Detectives v Escapologists

Series 13, Episode 27

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

ROTI, TORI (Spelling), TRIO, RIOT

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Cornetto

Red Curtain

Clue 2

Mariachi

Clue 3

Three Colours

Clue 4

Movie trilogies

Edgar Wright, Baz Luhrmann, Robert Rodriguez, Krzysztof Kieślowski

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Alfie Conn (Glasgow)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan)

Clue 2

Peter Beardsley (Liverpool)

Clue 3

Denis Law (Manchester)

Clue 4

Played for both of the city's leading teams

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Louise de Keroauille

Duke of Richmond

Barbara Villiers

Duke of Grafton

Clue 2

Lucy Walter

Duke of Monmouth

Clue 3

Nell Gwynne

Duke of St Albans

Clue 4

Mistresses and illegitimate children of Charles II

Answer

𓈗 Water

Random lists of words

Names and faces

Clue 2

Abstract images

Clue 3

Pack of cards at speed

Clue 4

World Memory Championships disciplines

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Sung by prisoners

Prisoners' Chorus from Beethoven's Fidelio, Green Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones, Look Down from Les Misérables, Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

Clue 2

Memory Address Register

Clue 3

(e.g.) Annual Percentage Rate

JAN, FEB, MAR, APR

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Screwdriver

Chelsea

Flake

Alcove

End with bodies of water

Answer

Cardiff

Chatsworth

Rosemoor

Wisley

RHS Flower Shows

Answer

Salty Dog

Kamikaze

Cape Cod

Vesper

Vodka cocktails

Answer

Serotine

Leisler's

Horseshoe

Bulldog

Bats

Answer

𓈗 Water

Huhn

Kip

Poulet

Frango

Multilingual chicken

Answer

Grimmy

Copping

Dinner

Pollo

Double letter to single gives a new word

Answer

Deadly

Parky

Diddy

Gambo

Nicknames of BBC Radio presenters

Answer

Biting

Crisp

Snell

Rimy

Cold conditions

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Same but different

DP PLG NG RS

DOPPLEGANGERS

DNT CLTW NS

IDENTICAL TWINS

MR R RMG

MIRROR IMAGE

LL TR PS

ALLOTROPES

Inflammations and the affected areas

H PTT SNDL VR

HEPATITIS AND LIVER

NP HRT SNDK DNY

NEPHRITIS AND KIDNEY

SNS TSN DSN S

SINUSITIS AND SINUS

RTH RTS NDJN TS

ARTHRITIS AND JOINTS

Hyphenated English towns

WS TNS PRMR

WESTON-SUPER-MARE

SHT NND RLYN

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE

ST WNT HWLD

STOW-ON-THE-WOLD

CH ST RLS TRT

CHESTER-LE-STREET

Operas and their composers

THMG CF LTN DMZ RT

THE MAGIC FLUTE AND MOZART

FDLN DDB THVN

FIDELIO AND BEETHOVEN