Wednesday 15th March 2000 (Series 42, Prelim 53)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Wednesday 15 March 2000.

C1: Champion Wil Ransome (1 win, 57 points.)
C2: Challenger Lynn McNichol.
DC: Mark Nyman and Stephen Fry.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R K D A E A S T O
R02: N G E A H J U R X
R03: Y T F I E A S N L
R04: 5, 8, 3, 7, 3, 7. Target: 323.
R05: G R D O E I C S E
R06: Q A O E T N H V R
R07: D F S I A T M E I
R08: 100, 50, 25, 1, 4, 10. Target: 217.
R09: S I N N E R M A M (conundrum)


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Round 1: R K D A E A S T O

C1: ROASTED (7)
C2: starked
DC: DARKEST (7)
OT: OSTRAKA (7) TORSADE (7) STROKED (7)
Score: 7–0 (max 7)

Round 2: N G E A H J U R X

C1: HANGER (6)
C2: HANGER (6)
DC: HUNGER (6)
OT: NURAGHE (7)
Score: 13–6 (max 14)

Round 3: Y T F I E A S N L

C1: INFLATES (8)
C2: ENTAILS (7)
Score: 21–6 (max 22)

Round 4: 5, 8, 3, 7, 3, 7. Target: 323.

C1: 320. (7 + 3) x ((5 x 7) - 3) (7)
C2: 327.
CV: 323. (((5 x 8) + 7) x 7) - (3 + 3) (10)
Score: 28–6 (max 32)

Round 5: G R D O E I C S E

C1: corgies
C2: CODGERS (7)
DC: GEODESIC (8)
Score: 28–13 (max 40)

Round 6: Q A O E T N H V R

C1: THRONE (6)
C2: ANOTHER (7)
Score: 28–20 (max 47)

Round 7: D F S I A T M E I

C1: FASTED (6)
C2: FASTED (6)
DC: MISDATE (7)
OT: FIDEISM (7) FIDEIST (7)
Score: 34–26 (max 54)

Round 8: 100, 50, 25, 1, 4, 10. Target: 217.

C1: 217. ((50 / 25) x (100 + 4)) + 10 - 1 (10)
C2: 215.
Score: 44–26 (max 64)

Round 9: S I N N E R M A M

C1 buzzes on 4.25 seconds to say MANNERISM which is correct.
Score: 54–26 (max 74)

Statistics Corner

Wil:
Total score - 54
Raw score - 60
Total % of max - 73
Raw % of max - 81
Total average score per round - 6.0
Raw average score per round - 6.7
Number of maxes - 4

Lynn:
Total score - 26
Raw score - 47
Total % of max - 35
Raw % of max - 64
Total average score per round - 2.9
Raw average score per round - 5.2
Number of maxes - 1

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