Crossword Competition

Clues Across

1 See 19 Across 4 and 22 Across It can happen during train braking (5, 5) 9 Over which you can buy your ticket (7) 10 Trainees reportedly take it one at a time (7) 11 Mountain viewed as South Africa’s Blue Train approaches its destination (5) 12 Revives Les, Rik and Ned… somehow (9) 14 RMT leases these choccy treats (9) 18 Subject under discussion when he is restrained by Track Maintenance Engineer (5) 19 and 1 Across Italian aviator and engineer whose early career involved working in electrification of the Italian rail system (7, 6) 21 Prophets cause LO scare (7) 22 and 4 Across 23 and 20 Down Changes to the law proposed in such items - such as relating to HS2 Phase 2a (6, 4)

Clues Down

1 Fine detail when InterCity Express Train initially enters New York (6) 2 Floral railway line in Sussex (8) 3 Communication contained in Open Access! (6) 5 East Lancashire Line station (6) 6 Large container is carried in Crewe-Runcorn train (4) 7 Location of LU station and of 1970s three-man tandem riders… yum, yum! (11) 8 He’s next to a gate at ManchesterPreston line station (5) 13 Dissenter flattens out ballast? (8) 14 River crossed by Belgian Rail lines at Liege and Namur (5) 15 Turn right instead of left twice in Yorkshire rail tunnel to discover small task (6) 16 Find her at a bay on the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (2, 4) 17 West out of West End in a disorderly manner - became very anxious (6) 20 See 23 Across