32:44Let's get your finger on the buzzer Lucas. Let's see if you can get to
32:49111 on your debut as we reveal today's countdown conundrum
33:01Lucas disputing there's no disputing that yes
33:08That was sensational 111 on your debut we have a live one here
33:14Fantastic, well listen, you're gonna have to skip school for a while. I think that's fine by me. See you tomorrow. Yeah
33:19We'll see you tomorrow Alex listen doesn't matter champion is champion
33:24You know you've won one you've got the teapot your account champion forever
33:27Lucas is going all the way I can see it and the Halley choir every time I see them
33:32I'm gonna think you know come and watch us sometime would love to would love we'll invite you brilliant. Thank you so much
33:38Well done
33:40I'm with a quick goodbye to Rachel and Susie and Rick I think and for anyone just tune in I'll give it to you once more
33:47I think Susie's worked out the the countdown cryptic crossword clue at the countdown ladies in the car
33:54Combined to make a TV team nine letters
33:56And I think the key was the lean towards the TV team that sort of starts thinking the teams and work backwards
34:01So first of all do your working out before you reveal it because Susie claims she has it
34:06I don't know if I have SD for me. Yeah. RR for Rachel. Countdown ladies. Countdown ladies. Car. Coupe. Yes! Producers. Yes!
34:20It's taking it all program to do. Nobody else managed to get it and Lucas if you take anything away from your first appearance in national TV
34:28It's that you failed at that. Yeah
34:30We'll be back same time same place tomorrow. You can count on us
34:35You can contact the program by email at countdown at channel 4.com
34:40You can also find our webpage at channel 4.com forward slash countdown
34:58Thank you
35:09You
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