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25/06/2012 Connecting Wall The answers can be arranged into 4 groups of 5 whereby each answer in a group contains a word or part of a word (sometimes in sound, rather than spelling) that has something in common with the other answers in that group.  The 4 shared words/part-words belong to an overall theme.

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A

The ‘C’ in CSNY

B

2008-2014 Mrs Liam Gallagher

C

41st Vice President of the USA

 

D

Manchester road containing  St Mary’s Hospital

 

David Crosby

(from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)

 

Nicole Appleton

(of All Saints)

 

Nelson Rockefeller

 

Hathersage Road

E

Footballer who transferred from WBA to Man City in 1974

F

Role played by Matt Damon in Minghella film

G

British non-cycling Beijing double gold medallist

H

Dinky and Meccano maker

 

Asa Hartford

 

Tom Ripley

(in The Talented Mr Ripley)

 

Rebecca Adlington

 

Frank Hornby

I

Oldham-born composer of Façade

J

Original makers of Monopoly, Risk and Subbuteo

K

George Hoy Booth, The Lancashire Toreador

L

 

William Walton

 

John Waddington

 

George Formby

(The Lancashire Toreador one of his songs);

 

Bob Hope

M

TV presenter and former Head Girl of Stockport G

N

Involved

in 1992 scandal with Antonia de Sancha:

O

City on the Yarra

P

Rising Damp actor who plays the chaplain in Casualty

 

Dame Joan Bakewell

 

David Mellor

 

Melbourne

 

Don Warrington

Q

R

First European to reach Lake Victoria

S

Labour politician and former Merchant Navy steward

T

 

Ashley Jensen

 

John Hanning Speke

 

John Prescott

 

British Leyland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merseyside places - A: Crosby; I: Walton; K: Formby; R: Speke; S: Prescot

Cheshire places - B: Appleton; E: Hartford; G: Adlington; P: Warrington; Q: Ashley

Lancashire places - C:  Nelson;  H: Hornby; J: Waddington; N: Mellor; T: Leyland

Derbyshire places - D: Hathersage; F: Ripley; L: Hope; M: Bakewell; O: Melbourne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All place names from counties that adjoin Greater Manchester