WEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 My pal, a CEO from Coombe, is very well-organised and has great self-confidence (6)

5 I am trying to get a lift from someone in Whitchurch -- can you help? (5)

9 I live next to a forested area not far from Congresbury (5)

10 You have to be well off to fit in around this small village near Honiton (7)

11 I got wed in Topsham, to my third husband who moved here last month from a Scandinavian country (7)

12 How much is there to do in Crickleaze, roughly? Absolutely nothing! (4)

14 This quayside town’s centre is finally getting redeveloped -- it’s not far from Crediton (6,2,5)

17 This lead guitarist lives in New York but he has got a second place, about two miles from Swanton Morley (4)

18 I have to admit it’s true -- once, Roy from Croyde did get me very drunk! (7)

21 I’m sure I saw a ghost right in the middle of the graveyard about a mile from St Dennis (7)

22 This leading café near the centre of Exmouth has had a lie spread about it, that it was responsible for a bout of food poisoning (1.4)

23 During our picnic in Charmouth, we enjoyed a piece of cake (5)

24 In need of a rest, I left Swansea in order to go and stay with one of my relatives (6)

DOWN

2 I had a breakdown after my partner left Looe and got his own place near Bournemouth (5)

3 I live with Ray, Don and Mo in a large, newly-built place in Weston-super-Mare (8)

4 Toby, his sister and I all went to this top college in Plymouth -- and we all went on to become interdisciplinary scientists (13)

5 If I go to the centre of Dawlish Warren, will I find a place to get a new stereo? (2-2)

6 It’s rare our vet is seen around our village near St Austell (7)

7 In Long Crichel, lots of people will give you a friendly word of greeting when they see you (5)

8 The place my son and I are moving to is in Plymouth (6)

13 Last autumn, my son had to go to a top clinic near Sidmouth -- he was ill and that’s where they have equipment that can check for problems inside the body (8)

15 After Karen left Winton she moved to a place near Burton (7)

16 When Henry from Inches travelled to Combeinteignhead, he found it very picturesque (6) 17 I met my first girlfriend at a top college in mid-Wales and we fell in love -- I was studying a branch of philosophy (5)

19 Our overworked doctor and his personal assistant are leaving Appledore -- to run off together and get married (5)

20 Living in Halse, there is a man whose brother was murdered by his other brother (4)