Tuesday 19th May 1987 (Series 12, Prelim 27)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 19 May 1987.

C1: Challenger Janet McRae.
C2: Champion Geoffrey Reynolds (1 win, 56 points.)
DC: Freda Thornton and Lance Percival.
CM: Carol Mather.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: V W N L O U E K S
R02: U T N G E S A O F
R03: Y T P W E I E U T
R04: 75, 100, 9, 10, 8, 1. Target: 265.
R05: A R E M T N R U S
R06: D T F L E I O S E
R07: A T E R L S G N I
R08: 100, 10, 9, 5, 8, 5. Target: 541.
R09: D E E E I N P T X * (conundrum)


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Round 1: V W N L O U E K S

C1: VOWELS (6)
C2: VOWELS/SLOVEN (6)
DC: WOLVES (6)
OT: ENSOUL (6) KELSON (6) NOVELS (6) OVULES (6) VENOUS (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)

Round 2: U T N G E S A O F

C1: TONGUES (7)
C2: TONGUES (7)
DC: NOUGATS (7)
OT: FUGATOS (7) FUNGOES (7) ONSTAGE (7) OUTAGES (7) OUTSANG (7) SOUTANE (7) TANGOES (7)
Score: 13–13 (max 13)

Round 3: Y T P W E I E U T

C1: TWEET (5)
C2: PEEWIT (6)
OT: PETITE (6) PUTTEE (6)
Score: 13–19 (max 19)

Round 4: 75, 100, 9, 10, 8, 1. Target: 265.

C1: 265. ((10 - 8) x 100) + 75 - (9 + 1) (10)
C2: 265. (9 x 10) + 75 + 100 (10)
Score: 23–29 (max 29)

Round 5: A R E M T N R U S

C1: STREAM (6)
C2: MARTS (5)
DC: MATURES (7) RETURNS (7) NATURES (7)
OT: MENSTRUA (8)
Score: 29–29 (max 37)

Round 6: D T F L E I O S E

C1: STIFLED (7)
C2: FOILED (6)
DC: DEFILES (7) FOISTED (7)
OT: FEEDLOTS (8)
Score: 36–29 (max 45)

Round 7: A T E R L S G N I

C1: STEALING (8)
C2: relatings
DC: TRIANGLES (18) INTEGRALS (18)
OT: GNARLIEST (18)
Score: 44–29 (max 63)

Round 8: 100, 10, 9, 5, 8, 5. Target: 541.

C1: 541. (5 x 8) + 10 - 9 + (5 x 100) (10)
C2: 541. (5 x 100) + (10 x 5) - 9 (10)
Score: 54–39 (max 73)

Round 9: D E E E I N P T X *

C1 buzzes on 1.5 seconds to say EXPEDIENT which is correct.
Score: 64–39 (max 83)

Statistics Corner

Janet:
Total score - 64
Raw score - 69
Total % of max - 77
Raw % of max - 83
Total average score per round - 7.1
Raw average score per round - 7.7
Number of maxes - 5

Geoffrey:
Total score - 39
Raw score - 50
Total % of max - 47
Raw % of max - 60
Total average score per round - 4.3
Raw average score per round - 5.6
Number of maxes - 5

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=12