c4countdown

Countdown recap for Tuesday 23 August 1988.

C1: Challenger Leslie Mansfield.
C2: Champion Andrew Loheide (2 wins, 112 points.)
DC: Freda Thornton and Nigel Rees.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: T W I A L N E G R
R02: C F A T D A S A E
R03: F P S I E M R U F
R04: 50, 9, 8, 6, 7, 5. Target: 127.
R05: T Y I D L E J N G
R06: L D I A P L I U R
R07: N B E T G I J N E
R08: 100, 8, 4, 2, 6, 3. Target: 576.
R09: B L E A R I D A M (conundrum)


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Round 1: T W I A L N E G R

C1: enlarge
C2: RELATING (8)
DC: WATERING (8) TRAWLING (8) TRIANGLE (8)
OT: ALERTING (8) ALTERING (8) INTEGRAL (8) TANGLIER (8)
Score: 0–8 (max 8)

Round 2: C F A T D A S A E

C1: FASTED (6)
C2: FASTED (6)
DC: FACADES (7)
Score: 6–14 (max 15)

Round 3: F P S I E M R U F

C1: PUFFIER (7)
C2: SUFFER (6)
DC: UMPIRES (7)
OT: PUFFERS (7) SPUMIER (7)
Score: 13–14 (max 22)

Round 4: 50, 9, 8, 6, 7, 5. Target: 127.

C1: 126.
C2: 127. (9 x 8) + 50 + 5 (10)
Score: 13–24 (max 32)

Round 5: T Y I D L E J N G

C1: JILTED (6)
C2: JINGLE (6)
DC: TINGLED (7) JINGLED (7) GLINTED (7)
Score: 19–30 (max 39)

Round 6: L D I A P L I U R

C1: PLURAL (6)
C2: PLURAL (6)
DC: PALLID (6)
OT: PILULAR (7)
Score: 25–36 (max 46)

Round 7: N B E T G I J N E

C1: BEGIN (5)
C2: beeting
DC: ENGINE (6)
OT: BEIGNET (7)
Score: 30–36 (max 53)

Round 8: 100, 8, 4, 2, 6, 3. Target: 576.

C1: 576. (100 x 6) - ((8 - 2) x 4) (10)
C2: 576. (100 x 6) - ((8 - 2) x 4) (10)
Score: 40–46 (max 63)

Round 9: B L E A R I D A M

C2 buzzes on 17.67 seconds to say ADMIRABLE which is correct.
Score: 40–56 (max 73)

Statistics Corner

Leslie:
Total score - 40
Raw score - 47
Total % of max - 55
Raw % of max - 64
Total average score per round - 4.4
Raw average score per round - 5.2
Number of maxes - 2

Andrew:
Total score - 56
Raw score - 62
Total % of max - 77
Raw % of max - 85
Total average score per round - 6.2
Raw average score per round - 6.9
Number of maxes - 4

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=16