Friday 23rd March 1990 (Series 19, 2nd QF)

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Friday 23rd March 1990 (Series 19, 2nd QF)

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Countdown recap for Friday 23 March 1990.

C1: No.7 Seed Elaine Newcombe (3 wins, 152 points.)
C2: No.2 Seed Joan Orchard (7 wins, 298 points.)
DC: Simon Mason and Nigel Rees.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: G S T U I M P E Y
R02: S L O I T S O A H
R03: V S G R O E E N E
R04: 100, 1, 5, 5, 4, 4. Target: 759.
R05: M D L A E I N B S
R06: N P C R O I A K U
R07: G L Y I U E J R T
R08: 25, 6, 10, 1, 7, 6. Target: 656.
R09: D E E I P P R R S * (conundrum)


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Round 1: G S T U I M P E Y

C1: MUSTY (5)
C2: STUMP (5)
DC: IMPUTES (7) PYGMIES (7)
OT: GUIMPES (7) IMPETUS (7) MISTYPE (7)
Score: 5–5 (max 7)

Round 2: S L O I T S O A H

C1: SOLOIST (7)
C2: halitosis - and declared as 8 :!: :oops:
OT: HISTOSOL (8)
Score: 12–5 (max 15)

Round 3: V S G R O E E N E

C1: GREENS (6)
C2: VENEERS (7)
DC: REVENGES (8)
OT: OVERSEEN (8)
Score: 12–12 (max 23)

Round 4: 100, 1, 5, 5, 4, 4. Target: 759.

C1: 759. ((100 - 5) x (4 + 4)) - 1 (10)
C2: 759. ((100 - 5) x (4 + 4)) - 1 (10)
Score: 22–22 (max 33)

Round 5: M D L A E I N B S

C1: BANDIES (7)
C2: BLAMES (6)
DC: MANDIBLES (18)
Score: 29–22 (max 51)

Round 6: N P C R O I A K U

C1: UNCORK (6)
C2: CROAK (5)
OT: ANURIC (6) CORNUA (6) KIRPAN (6) KORUNA (6) OPANCI (6) PARKIN (6) PICARO (6) UNPACK (6) UNPICK (6)
Score: 35–22 (max 57)

Round 7: G L Y I U E J R T

C1: UGLIER (6)
C2: TRULY (5)
DC: LITURGY (7)
Score: 41–22 (max 64)

Round 8: 25, 6, 10, 1, 7, 6. Target: 656.

C1: 650. (((7 - (6 - 1)) x 10) + 6) x 25 (5)
C2: -
CV: 656. ((((7 - 1) x 6) - 10) x 25) + 6 (10)
Score: 46–22 (max 74)

Round 9: D E E I P P R R S *

C2 buzzes on 15 seconds to say PERSPIRED which is correct.
Score: 46–32 (max 84)

Statistics Corner

Elaine:
Total score - 46
Raw score - 52
Total % of max - 55
Raw % of max - 62
Total average score per round - 5.1
Raw average score per round - 5.8
Number of maxes - 2

Joan:
Total score - 32
Raw score - 48
Total % of max - 38
Raw % of max - 57
Total average score per round - 3.6
Raw average score per round - 5.3
Number of maxes - 2

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