PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Countryside animals seen if I dwell in a different place (8)

5 Minor thoroughfares around Norfolk waterways? (6)

9 Might be pleasurable, but no pub with proper beers! (4,4)

10 Air force reorganised without commanding officer is more equable (6)

12 Material’s evenly spaced holes initially provide a net-like fabric (4) 13 Always set out for highest mountain (7) 17 Let not rain spoil, though unwilling to put up with it? (10)

19 Domestic fuel from grass, oddly (3) 21 Bird nesting in Stonehenge (3)

22 Put spread before me on edges of ravine by Cumbrian lake (10)

24 Huge service I have shortened (7) 25 Group of players having hot beverage on mountain-top (4)

28 Say no to rubbish! (6)

30 In no particular place when year changes (8)

31 Awkwardly master small river (6) 32 Marine creature – yes, large sort (4,4)

DOWN

1 English forest with wild yew round foot of tor (4)

2 In the vale, a field with a bit of grass (4) 3 Left on to country road, left and left again, then I find Carmarthenshire town (8)

4 & 7 down Enjoyed by walkers outdoors in shire far removed (5,3)

6 Walked aimlessly, or made diversion (6) 7 See 4 down

8 Unusual spy threats in Scottish valley (10)

11 Branagh loses footing on English river (6)

14 South-easterly gale dispersed wild birds (6)

15 Bad dreams get ‘12’ rating, perhaps (10) 16 Some walkers knit socks, reversing bad smells! (6)

18 Itineraries sure to alter (6)

20 Where New Yorkers see a show in Cotswold village? (8)

23 Seat is repositioned for afternoon nap (6) 25 Singer delivers wrong note at beginning of recital (5)

26 River forming part of the Tyne network (4)

27 Remove outer layer in Isle of Man resort (4)

29 Type of tree regularly seen in friary (3)