Thursday 19 April 1984 (Series 4, Prelim 12)

[Mike Brown]

Countdown recap for Thursday 19 April 1984 (Series 4, Prelim 12).

C1: Challenger Sydney Price.
C2: Champion Peter Skiba (4 wins, 216 points.)
DC: Julia Swannell and Nigel Rees.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

Apropos of nothing, this is one of only two games where my original notes were written on pink paper, which is nice. Not a bad contest, either...

R01: E E C B I G J O S
R02: R A N O T I F I E
R03: I O N Y L E L E N
R04: 25, 1, 10, 4, 4, 6. Target: 738.
R05: S N A I R L E L B
R06: T O A N R I T L I
R07: N E H I T L U D E
R08: 50, 9, 5, 6, 4, 7. Target: 258.
R09: E R P D F R E R E (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: E E C B I G J O S

C1: beiges
C2: beiges
DC: BOGIES (6)
OT: GOBIES (6)
Score: 0–0 (max 6)

Richard reckoned that this was the first time both contestants had failed to score on the first round. And who am I to argue?

Round 2: R A N O T I F I E

C1: FINITE (6)
C2: otarine
DC: INERTIA (7) FAINTER (7)
OT: NIFTIER (7)
Score: 6–0 (max 13)

Round 3: I O N Y L E L E N

C1: LONELY (6)
C2: LION (4)
DC: LEONINE (7)
Score: 12–0 (max 20)

Round 4: 25, 1, 10, 4, 4, 6. Target: 738.

C1: 740. Mistake in working.
C2: 740. ((4-1)x10x25)-4-6 (7)
CV: 738. (((4x25)+4)x7)+10 (10)
Score: 12–7 (max 30)

Round 5: S N A I R L E L B

C1: LIBERALS (8)
C2: RALLIES (7)
Score: 20–7 (max 38)

Round 6: T O A N R I T L I

C1: RANT (4)
C2: RATION (6)
DC: RATION (6) TAILOR (6)
OT: INTROIT (7)
Score: 20–13 (max 45)

Round 7: N E H I T L U D E

C1: HUNTED (6)
C2: UNTILED (7)
DC: HUNTED (6)
OT: DETINUE (7) DILUENT (7)
Score: 20–20 (max 52)

Round 8: 50, 9, 5, 6, 4, 7. Target: 258.

C1: 258. (5x50)+9-7+6 (10)
C2: 258. (5x50)+((9-7)x4) (10)
Score: 30–30 (max 62)

Round 9: E R P D F R E R E

C1 buzzes on 3.25 seconds to say PREFERRED which is correct.
Score: 40–30 (max 72)

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

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=4