Friday 22nd December 2000 (Series 43, 2nd SF)

[James Robinson]

Richard Priest did do a recap of this a while ago, but this one has the added DC finds.

Countdown recap for Friday 22 December 2000.

C1: No.2 Seed Graham Nash (9 wins, 525 points.)
C2: No.6 Seed Clare Wright (5 wins, 352 points.)
DC: Susie Dent and Barry Cryer.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: T V P E O A C S Y
R02: L T Z I E O R S D
R03: M G S U A E T R L
R04: 50, 3, 9, 6, 9, 2. Target: 235.
R05: W N T O A E L N T
R06: X B V I O E N H U
R07: A E T P L O R F M
R08: 100, 10, 5, 5, 3, 9. Target: 755.
R09: E V E R I D R I S (conundrum)


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Round 1: T V P E O A C S Y

C1: OCTAVES (7)
C2: OCTAVES (7)
DC: AVOCETS (7) TOECAPS (7)
OT: CAPOTES (7) TEAPOYS (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)

Round 2: L T Z I E O R S D

C1: LOITERS (7)
C2: LOITERS (7)
DC: TOILERS (7) ZLOTIES (7)
OT: DOZIEST (7) EDITORS (7) SORTIED (7) STEROID (7) STORIED (7) TRIODES (7) OLDSTER (7) RODLETS (7) SOLDIER (7) SOLIDER (7)
Score: 14–14 (max 14)

Round 3: M G S U A E T R L

C1: LARGEST (7)
C2: GRATES (6)
DC: AMULETS (7)
OT: GESTURAL (8)
Score: 21–14 (max 22)

Round 4: 50, 3, 9, 6, 9, 2. Target: 235.

C1: 235. (9 - 6 + 2) x (50 - 3) (10)
C2: 235. ((3 + 2) x 50) - (9 + 6) (10)
Score: 31–24 (max 32)

Round 5: W N T O A E L N T

C1: TALENT (6)
C2: TALENT (6)
DC: WANTON (6) TOWNLET (7)
Score: 37–30 (max 39)

Round 6: X B V I O E N H U

C1: BOVINE (6)
C2: BOVINE (6)
OT: BONXIE (6)
Score: 43–36 (max 45)

Round 7: A E T P L O R F M

C1: FLOATER (7)
C2: FLOATER (7)
DC: PLATFORM (8) TEMPORAL (8)
OT: TERAFLOP (8)
Score: 50–43 (max 53)

Round 8: 100, 10, 5, 5, 3, 9. Target: 755.

C1: 755. ((5 + 3) x 100) - (9 x 5) (10)
C2: 755. ((5 + 3) x 100) - (9 x 5) (10)
Score: 60–53 (max 63)

Round 9: E V E R I D R I S

C1 buzzes on 3.75 seconds to say RIVERSIDE which is correct.
Score: 70–53 (max 73)

Statistics Corner

Graham:
Total score - 70
Raw score - 70
Total % of max - 96
Raw % of max - 96
Total average score per round - 7.8
Raw average score per round - 7.8
Number of maxes - 6

Clare:
Total score - 53
Raw score - 59
Total % of max - 73
Raw % of max - 81
Total average score per round - 5.9
Raw average score per round - 6.6
Number of maxes - 5

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