Monday 30th December 1991 (Series 23, Prelim 1)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Monday 30 December 1991.

C1: Champion Alan Harston (1 win, 44 points.)
C2: Challenger Diana White.
DC: Judy Pearsall and Brian Johnston.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R K N O T D P E A
R02: H T G S T A U E M
R03: R R B A T P R I A
R04: 100, 3, 9, 4, 7, 1. Target: 239.
R05: G T V T E I O L S
R06: R W J I S P D O U
R07: N C S M A O A Q L
R08: 75, 6, 10, 4, 5, 8. Target: 621.
R09: P A G A N P I L E (conundrum)


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Round 1: R K N O T D P E A

C1: PATRON (6)
C2: PANDER (6)
DC: DEPART (6) PRONATED (8)
Score: 6–6 (max 8)

Round 2: H T G S T A U E M

C1: GAMES (5)
C2: STEAM (5)
DC: TAUGHT (6) STEAM (5) MUTATES (7)
OT: MESHUGA (7) SHMATTE (7)
Score: 11–11 (max 15)

Round 3: R R B A T P R I A

C1: TIARA (5)
C2: BRIAR (5)
DC: PAIR (4) PART (4) bart APART (5)
OT: PATRIA (6)
Score: 16–16 (max 21)

Round 4: 100, 3, 9, 4, 7, 1. Target: 239.

C1: 237. ((3 - 1) x 100) + (4 x 7) + 9 (7)
C2: 242.
CV: 239. ((100 / 4) x 9) + ((3 - 1) x 7) (10)
Score: 23–16 (max 31)

Round 5: G T V T E I O L S

C1: TITLES (6)
C2: TITLES (6)
DC: VIOLETS (7) TOILETS (7) GLOTTIS (7) LITOTES (7)
OT: EGOTIST (7) LOGIEST (7) VITTLES (7)
Score: 29–22 (max 38)

Round 6: R W J I S P D O U

C1: WORDS (5)
C2: PROUD (5)
DC: SOUP (4) DOUR (4)
OT: DIPSO (5) DORPS (5) DRIPS (5) DROPS (5) JIRDS (5) PIOUS (5) POUIS (5) POURS (5) PRODS (5) PROWS (5) PURIS (5) PUROS (5) ROUPS (5) SWORD (5)
Score: 34–27 (max 43)

Round 7: N C S M A O A Q L

C1: MASON (5)
C2: SALMON (6)
DC: CANALS (6) COALMAN (7)
Score: 34–33 (max 50)

Round 8: 75, 6, 10, 4, 5, 8. Target: 621.

C1: 621. (75 x 8) + 10 + 6 + 5 (10)
C2: 622.
Score: 44–33 (max 60)

Round 9: P A G A N P I L E

C1 buzzes on 3.33 seconds to say APPEALING which is correct.
Score: 54–33 (max 70)

Statistics Corner

Alan:
Total score - 54
Raw score - 59
Total % of max - 77
Raw % of max - 84
Total average score per round - 6.0
Raw average score per round - 6.6
Number of maxes - 3

Diana:
Total score - 33
Raw score - 47
Total % of max - 47
Raw % of max - 67
Total average score per round - 3.7
Raw average score per round - 5.2
Number of maxes - 1

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=23

[Rhys Benjamin]

With the caveat that I don't have COD8, either VITTLES is invalid here or S24 QF2 has an admin error in disallowing it.