Tuesday 29th April 1986 (Series 9, Prelim 15)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 29 April 1986.

C1: Champion Geoffrey Taylor (4 wins, 211 points.)
C2: Challenger David White.
DC: Catherine Clarke and Bill Tidy.
CM: Carol Mather.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: E I D T W C L E H
R02: S Y L T D U I E S
R03: A I A K R U P S O
R04: 2, 3, 5, 1, 10, 9. Target: 843.
R05: G N R H E L R O A
R06: E E I K Y S N U T
R07: Q B T G S O U E L
R08: 100, 10, 5, 7, 4, 1. Target: 132.
R09: G O R Y P I T C H (conundrum)


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Round 1: E I D T W C L E H

C1: CLEWED (6)
C2: DITCH (5)
OT: WELCHED (7) WITCHED (7)
Score: 6–0 (max 7)

Round 2: S Y L T D U I E S

C1: SILTY (5)
C2: STUDIES (7)
DC: duelists
OT: SEDULITY (8) STYLISED (8)
Score: 6–7 (max 15)

Round 3: A I A K R U P S O

C1: PAIRS (5)
C2: PARKAS (6)
OT: APORIAS (7)
Score: 6–13 (max 22)

Round 4: 2, 3, 5, 1, 10, 9. Target: 843.

C1: -
C2: 855.
CM: 843. (((9 + 5) x 10 x 2) + 1) x 3 (10)
Score: 6–13 (max 32)

Round 5: G N R H E L R O A

C1: oranger
C2: GROANER (7)
OT: HALOGEN (7) LEGHORN (7)
Score: 6–20 (max 39)

Round 6: E E I K Y S N U T

C1: STINKY (6)
C2: UNITES (6)
OT: NETSUKE (7) SYENITE (7)
Score: 12–26 (max 46)

Round 7: Q B T G S O U E L

C1: QUOTES (6)
C2: OBTUSE (6)
DC: GOBLETS (7)
OT: BOLETUS (7)
Score: 18–32 (max 53)

Round 8: 100, 10, 5, 7, 4, 1. Target: 132.

C1: 132. (4 x 10) - (7 + 1) + 100 (10)
C2: 132. ((7 + 1) x 4) + 100 (10)
Score: 28–42 (max 63)

Round 9: G O R Y P I T C H

C2 buzzes on 3.5 seconds to say COPYRIGHT which is correct.
Score: 28–52 (max 73)

Statistics Corner

Geoffrey:
Total score - 28
Raw score - 38
Total % of max - 38
Raw % of max - 52
Total average score per round - 3.1
Raw average score per round - 4.2
Number of maxes - 1

David:
Total score - 52
Raw score - 57
Total % of max - 71
Raw % of max - 78
Total average score per round - 5.8
Raw average score per round - 6.3
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=9