The following clues form a word chain. The last three letters of one word or phrase form the first three letters of the next word, and the list wraps round from the last word to the first. Mostly straightforward with the odd toughie, but there may be one or two hyphenated words, alternative spellings or short phrases in there, and remember it was compiled by a Brit. Quite a few there, so feel free to grab two or three
-1. Sharif, actor
Omar -2. Almond-based paste
marzipan-3. Ornamental plume of feathers
panache -4. Place along a road, border, etc, where travellers are stopped for inspection
checkpoint -5. Multi-national crime fighting organization
Interpol -6. Former leader of the Khmer Rouge
Pol Pot -7. River flowing into the Chesapeake Bay
Potomac -8. The Scottish Play
Macbeth -9. Organic solvent, formula C
2H
5OC
2H
5 ether -10. Decapod crustaceans with fragile exoskeletons
hermit crabs -11. Aromatic liqueur, 68% wormwood
absinthe -12. Electronic musical instrument
theremin -13. Wandering troubadour
minstrel -14. Electrical device used in switching circuits
relay -15. Brief stop on a journey
layover -16. Hitchcock film starring James Stewart
Vertigo -17. Marty Feldman film role
Igor -18. Herbivorous great apes
gorillas -19. Young girl
lassie -20. Afternoon nap
siesta -21. An attempt
stab -22. Forbidden or disapproved of
taboo -23. An action or statement that recoils on its originator
boomerang -24. Unit of length, 10
-10 metre
Angstrom -25. The "Desert Fox"
Rommel -26. Darkly pigmented skin tumour
melanoma
acebook
witter
