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24/02/2014 Connecting Wall The answers can be arranged into 5 groups of 4 whereby each answer in a group has a word or part of a word (sometimes in sound, rather than spelling) in common with the other answers in that group.  The 5 shared words/part-words belong to an overall theme.

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A

B

1968 film starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway with music by Michel Legrand

C

Best known  product of Numatic Ltd of Chard, Somerset

D

 

Thierry Henry

 

The Thomas Crown Affair

 

Henry

(Vacuum cleaner)

 

Gordon Gekko

(Michael Douglas in Wall Street)

E

Scene of a 1931 mutiny of sailors in British Atlantic fleet

F

Famous literary owner of The Boat House, Laugharne

G

1st permanent English settlement in the Americas

H

Released No. 2 UK hit: Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)

 

Invergordon

 

Dylan Thomas

 

Jamestown

 

Jedward

I

Bennett, Williams, Pullin, Dawes, David, Quinnell, then?

J

UK location for diplomatic accreditation

K

Real name of the pirate Blackbeard

L

Independent school located near Duffus, NW of Elgin

 

Gareth Edwards

(passes in ‘greatest try of all time’)

 

Court of St James

(St James’s Palace)

 

Edward Teach

 

Gordonstoun

M

Played Katharine Clifton in The English Patient

N

Joint winner of 1973 Nobel Peace Prize with Le Duc Tho

O

Played Sarah Layton in TV’s Jewel in the Crown

P

Manchester City shirt sponsors 2004-09

 

Kristin Scott Thomas

 

Henry Kissinger

 

Geraldine James

 

Thomas Cook

Q

R

He’s “grown accustomed to her face”

S

Actress who killed Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave

T

 

James Blunt

 

Professor Henry Higgins

(song in My Fair Lady)

 

Hannah Gordon

(driving the car that ran him over)

 

Prince Edward Island

(Canadian Province)
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Thomas - B: The Thomas Crown Affair; F: Dylan Thomas; M: Kristin Scott Thomas; P: Thomas Cook

Edward - H: Jedward; I: Gareth Edwards; K: Edward Teach; T: Prince Edward Island

Henry - A: Thierry Henry; C: Henry; N: Henry Kissinger; R: Professor Henry Higgins

Gordon - D: Gordon Gekko; E: Invergordon; L: Gordonstoun; S: Hannah Gordon

James - G: Jamestown; J: Court of St James; O: Geraldine James; Q: James Blunt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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