Spoilers for Monday 2nd March 2026 (Series 93, Heat 41)

[John Garcia]

R5 - DESOLATED for 9

[John Garcia]

P.s. that was a fun game Colin invented today. I came up with a similar game, this time a word not a person:
1. Kids TV show from the 1980's.
2. Horror film baddie

[Gevin Chapwell]

Is there a third clue?

[Howie Myers]

r4: SANGUINE

[John Garcia]

Is there a third clue?

Have updated clue 1 to be early 80's. Also clue 3

3. Clothes shop / brand

I can give a 4th if it's still too cryptic.

[John Garcia]

It won't let me edit old posts so just to reiterate:

1. Kids TV show from the early 1980's (presenter of which has been a DC guest)
2. Horror film baddie
3. Clothes shop / brand

[Gevin Chapwell]

Yeah, maybe a 4th...

[John Garcia]

Yeah, maybe a 4th...

4. You'll find this in a workshop

If that's still not enough, the Horror film the baddie is from is a franchise (quite a famous one).

[Gevin Chapwell]

Don't know!

[John Garcia]

Don't know!

Final clue: It's a puzzle

Bonus clue: The TV presenters daughter is a famous pop singer who herself has been a DC guest (more times than her mum who has only been on 1 week).

[Gevin Chapwell]

Sophie Ellis-Bexter's mum (Janet Ellis?) has been on Blue Peter? If it's that, I wouldn't have got it from most of the clues. But it's not really early 80s specifically anyway so probably not that. Am I in the right ballpark? Blue Peter does sound like a good baddie though.

[John Garcia]

Sophie Ellis-Bexter's mum (Janet Ellis?) has been on Blue Peter? If it's that, I wouldn't have got it from most of the clues. But it's not really early 80s specifically anyway so probably not that. Am I in the right ballpark? Blue Peter does sound like a good baddie though.

Correct! Janet Ellis. Not Blue Peter though. This was her first tv show I believe, ran from 1979-1983.

Sorry about the clue difficulties! The word came up on "today's" (i.e. Monday 2nd March 2026) episode so I possibly erred on making it too cryptic. If nothing else this has taught me how difficult it is to set clues when you know the answer. I thought horror movie franchise villain might have given it away, but there are probably more horror movie franchises out there than I realise!

[Gevin Chapwell]

OK, it's Jigsaw. I discussed it with a few people and that's what came out of it. It was something I considered but wasn't really aware of most of the connections.