Thrifters v Stitchers

Series 19, Episode 22

Jump To: Connections Sequences Connecting Wall Missing Vowels

Round 1: Connections

𓇌 Two Reeds

Hét – egy = headwear

Cuarenta y cinco / tres = a fruit

Clue 2

Huit x deux = grab

Clue 3

Sieben + vier = a Christmas worker

Clue 4

Meanings in English of foreign numbers

7-1 = 6 (hat), 45/3 = 15 (quince), 8x2 = 16 (seize), 7+4 = 11 (elf)

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Meng Po soup

Lacuna Inc.

Clue 2

The waters of Lethe

Clue 3

Superman’s kiss

Clue 4

Forgetting

Chinese Buddhism, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Greek mythology, Superman II

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

If Barons Court were inspired by the name of a neighbouring tube station

Finnegan dies at the start, and his wake then takes place

Clue 2

The house belonged to the Howard family

Clue 3

AC/DCs bells are definitely from Hell

Clue 4

Arguments for apostrophes

Barons Court (vs Earl's Court), Finnegans Wake, Howards End, Hells Bells

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Müller counter

Carter’s Anatomy of the Human Body

Clue 2

Sprüngli chocolate

Clue 3

The Wallace Test for the representation of women in fiction

Clue 4

Lesser-known accomplices

Geiger counter, Grey's Anatomy of the Human Body, Lindt chocolate, The Bechdel Test

Answer

𓈗 Water

Clue 2

Clue 3

Clue 4

Name is what they do

Hen harrier, Bee-eater, Oystercatcher, Woodpecker

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

Girls Aloud hits

See The Day by Dee C. Lee, Walk This Way by Run-DMC ft. Aerosmith, I'll Stand By You by The Pretenders, Jump (For My Love) by The Pointer Sisters

Answer

Round 2: Sequences

𓇌 Two Reeds

Estonia (2011)

Latvia (2014)

Clue 2

Lithuania (2015)

Clue 3

Croatia (2023)

Accession to the Euro

Answer

𓃭 Lion

Clue 2

Clue 3

(e.g.) Harrison Ford

Acting Presidents. George KENNEDY, Dakota JOHNSON, Cynthia NIXON, Harrison FORD.

Answer

𓎛 Twisted Flax

All apart from Mum: “MUM”

All apart from Dad: “DAD”

Clue 2

All apart from Bingo: “BINGO”

Clue 3

All apart from Bluey: "BLUEY"

Bluey opening

Answer

𓆑 Horned Viper

Adjust → Repair

Additional reward → Burden of responsibility

Clue 2

Hidden → In plain sight

Clue 3

(e.g.) Delegate power → Develop

Remove a letter. Amend → Mend, Bonus → Onus, Covert → Overt, Devolve → Evolve

Answer

𓈗 Water

Talking Book

Innervisions

Clue 2

Fulfillingness’ First Finale

Clue 3

Songs in the Key of Life

Stevie Wonder's golden age, getting later

Answer

𓂀 Eye of Horus

(e.g.) Does Your Mother Know by ABBA

Bitch by Meredith Brooks. Queen BITCH by David Bowie, LOVER by Taylor Swift, CHILD by Mark Owen, Does Your MOTHER Know by ABBA

Answer

Round 3: Connecting Walls

𓃭 Lion

Face

Idle

Nature arts

Orbits

Anagrams of fooderies

Answer

China

Dry

Marrow

Turquoise

Bone ___

Answer

Bouncer

Laika

Nipper

Floki

Notable dogs

Answer

Carmen

Dier

Pickles

Trump

Erics

Answer

𓈗 Water

Knaves glow

Fait

Naturel

Slate

Anagrams of car companies

Answer

Carson

Rushton

Thorne

Whitelaw

Willies

Answer

Contraire

Fond

Pair

Revoir

Au ___

Answer

Nelson

Hamilton

Gisborne

Wellington

Cities in New Zealand

Answer

Round 4: Missing Vowels

Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans of 1962

GR NP

GREEN PEA

CHD DRC HS

CHEDDAR CHEESE

ONION

CR MFSP RGS

CREAM OF ASPARAGUS

Works of Graham Greene merged with songs

BR GHT NRC KRN DT HCL CK

BRIGHTON ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK

THTH RDM NTR

THE THIRD MANEATER

THP WRTN DT HGL RYFL V

THE POWER AND THE GLORY OF LOVE

NG LNDM DMN DMR SJNS

ENGLAND MADE ME AND MRS JONES

Wars and their chroniclers

FR STW RLDW RNDW LF RDWN

FIRST WORLD WAR AND WILFRED OWEN

GLFW RNDN DYM CNB

GULF WAR AND ANDY MCNAB

PL PN NSNWR NDT HC YD DS

PELOPONNESIAN WAR AND THUCYDIDES