Thursday 6th March 1986 (Series 8, Prelim 44)

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Thursday 6th March 1986 (Series 8, Prelim 44)

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Countdown recap for Thursday 6 March 1986.

C1: Challenger Debbie Kingshott.
C2: Champion Andrew Fisher (1 win, 47 points.)
DC: Hilary McGlynn and Gyles Brandreth.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: P A F H E R V A E
R02: O A B Y K H S U N
R03: W B E O S A T P E
R04: 100, 2, 1, 9, 3, 5. Target: 396.
R05: U E G S N T A I O
R06: I L E G C T L O S
R07: H G E I E D N T M
R08: 25, 5, 9, 2, 6, 7. Target: 265.
R09: B B E G H I I R S * (conundrum)


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Round 1: P A F H E R V A E

C1: HEAR (4)
C2: REPAVE (6)
DC: HEAVER (6)
OT: RAPHAE (6)
Score: 0–6 (max 6)

Round 2: O A B Y K H S U N

C1: BUSHY (5)
C2: SHAKY (5)
DC: KYBOSH (6)
OT: BOHUNKS (7) HUNYAKS (7)
Score: 5–11 (max 13)

Round 3: W B E O S A T P E

C1: PASTE (5)
C2: BASTE (5)
DC: bepaste
OT: BESTOW (6) PESETA (6) PESEWA (6) TOPEES (6)
Score: 10–16 (max 19)

Round 4: 100, 2, 1, 9, 3, 5. Target: 396.

C1: 396. ((3 + 1) x 100) - (9 - 5) (10)
C2: 396. ((3 + 1) x 100) - (9 - 5) (10)
Score: 20–26 (max 29)

Round 5: U E G S N T A I O

C1: TEASING (7)
C2: SEATING (7)
DC: SAUTEING (8) - actually said not to be in the dictionary on the show, but Mike says it's fine :oops:
Score: 27–33 (max 37)

Round 6: I L E G C T L O S

C1: STILL (5)
C2: GOLLIES (7)
DC: COLLIES (7)
OT: CELLIST (7) CITOLES (7) COLLETS (7) LOGIEST (7)
Score: 27–40 (max 44)

Round 7: H G E I E D N T M

C1: MEETING (7)
C2: HEEDING (7)
DC: MIDGET (6)
OT: DEEMING (7) DEMENTI (7) NEIGHED (7) TEEMING (7) THEMING (7)
Score: 34–47 (max 51)

Round 8: 25, 5, 9, 2, 6, 7. Target: 265.

C1: 265. ((25 + 5) x 9) - (7 - 2) (10)
C2: 264.
Score: 44–47 (max 61)

Round 9: B B E G H I I R S *

C1 buzzes on 6.5 seconds to say GIBBERISH which is correct.
Score: 54–47 (max 71)

Statistics Corner

Debbie:
Total score - 54
Raw score - 63
Total % of max - 76
Raw % of max - 89
Total average score per round - 6.0
Raw average score per round - 7.0
Number of maxes - 4

Andrew:
Total score - 47
Raw score - 54
Total % of max - 66
Raw % of max - 76
Total average score per round - 5.2
Raw average score per round - 6.0
Number of maxes - 4

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=8
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