CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS

NOVEMBER

ACROSS: 7/21 Small copper 8 Oysterbed 10 Nest-egg 11 Arnside 12 Preys 13 End 14 Nests 16 Polecat 18 Passage 20 Ricks 22 Aln 23 Radar 24 Dappled 25 Reserve 26 Maelstrom 27 Urges

DOWN: 1 Wansfell 2 Elders 3 Longleat 4 Island 5 Pennines 7 Sandpiper 9 Baits 15 Sheerness 17 Castles 18 Panorama 19 Ard Crags 22 Adders 23/6 Rushup Edge 24 Dams

DECEMBER

ACROSS: 1 Grub 4 Pylon 7 Sack 9 Laurel 10 Tamworth 11 Thistle 12 Hedge 13 Fosse 15 Spinners 17 Toboggan 20 Yokel 22 Peels 24 Burnsall 27 Vitamin C 28 Bridge 29 Star 30 Siren.

DOWN: 2 Roast 3 Berries 4 Pilot 5 Litters 6 Nymph 7 Snowdon 8 Cathedral 13 Footprint 14 Egg 16 Ivy 18 Open-air 19 Nab Scar 21/31 Kissing gate 23 Sties 25 Robin 26 Light