Wednesday 11th October 1989 (Series 18, 1st SF)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Wednesday 11 October 1989.

C1: No.5 Seed Mandi Hale (6 wins, 310 points.)
C2: No.1 Seed Jonathan Anstey (9 wins, 1 draw, 585 points.)
DC: Catherine Clarke and Eve Pollard.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: H B W P O E A I R
R02: S R D E U O D T E
R03: L T Z S A E I E Q
R04: 25, 4, 2, 10, 7, 5. Target: 403.
R05: I A U I F X S T N
R06: S R P Y A E I A C
R07: E R A D N S F O Y
R08: 50, 4, 5, 5, 1, 3. Target: 899.
R09: C E F O O R R T U (conundrum)


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Round 1: H B W P O E A I R

C1: PHOBIA (6)
C2: POWER (5)
DC: PROBE (5) WIPER (5)
OT: PEROBA (6)
Score: 6–0 (max 6)

Round 2: S R D E U O D T E

C1: ROUSED (6)
C2: rousted
DC: DETOURED (8)
Score: 12–0 (max 14)

Round 3: L T Z S A E I E Q

C1: LAZIEST (7)
C2: ELATES (6)
OT: TEAZELS (7) TEAZLES (7)
Score: 19–0 (max 21)

Round 4: 25, 4, 2, 10, 7, 5. Target: 403.

C1: 402. ((10 + 4 + 2) x 25) + 7 - 5 (7)
C2: 402. ((10 + 4 + 2) x 25) + 7 - 5 (7)
CV: 403. ((10 + 7) x 25) - ((4 x 5) + 2) (10)
Score: 26–7 (max 31)

Round 5: I A U I F X S T N

C1: FAINTS (6)
C2: FUSTIAN (7)
Score: 26–14 (max 38)

Round 6: S R P Y A E I A C

C1: CRISPY (6)
C2: PIRACY (6)
DC: AIRSPACE (8)
Score: 32–20 (max 46)

Round 7: E R A D N S F O Y

C1: SNARED (6)
C2: FRONDS (6)
DC: foresay
OT: DEFRAYS (7) FEDORAS (7) FEODARY (7) FORAYED (7) NOYADES (7) SNARFED (7)
Score: 38–26 (max 53)

Round 8: 50, 4, 5, 5, 1, 3. Target: 899.

C1: 900.
C2: 899. (((4 x 5) - (5 - 3)) x 50) - 1 (10)
Score: 38–36 (max 63)

Round 9: C E F O O R R T U *

C1 buzzes on 4 seconds to say FORECOURT which is correct.
Score: 48–36 (max 73)

Statistics Corner

Mandi:
Total score - 48
Raw score - 61
Total % of max - 66
Raw % of max - 84
Total average score per round - 5.3
Raw average score per round - 6.8
Number of maxes - 3

Jonathan:
Total score - 36
Raw score - 47
Total % of max - 49
Raw % of max - 64
Total average score per round - 4.0
Raw average score per round - 5.2
Number of maxes - 2

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