c4countdown

Countdown recap for Thursday 15 March 1990.

C1: Challenger Gino Corr.
C2: Champion Iqbal Hussein (1 win, 51 points.)
DC: Freda Thornton and Sylvia Syms.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: F T R A I W A Z U
R02: D S R N A E B V S
R03: Y S G M A E I T R
R04: 50, 2, 9, 8, 10, 6. Target: 769.
R05: R D S V G U O N A
R06: R C T E O H E C G
R07: S S B Y T I O L R
R08: 50, 100, 75, 3, 10, 7. Target: 762.
R09: E E I M R S T T X * (conundrum)


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Round 1: F T R A I W A Z U

C1: RAFT (4)
C2: WAFT (4)
DC: wazir ATRIA (5)
OT: AFRIT (5) AWAIT (5) FATWA (5) FRITZ (5) FRUIT (5) RAITA (5) TAFIA (5) TIARA (5) TRIFA (5)
Score: 4–4 (max 5)

Round 2: D S R N A E B V S

C1: ADVERBS (7)
C2: BRASSED (7)
OT: DRABNESS (8)
Score: 11–11 (max 13)

Round 3: Y S G M A E I T R

C1: STREAM (6)
C2: MASTERY (7)
DC: MIGRATES (8) STEAMY (6)
OT: MAGISTER (8) STERIGMA (8)
Score: 11–18 (max 21)

Round 4: 50, 2, 9, 8, 10, 6. Target: 769.

C1: 769. ((6 + 10) x (50 - 2)) + 9 - 8 (10)
C2: -
Score: 21–18 (max 31)

Round 5: R D S V G U O N A

C1: AGROUND (7)
C2: GROUNDS (7)
DC: DRAGONS (7)
OT: DURGONS (7)
Score: 28–25 (max 38)

Round 6: R C T E O H E C G

C1: CROTCH (6)
C2: CROCHET (7)
OT: CORTEGE (7) ECORCHE (7) GOTCHER (7) TROCHEE (7)
Score: 28–32 (max 45)

Round 7: S S B Y T I O L R

C1: BROILS (6)
C2: bossily - Mike thinks it should be OK.......
OT: BRISTOLS (8)
Score: 34–32 (max 53)

Round 8: 50, 100, 75, 3, 10, 7. Target: 762.

C1: 762. (75 x 10) + 7 + 3 + (100 / 50) (10)
C2: 762. (75 x 10) + 7 + 3 + (100 / 50) (10)
Score: 44–42 (max 63)

Round 9: E E I M R S T T X *

C1 buzzes on 2 seconds to say EXTREMIST which is correct.
Score: 54–42 (max 73)

Statistics Corner

Gino:
Total score - 54
Raw score - 66
Total % of max - 74
Raw % of max - 90
Total average score per round - 6.0
Raw average score per round - 7.3
Number of maxes - 4

Iqbal:
Total score - 42
Raw score - 42
Total % of max - 58
Raw % of max - 58
Total average score per round - 4.7
Raw average score per round - 4.7
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=19

James Robinson wrote:Round 7: S S B Y T I O L R

C1: BROILS (6)
C2: bossily - Mike thinks it should be OK.......

Absolutely, and I stand by my comment of 21 years ago! In those days, what adverbs were allowed was very much down to who the lexicographer was (unless they were specified in the dictionary, of course), a problem that wasn't really resolved until Damo took charge of proceedings.