Thursday 24 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 40)

[Mike Brown]

Countdown recap for Thursday 24 November 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 40).

C1: Challenger Peter Richardson.
C2: Champion Mark Nyman (7 wins, 372 points.)
DC: Julia Swannell and Ned Sherrin.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

Mark’s final heat game and challenger Peter Richardson has a tactic to put him off his stroke – ending all his letters selections with four vowels. And it very nearly worked...

R01: D F G W Q A A I E
R02: U E A L D N T T I
R03: T N R W L I A A I
R04: 50, 3, 1, 9, 10, 4. Target: 822.
R05: H P R R E A O S S
R06: G P G T T U E I O
R07: S O Y I Z S E K D
R08: 50, 75, 4, 6, 4, 7. Target: 227.
R09: C A S T E T H I E (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: D F G W Q A A I E

C1: WAGED (5)
C2: WAGED (5)
OT: ADAGE (5)
Score: 5–5 (max 5)

Round 2: U E A L D N T T I

C1: UNTITLED (8)
C2: UNTITLED (8)
DC: UNTITLED (8)
OT: ALTITUDE (8) LATITUDE (8)
Score: 13–13 (max 13)

Round 3: T N R W L I A A I

C1: TRAIN (5)
C2: TRAIL (5)
DC: AWAIT (5) TRAWL (5) LARIAT (6)
OT: ANTRAL (6) ATRIAL (6) LATRIA (6) NARIAL (6)
Score: 18–18 (max 19)

Round 4: 50, 3, 1, 9, 10, 4. Target: 822.

C1: 820. ? (7)
C2: 840.
CV: 820. ? (7)
OT: 822. ((50+9)x(10+4))-3-1 (10)
Score: 25–18 (max 29)

Round 5: H P R R E A O S S

C1: SHARERS (7)
C2: PHRASES (7)
DC: SHARPERS (8)
OT: PHAROSES (8)
Score: 32–25 (max 37)

Round 6: G P G T T U E I O

C1: TOTE (4)
C2: PUTT (4)
DC: GOUGE (5) TIPTOE (6)
Score: 36–29 (max 43)

Round 7: S O Y I Z S E K D

C1: dozey
C2: KISSED (6)
DC: KISSED (6)
Score: 36–35 (max 49)

Round 8: 50, 75, 4, 6, 4, 7. Target: 227.

C1: 227. ? (10)
C2: 227. ? (10)
OT: 227. (75x(7-4))+6-4 (10)
Score: 46–45 (max 59)

Round 9: C A S T E T H I E

C2 buzzes on 16.5 seconds to say AESTHETIC which is correct.
Score: 46–55 (max 69)

Mark looks like he might have given up during the conundrum round, but suddenly he stabs the button with his finger and then lets out a huge sigh of relief as it’s revealed. Recapping these last few games has made me realise how much I’d love to see them again – it’s vintage stuff.

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

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=3