WEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 My son, a leading games technician from Cossington, was involved in creating this well-known video game character (5)

7 This collection of historical documents was put together by a vicar and three others -- they’re all about the West of England (7)

9 When I took my first love to visit my gran in East Melbury, she reacted furiously (7)

10 I moved from Montana to this village on the edge of Dartmoor (7)

11 Ron left Puriton with just one headlight, so everything was badly illuminated (3,2)

12 Having left university, I moved into a large place in Ingst with five of my mates who were all various foreign language students (9)

14 Unfortunately, when I lived near the sea, on a small street in Par, I was visited by many people who exploited this (9)

17 Having left Aust, we relocated to a place in the USA (5)

18 Between the middle of July and the end of August, three people drowned in the Fal, where the river empties into the sea (7)

20 Oddly, my father wants to relocate to a village on the western fringe of Dartmoor (7)

21 I had to take my sweetheart to the GP right in the centre of Liskeard last Monday -- it turned out she had conjunctivitis (4-3)

22 This man, initially from Madron, discovered the element of atomic number 86 (5)

DOWN

1 The market seller’s stands in St Austell are set up first thing on Saturday and taken down Tuesday (6)

2 I spotted this bird flying around right above a back garden in the centre of Lanjeth (8)

3 Top property’s sale prices have gone crazy on the edge of this village near Nancledra (12)

4 My place in Lana was built by a person with no professional or specialised knowledge (6)

5 I was surprised when I was given three nights in Falmouth at the end of August as a present (4)

6 I stayed at a small hotel near Exmouth before travelling on to this place near Stithians (6)

8 This old Spanish adventurer was an icon -- he’s buried in Stroud, next to a queen, which is very unconventional (12)

13 I made lots of visits to my daughter last year, travelling to her place in Stogursey (8)

14 When this top MP came to East Stour, a lot of organisation went into ensuring everything ran on time (6)

15 Sian from Tresillian is very unconventional -- she’s someone who works the land (6)

16 Man in Ide seeks unmarried lady (6)

19 I have a flat right in the middle of Hayle -- it’s very small (4)