Wednesday 2 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 27)

[Mike Brown]

Countdown recap for Wednesday 2 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 27).

C1: Champion Andrew Guy (2 wins, 118 points.)
C2: Challenger Syd Spilsbury.
DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

The first anniversary of Countdown (and Channel 4), but it doesn’t seem to rate a mention (at least as far as I can tell from my notes).

R01: K W I E T G N O Q
R02: A S P G D E V A N
R03: R E O J P L D A H
R04: 50, 9, 3, 1, 8, 5. Target: 555.
R05: S N E C U T L E D
R06: L O I M S W A E B
R07: N I H Y O G T U G
R08: 75, 5, 3, 4, 7, 4. Target: 364.
R09: R E L N A Y G E L (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: K W I E T G N O Q

C1: TOWING (6)
C2: TWINGE (6)
OT: TOEING (6) TOWNIE (6) WIGEON (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)

Round 2: A S P G D E V A N

C1: GASPED (6)
C2: GASPED (6)
DC: SAVAGED (7)
OT: AGENDAS (7) PAVANES (7)
Score: 12–12 (max 13)

Round 3: R E O J P L D A H

C1: HOLDER (6)
C2: PAROLED (7)
OT: LEOPARD (7)
Score: 12–19 (max 20)

Round 4: 50, 9, 3, 1, 8, 5. Target: 555.

C1: 555. ? (10)
C2: ? (0)
OT: 555. (50x(8+3))+5 (10)
Score: 22–19 (max 30)

Round 5: S N E C U T L E D

C1: TENSED (6)
C2: enclusted
DC: NESTLED (7)
OT: ESCULENT (8)
Score: 28–19 (max 38)

Round 6: L O I M S W A E B

C1: AMBLES (6)
C2: ELBOWS (6)
DC: MOBILES (7)
OT: BEWAILS (7)
Score: 34–25 (max 45)

Round 7: N I H Y O G T U G

C1: OUTING (6)
C2: NOUGHT (6)
DC: THING (5) THONG (5)
OT: GUYING (6) HOGGIN (6) THINGY (6) TOYING (6)
Score: 40–31 (max 51)

Round 8: 75, 5, 3, 4, 7, 4. Target: 364.

C1: 364. ? (10)
C2: 364. ? (10)
OT: 555. (75x5)-7-4 (10)
Score: 50–41 (max 61)

Round 9: R E L N A Y G E L

C2 buzzes on 27.5 seconds to say GENERALLY which is correct.
Score: 50–51 (max 71)

Amusingly, at the end of the programme, the transmission stops at the YTV symbol and then starts going backwards at high speed before displaying part of a mortgage advert featuring a snail. That’s one way to celebrate your first year of programmes, I suppose!

All words not in the COD7 have been excluded from this recap.

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=3