c4countdown

Countdown recap for Friday 24 December 1999.

C1: No.7 Seed Gary Woodward (7 wins, 471 points.)
C2: No.3 Seed Simon Cooper (9 wins, 539 points.)
DC: Catherine Clarke and Rick Wakeman.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: P O F T X U I A G
R02: D S B R N E O A R
R03: L G E I E S A T N
R04: 4, 1, 8, 10, 2, 2. Target: 179.
R05: C D H N C E A U I
R06: K H P O E A S Y V
R07: R T G R S I E A M
R08: 25, 75, 6, 3, 1, 10. Target: 190.
R09: A D A M P R I C E (conundrum)


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Round 1: P O F T X U I A G

C1: PATIO (5)
C2: TAXI (4)
DC: UTOPIA (6) AGOUTI (6)
OT: FUGATO (6)
Score: 5–0 (max 6)

Round 2: D S B R N E O A R

C1: SOARED (6)
C2: BARREN (6)
DC: BROADENS (8) BOARDERS (8)
OT: ADORNERS (8) BANDORES (8) BRANDERS (8) REBRANDS (8)
Score: 11–6 (max 14)

Round 3: L G E I E S A T N

C1: GENITALS (8)
C2: GELATINES (18)
OT: TEASELING (18)
Score: 11–24 (max 32)

Round 4: 4, 1, 8, 10, 2, 2. Target: 179.

C1: 180.
C2: 179. (((8 x 2) + 2) x 10) - 1 (10)
Score: 11–34 (max 42)

Round 5: C D H N C E A U I

C1: CHAINED (7)
C2: CHANCED (7)
DC: CHICANED (8)
Score: 18–41 (max 50)

Round 6: K H P O E A S Y V

C1: SPOKE (5)
C2: HEAVY (5)
DC: YAPOKS (6)
OT: HOPAKS (6) KAYOES (6)
Score: 23–46 (max 56)

Round 7: R T G R S I E A M

C1: MIGRATES (8)
C2: MIGRATES (8)
OT: ARMIGERS (8) MAGISTER (8) STERIGMA (8) TRIGRAMS (8)
Score: 31–54 (max 64)

Round 8: 25, 75, 6, 3, 1, 10. Target: 190.

C1: 190. ((3 x 75) - 25 - 10) x 1 (10)
C2: 190. (25 - 6) x 10 (10)
Score: 41–64 (max 74)

Round 9: A D A M P R I C E

C1 buzzes on 28.5 seconds to say PARMACIDE which is incorrect.
C2 does not buzz.
The answer was PARAMEDIC.
Score: 41–64 (max 84)

Statistics Corner

Gary:
Total score - 41
Raw score - 56
Total % of max - 49
Raw % of max - 67
Total average score per round - 4.6
Raw average score per round - 6.2
Number of maxes - 2

Simon:
Total score - 64
Raw score - 68
Total % of max - 76
Raw % of max - 81
Total average score per round - 7.1
Raw average score per round - 7.6
Number of maxes - 4

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=41