Tuesday 31st October 2000 (Series 43, Prelim 75)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 31 October 2000.

C1: Champion James Sheppard (3 wins, 176 points.)
C2: Challenger Hemant Gujadhur, whose brother, Tikanand, was a contestant in Series 32.
DC: Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: L E F G A P V I N
R02: T O D R B E A L G
R03: Y I T S E R S A N
R04: 75, 100, 2, 3, 4, 9. Target: 225.
R05: D X C M I U O A N
R06: R E W C E Z R I A
R07: N F K E O M T S A
R08: 100, 6, 4, 10, 5, 2. Target: 792.
R09: N A T T A D E N T (conundrum)


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Round 1: L E F G A P V I N

C1: LEAVING (7)
C2: LEAFING (7)
DC: FINAGLE (7)
OT: LEAPING (7) PEALING (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)

Round 2: T O D R B E A L G

C1: BLOATER (7)
C2: BLOATER (7)
DC: LEOTARD (7)
OT: ABORTED (7) BLOATED (7) RETABLO (7) DELATOR (7) GARBLED (7) GLOATED (7) GLOATER (7) LEGATOR (7)
Score: 14–14 (max 14)

Round 3: Y I T S E R S A N

C1: STAINERS (8)
C2: INSERTS (7)
DC: retsinas
OT: ARTINESS (8)
Score: 22–14 (max 22)

Round 4: 75, 100, 2, 3, 4, 9. Target: 225.

C1: 225. 75 x 3 (10)
C2: 225. 75 x 3 (10)
Score: 32–24 (max 32)

Round 5: D X C M I U O A N

C1: MOUND (5)
C2: DOMAIN (6)
DC: AXIOM (5) NOMADIC (7)
OT: MANICOU (7) MONADIC (7)
Score: 32–30 (max 39)

Round 6: R E W C E Z R I A

C1: CRAZIER (7)
C2: CRAZIER (7)
DC: AIRCREW (7)
OT: WEARIER (7)
Score: 39–37 (max 46)

Round 7: N F K E O M T S A

C1: STEAM (5)
C2: fantoms
DC: FOMENTS (7)
Score: 44–37 (max 53)

Round 8: 100, 6, 4, 10, 5, 2. Target: 792.

C1: 792. (100 - 5 + 4) x (6 + 2) (10)
C2: 792. (100 - (6 - 5)) x 4 x 2 (10)
Score: 54–47 (max 63)

Round 9: N A T T A D E N T

C1 buzzes on 1.25 seconds to say ATTENDANT which is correct.
Score: 64–47 (max 73)

Statistics Corner

James:
Total score - 64
Raw score - 69
Total % of max - 88
Raw % of max - 95
Total average score per round - 7.1
Raw average score per round - 7.7
Number of maxes - 7

Hemant:
Total score - 47
Raw score - 54
Total % of max - 64
Raw % of max - 74
Total average score per round - 5.2
Raw average score per round - 6.0
Number of maxes - 5

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=43