Mothers Ruined v Cryptics

Series 18, Episode 14

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Black and White

X and Y

Clue 2

Sun and Moon

Clue 3

Sword and Shield

Clue 4

Pokémon games

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Nudity

Gymnopedie No. 1 by Satie, We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off by Jermaine Stewart, Naked in the Rain by Blue Pearl, The Bare Necessities by Brian Wilson

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Steward, ___, Warden

Polk, ___, Fillmore

Clue 2

Gold, ___, Thallium

Clue 3

April, ___, June

Clue 4

Members of Queen

Deacon, Taylor, Mercury, May

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Dishes named after cooking vessels

Cassoulet, paella, casserole, tagine

Answer

𓈗 Water

2008 film: down to a loch in Scotland

1978 film: up the tower to Big Ben

Clue 2

1935 film: it is an organisation of spies

Clue 3

1915 novel: down to a beach in Kent

Clue 4

The Thirty-Nine Steps

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Ambiguous and oracular

Athlete at (e.g.) Beijing 2022

Clue 2

Avoiding luxury

Clue 3

Gay woman

Clue 4

Greek demonyms

Delphic, Olympian, Spartan, Lesbian

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Port Moresby (+10)

Tashkent (+5)

Clue 2

Lisbon (0)

Clue 3

(e.g.) New York City (-5)

Time zones in relation to GMT

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) Jill Halfpenny

TUPPENCE (and Tommy, from Partners in Crime), ONE AND A HALF Mike PENCE, PENNY Smith, Jill HALFPENNY

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

A B C D

Oil from marijuana

A B C D

Digital design software

Clue 2

A B C D

Digital radio standard

Clue 3

A B C D (e.g.) Measurement of intoxication, with the D crossed out

CBD, CAD, DAB, BAC

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

1900: Gascoyne-Cecil and McKinley

1924: Baldwin and Coolidge

Clue 2

1964: Wilson and Johnson

Clue 3

1992: Major and Clinton

UK and US elections in the same year

Answer

𓈗 Water

Cut straw with a knife

Sharpen knife with a stone

Clue 2

Wet stone with water

Clue 3

Fetch water in a bucket

Bucket cycle of doom

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

(e.g.) America from West Side Story

Graceland to the USA, getting larger. Graceland by Paul Simon, Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn, My Tennessee Mountain Home by Dolly Parton, America from West Side Story

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Nick

Craig

Anna

Darren

Big Brother Series 1 contestants

Answer

Dill

Sada

Poco

Dali

Anagrams of supermarkets

Answer

Pouco

Modicum

Peu

Wenig

A little in different languages

Answer

Goya

Miró

Gris

Varo

Spanish painters

Answer

𓈗 Water

Grot

Roman

Burl

Statu

-esque

Answer

Blot

Stain

Scar

Stigma

Marks of shame

Answer

Anther

Carpel

Sepal

Stamen

Parts of a flower

Answer

Petal

Rusts

Arab

Unask

Anagrams of Conservative ministers

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

They have Complete Idiot's guides

CL CL S

CALCULUS

MRT HNT RN NG

MARATHON TRAINING

P GNS M

PAGANISM

L CHM Y

ALCHEMY

Literal dinosaur names

TYR NTL ZR DKNG

TYRANT LIZARD KING

N CN TWNG

ANCIENT WING

DB LBM

DOUBLE BEAM

TH RHR NDFC

THREE-HORNED FACE

Two people born on the same day

GRG WBS HNDS YLV STRS TLLN

GEORGE W BUSH AND SYLVESTER STALLONE

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