Daytime WoF Recap: May 27, 1991

Suanne Mrugacz: 2-day champion with $18,833 in cash & prizes

Steve Poirier: cameraman for a commercial company who’s gotten into rodeos and country western music originally from Detroit

Danette Auxier: elementary school teacher and married w/ a 5-week son from Fountain Valley, CA

FEATURED PRIZE: Gold’s Gym merchandise plus Dazey TurboSpa and Remington rechargeable shaver worth $750 (MACHO MAN)

Round 1: PHRASE

Suanne: $100 S, $500 T, obvious I, N for negative 

Steve: L for loss of turn 

Danette: $100 R, $150 B, unnecessary A buy, $100 Z (NMC), solve…

I T ‘ S / A
B R _ _ Z _

IT’S A BREEZE for Danette to solve this puzzle for $250.

FEATURED PRIZE #2: Broyhill cherry secretary desk, Smith Corona PWP 2100 portable word processor, and Baldwin Oxford lamp worth $1,475 (DESK)

Round 2: PHRASE

Steve: one N for DESK, $125 S, R for rats

Danette: $150 T, $150 H, $300 G, three E’s, M for mistake 

Everybody: no L, no D, and no B, respectively 

Everybody #2: no F, no W and a VERY FOOLISH J CALL by Danette, respectively 

Suanne: $350 C pair, $600 P trio, solve…

P _ C _ _ N G / _ P
T H _ / P _ _ C _ S

She’s PICKING UP THE PIECES for $950.

Suanne: $950/Steve: ZERO/Danette: $250

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FEATURED PRIZE #3: Water Ventures tube boat worth $1,895 (BOAT)

Round 3: CLUE

Danette: $750 T trio, $300 H, $400 N quartet, $200 D pair, one R for BOAT, three E’s, $400 Y pair, EIGHT O’s, $200 W, solve…

T W O / _ T O _ _
O _ / H Y D R O _ E N
_ N D / O N E / _ T O _
O _ / O _ Y _ E N

She solved TWO ATOMS OF HYDROGEN AND ONE ATOM OF OXYGEN for a PR of $2,050 and the boat. She then added $250 for knowing the clue referred to water.

Suanne: $950/Steve: ZERO/Danette: $4,445 cash & boat

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FEATURED PRIZE #4: 5-day trip to Hotel Swissotwl the Drake Hotel in New York City worth $4,080 (NEW YORK)

Round 4: BEFORE & AFTER

Suanne: $300 T trio, $150 H, $1,200 N pair, three E’s, $400 S, $400 R pair

SPEED-UP

_ / _ _ _ / _ N
T H E / _ _ _ _
S T R E E T
_ _ _ R N _ _

Consonants were worth $500 each.

Suanne: D (DUD)
Steve: 4 L’s
Danette: J
Suanne: W
Steve: D repeat
Danette: 3 A’s
Suanne: F

A / F L _ / _ N
T H E / W A L L
S T R E E T
J _ _ R N A L

Suanne swatted A FLY ON THE WALL STREET JOURNAL for $3,350…but still lost by $145.

PENALTY BOX	DUDS	LaTs	BANKRUPTS	DQs
Round 1	N (Suanne), L (Steve)
Round 2	R, D, W (Steve) M, B, J (Danette) L, F (Suanne)
Round 3	PERFECT ROUND
Round 4	D (Suanne)			Steve’s D repeat

FINAL SCORES
Suanne: $4,300 (out w/ $23,133)/Steve: PARTING GIFTS/Danette: $4,445 cash & boat

GT: $8,745
NO PENALTY SPINS

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Bonus Round

Danette’s playing for the $5K.

Category: THING

Here’s a trio…

_ _ N _ _ _
S _ _ _ E

MBPA only added…

_ _ N _ _ _
S _ A _ E

She blanked and failed to open the WINDOW SHADE for the cash. 

MY RATING: 6