Mystery mead cups, crypto and farting babies

It's 'new year, new me!' over at The Infinite Escape Room, as Mike, Bailey and Dom bring copious amounts of sweat to Jamie's gym puzzles.
MARVEL at the geographic diversity of Jamie's Arnie impression
WINCE at Dom 'sampling' the sweat cauldron
RECOIL at Bailey's recounting of the horror that is Spin Class
This episode was brought to you by Mantis Toboggan's Instant Shart™, as well as our patrons Dave Shaw, Tonje Beate Halvorsen, and Hill Burton.
 
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This week's solvers were Mike Collins, Emma Bailey and Dom Jordan. Your Games Maestro and puzzle creator was Jamie Gibbs.

Ho ho ho! It's that magical time of year where a severed head seeks brutal vengeance for a supplanted god of the winter solstice! Plus jolly old Santa! And Sherry!
It's absolutely not a bleak pagan nightmare. It's a Christmas special. Honest!
This one is hosted by pagan fertility enthusiast Dom, and solved by those cheerful innocent wee boys Mike, Ben and Jamie.
Here's the images you'll need if you want to play along at home:
Clearing
 
Lock
Note

This week, Mike, Jon Jamie are turned from monkeys to monks by a Dom's monasterial machinations!
It's an absolute belter - and if you want to play along at home, here's the image assets you'll need...
Portraits
 
Grid
 
Mysterious rune
 
Awesome runic number system
 

aka Defeat MechaTrump
This week's episode is made possible by our wonderful Patreons, including Tonje Beate Halvorsen and Ryann Sparrow
This week Mike, Laura and Aled finish what they started all those weeks ago and come together to defeat the Trump Bot before he gets to Mars-A-Lago.
QUIVER with horror at Trump's synthetic neck flap
BE AMAZED at Laura's quick puzzling skills
YELL AT YOUR PHONE when you realise your memory is better than theirs was
Tune in and see how they got on!
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aka Escape Cape Canaveral
This week's episode is made possible by our wonderful Patreons, including Colin Walker, Charlotte Knowles, and Jen McPhilimy. 
This week Mike, Laura and Aled go where no monkey has gone before on a special mission to space, where we'll ponder such questions as:
Has Jamie overestimated their cleverness?
Does banana bread cook faster in space?
And just how useful is a butt flap on a space suit?
Tune in and find out!If you'd like to hear the unedited version of this episode, consider joining our Arch-Duke of Charitable Excellence tier! Here you'll also get access to the episode script, including puzzle commentary and scratch notes. There'll also be a cheeky bonus episode coming soon to go along with this episode.
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aka Escape the Tea Shop at the Edge of the Universe
This week, Mike is joined by Brandon and Cici from ESCAPETHEROOMers to serve afternoon tea to a trio of pissed off Monoliths from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
BE AMAZED as Brandon and Cici sweep the room with expert flair.
NOD WITH BRITISH PRIDE as Mike discusses the age-old war between Devon and Cornwall scones.
SHAKE YOUR HEAD DISAPPROVINGLY as Jamie forgets how cakes work and desperately tries to backpedal mid-puzzle.
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Join Ben and Jon as they find themselves trapped in Mike's Library of Alexandria...with a barbarian horde on the horizon!
Listener discretion is advised, as this episode features some truly, truly awful accents, and truly truly truly poorly 'researched' history.
If you want to play along at home, you might find the following obscene papyrus useful:
 
'Minus the Minotaur
SEXENFELCHIDES HELD THE MINOTAUR. ARSE KISSING ENVELOPED THEIR HORNS A LONG INTENSE AGE. THE MINOTAUR SUCKED HOOF AND THE MINOTAUR NEVER DOUBTED. THE MINOTAUR OBLIGED HIS GARGLE OBLIGATIONS DREAMILY. ‘MORE OVERT RAVISHING!’ EXTEMPORISED THE MINOTAUR.'

It's been really, really hot in the UK recently.
This episode happened. It's a good one.
Join the Ben and the Jamie.
They escape Mike's hot little location.
At one point a man sweats out his guts. Here's what it looks like:
Send 99p flakes.