Wednesday 29th January 1986 (Series 8, Prelim 18)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Wednesday 29 January 1986.

C1: Champion Malcolm Edwards (1 win, 39 points.)
C2: Challenger Susan Whippey.
DC: Della Thompson and Richard Stilgoe.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: N B U A W L O E C
R02: T I R A G N I Y F
R03: N T I V O R H E T
R04: 100, 4, 7, 10, 1, 5. Target: 924.
R05: D O X U E D T T E
R06: F T O A W L E G H
R07: T O N E Y S A G R
R08: 25, 7, 7, 5, 9, 1. Target: 368.
R09: B E G G I I L N U * (conundrum)


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Round 1: N B U A W L O E C

C1: CABLE (5)
C2: CABLE (5)
DC: UNABLE (6) BOUNCE (6)
OT: COWBANE (7)
Score: 5–5 (max 7)

Round 2: T I R A G N I Y F

C1: tarying
C2: FRAYING (7)
DC: RATIFYING (18) FARTING (7)
Score: 5–12 (max 25)

Round 3: N T I V O R H E T

C1: INVERT (6)
C2: THRONE (6)
DC: TRIVET (6) THRIVEN (7)
OT: TRITONE (7)
Score: 11–18 (max 32)

Round 4: 100, 4, 7, 10, 1, 5. Target: 924.

C1: 924. ((100 - 7) x 10) - 1 - 5 (10)
C2: 925.
Score: 21–18 (max 42)

Round 5: D O X U E D T T E

C1: DOTTED (6)
C2: EXUDED (6)
DC: TUXEDO (6)
OT: TUXEDOED (8)
Score: 27–24 (max 50)

Round 6: F T O A W L E G H

C1: FLOAT (5)
C2: THAW (4)
DC: THALWEG (7)
Score: 32–24 (max 57)

Round 7: T O N E Y S A G R

C1: GRANTS (6)
C2: GYRATES (7)
DC: STRANGE (7)
OT: NEGATORS (8) NEGATORY (8) RAGSTONE (8)
Score: 32–31 (max 65)

Round 8: 25, 7, 7, 5, 9, 1. Target: 368.

C1: 365. ((7 + 7) x 25) + 9 + 5 + 1 (7)
C2: 365. ((9 + 5) x 25) + 7 + 7 + 1 (7)
CV: 368. ((7 + 9 - 1) x 25) - 7 (10)
Score: 39–38 (max 75)

Round 9: B E G G I I L N U *

No one buzzes. The answer was BEGUILING.
Score: 39–38 (max 85)

Statistics Corner

Malcolm:
Total score - 39
Raw score - 45
Total % of max - 46
Raw % of max - 53
Total average score per round - 4.3
Raw average score per round - 5.0
Number of maxes - 1

Susan:
Total score - 38
Raw score - 49
Total % of max - 45
Raw % of max - 58
Total average score per round - 4.2
Raw average score per round - 5.4
Number of maxes - 0

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