Chessmen v Linguists

Series 10, Episode 6

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Parts of a Ship

Take a BOW by Rihanna, HOLD Me Now by The Thompson Twins, Love Can Build A BRIDGE by Cher, Chrissie Hynde and Neneh Cherry with Eric Claptin and DECK the Halls

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Bundeskanzlerin

Boat Race dead heat

Clue 2

English pope

Clue 3

Black US president

Clue 4

Only one

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

19 hand in cribbage

Cry Baby by Jemini

Clue 2

Don Bradman’s last Test innings

Clue 3

Blank tile in Scrabble

Clue 4

Score 0

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Same typeface (Cooper Black)

Answer

𓈗 Water

N.E. Smith

Jon E.-S.

Clue 2

T (or K)

Clue 3

D. O’Lenz

Clue 4

The Monkees

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Apt

Apposite

Clue 2

Awl

Clue 3

Anion

Clue 4

Opt, Opposite, Owl, Onion

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Birmingham 1992

Manchester 1996

Clue 2

Manchester 2000

Clue 3

London 2012

British Olympic bids

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Thames

Dover

Clue 2

Wight

Clue 3

Portland

Shipping areas (east to west along the English Channel)

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

(e.g.) SDR, DDR

Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe

Clue 2

BlackBerry creators

Clue 3

(e.g.) Read-Only Memory

RAM, REM, RIM, ROM

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) the deep blue sea

A STILL, Muddy WATERS, some RUNners, DEEP blue sea

Answer

𓈗 Water

4th: Exploded on stage

3rd: Spontaneously combusted

Clue 2

2nd: Choked on vomit

Clue 3

1st: Bizarre gardening accident

Fates of Spın̈al Tap drummers

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Move MS Word scrollbar left

Bleaching allowed

Clue 2

Play

Clue 3

(e.g.) a give way sign

Rotating triangles

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Treadle

Shuttle

Warp beam

Heddle

Parts of a loom

Answer

Turnover

Strudel

Cobbler

Crumble

Apple dishes

Answer

Capper

Pie

Row

Beater

Homophones of Greek letters

Answer

Transporter

Tricorder

Phaser

Hypospray

Star Trek technologies

Answer

𓈗 Water

Erato

Urania

Thalia

Calliope

Muses

Answer

Kangoo

Laguna

Clio

Wind

Renault vehicles

Answer

Copacabana

Venice

Boulders

Bondi

Famous beaches

Answer

Bermuda Triangle

Mandy

Daybreak

Could It Be Magic

Barry Manilow songs

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Countries that start and end with the same letter

CN TRLFR CNRP BLC

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

RMN

ARMENIA

NTGN DBR BD

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

SL MNSL NDS

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Chance cards in Monopoly

GTT FJ LFR

GET OUT OF JAIL FREE

DV NCT MY FR

ADVANCE TO MAYFAIR

YR SSSS DF RST RTR PRS

YOU ARE ASSESSED FOR STREET REPAIRS

DR N KNC HR G

DRUNK IN CHARGE

Idioms found in Aesop's Fables

C RYWL F

CRY WOLF

SRG RPS

SOUR GRAPES

THL NSS HR

THE LION'S SHARE

DDN SL TTNJ RY

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