Polyhymnians v Sandy Shores

Series 16, Episode 8

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

A six inch salami-topped pizza

Gladys and Esmeralda, the golden orb spiders

Clue 2

A Tesla Roadster

Clue 3

Gene Roddenberry’s ashes

Clue 4

Sent into space

Answer

𓃭 Lion

11:28

Qatar

1:2

Ireland

Clue 2

3:5

Germany

Clue 3

1:1

Switzerland

Clue 4

Flag dimensions

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Tom Hanks films

Big, A League Of Their Own, Captain Philips, Philadelphia

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Emperor

Argus

Clue 2

Admiral

Clue 3

Admiral

Clue 4

Butterflies

Answer

𓈗 Water

C is for capture

E is for effortlessness

Clue 2

T is for tantalise

Clue 3

U is for utilise

Clue 4

Homophones of letter plurals

Cs/seize, Es/ease, Ts/tease, Us/use

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

The Big Top

The Trapeze Swinger by Iron & Wine, Oh! What A Circus from Evita, The Greatest Show by Panic! At The Disco, The Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

rhus

rlin

Clue 2

ncinnati

Clue 3

(e.g.) ncaster

Start with sequential letters and sequential vowels. AArhus, BErlin, CIncinnati, DOncaster

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) Jo Brand

Josef K, Jose Mourinho, Jos Buttler, Jo Brand

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Faithful

World Order

Clue 2

Time

Clue 3

(e.g.) Moon

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Gorgeous

Ladies

Clue 2

Of

Clue 3

Wrestling

GLOW (Netflix series)

Answer

𓈗 Water

SA

NSW

Clue 2

VIC

Clue 3

TAS

Australian states by size

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

4th in 1st: Kramer

3rd in 2nd: Hughes

Clue 2

2nd in 3rd: Livingstone

Clue 3

1st in 4th: Johnson

London mayoral elections. Susan Kramer (LD), Simon Hughes (LD), Ian Livingstone (L), Boris Johnson (C)

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Rapier

Shashka

Cutlass

Scimitar

Swords

Answer

Bed

Brent

Here

Bide

___ford place names

Answer

Claymore

Forties

Auk

Piper

North Sea oil fields

Answer

Rooster

Anya

Bloomer

King Edward

Varieties of potato

Answer

𓈗 Water

Grass

Gallery

Campaign

Bob Harris

Whispering ___

Answer

Dope

Mary Jane

Blunt

Pot

Slang for marijuana

Answer

Bark

Toot

Worth

Wok

___ing place names

Answer

Ramekin

Porringer

Terrine

Marmite

Cooking pots

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

They snap

BR NC HS

BRANCHES

CH LLST ND NS

ACHILLES TENDONS

SHR TT MP RDP PL

SHORT-TEMPERED PEOPLE

CM RS

CAMERAS

They crackle

BNF RS

BONFIRES

RDS

RADIOS (accepted REEDS)

P RKR ND

PORK RIND

CRS SPP CK TS

CRISP PACKETS

They pop

CN SFP RN GLS

CANS OF PRINGLES

BL LNS

BALLOONS

BB BLW RP

BUBBLE WRAP

CHM PG NC RKS

CHAMPAGNE CORKS

Cereal mascots

TN YT HTGR

TONY THE TIGER

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