Strigiformes v Cryptics

Series 18, Episode 17

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Detective Thorn

Tamora the Goth

Clue 2

Mrs Lovett’s customers

Clue 3

Hannibal Lecter

Clue 4

Fictional cannibals

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Jimmy Young: Radio 2 lunchtime host

Chris Tarrant: “…Millionaire?” host

Clue 2

Ed Miliband: Labour party leader

Clue 3

Bamber Gascoigne: University Challenge host

Clue 4

Succeeded by a Jeremy

Vine, Clarkson, Corbyn, Paxman

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Distinguished and incapable

Lawful and run away

Clue 2

Fibre and approximate years since birth

Clue 3

Not anywhere and currently in this place

Clue 4

The space changes the meaning

Notable/not able, legit/leg it, roughage/rough age, nowhere/now here

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Pantone 448C

No indication of flavour

Clue 2

Cuboid in shape (rounded edge allowed)

Clue 3

Specified picture and text health warnings

Clue 4

Cigarette packet requirements

Answer

𓈗 Water

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Tally marks meaning 5

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Be quiet!

Pipe Down by Drake, Hush by Kula Shaker, Don't Speak by No Doubt, Shaddap You Face by Joe Dolce

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Removing the Secretary of War

Making false statements about an affair

Clue 2

Soliciting foreign election interference

Clue 3

Inciting the storming of the Capitol

US Presidential impeachments. Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Donald Trump.

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) Isaac Newton

K, L, M, N as first and last letter of surnames. Anna KendricK, Stan LaureL, Mo MowlaM, Isaac NewtoN

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

Raven

Pandemic

Clue 2

Transgression

Clue 3

Abstemious

Vowels in order. AE, AEI, AEIO, AEIOU.

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

1: Kelly Holmes (800m)

2: Carl Lewis (100m)

Clue 2

3: Jan Zelezny (Javelin)

Clue 3

4: (e.g.) Carl Lewis (Long Jump)

Back-to-back Olympic medals

Answer

𓈗 Water

Rumpelstiltskin

Prince Charming

Clue 2

Fiona’s Fairy Godmother

Clue 3

Lord Farquaad

Shrek's adversaries

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

3: The Bosphorus

2: The Menai Strait

Clue 2

1: The Golden Gate

Clue 3

0: (e.g.) The Amazon

Decreasing number of bridges over bodies of water

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

McKinley

Morris

Bligh

Tell

Williams

Answer

Disclose

Blab

Reveal

Divulge

Give out information

Answer

Been

Leak

P

Beat

Sound like vegetables

Answer

Wallace

Phineas

Tom

Mary

First half of animated duos

Answer

𓈗 Water

Hammer

Blast

Chide

Knock

To criticise

Answer

Before

Basics

Benign

Slate

End with number sounds

Answer

Espace

Twizy

Megane

Clio

Renault models

Answer

Swordfish

Pan

Australia

Logan

Hugh Jackman films

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Sections of "The Highway Code"

MTR WYS

MOTORWAYS

TRF FCS GNS

TRAFFIC SIGNS

BR KDW NS ND NCD NTS

BREAKDOWNS AND INCIDENTS

RLS BTN MLS

RULES ABOUT ANIMALS

Saying containing fewer animals than you'd expect

H LDYRH R S

HOLD YOUR HORSE

RNN G CTS

RAINING CATS

LTSL PT H DGF WR

LET SLIP THE DOG OF WAR

B R D NTHHN DSWRTH N N THBSH

A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH ONE IN THE BUSH

Symphonies and their composers

JP TRN DMZ RT

JUPITER AND MOZART

R CNDB TH VN

EROICA AND BEETHOVEN

RSR RCT NNDM HLR

RESURRECTION AND MAHLER

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