c4countdown

Countdown recap for Tuesday 10 May 1988.

C1: Champion Dave Clapham (1 win, 35 points.)
C2: Challenger Rose Meyer.
DC: Della Thompson and Derek Nimmo.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: E A F D I B E R O
R02: N O G N A P I J A
R03: C I A F I N T L O
R04: 75, 3, 5, 3, 10, 5. Target: 629.
R05: S A W G O E N I S
R06: T O U Z G E I S R
R07: G U T T E P S G I
R08: 25, 6, 7, 4, 2, 2. Target: 818.
R09: Q U I E T M O D S (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: E A F D I B E R O

C1: BRIEFED (7)
C2: BRIEFED (7)
DC: BEADIER (7) FORBADE (7)
OT: BEARDIE (7) DEBRIEF (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)

Round 2: N O G N A P I J A

C1: JAPING (6)
C2: JAPING (6)
DC: ANGINA (6)
OT: GOANNA (6) INANGA (6) JOANNA (6)
Score: 13–13 (max 13)

Round 3: C I A F I N T L O

C1: FACTION (7)
C2: TALON/FAINT/FLINT (5)
DC: FICTIONAL (18)
Score: 20–13 (max 31)

Round 4: 75, 3, 5, 3, 10, 5. Target: 629.

C1: 630. ((5 + 3) x 75) + (10 x 3) (7)
C2: 630. ((5 + 3) x 75) + (10 x 3) (7)
CV: 629. ((75 + 3) x (3 + 5)) + 5 (10)
Score: 27–20 (max 41)

Round 5: S A W G O E N I S

C1: SWINGES (7)
C2: sewings - actually OK.....
DC: AGONISES (8)
Score: 34–20 (max 49)

Round 6: T O U Z G E I S R

C1: GUSTIER (7)
C2: GORIEST (7)
OT: GOITRES (7) GOUTIER (7) GUTSIER (7) GUTZERS (7) OUTSIZE (7) ROUGETS (7)
Score: 41–27 (max 56)

Round 7: G U T T E P S G I

C1: SPITE (5)
C2: PUGGIEST (8)
DC: PUTTIES (7)
OT: GUTTIES (7)
Score: 41–35 (max 64)

Round 8: 25, 6, 7, 4, 2, 2. Target: 818.

C1: 814. (4 x 25 x (6 + 2)) + (7 x 2) (7)
C2: 813.
CV: 818. ((25 + 2 + 2) x 4 x 7) + 6 (10)
Score: 48–35 (max 74)

Round 9: Q U I E T M O D S

C2 buzzes on 28 seconds to say MISQUOTED which is correct.
Score: 48–45 (max 84)

So, if SEWINGS was given, then Rosie would've won 52-48

Statistics Corner

Dave:
Total score - 48
Raw score - 53
Total % of max - 57
Raw % of max - 63
Total average score per round - 5.3
Raw average score per round - 5.9
Number of maxes - 3

Rose:
Total score - 45
Raw score - 57
Total % of max - 54
Raw % of max - 68
Total average score per round - 5.0
Raw average score per round - 6.3
Number of maxes - 5

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=15

James Robinson wrote:So, if SEWINGS was given, then Rosie would've won 52-48

Having looked at this again, the decision to disallow was probably a fair one. SEWING is indeed given as a noun in COD7 (on which fact I probably based by comment at the time), but it is only mentioned in the sense of the act of sewing, so to be fair it's hard to see how it can be pluralised. This is a good example of the sort of thing that it was naively thought would be solved by the introduction of mass noun definitions in the NODE.