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Wednesday 26th September 1990 (Series 20, 1st SF)

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:06 pm
by James Robinson
Countdown recap for Wednesday 26 September 1990.

C1: No.1 Seed Derek Coombs (9 wins, 531 points.)
C2: No.5 Seed Maurice Binks (6 wins, 277 points.)
DC: Simon Mason and Tim Rice.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: Q N N S A E U P N
R02: D T C L E O Z N G
R03: R S R A O A N D R
R04: 75, 6, 7, 5, 8, 1. Target: 112.
R05: E A V G S C S L D
R06: C T S I E E J I W
R07: K R S G E U F L X
R08: 100, 10, 2, 8, 1, 9. Target: 670.
R09: R I C E M I N E S (conundrum)


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Round 1: Q N N S A E U P N

C1: PANES (5)
C2: PANES (5)
DC: QUEANS (6)
OT: PANNUS (6) UNSNAP (6)
Score: 5–5 (max 6)

Round 2: D T C L E O Z N G

C1: LONGED (6)
C2: CLONE (5)
DC: GOLDEN (6)
OT: CLONED (6) COGENT (6) DOCENT (6) DONGLE (6) GLOZED (6) TONGED (6)
Score: 11–5 (max 12)

Round 3: R S R A O A N D R

C1: ADORNS (6)
C2: ROARS (5)
OT: ARDORS (6) RADARS (6) SARDAR (6)
Score: 17–5 (max 18)

Round 4: 75, 6, 7, 5, 8, 1. Target: 112.

C1: 112. (5 x 6) + 7 + 75 (10)
C2: 112. (1 + 6 + 7) x 8 (10)
Score: 27–15 (max 28)

Round 5: E A V G S C S L D

C1: CLASSED (7)
C2: GLASSED (7)
OT: DECLASS (7)
Score: 34–22 (max 35)

Round 6: C T S I E E J I W

C1: EJECTS (6)
C2: EJECTS (6)
DC: CITIES (6)
OT: EEJITS (6) ICIEST (6)
Score: 40–28 (max 41)

Round 7: K R S G E U F L X

C1: FLUKES (6)
C2: FLUKES (6)
DC: GRUELS (6)
OT: FLUXES (6) REFLUX (6) SULKER (6)
Score: 46–34 (max 47)

Round 8: 100, 10, 2, 8, 1, 9. Target: 670.

C1: 680. ((8 - 2) x 100) + ((9 - 1) x 10) (5)
C2: -
CV: 670. (100 - (((9 + 8) x 2) - 1)) x 10 (10)
Score: 51–34 (max 57)

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

No one buzzes. The answer was REMINISCE.
Score: 51–34 (max 67)

Statistics Corner

Derek:
Total score - 51
Raw score - 51
Total % of max - 76
Raw % of max - 76
Total average score per round - 5.7
Raw average score per round - 5.7
Number of maxes - 6

Maurice:
Total score - 34
Raw score - 44
Total % of max - 51
Raw % of max - 66
Total average score per round - 3.8
Raw average score per round - 4.9
Number of maxes - 4

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