WEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 On the 3rd December, I was in my car in West Tockenham when it broke down – it was freezing cold

(6)

5 At the start of the week, me and my cousin left Bournemouth to get a replacement piece of equipment for my PC (6)

9 After three years in Los Angeles, my daughter and I returned to Dartmouth – we found it horribly pretentious (2-2-2)

10 Last spring, this leading author from Catsgore relocated to one of the Scilly Isles (6)

11 There’s a danger that this lad from Liskeard will lose his right eye, so he must have an operation on it (4)

12 My pal got bored when I showed him around my village near Bridport (8)

14 This artiste lived on a mews in the centre of Bridgend but is buried in a village near Alderbury (4,9)

18 My assistant left on an errand and, after three hours, returned to my place near Cinderford (8)

20 I went out with a lass from Salisbury who was wild – what was her name? (4)

21 A man has been rushed into hospital after collapsing in a hotel on the outskirts of Bristol (6)

22 If you look around Steart, you can find some real delights (6)

23 My first husband was a leading entertainer – after getting married we moved to a place not far from South Molton (6)

24 I have an old place by the shore, about two miles from Barry (6)

DOWN

2 I now understand it is easier to get to your place in Lynmouth if you get properly organised first (7)

3 My pals from Sticklepath surprised me – they were hiding in some bushes! (7)

4 The river near Beacon twists and turns all the way to this village near Verwood (9)

6 My first husband, a leading nutritionist from Herner, had an affair with three ladies – I made a big mistake there (5)

7 This leading businessman, a head of a company, is from Corscombe, but he’s got another place near

Bishop’s Caundle (7)

8 I had an old place in Morden before getting a new place near Slimbridge (7)

13 Between 6:00 and 10:00 AM, the side roads get terribly congested in this market town in Devon (9) 14 As it was warm at the start of August, four of my friends arranged a stay in this hotel near Worgret (7) 15 This village near Redruth was built in stages in the mid-seventies (2,5)

16 A weapon used by the Royal Navy is distributed from this depot on the banks of the River Yeo (7)

17 I hear you had got on the bus to go to the arts centre in the middle of Abergavenny when it crashed into a tree (7)

19 This leading artist had a place near Kelsey Head before he moved to a city in Bangladesh (5)