Thursday 24th December 1987 (Series 14, 2nd SF)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Thursday 24 December 1987.

C1: No.6 Seed Frank Houston (5 wins, 278 points.)
C2: No.7 Seed Joel Salkin (4 wins, 1 draw, 274 points.)
DC: Julia Swannell and Gyles Brandreth.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: Y G E F N A S S G
R02: I I K T P A T M U
R03: B L N E G R I S O
R04: 100, 9, 5, 8, 9, 3. Target: 287.
R05: A E C V N N E F N
R06: X S T A N T E R F
R07: O I T R N B A C E
R08: 75, 5, 4, 9, 8, 9. Target: 991.
R09: W H O S E F E U I (conundrum)


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Round 1: Y G E F N A S S G

C1: FANGS (5)
C2: GANGS (5)
DC: SNAGGY (6)
OT: GAYNESS (7)
Score: 5–5 (max 7)

Round 2: I I K T P A T M U

C1: 3 (3)
C2: KAPUT (5)
OT: MUKTI (5) PITTA (5) PUTTI (5) TIKIA (5) TUPIK (5) UMIAK (5)
Score: 5–10 (max 12)

Round 3: B L N E G R I S O

C1: SOBERING (8)
C2: LEGIONS (7)
OT: IGNOBLER (8) OBLIGERS (8)
Score: 13–10 (max 20)

Round 4: 100, 9, 5, 8, 9, 3. Target: 287.

C1: 287. (100 x 3) - (8 + 5) (10)
C2: 287. (100 x 3) - (8 + 5) (10)
Score: 23–20 (max 30)

Round 5: A E C V N N E F N

C1: CAVE (4)
C2: FENCE (5)
DC: FENNEC (6)
Score: 23–25 (max 36)

Round 6: X S T A N T E R F

C1: FATTENS (7)
C2: SEXTANT (7)
OT: NATTERS (7)
Score: 30–32 (max 43)

Round 7: O I T R N B A C E

C1: carbonite
C2: CABINET (7)
DC: CREATION (8) REACTION (8) BARITONE (8)
OT: ACTIONER (8) OBTAINER (8)
Score: 30–39 (max 51)

Round 8: 75, 5, 4, 9, 8, 9. Target: 991.

C1: 992. (75 x (9 + 4)) + 8 + 9 (7)
C2: 992. (75 x (9 + 4)) + 8 + 9 (7)
CV: 991. (((9 x 4) + 75) x 9) - 8 (10)
Score: 37–46 (max 61)

Round 9: W H O S E F E U I

C2 buzzes on 1.5 seconds to say HOUSEWIFE which is correct.
Score: 37–56 (max 71)

Statistics Corner

Frank:
Total score - 37
Raw score - 44
Total % of max - 52
Raw % of max - 62
Total average score per round - 4.1
Raw average score per round - 4.9
Number of maxes - 3

Joel:
Total score - 56
Raw score - 63
Total % of max - 79
Raw % of max - 89
Total average score per round - 6.2
Raw average score per round - 7.0
Number of maxes - 4

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=14