Friday 3rd June 1988 (Series 15, Prelim 40)

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Friday 3rd June 1988 (Series 15, Prelim 40)

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Countdown recap for Friday 3 June 1988.

C1: Challenger Kathleen Vickers.
C2: Champion Paul Walker (2 wins, 94 points.)
DC: Freda Thornton and Nigel Rees.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R Z T O G E W T A
R02: F R T Q I E I S F
R03: Y T S E W N A L I
R04: 25, 1, 10, 1, 8, 4. Target: 964.
R05: N K D G E U E L Y
R06: K M C A O S G N E
R07: R T T Y U E E N S
R08: 100, 25, 75, 7, 6, 5. Target: 918.
R09: B U R N T L U T E (conundrum)


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Round 1: R Z T O G E W T A

C1: ROTATE (6)
C2: TARGET (6)
DC: GAROTTE (7)
Score: 6–6 (max 7)

Round 2: F R T Q I E I S F

C1: SIFTER (6)
C2: STIFFER (7)
OT: FIFTIES (7) IFFIEST (7) STIFFIE (7)
Score: 6–13 (max 14)

Round 3: Y T S E W N A L I

C1: NASTILY (7)
C2: WAIST (5)
DC: SWEATILY (8) LAWNIEST (8)
Score: 13–13 (max 22)

Round 4: 25, 1, 10, 1, 8, 4. Target: 964.

C1: -
C2: 966. (((4 x 10) - 1) x 25) - (8 + 1) (7)
CV: 964. (((25 - 1) x 10) + 1) x 4 (10)
Score: 13–20 (max 32)

Round 5: N K D G E U E L Y

C1: LEGEND (6)
C2: LUNGED (6)
OT: DELUGE (6) DENGUE (6) GULDEN (6) KEENLY (6)
Score: 19–26 (max 38)

Round 6: K M C A O S G N E

C1: SMOCK (5)
C2: SMACK (5)
DC: MANGOES (7)
Score: 24–31 (max 45)

Round 7: R T T Y U E E N S

C1: NUTTERS (7)
C2: retunes
DC: ENTRUST (7) TENURES (7) NEUTERS (7)
OT: NETTERS (7) STENTER (7) STYRENE (7) SYRETTE (7) TENTERS (7) TRUSTEE (7) TUREENS (7) TUYERES (7)
Score: 31–31 (max 52)

Round 8: 100, 25, 75, 7, 6, 5. Target: 918. (Mike thinks this might be the first ever 3 large selection :!: :shock: :o 8-) )

C1: -
C2: -
CV: 918. ((6 + 5) x 75) - 7 + 100 (10)
Score: 31–31 (max 62)

Round 9: B U R N T L U T E

C1 buzzes on 2.5 seconds to say TURBULENT which is correct.
Score: 41–31 (max 72)

Statistics Corner

Kathleen:
Total score - 41
Raw score - 47
Total % of max - 57
Raw % of max - 65
Total average score per round - 4.6
Raw average score per round - 5.2
Number of maxes - 3

Paul:
Total score - 31
Raw score - 36
Total % of max - 43
Raw % of max - 50
Total average score per round - 3.4
Raw average score per round - 4.0
Number of maxes - 2

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