c4countdown

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)


And now a brief interlude before our main feature:

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

Enjoy the show.

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
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