Thursday 14th April 1988 (Series 15, Prelim 4)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Thursday 14 April 1988.

C1: Champion Allan Saldanha (3 wins, 175 points.)
C2: Challenger Margaret Elliot.
DC: Julia Swannell and Clement Freud.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: T G V I E A T L N
R02: R C Y U E O T D A
R03: T L N E O U P O W
R04: 50, 9, 10, 4, 6, 1. Target: 527.
R05: M T K I E O T G N
R06: R T G I E I L A B
R07: D P R I A E J G R
R08: 75, 9, 3, 1, 5, 6. Target: 674.
R09: I N U N D A T E R (conundrum)


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Round 1: T G V I E A T L N

C1: VINTAGE (7)
C2: VETTING (7)
DC: VALETING (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)

Round 2: R C Y U E O T D A

C1: EDUCATOR (8)
C2: COURTED (7)
OT: OUTRACED (8)
Score: 15–7 (max 16)

Round 3: T L N E O U P O W

C1: OPULENT (7)
C2: pollute
OT: PELOTON (7)
Score: 22–7 (max 23)

Round 4: 50, 9, 10, 4, 6, 1. Target: 527.

C1: 527. (50 x 10) + (9 x (4 - 1)) (10)
C2: 529.
Score: 32–7 (max 33)

Round 5: M T K I E O T G N

C1: TOKEN (5)
C2: KITTEN (6)
DC: GOTTEN (6) EMOTING (7)
OT: MITOGEN (7)
Score: 32–13 (max 40)

Round 6: R T G I E I L A B

C1: LIGATE (6)
C2: GABLE (5)
DC: GARBLE (6) LIBRATE (7)
OT: TABLIER (7) TRIABLE (7)
Score: 38–13 (max 47)

Round 7: D P R I A E J G R

C1: PARRIED (7)
C2: DRAPER (6)
DC: DIAPER (6)
Score: 45–13 (max 54)

Round 8: 75, 9, 3, 1, 5, 6. Target: 674.

C1: 674. (75 x 9) - 1 (10)
C2: 674. (75 x 9) - 1 (10)
Score: 55–23 (max 64)

Round 9: I N U N D A T E R

C1 buzzes on 7.5 seconds to say UNTRAINED which is correct.
Score: 65–23 (max 74)

Statistics Corner

Allan:
Total score - 65
Raw score - 70
Total % of max - 88
Raw % of max - 95
Total average score per round - 7.2
Raw average score per round - 7.8
Number of maxes - 6

Margaret:
Total score - 23
Raw score - 48
Total % of max - 31
Raw % of max - 65
Total average score per round - 2.6
Raw average score per round - 5.3
Number of maxes - 1

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=15