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26/05/2014 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

French singer who wrote La Mer

C

Character played by Anne Reid in Coronation Street

D

 

Valerie Singleton

 

Charles Trenet

 

Valerie Barlow

 

Charles Lindbergh

E

French physicist’s law dealing with behaviour of gas

F

Largest city in Florida

G

Bolton Town Hall work led to fame for one of these craftsmen

H

MP for Macclesfield from 1971 to 2010

 

Charles’s Law

 

Jacksonville

 

Steeplejack

(Fred Dibnah’s TV debut in Bolton)

 

Nicholas Winterton

I

Won Women’s 200m & 400m at 1984 LA Olympics

J

Straight man to TV comedian Arthur Haynes

K

Pre-papal name of Pope Adrian IV

L

Boston’s River

 

Valerie Brisco-Brooks

 

Nicholas Parsons

 

Nicholas Breakspear

 

Charles River

M

Party leader and MP for Bradford West

N

Actress wife of disgraced War Minister

O

Only person to win an Oscar and a Nobel prize

P

Starred as Alfie Wickers in BBC3’s Bad Education

 

George Galloway

 

Valerie Hobson

(wife of John Profumo)

 

George Bernard Shaw

 

Jack Whitehall

Q

R

Location of The Bourda Test Match Ground

S

Character played by Kiefer Sutherland in 24

T

 

Charlie Nicholas

 

Georgetown, Guyana

 

Jack Bauer

 

George cross
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Valerie - A: Valerie Singleton;  C: Valerie Barlow;  I: Valerie Brisco-Brooks;  N: Valerie Hobson

Charles - B: Charles Trenet;  D: Charles Lindbergh;  E: Charles’s Law;  L: Charles River

Jack - F: Jacksonville;  G: Steeplejack;  P: Jack Whitehall;  S: Jack Bauer

Nicholas - H: Nicholas Winterton;  J: Nicholas Parsons;  K: Nicholas Breakspear;  Q: Charlie Nicholas

George - M: George Galloway;  O: George Bernard Shaw;  R: Georgetown, Guyana;  T: George cross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valerie (Valéry Giscard d’Estaing), Charles (Charles de Gaulle), Jack (Jacques Chirac), Nicholas (Nicolas Sarkozy) and George (Georges Pompidou) are all ...

anglicised first names of post-war Presidents of the French Republic