COUNTRYSIDE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fertility symbol, the environmentally aware chap! (5,3) 6 Cried like a rook (5) 9/27 across Peak District limestone valley near Buxton, plantlife reserve and SSSI (4,4) 10 Speyside glen, associated with whisky – to exist on last of malt (5) 11 In detail, a map partly shows this Peak District village (4) 12 See 17 down 14 Dorset’s highest hill – dense, low arrangement (8) 15 Ancient burial mound and handcart (6) 17 Wild cats, say – getting battered eel fins! (7) 18 Grey-winged moth with white marks – precious metal at end of day (6,1) 20 Sound made by peacock ... is a real laugh! (6) 22 Farms, usually small, each under a single management (8) 24 Sound of raven’s calls ... dies? (6) 25 In short, the countryside charity – appearing in BBC presentation (4) 26 Trailing/climbing plants, genus Hedera (5) 27 See 9 across 29 Marine fish e.g. Ballan or Cuckoo – swears rotten! (6) 30 Very fine spider-threads (8)

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2 Fish eggs line, it’s said (3) 3 Spotted large-winged moth (7) 4 Claim to alter type of acid from e.g. apples (5) 5 Seedless orange gazed at by contemplative person? (5) 6 Where, at England’s heart, you’ll find Broadway! (9) 7 Swithun ruined an old Bank Holiday! (7) 8 The stegosaurus-like spine of Peak District’s Chrome Hill (7,4) 13 Reedbed bird hard to spot, the ______ warbler; also a cricket relative (11) 16 Highest of Yorkshire’s ‘Three Peaks’ – winds here about (9) 17/12 across Poisonous red toadstool with white spots (3,6) 19 They’re a fishy means of getting upstream! (7) 21 Name of two rivers on Wales’ Taff Trail – right, had Don confused (7) 23 What a bee can do only once? (5) 24 Worms’ excretions (5) 28 Trout or salmon’s resting place? Untruth! (3)