Beekeepers v Policy Wonks

Series 12, Episode 23

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

ALBA

SPRINGFED

Clue 2

SARMENTO

Clue 3

DIANAPOLIS

Clue 4

US State capitals missing their state abbreviation

ALBA(NY), SPRINGF(I)E(L)D, SA(C)R(A)MENTO, (IN)DIANAPOLIS

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Only Connect = title

Only connect = sentence

Clue 2

onlyConnect = camel

Clue 3

only_connect = snake

Clue 4

Case types

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Ship of Theseus

Sugababes

Clue 2

George Washington’s axe

Clue 3

Trigger’s broom

Clue 4

All original components replaced

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Nato alphabet

The Masochism TANGO by Tom Lehrer, NOVEMBER Rain by Guns N Roses, HOTEL California by The Eagles, PAPA Don't Preach by Madonna

Answer

𓈗 Water

Ring for

Much Obliged,

Clue 2

The Inimitable

Clue 3

Right Ho,

Clue 4

Jeeves books

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Former teachers

Mr. T, George Orwell, Romesh Ranganathan, Sting

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) a pair of pants

A SPONGE, BOB Hawke, Tiananmen SQUARE, PANTS

Answer

𓃭 Lion

1910: Herbert Asquith

1936: Stanley Baldwin

Clue 2

1936: Stanley Baldwin

Clue 3

1952: Winston Churchill

PMs on royal ascensions

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

DC

DS

Clue 2

DI

Clue 3

DCI

Ascending ranks in the CID. Detective Constable, Detective Sergeant, Detective Inspector, Detective Chief Inspector.

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

(e.g.) 19 by Paul Hardcastle

You're Sixteen by Johnny Burnette, At Seventeen by Janis Ian, 18 With A Bullet by Pete Wingfield, 19 by Paul Hardcastle

Answer

𓈗 Water

Coleridge Close

Tennyson Avenue

Clue 2

Wordsworth Drive

Clue 3

Station Drive

Reginald Perrin's walk to work

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

29/2/1700

29/2/1800

Clue 2

29/2/2000

Clue 3

29/2/2100

"Skipped" leap days

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Suzuki

Ryder

Galore

Goodnight

Bond girls

Answer

Moresby

Harcourt

Elizabeth

Talbot

Port ___ placenames

Answer

Indian

Triumph

Ducati

Aprilia

Motorcycle brands

Answer

Melbourne

Fed

Stanley

Calcutta

Sporting cups

Answer

𓈗 Water

Siege

Eyebrow

Hell

Roof

Things you can raise

Answer

Michael Corleone

Romulus

Cain

Scar

Fratricides

Answer

Madonna

Prince Albert

Tragus

Snake bites

Piercings

Answer

Libertine

Robot

Claudius

Partridge

I, ___

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Words derived from Swedish

SM RG SBR D

SMORGASBORD

MBD SMN

OMBUDSMAN

RNT RNG

ORIENTEERING

TN GS TN

TUNGSTEN

Referees and umpires

PR LGC LLN

PIERLUIGI COLLINA

DC KBR D

DICKIE BIRD

JHNN DR SN

JOHN ANDERSON

CR GJB RT

CRAIG JOUBERT

An advertising slogan and its company

VRY LT TLH LPSN DTSC

EVERY LITTLE HELPS AND TESCO

TH NKD F FRNT N DPPL

THINK DIFFERENT AND APPLE

NVRK NW NGL Y ND RSL DN DJH NLWS

NEVER KNOWINGLY UNDERSOLD AND JOHN LEWIS

J STD TN DNK

JUST DO IT AND NIKE

Fred Astaire films

T PHT

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