Monday 29th August 1988 (Series 16, 3rd QF)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Monday 29 August 1988.

C1: No.6 Seed John Widdowson (3 wins, 164 points.)
C2: No.3 Seed Nigel Gardner (5 wins, 289 points.)
DC: Della Thompson and Bill Tidy.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: N S D E O C R E P
R02: X S Z S J U I T A
R03: F D N E I V N E K
R04: 100, 25, 1, 2, 10, 3. Target: 674.
R05: Q R Y O E A L S V
R06: M H T I A B D E T
R07: C R D H S O A M I
R08: 100, 1, 10, 2, 3, 10. Target: 640.
R09: I L L O O Q S U Y * (conundrum)


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Round 1: N S D E O C R E P

C1: PROCEEDS (8)
C2: SCORNED (7)
DC: SECONDER (8)
OT: CENSORED (8) ENCODERS (8) SEEDCORN (8)
Score: 8–0 (max 8)

Round 2: X S Z S J U I T A

C1: TAXIS (5)
C2: SUITS (5)
OT: SAXIST (6)
Score: 13–5 (max 14)

Round 3: F D N E I V N E K

C1: KNIFED (6)
C2: devine
DC: ENDIVE (6) FINNED (6)
OT: DEFINE (6) DEVEIN (6) ENVIED (6) FINKED (6) INDENE (6) INFEED (6) KENNED (6) VEINED (6)
Score: 19–5 (max 20)

Round 4: 100, 25, 1, 2, 10, 3. Target: 674.

C1: 674. ((10 - 3) x 100) - (25 + 1) (10)
C2: -
Score: 29–5 (max 30)

Round 5: Q R Y O E A L S V

C1: LOAVES (6)
C2: SLAVERY (7)
DC: OVERLAYS (8)
OT: LAYOVERS (8)
Score: 29–12 (max 38)

Round 6: M H T I A B D E T

C1: HABITED (7)
C2: BATHED (6)
Score: 36–12 (max 45)

Round 7: C R D H S O A M I

C1: CHOIRS (6)
C2: CHORDS (6)
DC: CHARMS (6) HOARDS (6) MOSAIC (6)
OT: CHADORS (7) CHAMOIS (7) CHARISM (7) CHRISOM (7) DIRHAMS (7) DRACHMS (7) HAIRDOS (7) MORCHAS (7) ORCHIDS (7) RODHAMS (7) SARCOID (7)
Score: 42–18 (max 52)

Round 8: 100, 1, 10, 2, 3, 10. Target: 640.

C1: 650. ((3 + 2 + 1) x (100 + 10)) - 10 (5)
C2: 650. ((3 + 2 + 1) x (100 + 10)) - 10 (5)
CV: 640. (100 - ((10 + 2) x 3)) x 10 (10)
Score: 47–23 (max 62)

Round 9: I L L O O Q S U Y *

C1 buzzes on 4 seconds to say SOLILOQUY which is correct.
Score: 57–23 (max 72)

Statistics Corner

John:
Total score - 57
Raw score - 63
Total % of max - 79
Raw % of max - 88
Total average score per round - 6.3
Raw average score per round - 7.0
Number of maxes - 5

Nigel:
Total score - 23
Raw score - 36
Total % of max - 32
Raw % of max - 50
Total average score per round - 2.6
Raw average score per round - 4.0
Number of maxes - 0

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=16