Pilgrims v Corkscrews

Series 16, Episode 1

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Huge cocaine haul, in New Zealand

Hugh Glass, in The Revenant

Clue 2

Sweets, in Mexican tradition

Clue 3

Greeks, to get into Troy

Clue 4

Hidden inside equids

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Non-urgent crime = 2

EU Emergency Services = 4

Clue 2

Speaking Clock = 6

Clue 3

UK Emergency Services = 27

Clue 4

Adding up digits of phone numbers

101, 112, 123, 999

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Rodgers and Hammerstein Musicals

Carousel, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King and I

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Ghosts

Theme from SPOOKS, Le SPECTRE de la Rose by Berlioz, GHOST by Ella Henderson, The PHANTOM of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Answer

𓈗 Water

Back to the Future (99m)

The King’s Speech (99m)

Clue 2

Singin’ in the Rain (68m)

Clue 3

When Harry Met Sally (4m)

Clue 4

When the title event occurs

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Palmaris longus muscle

Auricular muscles

Clue 2

Third eyelid

Clue 3

Tailbone

Clue 4

Vestigial structures

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

x

25

Clue 2

Back to Black

Clue 3

21

21st century best-selling UK studio albums

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Kenyatta

Moi

Clue 2

Kibaki

Clue 3

Kenyatta

Presidents of Kenya

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Persea americana

Grocery delivery business

Clue 2

A state of agitation or fuss

Clue 3

(e.g.) 15th letter of the alphabet

Avocado, Ocado, Ado, O

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Superb

Octavia

Clue 2

Scala

Clue 3

Fabia

Škoda models, getting smaller

Answer

𓈗 Water

5: Celebrity

4: Delicatessen

Clue 2

3: Cabriolet

Clue 3

(e.g.) 2: Advertisement

Words with decreasing length of short-forms. Celeb, Deli, Cab, Ad.

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) 3b-b

2B, OAR, KNOT, 2B

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Swift

Fleet

Lively

Rapid

Fast

Answer

Thou

Quick

Amper

Green

___sand

Answer

Joyce

Rooney

Enright

Doyle

Irish novelists

Answer

Nine

Stoker

Australia

Malice

Nicole Kidman films

Answer

𓈗 Water

Punt

Mark

Lira

Kroon

Former European currencies

Answer

Loki

Fenrir

Heimdall

Odin

Norse mythology

Answer

Jet

Cardinal

Brown

Bengal

NFL team singulars

Answer

Thor

German

Franc

Titan

Elements missing their "ium"

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Working animals

SH PDG

SHEEPDOG

DRGHTH RS

DRAUGHT HORSE

M SR

MOUSER

C RRR PGN

CARRIER PIGEON

Phrases from famous posters

KPC LMND CRR YN

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

B GBRT HRSWT CHNGY

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU

SKGN SSSSB RCNG

SKEGNESS IS SO BRACING

HP

HOPE

Alliterative and edible

FR MGF RS

FROMAGE FRAIS

BT TRBNS

BUTTER BEANS

M LSMR NR

MOULES MARINIÈRE

PR KP

PORK PIE

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