In front of a crowd of 514, the visiting Crows had plenty of possession, especially in the first 45 minutes, without really threatening the Linnets goal.
The deadlock was finally broken after 62 minutes when Michael Gash fired past Royston `keeper Joe Welch, who had made two or three fine stops in the first half.
Three minutes later, Ryan Hawkins doubled Lynn`s lead with a fierce cross shot.
A foul on Craig Parker in the box saw Michael Clunan make it 3-0 from the penalty spot and another fine Hawkins strike added gloss to the scoreline for the home side in stoppage time.
Weymouth ousted Kettering Town from second spot after beating sixth-placed Tiverton Town 2-0 at the Bob Lucas Stadium.
An ill-tempered affair which produced six yellow cards and a red, finished goalless at half-time.
Josh Carmichael finally made the breakthrough to give the Terras a 73rd minute lead.
And 10 minutes later, Toby Down doubled the home side`s lead – a lead they held on to, despite losing Harry Baker for throwing the ball into the 517 crowd which earned him a second yellow card!
Chesham United moved up to tenth in the table after a comprehensive 4-1 win at Creasey Park against second-bottom Dunstable Town.
And the Generals had to come back from being an early 9th minute goal down to win.
Kieran Murphy after 18 minutes and Giusseppe Iaciofano 4 minutes before half-time gave the visitors a 2-0 interval lead.
But it wasn`t until the final few minutes that they were able to fully put the game to bed with two goals in a minute from Iaciofano again and Connor Toomey.
The A1 derby between St Neots Town and Biggleswade Town ended goalless at Rowley Park – both sides sitting in mid-table – while Kings Langley ended a four-game losing run after beating Bishop`s Stortford 4-1 at home.
Afolabi Akinyemi gave the Blues an early 3rd minute lead that Sam Tring cancelled out after 11 minutes.
Tring scored his and Kings` second on the half-hour mark to put them in front.
Jorell Johnson 10 minutes after half-time and Kieran Turner 14 minutes from the end, completed a comfortable win for the hosts.
By Steve Whitney
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