Monday 24th September 1990 (Series 20, 3rd QF)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Monday 24 September 1990.

C1: No.4 Seed Roy Bendall (5 wins, 237 points.)
C2: No.5 Seed Maurice Binks (5 wins, 231 points.)
DC: Simon Mason and Simon Williams.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: S W U G N E R O S
R02: A O K D C N S V A
R03: D T U R R A N L E
R04: 100, 75, 50, 10, 8, 5. Target: 631.
R05: F D T E E M G V R
R06: G N E N P E Z S A
R07: I I L C Q D S T E
R08: 100, 4, 8, 8, 3, 9. Target: 699.
R09: G R E E N D I R T (conundrum)


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Round 1: S W U G N E R O S

C1: ROSES (5)
C2: WRONGS (6)
DC: SURGEONS (8)
OT: SNOWSURE (8)
Score: 0–6 (max 8)

Round 2: A O K D C N S V A

C1: SNACK (5)
C2: DOCKS (5)
DC: skoda
OT: CANVAS (6) VODKAS (6)
Score: 5–11 (max 14)

Round 3: D T U R R A N L E

C1: TARRED (6)
C2: NATURED (7)
DC: NEUTRAL (7)
OT: LAUNDER (7) LURDANE (7) RUDERAL (7) TRUNDLE (7) UNRATED (7)
Score: 5–18 (max 21)

Round 4: 100, 75, 50, 10, 8, 5. Target: 631.

C1: 637.
C2: 635. (8 x 75) + 50 - 10 - 5 (7)
OT: 631. ((75 + (100 / 50)) x 8) + 10 + 5 (10)
Score: 5–25 (max 31)

Round 5: F D T E E M G V R

C1: VERGED (6)
C2: GREED (5)
DC: MERGED (6) metred
OT: DEFTER (6) TERMED (6)
Score: 11–25 (max 37)

Round 6: G N E N P E Z S A

C1: PANGS (5)
C2: PANGS (5)
DC: NAPES (5)
OT: ASPEN (5) GAPES (5) GAZES (5) GEANS (5) GENAE (5) GENES (5) NEAPS (5) NEEPS (5) NENES (5) PAGES (5) PANES (5) PANNE (5) PEASE (5) PEENS (5) PENES (5) PENNE (5) SENNA (5) SPANG (5)
Score: 16–30 (max 42)

Round 7: I I L C Q D S T E

C1: SILTED (6)
C2: TIDIES (6)
DC: ELICITS (7) DICIEST (7)
OT: DEISTIC (7) DELICTS (7)
Score: 22–36 (max 49)

Round 8: 100, 4, 8, 8, 3, 9. Target: 699.

C1: 699. ((8 - (9 - 8)) x 100) - (4 - 3) (10)
C2: 699. ((4 + 3) x 100) - (8 / 8) (10)
Score: 32–46 (max 59)

Round 9: G R E E N D I R T

C2 buzzes on 3 seconds to say TENDERING which is incorrect.
C1 does not buzz.
The answer was DETERRING.
Score: 32–46 (max 69)

Statistics Corner

Roy:
Total score - 32
Raw score - 48
Total % of max - 46
Raw % of max - 70
Total average score per round - 3.6
Raw average score per round - 5.3
Number of maxes - 3

Maurice:
Total score - 46
Raw score - 51
Total % of max - 67
Raw % of max - 74
Total average score per round - 5.1
Raw average score per round - 5.7
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=20