Scrummagers v Morporkians

Series 18, Episode 27

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Bliss

EUPHORIA by Loreen, Oh JOY Oh RAPTURE Unforeseen from HMS Pinafore, Show Me HEAVEN by Maria McKee, HAPPINESS by Ken Dodd

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Exsibilate (Susie Dent’s word of the day)

You could be feeling nervous or anxious today about the future (Bustle’s Gemini horoscope)

Clue 2

Bitter Orange Tart (Nigella’s recipe of the day)

Clue 3

Inaugurate (Dictionary.com word of the day)

Clue 4

January 20th, 2021

Donald Trump left office

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Wham! singles

I'm Your Man, Young Guns, Bad Boys, Last Christmas

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

The game between Harvard and Yale every year

The movement of Larkin et al. in the 50s

Clue 2

The restaurant run by Marco Pierre White in the 90s

Clue 3

The band which backed Bob Dylan in the 60s

Clue 4

Names lacking creativity

The Game, The Movement, The Restaurant, The Band

Answer

𓈗 Water

Stephen Gardner

Stephen Jorge Gerard

Clue 2

Stephen Frederick Segal

Clue 3

Stephen Alan Speilberg

Clue 4

Steven not Stephen

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Mark Spitz, 1972

Marion Bartoli, 2013

Clue 2

Nico Rosberg, 2016

Clue 3

Sam Waley-Cohen, 2022

Clue 4

Reached career high, then retired

7 Olympic golds, Wimbledon, F1 World Championship, Grand National

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) Jodie Foster/Roger Whittaker

Doctor Who actors. DAVID Jason/Neil TENNANT, MATT Damon/Sheridan SMITH, PETER Mandelson/Lewis CAPALDI, JODIE Foster/Roger WHITTAKER.

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Europe: Andorra and 13 more

Asia: Afghanistan and 11 more

Clue 2

Africa: Bolivia and 1 more

Clue 3

(e.g.) North America: none

Landlocked countries by continent

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

(e.g.) Night Fever by The Bee Gees

Times of day. MORNING Mood by Edvard Grieg, Sunny AFTERNOON by The Kinks, Some Enchanted EVENING from South Pacific, NIGHT Fever by The Bee Gees

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

You’ll solve this ruse if he gives clues; the unmistakeable…

A baffling ocean surrounds this notion; hunt for the brilliant…

Clue 2

This puzzle’s not fluffy, it’s quite the toughie; seek help from the wonderful…

Clue 3

Calm it, pidge! Scale this barmy ridge, with the Poet Laureate...

Rhymes for Poets Laureate. Ted Hughes, Andrew Motion, Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage.

Answer

𓈗 Water

Ball

Bell

Clue 2

Bone

Clue 3

Et Boot

McNugget shapes

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

V E R A

V E R A
E N I D

Clue 2

V E R A
E N I D
R I T A

Clue 3

Add ADAM to the bottom

Name word square, reading horizontally and vertically

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Third

King's

Elephant

Wicker

'The ____ Man' films

Answer

Place

Una

Beam

Sol

Fish missing a letter

Answer

Off

Book

Station

Ground

Play____

Answer

Play

Drive

Analytics

Authenticator

Google services

Answer

𓈗 Water

Play

Bake

Sign

Kick

____ Off

Answer

Place

Life

Wife

Karma Hospital

'The Good ____' TV shows

Answer

Third

Skip

Stone

Broom

Curling terminology

Answer

Off

Rave

List

Wager

Composers missing a letter

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

A sport and what it is when it is not a sport

CRC KT NDNS CT

CRICKET AND INSECT

RG BYNDS CHL

RUGBY AND (A) SCHOOL

GL FNDV LKSW GNCR

GOLF AND (A) VOLKSWAGEN CAR

SQ SHN DS FTD RNK

SQUASH AND (A) SOFT DRINK

EU countries and what their equivalent of Brexit might be

GR CND GR XT

GREECE AND GREXIT

TL YNDQ TLY

ITALY AND QUITALY

CYP RSN DB YPRS

CYPRUS AND BYEPRUS

LX MBR GNDG DB YN DG DLXM BRG

LUXEMBOURG AND GOODBYE AND GOOD LUXEMBOURG

Nesting terms for nesting dolls

MT RYS HK

MATROYSHKA

S TCK NGMTRY SH KD L LS

STACKING MATROYSHKA DOLLS

RSSNS TCKN G MT RYSHK DL LSD LLS

RUSSIAN STACKING MATROYSHKA DOLLS DOLLS