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Alltheanswers here

arelinkedin some

way.Onceyou’ve

spottedthelink,any

youdidn’t knowthe

firsttimearound

shouldbecomeeasier.

1.Whofounded

thepoliticalparty

whichspentmore

onpressadvertising

thananyotherat

the1997 general

election–andended

upwithnoseats?

2.Whichband

consistedof Reeves

Gabrels,Tony Fox

Sales, Hunt Sales

andaveryfamous

leadsinger?

3.Whatwasthefirst

CharlesDickens

novelwithafirst-

personnarrator?

4.What’sthecommon

two-word phrasefor

anegativepressure

ventilator,acommon

pieceof medical

equipmentin the

1940sand1950s?

5.Whatword fora

movietheatrecame

to mean “jukebox”

(right)afterbeing

misusedin the

1949 song“Music!

Music!Music!”?

6.What’s theworld’s

mostwidelyused

webbrowser?

7.WhowastheRoman

equivalentof the

GreekgodHermes?

8.Whichsectionof

theorchestracomes

first alphabetically?

9.What nickname

is sharedby Hamilton,

Ontario;Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania;and

Sheffield(above)

in Yorkshire?

10.In 2013,Bradley

Cooper,Robert De

Niro, JackiWeaver

andJennifer

Lawrenceall

receivedOscar

actingnominations

forwhichfilm?

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TheAcrosscluesare straightforward, whiletheDowncluesare cryptic.

Whoor whatdothese pictures addupto?

TheCrossword

No478. Setby Aldhelm

ARoundontheLinks

by JamesWalton

ThePictureRound

by JamesWalton

Answerspage 10

ACROSS

7 Ofcourse(9)

8 Eerie(5)

10 Jolly (6)

11 Preciousmetal

source (8)

12 Idiot,dunce(6)

14 Strength,

stamina(6)

16 Cheesemaking

by-product(4)

17 Windowpane

fixative(5)

18 Grasp(4)

19 Fleet(6)

21 Annual(6)

24 Agenda(8)

26 Lilt,accent(6)

27 Secondplanet

fromthesun(5)

28 Sadness (9)

DOWN

1 Coveroverbird

forthetable(5)

2 Greedthat’s

increasedI’dfoundin

financial district(8)

3 Travel smoothly

aroundalakethat’s

unproductive(6)

4 Sellan outdoorsport

that’sontheup(4)

5 Tree’s hiddenby

thebrokenprotective

device(6)

6 Calledin to badly

fail secondlanguage

that’sfunny(9)

9 Unconvincing

andpoorfilm,say,

oneleaves (6)

13 ScruffyScotspotato

forthe audience(5)

15 Oddballletter(9)

17 Starts to panic

–Lassafever

epidemic(6)

18 Girltookgreat

stridesandran

quickly(8)

20 Waytoa

stadium(6)

22 Optimistically

somehowbeatsleader

of tournament(2, 4)

23 Search forpartof

an antiquestatue(5)

25 Bringin headsof

Europeandrestart

negotiations (4)

Solution to Crossword No 477

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