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25/11/2019 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

Devised by Anthony Trollope in 1852

C

1812 J D Wyss book re journey to Australia

D

 

Susie Dent

(from Countdown)

 

Pillar box

(in his work as a Post Office Inspector)

 

Swiss Family Robinson

 

Arthur Dent

(from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)

E

S Pacific island Mas a Tierra renamed in 1966

F

Used before the late Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4

G

1967 Losey/Pinter film with Dirk Bogarde

H

Tenniel depicts as 3 inches high smoking a hookah

 

Robinson Crusoe Island

(where Alexander Selkirk was castaway)

 

Sailing By

 

Accident

 

Caterpillar

(in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)

I

Mulled cider traditionally drunk at Christmas

J

Autobiography by author aka T E Shaw & J H Ross

K

2012 Olympic events furthest from London

L

Male founder of Portishead

 

Wassail

 

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

(by T E Lawrence)

 

Sailing

(at Weymouth and Portland)

 

Geoff Barrow

M

Unicorn, Old Tom, Trooper, Wizard

N

Holker Street NW football club left league in 1972

O

1966 hit song referencing Joe DiMaggio

P

Profession of John Henry Holliday

 

 Robinson’s Beers

 

Barrow AFC

 

Mrs Robinson

(by Simon & Garfunkel – The Graduate)

 

Dentist

(‘Doc’ Holliday – friend of Wyatt Earp)

Q

R

Faith, Fasting, Almsgiving, Prayer, Pilgrimage

S

Played Captain Jack Harkness in Torchwood

T

 

Clyde Barrow

(of Bonnie & Clyde fame)

 

Five Pillars of Islam

 

John Barrowman

 

Versailles
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Dent: A – Susie Dent; D – Arthur Dent; G – Accident; P – Dentist

Pillar: B – Pillar box; H – Caterpillar; J – Seven Pillars of Wisdom; R – Five Pillars of Islam

Robinson: C – Swiss Family Robinson; E – Robinson Crusoe Island; M – Robinson’s Beers; O – Mrs Robinson

Sail: F – Sailing By; I – Wassail; K – Sailing; T – Versailles

Barrow: L – Geoff Barrow; N – Barrow AFC; Q – Clyde Barrow; S – John Barrowman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dent, Pillar, Robinson, Sail and Barrow

are all…

Fells in the Lake District