COUNTRYSIDE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Another name for the sea pink (6)

4 Forgers may work legitimately in these! (8)

10 E.g. Rutland Water (9)

11 The man who listed Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet (5) 12 Books of maps made from sea salt! (7)

13 Depressions in the land – so who’ll change (7)

14 Dorset village overlooked by a ‘Giant’! (5, 5)

16 Abbrev. for UK area that’s subject to study and in need of protection (4)

18 In full it is ‘Chlorofluorocarbons’, a threat to the ozone layer (4) 20 Cumbrian lake, largest natural one in England (10) 23 Cumbrian peninsula that gives its name to Barrow in ____ (7)

24 Small bird of prey that often hovers by roadside verges (7)

26 Quilted sleeveless jacket (5) 27 Cheviot Hills village ... makes semi-aquatic fish hunter feel hot? (9)

28 Like a house covered with e.g. water-reed stalks (8) 29 Longest river in Britain (6)

DOWN

1 Devon’s ____ Trail is named after a fictional otter (5)

2 Cattle thief – who makes noise in bushes? (7)

3 Woodland worker – free sort, possibly (8)

5 Area of boggy ground like The Fens (9)

6 Ancient burial mounds like the one at Belas Knap in the Cotswolds (6)

7 Giant’s Causeway has ___ basalt rocks ... in use, go off! (7)

8 Large, long-living conifer found e.g. in the Caledonian Forest (5, 4)

9 Plant growing on surface of rocks, trees etc (4)

14 Cruel contest between game birds, banned in Britain in the 19th century (9)

15 Yellow butterfly ... fluttering on timbers (9) 17 Protected/restricted land – for marmalade maybe? (8) 19 Botanical term for flower’s inner circle of petals (7) 21 Part-way into a journey .... French-style (2,5)

22 Relating to old inhabitants of Scotland etc (6)

24 Fox cubs’ outfits? (4)

25 Cloth made from Linum (flax) (5)