PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Leave odd sort of Peak District valley (8)

9 & 10 Wild Bill with herd on a Worcestershire upland (6,4)

11 Fish that starts entering every lake (3) 12 Save damaged Chequers when HQ departs (6)

13 Tale about top of Mendips – very wet and windy! (6)

15 Postal ban seems to include Hertfordshire city (2,6) 17 Movement at a moderately slow pace at an end, maybe (7)

19 Her pint spilled in Cumbrian town (7) 22 She is map crazy, causing stress (8) 24 Acute change at head of Pennines, but storm here is exaggerated! (6) 25 Quick, or step out (6)

27 Make a mistake at the end of the upper moor (3)

28 & 23 down I’m in a drama production, with Robin Hood? (4,6) 29 West and I ride a horse outside Borders town (6)

30 Move east to Dales, remote and uninhabited (8)

DOWN

1 I’d leave poor conditions in this Lake District village (8)

2 Had a tumble on moorland hill? (4) 3 Yes, ban changes to Northamptonshire battlefield (6) 4 Shove off, and do this without a map! (3,4)

5 A red bear astray in South Wales town (8)

6 They may get tired, for example in long stroll, initially (4)

7 Abbey has unusual brown covering centre of house (6)

14 Arrive at part of the area chosen (5) 16 Prohibit artist from small Hebridean island (5)

18 SOS – stuck awkwardly in clumps of long grass! (8)

20 Sort suit out for visitors (8) 21 Climbs, since top of crag finishes (7) 23 See 28 across

24 Rubbish outside hotel? Beat repeatedly! (6)

26 Perhaps clubs supply jacket and trousers? (4)

28 Think deeply about Scottish island (4)