Daytime WoF Recap: April 4, 1989

Over $79K waiting to be won including…

$14,700 Toyota Corolla
a $3,500 gold chain
a $1,300 rider/mower

The all-male panel…

Jim Polder: real estate seller and former traffic patrolman (until a drunk driver ended that) married to Tracy w/ two kids from Apple Valley, CA

Tom Marino: a man who was in California on a temporary work assignment for 5 months so far and currently working for Boys Clubs of America from Brooklyn, NY

Grant Cunningham: 2-day champ w/ $33,629

Round 1: PHRASE

Jim: $1,500 T pair, $250 N, SIX O’s, $800 D pair, $250 L, $500 R pair, $300 Y trio, solve…

Y O _ / D O N ’ T
L O O _ / _ / D _ Y
O _ _ R / _ O R T Y

Jim, YOU DON’T LOOK A DAY OVER FORTY at the time you appeared on TV, but you scored a PR and would spend $3,350 to spend in the Safari corner…

$1,300: Homelite Jacobsen lawn mower
$430: Vivitar TEC 155 camera
$359: Prism Entertainment videos
$320: Meade binoculars
$209: Hatteras hand-woven cotton hammock
$395: Sheffield his-and-hers watches
$140: Multicolored butterfly box
$197: on a gift certificate

Round 2: PLACE

Tom: $400 T, $400 R pair, $400 S, $1,650 M trio, $1K N, solve…

M _ S _ _ M / _ _
M _ _ _ R N / _ R T

Tom solved MUSEUM OF MODERN ART for $3,850 — PR #2. To the dining room…

$1,762: trip to Acapulco at the Acapulco Plaza via Delta Airlines
$1K: Krementz his-and-hers rings
$700: Landes Silver service set
$297: Swan products brass plant stand
$91: on a gift certificate

Jim: $3,350/Tom: $3,850/Grant: SPINNING NEXT

Round 3: BEFORE & AFTER

Grant: BANKRUPT near $300

Jim: $2,100 N trio, $1,800 S pair, three E’s and I (the ding didn’t sound for this vowel), $900 R trio, five A’s, solve…

_ A R _ A R A
_ E R S _ E _
_ E N N S _ _ _ A N I A

Jim solved BARBARA HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA for $4,050 to spend in the patio…

$1,970: trip to Costa Rica at the Cariari Hotel & Country Club via Lacsa Airlines
$1,455: trip to Murrieta Hot Springs Resort & Health Spa
$320: Allister garage door system
$210: Ray-Ban Tortuga sunglasses
$95: on a gift certificate

Jim: $7,400/Tom: $3,850/Grant: ZIPPO

Speed-Up: PHRASE

Consonants were worth $300 apiece and it was played for a Lyn Deutch GC.

Jim: T
Tom: S (DUD)
Grant: N
Jim: R (way off w/ CAN’T HAVE EVERYTHING)
Tom: 2 L’s
Grant: P (DUD)
Jim: D (DUD)
Tom: V (HUH?!)
Grant: 2 E’s
Jim: 2 W’s (WENT LIKE GANGBUSTERS has no chance of fitting when there’s a W at the bottom)
Tom: 3 K’s

W E N T / L _ K E
_ L _ _ K W _ R K

I can’t say this round WENT LIKE CLOCKWORK, but Tom solved for $1,500.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	PERFECT ROUND
Round 2	PERFECT ROUND #2
Round 3			Grant for $0
Round 4	S, V (Tom) P (Grant) D (Jim)			2 (Jim’s botched solves)