Thursday 10th January 1991 (Series 21, Prelim 2)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Thursday 10 January 1991.

C1: Champion Robert Houston (1 win, 49 points.)
C2: Challenger Ewen Alexander.
DC: Catherine Clarke and Dinah Sheridan.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: C L G S R O E A S
R02: U N T I H D E V R
R03: L C D D N O O E A
R04: 75, 2, 1, 3, 2, 5. Target: 382.
R05: O K D A S Q E W H
R06: Y R X D S I E A G
R07: A T Y G N U D E R
R08: 100, 1, 5, 4, 8, 8. Target: 426.
R09: B E E T F I E N D (conundrum)


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Round 1: C L G S R O E A S

C1: GLARES (6)
C2: ORACLES (7)
DC: LACROSSE (8) CORSAGES (8)
OT: ESCOLARS (8)
Score: 0–7 (max 8)

Round 2: U N T I H D E V R

C1: THUNDER (7)
C2: UNTRIED (7)
DC: INTRUDE (7)
OT: THRIVED (7) THRIVEN (7) UNRIVET (7) VENTURI (7)
Score: 7–14 (max 15)

Round 3: L C D D N O O E A

C1: CANOODLED (18)
C2: LOADED (6)
DC: CONDOLED (8)
Score: 25–14 (max 33)

Round 4: 75, 2, 1, 3, 2, 5. Target: 382.

C1: 382. ((75 + 2) x 5) - 3 (10)
C2: 382. (75 x 5) + (2 x 3) + 1 (10)
Score: 35–24 (max 43)

Round 5: O K D A S Q E W H

C1: WASHED (6)
C2: SOAKED (6)
OT: HAWKED (6) HOWKED (6) KHEDAS (6) SHADOW (6) SHOWED (6)
Score: 41–30 (max 49)

Round 6: Y R X D S I E A G

C1: GRADES (6)
C2: RAISED (6)
DC: RIDGES (6)
OT: DIRGES (6) GRAYED (6) GREASY (6)
Score: 47–36 (max 55)

Round 7: A T Y G N U D E R

C1: GRUNTED (7)
C2: GRUNTED (7)
DC: TRAGEDY (7) GYRATED (7)
OT: DENTARY (7) DRAGNET (7) GAUNTER (7) GRANTED (7) NATURED (7) TRUDGEN (7) UNRATED (7) UNREADY (7)
Score: 54–43 (max 62)

Round 8: 100, 1, 5, 4, 8, 8. Target: 426.

C1: 426. ((100 + 8) x 4) - (5 + 1) (10)
C2: 425.
Score: 64–43 (max 72)

Round 9: B E E T F I E N D

C2 buzzes on 8.5 seconds to say BENEFITED which is correct.
Score: 64–53 (max 82)

Statistics Corner

Robert:
Total score - 64
Raw score - 70
Total % of max - 78
Raw % of max - 85
Total average score per round - 7.1
Raw average score per round - 7.8
Number of maxes - 7

Ewen:
Total score - 53
Raw score - 66
Total % of max - 65
Raw % of max - 80
Total average score per round - 5.9
Raw average score per round - 7.3
Number of maxes - 6

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=21