Daytime WoF Recap: April 3, 1989

Over $87K waiting to be won including…

$20K playroom
a $3,400 wristwatch
a $12,700 sedan

Grant Cunningham: 1-day champ w/ $12,950

Jeannie Sullivan: student and computer graphics specialist as well as a painter (she likes Southwest art) married 5 years w/ a 2-year-old daughter from Pasadena, CA (originally from Albuquerque, NM)

Nancy Nelson: nursing teacher at “the best intermediate care facility” married 28 years w/ four children (two boys, two girls) and two grandchildren San Diego, CA

Round 1: BEFORE & AFTER

Grant: $300 N pair, $200 T pair, one I and three E’s, $200 D, $900 T trio, $300 S, $800 P pair, $100 M, solve…

P R E S I D E N T
T R _ M _ N
_ _ P _ T E

He’s actually an American novelist known for “In Cold Blood”, but Grant solved PRESIDENT TRUMAN CAPOTE for a $2,300 PR to spend in the gourmet’s corner…

$1,400: Hotpoint no-frost refrigerator
$529: Whirlpool dishwasher
$335: Kenwood electric mixer
$36: on a gift certificate

Round 2: PHRASE

Jeannie: BANKRUPT near $250 right away

Nancy: $2K R quartet, $450 T trio, S for strikeout

Grant: $1,600 N pair, $800 D, $400 G, three E’s, three U’s

COMMERCIAL BREAK

His Next Picks: $900 M, $400 B, solve…

M U T T E R _ N G
U N D E R / _ _ U R
B R E _ T _

Sometimes you could be MUTTERING UNDER YOUR BREATH when you’re on stage, and this guy won another $3,600 to spend in the playroom…

$1,300: Homelite Jacobsen riding lawn mower
$599: Sherwood stereo system with cabinet
$500: Video treasures VHS collection
$430: Hitachi VCR
$540: Solid brass pool table lamp
$174: “Monument Valley” lithograph
$57: on a gift certificate

Grant: $5,900/Ladies: $0 each

Round 3: OCCUPATION

Nancy: $1,050 N trio, G for goof

Grant: BANKRUPT near $1,500

Jeannie: $700 R pair, other BANKRUPT near $300

Nancy: no S

Grant: no D

SPEED-UP

_ N _ _ R _ _ _ N _ _ N _
_ R _ _ _ _

Leftover consonants were worth $400 each.

Jeannie: L (DUD)
Nancy: A
Grant: 4 T’s (not ENTERTAINMENT WRITER since there’s just two R’s)
Jeannie: M
Nancy: H (DUD)
Grant: 3 E’s
Jeannie: 3 I’s

E N T E R T A I N M E N T
_ R I T I _

The ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC gave Jeannie’s solve a thumbs up for her $400 solve. The one item she bought from the living room was a $349 brass magazine rack, leaving $51 on a GC.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	PERFECT ROUND
Round 2	S (Nancy)		Jeannie
Round 3	G, S, H (Nancy) D (Grant) L (Jeannie)		2 (Grant, Jeannie)	Grant’s missolve