Friday 1 July 1983 (Series 2, SF2)

[Mike Brown]

Countdown recap for Friday 1 July 1983 (Series 2, SF2).

C1: #7 Seed Ash Haji (4 wins, 220 points.)
C2: #5 Seed Maurice Packman (4 wins, 222 points.)
DC: Lesley Burnett and Gyles Brandreth.
CV: Carol Vorderman or Dr Linda Barrett.
OT: Other words or solutions.

N.B. The contestants’ offered words in Rounds 5 and 7 may be transposed.

R01: D E O C S W I L V
R02: I H L T H A E U S
R03: O M D E E V I W G
R04: 50, 7, 10, 9, 4, 1. Target: 616.
R05: F F N S U O A E T
R06: J I S N A L K E B
R07: G M N E I T O A B
R08: 75, 9, 9, 9, 7, 10. Target: 490.
R09: A C I I O S U V V * (conundrum)


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Round 1: D E O C S W I L V

C1: SCOWLED (7)
C2: CLOVES (6)
Score: 7–0 (max 7)

Round 2: I H L T H A E U S

C1: HEALTHS (7)
C2: HEALTH (6)
Score: 14–0 (max 14)

Round 3: O M D E E V I W G

C1: MIDGE (5)
C2: VIEWED (6)
OT: MEOWED (6)
Score: 14–6 (max 20)

Round 4: 50, 7, 10, 9, 4, 1. Target: 616.

C1: 620. ? (7)
C2: 617. Mistake in working.
OT: 616. (((10x7)+4)x9)-50 (10)
Score: 21–6 (max 30)

Round 5: F F N S U O A E T

C1: SOFTEN (6)
C2: FASTEN (6)
OT: SOUTANE (7)
Score: 27–12 (max 37)

Round 6: J I S N A L K E B

C1: - (0)
C2: BLINKS (6)
OT: SINKABLE (8)
Score: 27–18 (max 45)

Round 7: G M N E I T O A B

C1: TEAMING (7)
C2: BOATING (7)
OT: AMBIENT (7) BEAMING (7) BEATING (7) BEGONIA (7) BOATMEN (7) EMOTING (7) MAGNETO (7) MEGATON (7) MOATING (7) MONTAGE (7)
Score: 34–25 (max 52)

Round 8: 75, 9, 9, 9, 7, 10. Target: 490.

C1: 488. ? (7)
C2: ? (0)
CV: 490. (75-(10/((9+9)/9)))x7 (10)
Score: 41–25 (max 62)
Obviously, one of the 9’s was an upside-down 6, which has happened on at least one other occasion since. (Or was it the other way round?)

Round 9: A C I I O S U V V *

C2 buzzes on 2 seconds to say VIVACIOUS which is correct.
Score: 41–35 (max 72)

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

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=2