PRIZE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 I get paths tangled, like this pasta! (9) 8 Spring flower – love it when wild (6) 9 Goes by Hardknott and Wrynose (6) 12 In concert at some time in the past (4)
13 & 14 Informal chats atop this clifftop walk? (5,4)
17 Warning to trespassers in part of castle – not at home! (4,3)
18 I posted out money that’s put into an account (7)
19 Welsh castle moved clear between two hotels (7)
22 ‘Mad mile’ turns out to be a problem (7)
24 Depend on river leading to cathedral city (4)
25 & 6 down Avebury monument has unusual electronics (5,6)
26 See 31 across
29 Scarcity of devotion initially leads to broken heart (6)
30 Type of football that’s like an endless glacier moving? (6)
31 & 26 across Ship supplier’s car in Hampshire town (9,4)
DOWN
2 Some jump a ledge, white-faced (4) 3 Behave like an ill-prepared walker? Shove off! (3,4)
4 Former spouse sat for artist, though open to wind and weather (7) 5 Team leader to request a job to be done (4)
6 See 25 across
7 Dreadfully scared of trees? (7) 10 County where Rory’s hike goes wrong! (9)
11 Maybe let’s dash north to these islands (9)
15 Drove around Channel port (5) 16 Beer contains very soft fruit (5) 20 After start of ramble I feel differently about this kind of map (6) 21 Thumbin’ a lift in Hertfordshire town (7)
22 Party with new angle in Irish county (7)
23 Lad abandons diplomacy, sadly – short-sighted (6)
27 Part of bridge raised in North Craven (4)
28 You and I have a right to river in the North East (4)