Monday 25th December 2000 (Series 43, Grand Final)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Monday 25 December 2000.

C1: No.2 Seed Graham Nash (10 wins, 595 points.)
C2: No.5 Seed Matthew Turner (7 wins, 448 points.)
DC: Susie Dent and Barry Cryer.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: N W R E A I F S T
R02: P D H C E U I M G
R03: 50, 75, 25, 5, 2, 3. Target: 181.
R04: N S T E A E Y R L
R05: Y Z L H E O A L D
R06: 75, 2, 2, 5, 10, 10. Target: 642.
R07: G E T T E N R E D (conundrum)
R08: S R T J U E I M N
R09: G L X A O I T R E
R10: 25, 4, 2, 3, 1, 5. Target: 901.
R11: D S B N A O E D T
R12: R S P I A U C B E
R13: 25, 100, 75, 3, 7, 8. Target: 406.
R14: A N E W R E B E L (conundrum)


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Round 1: N W R E A I F S T

C1: fainters
C2: WINTERS (7)
DC: FAINTER (7) WARIEST (7)
OT: ANTSIER (7) NASTIER (7) RETAINS (7) RETINAS (7) RETSINA (7) STAINER (7) STEARIN (7) FAIREST (7) FRETSAW (7) SNIFTER (7) SWIFTER (7) TAWNIER (7) TINWARE (7) TWINERS (7) WAITERS (7)
Score: 0–7 (max 7)

Round 2: P D H C E U I M G

C1: CHIMED (6)
C2: HUMPED (6)
OT: PUMICED (7)
Score: 6–13 (max 14)

Round 3: 50, 75, 25, 5, 2, 3. Target: 181.

C1: 181. ((50 + 3) x 2) + 75 (10)
C2: 181. (5 x 25) + 50 + (3 x 2) (10)
Score: 16–23 (max 24)

Round 4: N S T E A E Y R L

C1: RELATES (7)
C2: easternly
DC: EARNESTLY (18)
Score: 23–23 (max 42)

Round 5: Y Z L H E O A L D

C1: halled
C2: halled
DC: ALLOYED (7) HALOED (6)
OT: HALLOED (7)
Score: 23–23 (max 49)

Round 6: 75, 2, 2, 5, 10, 10. Target: 642.

C1: 641.
C2: 642. ((10 - 2) x (75 + 5)) + 2 (10)
Score: 23–33 (max 59)

Round 7: G E T T E N R E D

C1 buzzes on 4 seconds to say DETERGENT which is correct.
Score: 33–33 (max 69)

Round 8: S R T J U E I M N

C1: TERMINUS (8)
C2: TERMINUS (8)
DC: MINUETS (7) MINUTES (7)
Score: 41–41 (max 77)

Round 9: G L X A O I T R E

C1: GLOATER (7)
C2: GLOATER (7)
OT: LEGATOR (7) GOATIER (7)
Score: 48–48 (max 84)

Round 10: 25, 4, 2, 3, 1, 5. Target: 901.

C1: 901. ((5 - 2) x 3 x 4 x 25) + 1 (10)
C2: 900.
Score: 58–48 (max 94)

Round 11: D S B N A O E D T

C1: BOASTED (7)
C2: BOASTED (7)
DC: DONATES (7)
OT: BADDEST (7) SABOTED (7) DONATED (7)
Score: 65–55 (max 101)

Round 12: R S P I A U C B E

C1: ASCRIBE (7)
C2: SAUCIER (7)
DC: AUSPICE (7)
OT: APERCUS (7) SCAUPER (7) SCRAPIE (7) SPACIER (7) UPRAISE (7)
Score: 72–62 (max 108)

Round 13: 25, 100, 75, 3, 7, 8. Target: 406.

C1: 405. ((7 - 3) x 100) + 8 - (75 / 25) (7)
C2: 405. ((7 - 3) x 100) + 8 - (75 / 25) (7)
CV: 406. ((100 + 25 + 8) x 3) + 7 (10)
Score: 79–69 (max 118)

Round 14: A N E W R E B E L

C1 buzzes on 6 seconds to say RENEWABLE which is correct.
Score: 89–69 (max 128)

Statistics Corner

Graham:
Total score - 89
Raw score - 96
Total % of max - 70
Raw % of max - 75
Total average score per round - 6.4
Raw average score per round - 6.9
Number of maxes - 8

Matthew:
Total score - 69
Raw score - 76
Total % of max - 54
Raw % of max - 59
Total average score per round - 4.9
Raw average score per round - 5.4
Number of maxes - 7

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