Wednesday 13th April 1988 (Series 15, Prelim 3)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Wednesday 13 April 1988.

C1: Champion Allan Saldanha (2 wins, 118 points.)
C2: Challenger Alan Brooker.
DC: Julia Swannell and Clement Freud.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: F T G A E I V B T
R02: E W S T A E O R L
R03: L R V A I E N C N
R04: 75, 2, 6, 4, 9, 3. Target: 949.
R05: A T G N E O I C R
R06: N G Y E I A S F N
R07: U S X B O E T S R
R08: 25, 9, 3, 9, 1, 8. Target: 606.
R09: S U E T P L A C E (conundrum)


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Round 1: F T G A E I V B T

C1: BAIT (4)
C2: BAIT/GIFT (4)
DC: BEFIT (5)
OT: VITTAE (6)
Score: 4–4 (max 6)

Round 2: E W S T A E O R L

C1: SWEATER (7)
C2: WASTER (6)
DC: WASTREL (7) OLEASTER (8)
OT: TOLEWARE (8)
Score: 11–4 (max 14)

Round 3: L R V A I E N C N

C1: CANNIER (7)
C2: NAILER (6)
OT: CARLINE (7) CLAVIER (7) RAVELIN (7)
Score: 18–4 (max 21)

Round 4: 75, 2, 6, 4, 9, 3. Target: 949.

C1: 948. (9 + 3) x (75 + 4) (7)
C2: 957.
CV: 949. (75 - 2) x (9 + 4) (10)
Score: 25–4 (max 31)

Round 5: A T G N E O I C R

C1: REACTION (8)
C2: CREATING (8)
OT: ACTIONER (8) CATERING (8) CREATION (8) GERONTIC (8) REACTING (8)
Score: 33–12 (max 39)

Round 6: N G Y E I A S F N

C1: SAYING (6)
C2: FANNIES (7)
OT: YEANING (7)
Score: 33–19 (max 46)

Round 7: U S X B O E T S R

C1: SOUREST (7)
C2: BUSTERS (7)
DC: SORBETS (7)
OT: BOURSES (7) OESTRUS (7) OUSTERS (7) SOUTERS (7) STROBES (7) TORUSES (7) TUSSORE (7)
Score: 40–26 (max 53)

Round 8: 25, 9, 3, 9, 1, 8. Target: 606.

C1: 608. (8 x 3 x 25) + 9 - 1 (7)
C2: 608. Mistake in working.
CV: 606. ((25 x 8) + (9 / 9) + 1) x 3 (10)
Score: 47–26 (max 63)

Round 9: S U E T P L A C E

C1 buzzes on 2 seconds to say SPECULATE which is correct.
Score: 57–26 (max 73)

Statistics Corner

Allan:
Total score - 57
Raw score - 63
Total % of max - 78
Raw % of max - 86
Total average score per round - 6.3
Raw average score per round - 7.0
Number of maxes - 4

Alan:
Total score - 26
Raw score - 43
Total % of max - 36
Raw % of max - 59
Total average score per round - 2.9
Raw average score per round - 4.8
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=15