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All the answers here

arelinked in some

way.Onceyou’ve

spottedthe link, any

youdidn’tknowthe

first time around

should becomeeasier.

1.Burns and

Albright arethe title

characters’surnames

in which 1989 film?

2.TheVolga (above)

andUralbothflowinto

which bodyofwater?

3.Whatwasthe

first top 30 single

byTheSmiths?

4.Whowasthe British

foreign secretary

at the timeofthe

EUreferendum?

5.Whowasthe first

personto flyacross

theEnglishChannel?

6.What’sthe name of

theyounger brother

ofPeppa Pig (below)?

7.“Happiness is...”

what–according

toaseriesof

BritishTVadverts,

banned in 19 91?

8.What name is

missing from this

quartet of characters

fromaseriesof

books: Douglas,

Henry,Ginger?

9.Which sitcom

characterwas

regularly called

a“dirty old man”

byhisson?

10 .What’sthe

name of the 15th-

centurybridge,lined

with statues, that

crossesthe Vltava

riverinPrague?

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TheAcross cluesarestraightforward, while the Down cluesarecryptic.

Who or what do these picturesadd up to?

The Crossword

No 48 2.SetbyAldhelm

ARound on theLinks

byJamesWalton

The PictureRound

byJamesWalton

Answers page 10

ACROSS

1 MP’sarea(12)

9 Egg-shaped(5)

10 Explain (9)

11 Male angler (9)

12 Rugbyformation(5)

13 Evolved(9)

16 Transport

onrails(5)

18 Repeat(5)

19 Stew(9)

20 Support(5)

22 Similar,

comparable (9)

25 Rusting(9)

26 Snookertable

covering(5)

27 Vest,eg(12)

DOWN

1 Annoyedabout

what’snotasingle

genre(5-4)

2 Little encourage-

ment, say,to get dull

colour turned up(5)

3 Amount of energy

from theMarines(5)

4 Dishforceramic

container does

getcooked(9)

5 Composer

organisedastrike

that isshorter(4,5)

6 Heads of

communication

haveto broadcast

discussion’sleader(5)

7 Nato enforced

changeswithout

current group of

countries(13)

8 Bug with a

name that’schanged

–lesshorrible

disease (6,7)

14 Greatvictory

isadangerfor

drivers (9)

15 Beat up monarch,

grabbing silver

box,perhaps(9)

17 One arguingfor a

sport’ssignificance (9)

21 Oneworking with

one beforejoining(5)

23 Drillforgold,

getting last bitsof

remaining orelater(5)

24 Second-

classaward, at

first, concerning

cardgame(5)

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