Tuesday 2nd June 1987 (Series 12, Prelim 37)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 2 June 1987.

C1: Challenger Cathy Morgan.
C2: Champion Vivien Crabb (2 wins, 108 points.)
DC: Freda Thornton and Ned Sherrin.
CM: Carol Mather.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: Q R T J E U O T B
R02: R S E P T I E S R
R03: N Y T W A O T S E
R04: 100, 75, 2, 10, 6, 7. Target: 910.
R05: L T E S G O L U V
R06: N B L A E M R O G
R07: L N U Y K I D P A
R08: 100, 7, 3, 6, 3, 6. Target: 660.
R09: E E G O Q R S T U * (conundrum)


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Round 1: Q R T J E U O T B

C1: QUOTER (6)
C2: TORQUE (6)
DC: JOTTER (6) BUTTER (6)
OT: TURBOJET (8)
Score: 6–6 (max 8)

Round 2: R S E P T I E S R

C1: RESPITES (8)
C2: persister
DC: RESPIRES (8)
OT: REPRISES (8) RESISTER (8) SPREITES (8)
Score: 14–6 (max 16)

Round 3: N Y T W A O T S E

C1: SWEATY (6)
C2: TAWNY (5)
DC: NOTATES (7)
Score: 20–6 (max 23)

Round 4: 100, 75, 2, 10, 6, 7. Target: 910.

C1: 910. ((7 + 2) x 100) + 10 (10)
C2: 910. (6 x 2 x 75) + 10 (10)
Score: 30–16 (max 33)

Round 5: L T E S G O L U V

C1: GLOVES (6)
C2: VOGUES (6)
DC: GULLETS (7)
OT: OUTSELL (7) VOLUTES (7)
Score: 36–22 (max 40)

Round 6: N B L A E M R O G

C1: RAMBLE (6)
C2: MARBLE (6)
DC: MONGREL (7) EMBARGO (7) ALMONER (7)
OT: GAMBLER (7) GAMBREL (7) MANGLER (7) MEGARON (7)
Score: 42–28 (max 47)

Round 7: L N U Y K I D P A

C1: LANKY (5)
C2: LUPIN (5)
DC: KIDNAP (6)
OT: DANKLY (6) KINDLY (6) PINKLY (6) PLINKY (6) PUNILY (6) UNLAID (6) UNPAID (6) UPLAND (6) UPLINK (6)
Score: 47–33 (max 53)

Round 8: 100, 7, 3, 6, 3, 6. Target: 660.

C1: 660. (100 + 7 + 3) x 6 (10)
C2: 660. Mistake in working.
Score: 57–33 (max 63)

Round 9: E E G O Q R S T U *

C2 buzzes on 21 seconds to say GROTESQUE which is correct.
Score: 57–43 (max 73)

Statistics Corner

Cathy:
Total score - 57
Raw score - 57
Total % of max - 78
Raw % of max - 78
Total average score per round - 6.3
Raw average score per round - 6.3
Number of maxes - 3

Vivien:
Total score - 43
Raw score - 48
Total % of max - 59
Raw % of max - 66
Total average score per round - 4.8
Raw average score per round - 5.3
Number of maxes - 2

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=12