COUNTRYSIDE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dust whirls growing concern for breeding establishment (4,4) 6/9 Hairy caterpillar or vague bruin? (6,4) 10 Partly motor to northern village on Coast to Coast path (5) 11 Clothing fasteners – belts? (4) 12 Irish town/peninsula’s wooded valley? (6) 14 A single unusual energy ... processing of animal fodder (8) 16 Is an informant on wheat, barley, etc? (7) 17 Fully ripe when Nature’s given a fresh start (6) 19 Sounds like a bird’s social media postings (6) 21/30 Church dignitary with Volkswagen produces scarletcoloured insect (8,6) 23 Threadlike filaments of fungus – my clue I’m rearranging! (8) 25 Glance at a goose (6) 26 Raspberry stem or birch? (4) 28 Andrea may partly stargaze (5) 29 Rooster’s small pile of hay (4) 30 See 21ac. 31 Bod grins stupidly “It could be a lark!” (8)

DOWN

2 National Trail from Wilts. to Bucks., Britain’s oldest road (3,8) 3 British dung beetle in spotted orchids (3) 4 Wading birds at coves, swimming (7) 5 Tim sent unusual hand warmers (7) 6 Desires, er, river on the Thanet Coastal Path (7) 7 Ring __, blackbird-like bird with white bib (5) 8 Cut back tree in arboreal operation (3) 13 Eat like cattle and scratch? (5) 15 Huge gorge in Yorkshire Dales – Reg involved with carloads (7,4) 18 Get in swirling Devon river (5) 20 Deciduous tree with bright berries – endlessly splendid, anyway! (7) 21 Occupants of tents, recreational vehicles (7) 22 I’m green about a combination of diet, exercise etc. (7) 24 Put up in Appledore rectory (5) 27 It has a head and hops! (3) 29 Stocky horse, father of cygnet! (3)