Tuesday 18th March 1986 (Series 8, Prelim 52)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 18 March 1986.

C1: Challenger Leonard Southall.
C2: Champion Anthony Butcher (2 wins, 107 points.)
DC: Julia Swannell and Bill Tidy.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: N A L R E N C I A
R02: T W T I C O S H E
R03: B I S G O U P D E
R04: 100, 25, 5, 6, 9, 8. Target: 963.
R05: T V B I A R T N E
R06: R W K I Y A O R N
R07: S F D O H I V A O
R08: 75, 1, 6, 6, 5, 8. Target: 591.
R09: S T O M A C H I S (conundrum)


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Round 1: N A L R E N C I A

C1: CLEAN (5)
C2: CANNIER (7)
DC: CRANIAL (7)
OT: CARNELIAN (18)
Score: 0–7 (max 18)

Round 2: T W T I C O S H E

C1: STITCH (6)
C2: WITCHES (7)
DC: TWITCHES (8)
Score: 0–14 (max 26)

Round 3: B I S G O U P D E

C1: DUPES (5)
C2: GUIDES (6)
DC: BUDGIES (7)
OT: BODGIES (7) BOUGIES (7)
Score: 0–20 (max 33)

Round 4: 100, 25, 5, 6, 9, 8. Target: 963.

C1: 953.
C2: 963. (100 x 9) + 25 + (5 x 6) + 8 (10)
Score: 0–30 (max 43)

Round 5: T V B I A R T N E

C1: INVERT (6)
C2: VIBRATE (7)
DC: NITRATE (7) NATTIER (7) BATTIER (7) BITTERN (7)
OT: BIRETTA (7) TERTIAN (7) VIBRANT (7)
Score: 0–37 (max 50)

Round 6: R W K I Y A O R N

C1: WORRY (5)
C2: WORRY (5)
DC: WONKY (5) NARROW (6)
OT: ARROWY (6) KOWARI (6) RYOKAN (6) YARROW (6)
Score: 5–42 (max 56)

Round 7: S F D O H I V A O

C1: DISH (4)
C2: OAFISH (6)
DC: AVOIDS (6)
OT: SHADOOF (7)
Score: 5–48 (max 63)

Round 8: 75, 1, 6, 6, 5, 8. Target: 591.

C1: 589.
C2: 591. ((75 - 1) x 8) - (6 / 6) (10)
Score: 5–58 (max 73)

Round 9: S T O M A C H I S

C2 buzzes on 5.5 seconds to say MASOCHIST which is correct.
Score: 5–68 (max 83)

Statistics Corner

Leonard:
Total score - 5
Raw score - 43
Total % of max - 6
Raw % of max - 52
Total average score per round - 0.6
Raw average score per round - 4.8
Number of maxes - 0

Anthony:
Total score - 68
Raw score - 68
Total % of max - 82
Raw % of max - 82
Total average score per round - 7.6
Raw average score per round - 7.6
Number of maxes - 4

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