COUNTRYSIDE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Situation when access to Holy Island via the Causeway is usually available (3, 4) 5 Threshes corn (6)

9 As made by e.g. Countryfile presenters on behalf of Children in Need (6)

10 Like e.g. a landscape without artificial structures, etc (8)

11 Kind of apple: first half’s another fruit! (8)

12 Left unploughed; also indicates a type of deer (6)

13 SW national park known for its ponies (8)

15 Access to field? Semiprecious stone with top removed! (4)

17 Name given to the Oxford stretch of the Thames (4)

18 Derbyshire town on the Erewash – sort of silent, OK? (8)

20 Mammal that’s related to a ferret (6)

22 North Yorkshire village Lenin got wrong! (8)

24 Woodland flower – Spanish version is considered invasive in the UK (8)

25 Person or machine cutting grain (6)

26 Fragrant shrub from the Mediterranean area (6)

27 Cornish town between Truro and St Ives (7)

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2 Scotland is a good place to see this fish-eating bird of prey (6)

3 Eastern wetlands – has debtor upset (3, 6)

4 Where a river splits into branches before entering the sea (5)

5 Breeding facilities that some biologists claim are detrimental to e.g. wild salmon (4, 5)

6 Circular coral island (5)

7 Renowned horse-shoeshaped Dorset cove (8)

8 A Somerset range, AONB (8, 5)

14 Cumbrian reservoir – I’m there with L–R movement (9)

15 Nottingham holds a famous one in Sept/early October each year (5, 4)

16 _____ Park and House, a National Trust Georgian estate in west London (8)

19 Strait between southern England and Isle of Wight (6)

21 Silvery fish related to salmon... had a bad odour? (5)

23 Deep ravine e.g. Cheddar (5)