Wednesday 27th September 1989 (Series 18, Prelim 58)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Wednesday 27 September 1989.

C1: Champion Mandi Hale (1 win, 51 points.)
C2: Challenger Brian Burrows.
DC: Freda Thornton and Dinah Sheridan.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: W R G N E A E I L
R02: B Z L A A E D R A
R03: T C S G I O I O D
R04: 25, 9, 3, 3, 7, 7. Target: 957.
R05: D H N E U O C K N
R06: S S T V A O I E M
R07: S G O I T S M U E
R08: 100, 6, 2, 10, 2, 8. Target: 834.
R09: D E E N N R T U W * (conundrum)


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Round 1: W R G N E A E I L

C1: REELING (7)
C2: WRANGLE (7)
DC: REALIGN (7) WEARING (7)
OT: ENLARGE (7) GENERAL (7) GLEANER (7) LEERING (7) LINEAGE (7) RENEWAL (7) WANGLER (7) WEALING (7) WEIGELA (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)

Round 2: B Z L A A E D R A

C1: BALED (5)
C2: BLAZER (6)
DC: ARABLE (6) BLAZED (6)
OT: ABLAZE (6) ABRADE (6) AZALEA (6) BALDER (6) BARAZA (6) BAZAAR (6) BLARED (6) BRAZED (6) ZAREBA (6)
Score: 7–13 (max 13)

Round 3: T C S G I O I O D

C1: DIGITS (6)
C2: TOGS (4)
DC: IDIOTS (6)
OT: COGITO (6) DICOTS (6) OOTIDS (6)
Score: 13–13 (max 19)

Round 4: 25, 9, 3, 3, 7, 7. Target: 957.

C1: -
C2: 960. ((3 x 9) + 3) x (25 + 7) (7)
CV: 957. (((3 x 7) + 9) x (25 + 7)) - 3 (10)
Score: 13–20 (max 29)

Round 5: D H N E U O C K N

C1: HOCKED (6)
C2: CHUNK (5)
DC: DUNNOCK (7)
OT: CHUNKED (7)
Score: 19–20 (max 36)

Round 6: S S T V A O I E M

C1: MOTIVES (7)
C2: staives
DC: ATOMISES (8)
Score: 26–20 (max 44)

Round 7: S G O I T S M U E

C1: SMITE (5)
C2: MIST (4)
DC: MOUSIEST (8) EGOTISMS (8)
Score: 31–20 (max 52)

Round 8: 100, 6, 2, 10, 2, 8. Target: 834.

C1: 834. (8 x (100 + 6 - 2)) + 2 (10)
C2: 836.
Score: 41–20 (max 62)

Round 9: D E E N N R T U W *

C2 buzzes on 4 seconds to say UNDERWENT which is correct.
Score: 41–30 (max 72)

Statistics Corner

Mandi:
Total score - 41
Raw score - 46
Total % of max - 57
Raw % of max - 64
Total average score per round - 4.6
Raw average score per round - 5.1
Number of maxes - 3

Brian:
Total score - 30
Raw score - 50
Total % of max - 42
Raw % of max - 69
Total average score per round - 3.3
Raw average score per round - 5.6
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=18