BRITISH TRAVEL JOURNAL CROSSWORD 07

ACROSS

8 Tree whose product is used in making soap (3,4) 9 Symbol of Christmas (4,3) 10 Card game or brandy (8) 11 Wifely word (6) 12 Grand National site (7) 13 Point at the western end of the Jurassic Coast (7) 14 Invasion vessels of 1944 (1,1,2) 17 Loch with the Falls of Lora at its mouth (5) 19 Fake (4) 23 Chairs fit for kings (7) 24 Skye's --- Hills (7) 25 Major West Country rock festival (6) 26 Fantastic liar (8) 27 Unthankful person (7) 28 The Farne ---, where the Forfarshire was wrecked (7)

DOWN

1 Westernmost English county (8) 2 Movable rope fastening (4,4) 3 Tars (7) 4 Full of oneself (8) 5 Dive (8) 6 Preludes to conflict (8) 7 Female personification of the United States (8) 15 Where 10 Across died (2,6) 16 Residents north of the Mersey (8) 17 Theme you messed up for a Berwickshire town (8) 18 Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace (8) 20 Approximately the last 10,000 years (8) 21 Port in the north of Angus (8) 22 Of considerable proportion (7)