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ACROSS

7 This will help forecast the weather from room in pub, wildly remote (9) 8 Sound of cattle on the Isle of Wight (5) 10 I leave scattered coal fires out of doors (8) 11 Former Welsh county, centre of trade with most of north (6) 12 Frondy plant, but some prefer nettles (4) 13 Wind does change – that’s a negative aspect (8) 15 Sadly he’s lost these places offering cheap lodgings (7) 17 Collection of books to move by rail, right? (7) 20 Come and ride around – it’s not very good (8) 22 Backing Bath and Leamington gradually weakens one’s strength? (3) 25 Passages from article on the Scillies, for example (6) 26 One trail that’s designed for aunt, perhaps? (8) 27 Poet starts kissing everyone at the summit! (5) 28 Kay abandons new ‘Whiskey Trail’ in southern county (9)

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1 Drops of water? (5) 2 Route of a river, or source, possibly (6) 3 On sale, as arranged depending on the time of year (8) 4 Observes short vacation in Bedfordshire (7) 5 Car driver, for example – dare ours reform? (4-4) 6 Maybe ascend with Roy – it’s a kind of education! (9) 9 Make beer up in tower block (4) 14 I seem most adrift, but not always (9) 16 Excursion allows groups of three (8) 18 I take ‘late sun’ break, and wrap up to retain heat (8) 19 Particular type of land gets wet weather after end of winter (7) 21 Actors in Newcastle (4) 23 Of inconsistent quality, like much-mended clothes? (6) 24 Ties up boat in Yorkshire uplands (5)