Wednesday 15th April 1987 (Series 12, Prelim 3)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Wednesday 15 April 1987.

C1: Champion Stephen Balment (1 win, 83 points.)
C2: Challenger Jez Gill.
DC: Catherine Clarke and Gyles Brandreth.
CM: Carol Mather.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: G H D A U E M G B
R02: T R W O A T C E K
R03: T Q Y A O I T S W
R04: 25, 2, 1, 8, 8, 6. Target: 639.
R05: N T Y E O S E T N
R06: S D I O H G E A D
R07: L K I G T E O L J
R08: 100, 2, 8, 9, 1, 5. Target: 852.
R09: P I N T C C A G E (conundrum)


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Round 1: G H D A U E M G B

C1: GAUGED (6)
C2: BUGGED (6)
DC: HUGGED (6) MUGGED (6) BAGGED (6)
Score: 6–6 (max 6)

Round 2: T R W O A T C E K

C1: RACKET (6)
C2: ROCKET (6)
OT: COTTAR (6) COTTER (6) ROTATE (6) TACKER (6)
Score: 12–12 (max 12)

Round 3: T Q Y A O I T S W

C1: TASTY (5)
C2: STOAT (5)
DC: TWISTY (6)
OT: SWOTTY (6) TOWAIS (6)
Score: 17–17 (max 18)

Round 4: 25, 2, 1, 8, 8, 6. Target: 639.

C1: -
C2: 642. ((8 x 25) + 8 + 6) x (2 + 1) (7)
CM: 639. ((6 x 8) - 2 + 25) x (8 + 1) (10)
Score: 17–24 (max 28)

Round 5: N T Y E O S E T N

C1: TENONS (6)
C2: SONNET (6)
DC: TENETS (6)
OT: NEOTENY (7) SYNTONE (7)
Score: 23–30 (max 35)

Round 6: S D I O H G E A D

C1: DIODES (6)
C2: DISHED (6)
DC: SIGHED (6) DAGOES (6)
OT: GODHEADS (8)
Score: 29–36 (max 43)

Round 7: L K I G T E O L J

C1: KILT (4)
C2: jollie
OT: GILET (5) JELLO (5) KLIEG (5) LEGIT (5) OLLIE (5) TELOI (5) TOILE (5)
Score: 33–36 (max 48)

Round 8: 100, 2, 8, 9, 1, 5. Target: 852.

C1: 852. ((100 + 5) x 8) + 9 + 1 + 2 (10)
C2: 852. ((100 + 5) x 8) + 9 + 1 + 2 (10)
Score: 43–46 (max 58)

Round 9: P I N T C C A G E

C1 buzzes on 4.5 seconds to say ACCEPTING which is correct.
Score: 53–46 (max 68)

Statistics Corner

Stephen:
Total score - 53
Raw score - 53
Total % of max - 78
Raw % of max - 78
Total average score per round - 5.9
Raw average score per round - 5.9
Number of maxes - 4

Jez:
Total score - 46
Raw score - 46
Total % of max - 68
Raw % of max - 68
Total average score per round - 5.1
Raw average score per round - 5.1
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=12