c4countdown

Countdown recap for Thursday 27 September 1990.

C1: No.3 Seed Fiona Willis (6 wins, 1 draw, 370 points.)
C2: No.7 Seed Liz Barber (5 wins, 252 points.)
DC: Simon Mason and Tim Rice.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R D L O A I S B E
R02: Y T P D A I E T D
R03: T F U I T C E G N
R04: 25, 4, 3, 10, 2, 8. Target: 411.
R05: V Y P M A O A C I
R06: T Z D U A R E D H
R07: R M O B R E U D L
R08: 100, 7, 10, 1, 8, 9. Target: 382.
R09: S C R E E N A I D (conundrum)


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Round 1: R D L O A I S B E

C1: RELOADS (7)
C2: BRAISED (7)
DC: DARIOLES (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)

Round 2: Y T P D A I E T D

C1: PATTED (6)
C2: PATTED (6)
DC: PITTED (6)
Score: 13–13 (max 14)

Round 3: T F U I T C E G N

C1: CUTTING (7)
C2: CUTTING (7)
OT: TUFTING (7)
Score: 20–20 (max 21)

Round 4: 25, 4, 3, 10, 2, 8. Target: 411.

C1: 411. (8 x 2 x 25) + 10 + 4 - 3 (10)
C2: 411. (8 x 2 x 25) + 10 + 4 - 3 (10)
Score: 30–30 (max 31)

Round 5: V Y P M A O A C I

C1: vampy
C2: opic
DC: MYOPIC (6) MYOPIA (6)
Score: 30–30 (max 37)

Round 6: T Z D U A R E D H

C1: HEARD (5)
C2: HATRED (6)
DC: DEARTH (6)
OT: DARTED (6) THREAD (6) TRADED (6)
Score: 30–36 (max 43)

Round 7: R M O B R E U D L

C1: BOULDER (7)
C2: RUMBLED (7)
DC: DOUBLER (7)
OT: BLURRED (7) BORDURE (7) MOULDER (7) REMOULD (7) RUMBLER (7)
Score: 37–43 (max 50)

Round 8: 100, 7, 10, 1, 8, 9. Target: 382.

C1: 382. Mistake in working.
C2: 383. ((10 - (7 - 1)) x 100) - (9 + 8) (7)
CV: 382. (((100 + 9) x 7) + 1) / (10 - 8) (10)
Score: 37–50 (max 60)

Round 9: S C R E E N A I D

No one buzzes. The answer was INCREASED.
Score: 37–50 (max 70)

Statistics Corner

Fiona:
Total score - 37
Raw score - 42
Total % of max - 53
Raw % of max - 60
Total average score per round - 4.1
Raw average score per round - 4.7
Number of maxes - 4

Liz:
Total score - 50
Raw score - 50
Total % of max - 71
Raw % of max - 71
Total average score per round - 5.6
Raw average score per round - 5.6
Number of maxes - 5

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=20

Were ARDENCIES and DERACINES in whatever dictionary was being used at the time? If so, the conundrum has 3 solutions

Johnny Canuck wrote:Were ARDENCIES and DERACINES in whatever dictionary was being used at the time? If so, the conundrum has 3 solutions

Well, ARDENCY is listed in COD8 so I guess that's a tentative nod for its plural. There's definitely no DERACINES, though.