Tuesday 29th January 1991 (Series 21, Prelim 15)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 29 January 1991.

C1: Champion Raine Hilson (1 win, 1 draw, 100 points.)
C2: Challenger John Arfon (1 draw, 35 points.)
DC: Freda Thornton and Bill Tidy.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: D N T B A U A O Y
R02: S A P W S R E L O
R03: T L N S E I R B E
R04: 100, 9, 3, 8, 10, 7. Target: 340.
R05: T I R O T P T H A
R06: R W D I E U G N O
R07: T E M R S O H E K
R08: 75, 100, 10, 1, 1, 4. Target: 724.
R09: G R I N D C O R E (conundrum)


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Round 1: D N T B A U A O Y

C1: BOTANY (6)
C2: BUOYANT (7)
OT: DAYBOAT (7)
Score: 0–7 (max 7)

Round 2: S A P W S R E L O

C1: SPARES (6)
C2: PROWLS (6)
DC: PAROLES (7) PROWESS (7)
OT: LASSOER (7) OARLESS (7) PLESSOR (7) REPOSAL (7) SEROSAL (7) SOLERAS (7) SPRAWLS (7)
Score: 6–13 (max 14)

Round 3: T L N S E I R B E

C1: TINSEL (6)
C2: LISTENER (8)
OT: ENLISTER (8) STILBENE (8)
Score: 6–21 (max 22)

Round 4: 100, 9, 3, 8, 10, 7. Target: 340.

C1: 340. ((9 x 3) + 7) x 10 (10)
C2: 340. ((9 x 3) + 7) x 10 (10)
Score: 16–31 (max 32)

Round 5: T I R O T P T H A

C1: TRAIT (5)
C2: TAROT (5)
DC: PATRIOT (7)
Score: 21–36 (max 39)

Round 6: R W D I E U G N O

C1: WORDING (7)
C2: WIDGEON (7)
DC: rewording
OT: DOWERING (8)
Score: 28–43 (max 47)

Round 7: T E M R S O H E K

C1: STORM (5)
C2: MOTHERS (7)
DC: SMOTHER (7) thermos
OT: THEOREMS (8)
Score: 28–50 (max 55)

Round 8: 75, 100, 10, 1, 1, 4. Target: 724.

C1: 724. (75 x 10) - (100 / 4) - 1 (10)
C2: 721.
Score: 38–50 (max 65)

Round 9: G R I N D C O R E

C2 buzzes on 2 seconds to say RECORDING which is correct.
Score: 38–60 (max 75)

Statistics Corner

Raine:
Total score - 38
Raw score - 55
Total % of max - 51
Raw % of max - 73
Total average score per round - 4.2
Raw average score per round - 6.1
Number of maxes - 2

John:
Total score - 60
Raw score - 67
Total % of max - 80
Raw % of max - 89
Total average score per round - 6.7
Raw average score per round - 7.4
Number of maxes - 4

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=21