c4countdown

Countdown recap for Monday 9 October 1989.

C1: No.6 Seed Shirley Scott (5 wins, 251 points.)
C2: No.3 Seed Rajaretnam Yogasagarar (6 wins, 333 points.)
DC: Catherine Clarke and Gyles Brandreth.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: D R S A E G K O D
R02: S I G L O Z T I L
R03: S X N F E O A T E
R04: 25, 3, 8, 5, 6, 10. Target: 538.
R05: P D U M R A U B O
R06: A I A T S R S I N
R07: Y C E W R A E P Q
R08: 50, 7, 1, 3, 9, 7. Target: 312.
R09: A C E I L M N R U * (conundrum)


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Round 1: D R S A E G K O D

C1: GRADES (6)
C2: DODGERS (7)
OT: DEODARS (7)
Score: 0–7 (max 7)

Round 2: S I G L O Z T I L

C1: STILL (5)
C2: TOILS (5)
DC: glitz
OT: GILLS (5) GILTS (5) GLOST (5) LILOS (5) LILTS (5) SIGIL (5) TILLS (5) TOLLS (5)
Score: 5–12 (max 12)

Round 3: S X N F E O A T E

C1: FASTEN (6)
C2: FASTEN (6)
DC: SEX (3) SENATE (6)
OT: ATONES (6) EXEATS (6) SATEEN (6) SEXTON (6) SOFTEN (6)
Score: 11–18 (max 18)

Round 4: 25, 3, 8, 5, 6, 10. Target: 538.

C1: 536.
C2: 537. (((6 x 5) - 8) x 25) - 10 - 3 (7)
CV: 538. ((25 + 5) x 3 x 6) - (10 - 8) (10)
Score: 11–25 (max 28)

Round 5: P D U M R A U B O

C1: BROAD (5)
C2: PROUD (5)
OT: AMOUR (5) BOARD (5) DOBRA (5) DUMBO (5) DURUM (5) MUDRA (5) RUMBA (5) UMBRA (5)
Score: 16–30 (max 33)

Round 6: A I A T S R S I N

C1: STRAINS (7)
C2: SATINS (6)
DC: ARTISANS (8) INTARSIAS (18)
OT: INTARSIA (8) TSARINAS (8)
Score: 23–30 (max 51)

Round 7: Y C E W R A E P Q

C1: CREEPY (6)
C2: CREEPY (6)
OT: CREPEY (6) YAWPER (6)
Score: 29–36 (max 57)

Round 8: 50, 7, 1, 3, 9, 7. Target: 312.

C1: 312. (50 x (7 - 1)) + 9 + 3 (10)
C2: 312. (50 x (7 - 1)) + 9 + 3 (10)
Score: 39–46 (max 67)

Round 9: A C E I L M N R U *

No one buzzes. The answer was NUMERICAL.
Score: 39–46 (max 77)

Statistics Corner

Shirley:
Total score - 39
Raw score - 52
Total % of max - 51
Raw % of max - 68
Total average score per round - 4.3
Raw average score per round - 5.8
Number of maxes - 5

Rajaretnam:
Total score - 46
Raw score - 52
Total % of max - 60
Raw % of max - 68
Total average score per round - 5.1
Raw average score per round - 5.8
Number of maxes - 6

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=18