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24/06/2019 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

WBA English midfielder; was with Hull & Spurs

C

Man linking Kennedy, George W Bush and Nixon

D

 

Rageh Omar

(Broadcaster)

 

Jake Livermore

 

Oliver Stone

(directed films JFK, Nixon and ‘W’)

 

St John’s College

(Cambridge, site of Bridge of Sighs over R Cam)

E

Old name for the Scottish city of Perth

F

De Niro film featuring Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana on soundtrack

G

Apprentice surgeon/narrator in 18thC literature

H

Via lacteal, γαλαξίας κύκλος - i.e. our home

 

St John’s Toun or St Johnstone

(hence St Johnstone football club)

 

Raging Bull

 

Lemuel Gulliver

(from Gulliver’s Travels by Swift)

 

Milky Way

I

19thC charitable schools for destitute children

J

Bioletti’s hairdressers used to be on this road

K

The Parish Boy's Progress

L

Caroline Bliss, Naomie Harris & Samantha Bond

 

Ragged Schools

 

Penny Lane

(Bioletti’s was barbers in Beatles’ Penny Lane)

 

Oliver Twist

(it’s the alternative name for Oliver Twist)

 

Miss Moneypenny

(actresses to have played the role in Bond films);

M

CEO of The Co-operative Group 2014-17

N

Medicine first made in 1818 from Mg(OH)2

O

Between Swiss Cottage and Baker Street

P

Melodic format used in Indian classical music

 

Richard Pennycook

 

Milk of Magnesia

 

St John’s Wood

(tube station on Jubilee line)

 

Raga

Q

R

ITV News Social Affairs editor

S

1958-93 Tour of Britain cycle event sponsors

T

 

St John’s Ambulance Service

 

Penny Marshall

 

Milk Marketing Board

 

Harvey Milk

(Sean Penn playing role in film Milk)

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Rag: A - Rageh Omar; F - Raging Bull; I - Ragged Schools; P - Raga

Liver: B – Jake Livermore; C - Oliver Stone; G - Lemuel Gulliver; K - Oliver Twist

St John’s: D - St John’s College; E - St John’s Toun or St Johnstone; O - St John’s Wood; Q - St John’s Ambulance Service

Milk: H – Milky Way; N – Milk of Magnesia; S – Milk Marketing Board; T - Harvey Milk

Penny: J - Penny Lane; L - Miss Moneypenny; M – Richard Pennycook; R – Penny Marshall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rag – Liver – St John’s – Milk – Penny...are all...

...words that can precede the word ‘wort’ to make the names of plants