PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Poem Andre composed about seaside walk? (9)

8 Hot spring used to make sage Derby – not bad! (6)

9 Type of map that provides assistance to those in need? (6) 12 Melancholy, but could be curable if car disposed of (4)

13 Utter confusion as Lee abandons broken shoelace (5) 14 Hebridean island held by millionaire (4) 17 Loads up my lorry going west to discover mountain (7) 18 Northumberland Forest, unusually like the German (7)

19 Flower beds in Scottish council area? (7) 22 & 29 across Maybe let’s get train west to find a Roman road (7,6)

24 Title is Northern Morning Echo (4) 25 It’s to do with the countryside revealed in popular urban retreat (5)

26 See 6 down

29 See 22 across

30 Hudson unfortunately gets the dogs (6)

31 Nasty rash, right foot, caused by these icy crystals? (4,5)

DOWN

2 Hurry up in Betchworth, Surrey (4) 3 Walks purposefully to the Anglo-Welsh border region (6)

4 Type of jacket left on fork loosely (7) 5 Valley sees last of mild beer (4)

6 & 26 across Scenic location, but faulty taps? You bet! (6,4)

7 On the further side of Bodney, perhaps (6)

10 Not water-resistant? Poor Bob’s aren’t! (9)

11 A hat Roger altered in North Yorkshire (9)

15 Peers’ crazy escapade? (5)

16 Some like it here in north-east Scotland (5)

20 Doctor caught in twisted tree far from anywhere (6)

21 Walk slowly – nature’s extraordinary! (7)

22 You and I see Earth disturbed by atmospheric conditions (7)

23 Get in the way of a bit of a dim pedestrian! (6)

27 It’s a brave chap who starts hiking, especially round October (4) 28 Crazy about filberts? (4)