Linguists v Oxonians

Series 10, Episode 18

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Muscoidea

Uncomplimentary

Clue 2

Unproprietary

Clue 3

Unoriental

Clue 4

Reverse order vowels

Answer

𓃭 Lion

The Toothache

The Unco Guid

Clue 2

The Deil

Clue 3

A Haggis

Clue 4

Addressed by Robert Burns

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Livonia (Estonia and Latvia)

Transistor (radio)

Clue 2

Bums on seats (audience)

Clue 3

Wheels (car)

Clue 4

Synecdoche

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Confessions to killing

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, Tosca by Puccini, Delilah by Tom Jones, I Shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley

Answer

𓈗 Water

£100m banknote

Mahler’s Symphony No. 1

Clue 2

A child of Gaia and Uranus

Clue 3

Solar system’s second-largest moon

Clue 4

Titan

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

No name

The second Mrs de Winter (from Rebecca), The Girl (from The Seven-Year Itch), I (from Withnail & I), The Man With No Name

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

arMs

hEart

Clue 2

neVus

Clue 3

(e.g) curry Me

Anagrams of planets

Answer

𓃭 Lion

4: Move cursor to address bar

3: Search for files and folders

Clue 2

2: Rename selected file

Clue 3

1: Help

Function keys in Windows

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) four golf clubs

Ascending numbers of descending suits. Spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs.

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

IV: 1830

III: 1689

Clue 2

II: 1087

Clue 3

I: 1066

Accession of kings called William

Answer

𓈗 Water

John Hannett (USDAW)

Paul Kenny (GMB)

Clue 2

David Prentis (Unison)

Clue 3

Len McCluskey (Unite)

General secretaries of unions

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

(e.g.) Winter Wonderland by Frank Sinatra

Songs about seasons by Frank Sinatra. Spring is Here, Summer Wind, Autumn Leaves, Winter Wonderland.

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Goulash

Slumgullion

Daube

Tagine

Stews

Answer

Hedayat

Morris

Guru-Murthy

Mzimba

Newsround presenters

Answer

Wrench

Crowded

Craven

Probing

Contains birds

Answer

Bowler

Doctor

Vector

Cycle

Spin ___

Answer

𓈗 Water

Dent

Lynam

Stelling

Vorderman

Countdown

Answer

Fritton

Savage

Everage

Riley

Female characters played by men

Answer

Cowl

Hewer

Kitchen

Nightmare

Contain female animals

Answer

Beer

Rose

Market

Zen

___ garden

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Phrases heard on Only Connect

FN G RSNB ZZ RS

FINGERS ON BUZZERS

LN RW TR

LION OR WATER?

FRPP RNT LYR ND MCLS

FOUR APPARENTLY RANDOM CLUES

H VNT HR G

HAVE ANOTHER GO

Flavours of crisps

CH SNDN N

CHEESE AND ONION

P PRK

PAPRIKA

RS TX

ROAST OX

TM TBS LNDM ZZ R LL

TOMATO, BASIL AND MOZZARELLA

Former names for African countries

NRT HRNR HDS

NORTHERN RHODESIA

B CHNL ND

BECHUANALAND

PP RVLT

UPPER VOLTA

NYSL ND

NYASALAND

Starring David Jason

PNL LH RS

OPEN ALL HOURS

PR TRH SBL

PORTERHOUSE BLUE

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