Wednesday 20 June 1984 (Series 4, QF2)

[Mike Brown]

Countdown recap for Wednesday 20 June 1984 (Series 4, QF2).

C1: #2 Seed Sydney Price (4 wins, 1 draw, 251 points.)
C2: #7 Seed Christine Hunt (3 wins, 144 points.)
DC: Yvonne Warburton and Gyles Brandreth.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

Another game worthy of the title ‘quarter-final’.

R01: U A E N S F I S Y
R02: T K O L Q X E A M
R03: I U A T J H I L S
R04: 75, 100, 5, 1, 2, 7. Target: 609.
R05: S T E V S E Y B O
R06: I O N B M E T R A
R07: V T A D R E T D A
R08: 75, 8, 1, 7, 3, 9. Target: 259.
R09: O R N T U A A T S (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: U A E N S F I S Y

C1: UNSAFE (6)
C2: FINES (5)
DC: INFUSES (7)
Score: 6–0 (max 7)

Round 2: T K O L Q X E A M

C1: EXTOL (5)
C2: EXALT (5)
DC: MOTEL (5)
OT: LATEX (5) METAL (5) METOL (5)
Score: 11–5 (max 12)

Round 3: I U A T J H I L S

C1: HALTS (5)
C2: HIATUS (6)
OT: LATHIS (6) LITHIA (6) TAHSIL (6) THUJAS (6)
Score: 11–11 (max 18)

Round 4: 75, 100, 5, 1, 2, 7. Target: 609.

C1: 607.
C2: 609. ((5+1)x100)+7+2 (10)
Score: 11–21 (max 28)

Round 5: S T E V S E Y B O

C1: STOVES (6)
C2: obesest
DC: BYTES (5)
OT: BESETS (6) VETOES (6)
Score: 17–21 (max 34)

Round 6: I O N B M E T R A

C1: BOATER (6)
C2: RAIMENT (7)
DC: BARITONE (8)
OT: OBTAINER (8)
Score: 17–28 (max 42)

Round 7: V T A D R E T D A

C1: TRADED (6)
C2: DARTED (6)
DC: ADVERT (6) DRATTED (7)
Score: 23–34 (max 49)

Round 8: 75, 8, 1, 7, 3, 9. Target: 259.

C1: 249. ((9-7+1)x75)+(3x8) (5)
C2: 271.
CV: 259. ((75+9)x3)+7 (10)
Score: 28–34 (max 59)

Round 9: O R N T U A A T S

C1 buzzes on 3 seconds to say “no, sorry” which is incorrect.
C2 does not buzz.
The answer was ASTRONAUT.
Score: 28–34 (max 69)

Christine is laughing during the 30 seconds after blobbing, but she redeems herself by solving it afterwards.

RW (at the end of the programme): “If Sydney had got ASTRONAUT, he would have been back. Watch this ‘space’ tomorrow.” Some things don’t change...

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

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=4