COUNTRYSIDE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Beach on Sefton Coastal Path with Antony Gormley statues (6) 4 Marks livestock (6) 7 Flexible willow twig – turns white (5) 8 Loch at start of River Ayr Way – narrow valley jump! (8) 9 Garden pest’s gulp of liquor (4) 11 See 21 12/2 Remove unwanted seedlings (4,3) 13 Crab might precede these fruits (6) 14 Cornish castle linked to King Arthur (8) 16 Cattle breed – disturbing soil then? (8) 19 Pass between peaks appreciated by equestrian? (6) 21/11 Moorland area in New Forest – bore off former PM! (4,5) 23 Cut back wrinkled dried plum (5) 24 Harvest ... some more apples (4) 25 Highland seaport transported my carrot! (8) 26 Soil prepared for cultivation (5) 28 Piglet no longer suckling (6) 29 Dartmoor’s second-highest point – affirmative, a rocky hill (6)

DOWN

1 Yellow pasture flower (7) 2 See 12 Across 3 Trees sounding like coastal features (7) 4 Cathedral market town in Angus – small British chine, perhaps (7) 5 Man of habit at eg Rievaulx once (5) 6 Refuse a downhill slope? (7) 8 Somerset’s place of pilgrimage associated with King Arthur (11) 10 Hoodwinks seabirds (5) 15 Catkin-bearing tree in rural Derwent (5) 17 ___ House, Queen Victoria’s Isle of Wight residence (7) 18 Ruler applied to large colourful ‘eyed’ moth? (7) 19 Scottish sheep dog – unruly: “Heel, sit!” (7) 20 Boot material: the real alternative? (7) 22 An original walker of Ermine Street! (5) 27 Patch of ground disposed of by auctioneer? (3)