Wednesday 25th September 2002 (Ser. 48, Prelim 48)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Wednesday 25 September 2002.

C1: Champion Roger Ordish (1 win, 88 points.)
C2: Challenger Joyce Dunkley.
DC: Richard Samson and Thelma Barlow.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: R V C M I A E S O
R02: G D R L A I E E T
R03: P N R D A I O U A
R04: T S L I E U E M P
R05: 100, 6, 9, 1, 8, 10. Target: 519.
TTT: HEATCAR - "From the neck down"
R06: C G T B I A O E H
R07: R S D K I E A F N
R08: G L T M U A O E D
R09: S R N W U O E C S
R10: 50, 25, 6, 9, 8, 7. Target: 866.
TTT: REFUTAL - "Eyes well that ends well"
R11: T L P G A U O I E
R12: R V T D E A O A N
R13: S Z Y M F E U O L
R14: 25, 75, 4, 4, 7, 10. Target: 636.
R15: M O A N I D E N T (conundrum)


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Round 1: R V C M I A E S O

C1: VARIES (6)
C2: SCREAM (6)
DC: OVARIES (7) VARICOSE (8)
Score: 6–6 (max 8)

Round 2: G D R L A I E E T

C1: glaired
C2: TRAILED (7)
DC: RETAILED (8)
OT: GAITERED (8) LITREAGE (8)
Score: 6–13 (max 16)

Round 3: P N R D A I O U A

C1: APRON (5)
C2: PIANO (5)
DC: PARANOID (8)
Score: 11–18 (max 24)

Round 4: T S L I E U E M P

C1: EPISTLE (7)
C2: IMPULSE (7)
DC: LUMPIEST (8) TEMPLES (7)
OT: PLUMIEST (8)
Score: 18–25 (max 32)

Round 5: 100, 6, 9, 1, 8, 10. Target: 519.

C1: 519. (100 x (6 - 1)) + 10 + 9 (10)
C2: 519. (100 x (6 - 1)) + 10 + 9 (10)
Score: 28–35 (max 42)

Teatime teaser: HEATCAR -> TRACHEA

Round 6: C G T B I A O E H

C1: BITCH (5)
C2: BIGHT (5)
DC: BIOTECH (7) ICEBOAT (7)
OT: ACHIOTE (7) COHABIT (7)
Score: 33–40 (max 49)

Round 7: R S D K I E A F N

C1: FRIENDS (7)
C2: FRISKED (7)
DC: SARDINE (7) FRANKED (7)
OT: DARKENS (7) DARKIES (7) FINDERS (7) REDSKIN (7) SKINDER (7) KNIFERS (7) SANDIER (7) SNAKIER (7) SNARFED (7)
Score: 40–47 (max 56)

Round 8: G L T M U A O E D

C1: GLOATED (7)
C2: MALTED (6)
DC: MODULATE (8)
Score: 47–47 (max 64)

Round 9: S R N W U O E C S

C1: COWERS (6)
C2: WORSENS (7)
DC: UNSCREWS (8)
OT: CORNUSES (8) SNOWSURE (8)
Score: 47–54 (max 72)

Round 10: 50, 25, 6, 9, 8, 7. Target: 866.

C1: -
C2: -
CV: 864. (7)
OT: 866. ((50 x (25 - 8)) + 9 + 7 (10)
Score: 47–54 (max 82)

Teatime teaser: REFUTAL -> TEARFUL

Round 11: T L P G A U O I E

C1: PILOTAGE (8)
C2: GLUEPOT (7)
DC: GALIPOT (7)
Score: 55–54 (max 90)

Round 12: R V T D E A O A N

C1: RAVEN (5)
C2: TREAD (5)
DC: VERDANT (7) NOVATED (7)
OT: TAVERNA (7) VERANDA (7)
Score: 60–59 (max 97)

Round 13: S Z Y M F E U O L

C1: FLUMES (6)
C2: MULES (5)
DC: MYSELF (6) FULSOME (7)
Score: 66–59 (max 104)

Round 14: 25, 75, 4, 4, 7, 10. Target: 636.

C1: 656.
C2: 645. ((75 - 4 - 4) x 10) - 25 (5)
CV: 636. ((75 - 7 - 4) x 10) - 4 (10)
Score: 66–64 (max 114)

Round 15: M O A N I D E N T

C2 buzzes on 8 seconds to say NOMINATED which is correct.
Score: 66–74 (max 124)

Statistics Corner

Roger:
Total score - 66
Raw score - 72
Total % of max - 53
Raw % of max - 58
Total average score per round - 4.4
Raw average score per round - 4.8
Number of maxes - 3

Joyce:
Total score - 74
Raw score - 92
Total % of max - 60
Raw % of max - 74
Total average score per round - 4.9
Raw average score per round - 6.1
Number of maxes - 3

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=48

[Charlie Reams]

Nice. Where did you get this?

[James Robinson]

Nice. Where did you get this?

It's on YouTube, thanks to Timothy Fail, who has donated quite a few 2002 episodes to Thomas Wood. So, I thought why not upload them

[Clive Brooker]

Good work James.

Quite a few of the Youtube uploads (but not all) have been linked from Countdownwiki, which seems very sensible. Should I be volunteering to help with this?

There are a few episodes on Youtube put there by people other that Thomas Wood, notably this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh1itxk4 ... re=related

It would be good to have them all catalogued.

[James Robinson]

Good work James.

Quite a few of the Youtube uploads (but not all) have been linked from Countdownwiki, which seems very sensible. Should I be volunteering to help with this?

There are a few episodes on Youtube put there by people other that Thomas Wood, notably this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh1itxk4 ... re=related

It would be good to have them all catalogued.

It's a very good idea, Clive.

I definitely think it needs doing as a matter of urgency.

[Clive Brooker]

It's not really my idea.

I've just had a look at the Wiki, and there seem to be two separate initiatives, involving Thomas Wood and Martin Gardner:

http://wiki.apterous.org/YouTube_contents

http://wiki.apterous.org/Category:Episodes_on_YouTube

So leaping in to help might cause confusion rather than clarify things.