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27/11/2017 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

Area containing Batley, Cleckheaton and Dewsbury

C

Northern terminus of the Pennine Way

D

 

The Scapegoat

(by William Holman Hunt)

 

Kirklees

 

Kirk Yetholm

 

Bo Diddley

(legendary American R & B musician)

E

Either barred or blocked with lights

F

Baroque Italian composer; wrote 555 piano sonatas

G

Record goal scorer for Bermuda national team

H

Fictional pub near Bristol – home to story’s narrator

 

Crossword puzzles

 

Domenico Scarlatti

 

Shaun Goater

(32 goals)

 

Admiral Benbow

(home of Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island)

I

79 year old leader of the Socialist Labour Party

J

Played Frank Baker in Fabulous Baker Boys

K

Fairy tale characters – tried to cross troll’s bridge

L

TV & film character - middle name Tiberius

 

Arthur Scargill

 

Beau Bridges

 

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

(Norwegian fairy tale)

 

Captain James Kirk

(from Star Trek)

M

Shakespeare’s description of Romeo and Juliet

N

Took the ‘naughty bits’ out of Shakespeare

O

10-a-side game - originated by Iroquois people

P

Common to Disraeli, Ho Chi Minh & the god Pan

 

“A pair of star-cross’d lovers”

(from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet)

 

Thomas Bowdler

(The Family Shakespeare – bowdlerisation)

 

Lacrosse

 

Goatee beard

Q

R

Patricia Cornwell’s fictional forensic scientist

S

2017 Christopher Nolan film with Hans Zimmer music

T

 

Gerald Scarfe

(title cartoons for Yes Minister)

 

Dr Kay Scarpetta

(detective novels)

 

Dunkirk

 

George Cross

(featured on the flag of Malta)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goat: A - The Scapegoat; G - Shaun Goater; K - The Three Billy Goats Gruff; P - Goatee beard

Kirk: B – Kirklees; C - Kirk Yetholm; L - Captain James Kirk; S: Dunkirk

Bow: D - Bo Diddley; H - Admiral Benbow; J - Beau Bridges; N - Thomas Bowdler

Cross: E - Crossword puzzles; M - “A pair of star-cross’d lovers”; O – Lacrosse; T - George Cross

Sca: F - Domenico Scarlatti; I - Arthur Scargill; Q - Gerald Scarfe; R - Dr Kay Scarpetta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goatfell (Isle of Arran), Kirkfell (Lake District), Bowfell (Lake District), Crossfell (Pennines), Scafell (Lake District)

 ….all names of UK mountains ending in ‘fell’