Tuesday 25th April 2000 (Series 42, Prelim 82)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 25 April 2000.

C1: Champion Rodney Marrison (6 wins, 351 points.)
C2: Challenger Gerry Doyle.
DC: Damian Eadie and Philip Franks.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R M T A E I S D N
R02: W Z P G A F E I L
R03: S R T E O A X M D
R04: 50, 10, 2, 7, 6, 9. Target: 995.
R05: N L B L U B E I S
R06: C T R A E O V G I
R07: H Y L D E A E N P
R08: 75, 7, 7, 5, 9, 3. Target: 437.
R09: W I N E G I V E R (conundrum)


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Round 1: R M T A E I S D N

C1: STRAINED (8)
C2: STRAINED (8)
DC: MARDIEST (8) RANDIEST (8) MINARETS (8)
OT: DETRAINS (8) READMITS (8) MEDIANTS (8) MERANTIS (8) RAIMENTS (8)
Score: 8–8 (max 8)

Round 2: W Z P G A F E I L

C1: PAGE (4)
C2: AGILE (5)
DC: GLAZE (5)
OT: PILAF (5) PILEA (5) PLAGE (5) WILGA (5)
Score: 8–13 (max 13)

Round 3: S R T E O A X M D

C1: STORMED (7)
C2: STORMED (7)
DC: EXTRADOS (8)
Score: 15–20 (max 21)

Round 4: 50, 10, 2, 7, 6, 9. Target: 995.

C1: 994. (2 x 10 x 50) - 6 (7)
C2: 994. (2 x 10 x 50) - 6 (7)
CV: 995. (((10 x 50) - 6) x 2) + 7 (10)
Score: 22–27 (max 31)

Round 5: N L B L U B E I S

C1: BULLIES (7)
C2: BULLIES (7)
DC: NIBBLES (7) NUBBLES (7)
OT: BULBILS (7)
Score: 29–34 (max 38)

Round 6: C T R A E O V G I

C1: OVERACT (7)
C2: COVERT (6)
OT: RAVIGOTE (8)
Score: 36–34 (max 46)

Round 7: H Y L D E A E N P

C1: HEALED (6)
C2: HEALED (6)
DC: DEPLANE (7)
OT: ENDPLAY (7)
Score: 42–40 (max 53)

Round 8: 75, 7, 7, 5, 9, 3. Target: 437.

C1: 436. ((9 - 3) x 75) - (7 + 7) (7)
C2: 438. Mistake in working.
CV: 437. ((75 + 9) x 5) + 7 + 7 + 3 (10)
Score: 49–40 (max 63)

Round 9: W I N E G I V E R

C1 buzzes on 2.75 seconds to say REVIEWING which is correct.
Score: 59–40 (max 73)

Statistics Corner

Rodney:
Total score - 59
Raw score - 63
Total % of max - 81
Raw % of max - 86
Total average score per round - 6.6
Raw average score per round - 7.0
Number of maxes - 3

Gerry:
Total score - 40
Raw score - 46
Total % of max - 55
Raw % of max - 63
Total average score per round - 4.4
Raw average score per round - 5.1
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=42