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30/09/2019 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

54 gallons of beer; 46 gallons of claret

 

C

South African godfather of Prince William

 

D

 

Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels

 

Hogshead

 

Laurens van der Post

 

London Road Fire Station

(Old Central fire station in Manchester)

E

Alistair MacLean thriller about Arctic

F

Honegger work depicting a steam locomotive in music

G

Via Crucis

H

Northerly start point for the SW Coastal path

 

Ice Station Zebra

 

Pacific 231

 

Stations of the Cross

 

Minehead

I

Signal-caller in American football

J

English place name from French ‘beautiful cape

K

Hero of King Solomon’s Mines; big game hunter

L

“…a point is all that you can score…” lyrics

 

Quarterback

 

Beachey Head

(from ‘beau chef’ in French)

 

Allan Quartermain

 

Two Tribes Go To War

(by Frankie Goes to Hollywood)

M

‘McRoyal’ in

 non-imperial countries

N

‘Winner takes all’ type of voting

O

BBC sitcom starring Ralf Little & Sheridan Smith

P

Our Mutual Friend teacher; falls for Lizzie

 

Quarterpounder

(McDonald’s product)

 

‘First past the post’

 

2 Pints of Lager & a Packet of Crisps

 

Bradley Headstone

Q

R

Left bank area around Sorbonne

S

News/opinion website started by Arianna etc

T

 

Postcards from the Edge

(starring Meryl Streep & Shirley Maclaine)

 

Latin Quarter

 

Huffpost or Huffington Post

 

PlayStation

(logo)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two: A - Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels; F - Pacific 231; L - Two Tribes Go To War; O - 2 Pints of Lager & a Packet of Crisps

Head: B – Hogshead; H – Minehead; J – Beachey Head; P – Bradley Headstone

Post: C – Laurens van der Post; N – ‘First past the post’; Q – Postcards from the Edge; S – Huffpost or Huffington Post

Station: D – London Road Fire Station; E – Ice Station Zebra; G – Stations of the Cross; T – PlayStation

Quarter: I – Quarterback; K – Allan Quartermain; M – Quarterpounder; R – Latin Quarter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two – Head – Post – Station – Quarter ... are all...

...words that can precede the word ‘master’ to make other words