c4countdown

Countdown recap for Friday 21 February 1986.

C1: Champion YT (2 wins, 115 points.)
C2: Challenger Tim Ramsey.
DC: Hilary McGlynn and Gyles Brandreth.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: A E O Y H N R T R
R02: S L V P A O E F O
R03: U A E S D R W H O
R04: 75, 100, 9, 1, 10, 7. Target: 269.
R05: L S Q W A E N D U
R06: E I A S W T D C U
R07: P F R S E O A H B
R08: 25, 100, 8, 2, 6, 1. Target: 861.
R09: S M O O T H A L E (conundrum)


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Round 1: A E O Y H N R T R

C1: ROTARY (6)
C2: ANOTHER (7)
OT: ANOTHERY (8)
Score: 0–7 (max 8)

Round 2: S L V P A O E F O

C1: SLAVE (5)
C2: flooes
DC: LOAVES (6)
OT: ASLOPE (6) FOVEAL (6)
Score: 5–7 (max 14)

Round 3: U A E S D R W H O

C1: SHARED (6)
C2: HOUSED (6)
DC: AROUSED (7)
OT: SHADOWER (8)
Score: 11–13 (max 22)

Round 4: 75, 100, 9, 1, 10, 7. Target: 269.

C1: 266. (9 - 7) x 100 + (75 - (10 - 1)) (7)
C2: 274.
CV: 269. ((100 - 75) + 1) x 10 + 9 (10)
Score: 18–13 (max 32)

Round 5: L S Q W A E N D U

C1: LANES (5)
C2: DALES (5)
DC: EQUALS (6)
OT: UNLADES (7)
Score: 23–18 (max 39)

Round 6: E I A S W T D C U

C1: WAITED (6)
C2: WASTED (6)
DC: WAISTED (7)
OT: DACITES (7) SIDECUT (7)
Score: 29–24 (max 46)

Round 7: P F R S E O A H B

C1: HOPERS (6)
C2: POSHER (6)
DC: PHRASE (6)
OT: PREFABS (7)
Score: 35–30 (max 53)

Round 8: 25, 100, 8, 2, 6, 1. Target: 861.

C1: 861. (100 + 6) x 8 + ((25 + 1) / 2) (10)
C2: 856.
Score: 45–30 (max 63)

Round 9: S M O O T H A L E

No one buzzes. The answer was LOATHSOME.
Score: 45–30 (max 73)


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

Rhys Benjamin wrote:Round 2: S L V P A O E F O

C1: SLAVE (5)
C2: FLOOES (6)
DC: LOAVES (6)
OT: ASLOPE (6) FOVEAL (6)
Score: 0–13 (max 14)

The recap says that FLOOES was disallowed, hence it says the score at this point is 5-7, not 0-13.