Answers and Clues Herculis Device for lifting a heavy object especially a vehicle Union JACK Division of a large and complex organisation Olive BRANCH Region of middle-earth in the Lord of the Rings Inhabited by hobbits York SHIRE Mainly nocturnal flying insect which is attracted to light Emperor MOTH
cliffyg thank you so much. The way I understood it before was that the clues given in the paper produced the given words (in this case Union, Olive, York and Emperor) which were then used as random links but now I see they are clues to the actual answers. This would narrow the field down a lot and I am really looking forward to next weekend!