Monday 21st December 1987 (Series 14, 3rd QF)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Monday 21 December 1987.

C1: No.6 Seed Frank Houston (4 wins, 222 points.)
C2: No.3 Seed John Hadfield (8 wins, 429 points.)
DC: Julia Swannell and Carol Thatcher.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R T N J O T F R A
R02: N T F I A E L N S
R03: C R N A O V B I A
R04: 75, 8, 4, 9, 5, 1. Target: 627.
R05: R H Y E I A D L Y
R06: N T F I N E X S U
R07: T L R I O I N S E
R08: 75, 4, 6, 6, 1, 10. Target: 859.
R09: U N C L E P E A T (conundrum)


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Round 1: R T N J O T F R A

C1: FONT (4)
C2: FRONT (5)
OT: ATTORN (6)
Score: 0–5 (max 6)

Round 2: N T F I A E L N S

C1: ENTAILS (7)
C2: FINALES (7)
DC: INFLATES (8) INFANTES (8)
Score: 7–12 (max 14)

Round 3: C R N A O V B I A

C1: ovaric
C2: BACON (5)
DC: OVARIAN (7)
OT: CORVINA (7) OCARINA (7)
Score: 7–17 (max 21)

Round 4: 75, 8, 4, 9, 5, 1. Target: 627.

C1: 627. (75 x 8) + ((4 - 1) x 9) (10)
C2: 627. ((75 + 4) x 8) - 5 (10)
Score: 17–27 (max 31)

Round 5: R H Y E I A D L Y

C1: READILY (7)
C2: READILY (7)
DC: HARDILY (7)
OT: HAYRIDE (7) HEADILY (7) HYDRIAE (7)
Score: 24–34 (max 38)

Round 6: N T F I N E X S U

C1: FUNNIEST (8)
C2: FUNNIES (7)
Score: 32–34 (max 46)

Round 7: T L R I O I N S E

C1: LOITERS (7)
C2: LOITERS (7)
DC: STONIER (7)
OT: NITRILES (8)
Score: 39–41 (max 54)

Round 8: 75, 4, 6, 6, 1, 10. Target: 859.

C1: 855. ((10 + 1) x 75) + (6 x 4) + 6 (7)
C2: 859. Mistake in working.
CV: 859. ((6 + 6) x 75) - (4 x 10) - 1 (10)
Score: 46–41 (max 64)

Round 9: U N C L E P E A T

C1 buzzes on 25.33 seconds to say PETULANCE which is correct.
Score: 56–41 (max 74)

Statistics Corner

Frank:
Total score - 56
Raw score - 60
Total % of max - 76
Raw % of max - 81
Total average score per round - 6.2
Raw average score per round - 6.7
Number of maxes - 4

John:
Total score - 41
Raw score - 48
Total % of max - 55
Raw % of max - 65
Total average score per round - 4.6
Raw average score per round - 5.3
Number of maxes - 2

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=14