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[[Image:CDCalendar.jpg|right|The 2010 Edition]]
 
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The '''Countdown Desk Calendar''' is a yearly calendar produced by Infocado, and based on the television show ''Countdown''. It has 365 pages (366 on leap years), each with their own puzzle, meaning you get a new puzzle every day.
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The '''Countdown Desk Calendar''' is a yearly calendar originally produced by Infocado and now Carousel Calendars, and based on the television show ''Countdown''. First published in 2007 (for the year 2008), it originally had 365 pages (366 on leap years), each with their own two puzzles; a letters round or a numbers round, plus a conundrum. Since the 2019 calendar, the weekends have been combined on one page, meaning only 12 new puzzles are given each week instead of 14.
  
The daily puzzles include a conundrum plus either a letters or a numbers game.  Answers are revealed on the following day's page (Except for 31st December, where it is revealed somewhere else). The puzzles are designed by Series 51 winner [[Stewart Holden]].
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Answers are revealed on the following day's page. The puzzles were originally designed by Series 51 winner [[Stewart Holden]] until 2019, when he was replaced by [[Series 46]] winner and [[COLIN]] founder [[Ben Wilson]] for the 2020 calendar onwards.
  
 
[[Image:InsideView.jpg| Inside view of the calendar]]
 
[[Image:InsideView.jpg| Inside view of the calendar]]

Revision as of 13:42, 2 January 2020

The 2010 Edition

The Countdown Desk Calendar is a yearly calendar originally produced by Infocado and now Carousel Calendars, and based on the television show Countdown. First published in 2007 (for the year 2008), it originally had 365 pages (366 on leap years), each with their own two puzzles; a letters round or a numbers round, plus a conundrum. Since the 2019 calendar, the weekends have been combined on one page, meaning only 12 new puzzles are given each week instead of 14.

Answers are revealed on the following day's page. The puzzles were originally designed by Series 51 winner Stewart Holden until 2019, when he was replaced by Series 46 winner and COLIN founder Ben Wilson for the 2020 calendar onwards.

Inside view of the calendar

The 2008 Edition













The 2009 Edition
Back view of the 2009 Edition
Different image of the 2010 Edition
Back view of the 2010 Edition