c4countdown

Countdown recap for Thursday 20 September 2001.

C1: No.2 Seed Geraldine Hylands (7 wins, 355 points.)
C2: No.3 Seed Craig Richardson (6 wins, 353 points.)
DC: Susie Dent and Melvyn Hayes.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: L S Y R E I A H N
R02: T R O G I A M Q O
R03: E A I N T S D R C
R04: 100, 6, 1, 3, 4, 8. Target: 708.
R05: V F P E I E L Z S
R06: P R G B A O I M E
R07: S N D A O E C T U
R08: 25, 8, 4, 3, 1, 2. Target: 632.
R09: R O U S E G I T H (conundrum)


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Round 1: L S Y R E I A H N

C1: LINERS (6)
C2: SERIAL (6)
DC: INHALERS (8)
OT: INLAYERS (8)
Score: 6–6 (max 8)

Round 2: T R O G I A M Q O

C1: GROOM (5)
C2: RATIO (5)
DC: GROAT (5)
OT: AGOROT (6)
Score: 11–11 (max 14)

Round 3: E A I N T S D R C

C1: RANDIEST (8)
C2: SAINTED (7)
DC: CANISTER (8)
OT: DICENTRAS (18)
Score: 19–11 (max 32)

Round 4: 100, 6, 1, 3, 4, 8. Target: 708.

C1: 708. ((6 + 1) x 100) + 8 (10)
C2: 708. ((3 + 4) x 100) + 8 (10)
Score: 29–21 (max 42)

Round 5: V F P E I E L Z S

C1: SLEEP (5)
C2: LEVIES (6)
DC: PELVIS (6)
OT: PELVES (6)
Score: 29–27 (max 48)

Round 6: P R G B A O I M E

C1: EMBARGO (7)
C2: BARGE (5)
DC: EMPORIA (7)
OT: EPIGRAM (7) GAMBIER (7)
Score: 36–27 (max 55)

Round 7: S N D A O E C T U

C1: COUNTED (7)
C2: DESCANT (7)
DC: TOUCANS (7) SCOUTED (7)
OT: CONTUSED (8) UNCOATED (8)
Score: 43–34 (max 63)

Round 8: 25, 8, 4, 3, 1, 2. Target: 632.

C1: 629.
C2: 633. ((4 + 1) x (3 + 2) x 25) + 8 (7)
CV: 632. ((3 x 25) + 4) x 8 (10)
Score: 43–41 (max 73)

Round 9: R O U S E G I T H

C2 buzzes on 25 seconds to say ROUGHIEST which is incorrect.
C1 does not buzz.
The answer was RIGHTEOUS.
Score: 43–41 (max 83)

Statistics Corner

Geraldine:
Total score - 43
Raw score - 55
Total % of max - 52
Raw % of max - 66
Total average score per round - 4.8
Raw average score per round - 6.1
Number of maxes - 2

Craig:
Total score - 41
Raw score - 53
Total % of max - 49
Raw % of max - 64
Total average score per round - 4.6
Raw average score per round - 5.9
Number of maxes - 2

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=45