c4countdown

Countdown recap for Thursday 5 January 1989.

C1: Series 13 Champion & No.5 Seed Hilary Hopper (7 wins, 1 draw, 450 points.)
C2: Series 16 Semi-Finalist & No.4 Seed Steve Williams (9 wins, 464 points.)
DC: Catherine Clarke and Tim Rice.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: U A E R X Y T S T
R02: B V P O A E L P E
R03: A O E G D M R C E
R04: 75, 10, 7, 4, 5, 3. Target: 433.
R05: R C R O A E D S D
R06: A A A T L N L I L
R07: T D H A E E J Z B
R08: 75, 100, 6, 7, 2, 2. Target: 804.
R09: A C D E N N R S T * (conundrum)


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Round 1: U A E R X Y T S T

C1: STATURE (7)
C2: EXTRAS (6)
DC: ESTUARY (7)
OT: URTEXTS (7) YATTERS (7)
Score: 7–0 (max 7)

Round 2: B V P O A E L P E

C1: APPLE (5)
C2: PEOPLE (6)
Score: 7–6 (max 13)

Round 3: A O E G D M R C E

C1: CREAMED (7)
C2: CREAMED (7)
DC: CORDAGE (7)
OT: AMERCED (7) CAROMED (7) COMRADE (7) MERCADO (7)
Score: 14–13 (max 20)

Round 4: 75, 10, 7, 4, 5, 3. Target: 433.

C1: 433. ((4 - 3 + 5) x 75) - (10 + 7) (10)
C2: 433. ((75 + 10) x 5) + 4 - 3 + 7 (10)
Score: 24–23 (max 30)

Round 5: R C R O A E D S D

C1: dosser
C2: SCORED (6)
DC: RECORDS (7)
OT: ADORERS (7) CARDERS (7) COARSER (7) DEODARS (7) DROSERA (7) SCARRED (7)
Score: 24–29 (max 37)

Round 6: A A A T L N L I L

C1: TALL (4)
C2: TALL (4)
DC: LIANA (5)
RW: LILT (4)
OT: LANAI (5) NATAL (5) TANIA (5)
Score: 28–33 (max 42)

Round 7: T D H A E E J Z B

C1: BATHED (6)
C2: HEATED (6)
DC: DEBATE (6)
OT: BEHEAD (6)
Score: 34–39 (max 48)

Round 8: 75, 100, 6, 7, 2, 2. Target: 804.

C1: 805. ((6 + 2) x 100) + 7 - 2 (7)
C2: 805. ((6 + 2) x 100) + 7 - 2 (7)
CV: 804. (((6 x 75) + 2) x 2) - 100 (10)
Score: 41–46 (max 58)

Round 9: A C D E N N R S T *

C2 buzzes on 5 seconds to say TRANSCEND which is correct.
Score: 41–56 (max 68)

Statistics Corner

Hilary:
Total score - 41
Raw score - 46
Total % of max - 60
Raw % of max - 68
Total average score per round - 4.6
Raw average score per round - 5.1
Number of maxes - 4

Steve:
Total score - 56
Raw score - 62
Total % of max - 82
Raw % of max - 91
Total average score per round - 6.2
Raw average score per round - 6.9
Number of maxes - 5

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=-7