c4countdown

This was the 1,000th edition of Countdown.

Countdown recap for Wednesday 28 March 1990.

C1: No.1 Seed Lindsay Denyer (9 wins, 430 points.)
C2: No.5 Seed Gino Corr (5 wins, 254 points.)
DC: Simon Mason and Bill Tidy.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: L T R O E U D M F
R02: Z R Y T I E U E L
R03: D V Q A O A B C A
R04: 50, 75, 100, 2, 7, 8. Target: 960.
R05: G T L N O E O S W
R06: P T R D E I E P M
R07: N N S N S A O I D
R08: 100, 10, 5, 4, 6, 9. Target: 142.
R09: N U L B U T T E R (conundrum)


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Round 1: L T R O E U D M F

C1: FLOUTED (7)
C2: FLOUTED (7)
DC: MOULTED (7)
OT: FLOURED (7) MOULDER (7) REMOULD (7)
Score: 7–7 (max 7)

Round 2: Z R Y T I E U E L

C1: TRULY (5)
C2: TRULY (5)
DC: RUTILE (6)
OT: EERILY (6) TUYERE (6)
Score: 12–12 (max 13)

Round 3: D V Q A O A B C A

C1: BAD (3)
C2: CAB (3)
DC: CODA (4)
OT: ABACA (5)
Score: 15–15 (max 18)

Round 4: 50, 75, 100, 2, 7, 8. Target: 960.

C1: 968.
C2: 957. ((50 + 75) x 8) - (100 / 2) + 7 (7)
CV: 960. (100 + 75 - 50 - (7 - 2)) x 8 (10)
Score: 15–22 (max 28)

Round 5: G T L N O E O S W

C1: LOWEST (6)
C2: WOOLENS (7)
DC: LONGEST (7) GENTOOS (7)
Score: 15–29 (max 35)

Round 6: P T R D E I E P M

C1: TEMPER (6)
C2: TRIPPED (7)
OT: DEMERIT (7) DEMIREP (7) DIMETER (7) EMPTIED (7) EMPTIER (7) MERITED (7) PEPTIDE (7) PRIMPED (7)
Score: 15–36 (max 42)

Round 7: N N S N S A O I D

C1: SANDS (5)
C2: SAID (4)
OT: ANIONS (6) DANIOS (6) DONNAS (6) NONDAS (6)
Score: 20–36 (max 48)

Round 8: 100, 10, 5, 4, 6, 9. Target: 142.

C1: 143.
C2: 142. 100 + (4 x 10) + 5 - (9 - 6) (10)
Score: 20–46 (max 58)

Round 9: N U L B U T T E R

C2 buzzes on 5 seconds to say TURBULENT which is correct.
Score: 20–56 (max 68)

Statistics Corner

Lindsay:
Total score - 20
Raw score - 44
Total % of max - 29
Raw % of max - 65
Total average score per round - 2.2
Raw average score per round - 4.9
Number of maxes - 1

Gino:
Total score - 56
Raw score - 60
Total % of max - 82
Raw % of max - 88
Total average score per round - 6.2
Raw average score per round - 6.7
Number of maxes - 5

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