CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS

DECEMBER

ACROSS 6 Mouse

7 Scarecrow 9 St Kilda

10 Gosport 11 Icy 12 Hound 13 Reedy 14 Sickles

16 Pebbles 18 Snowy

19 Spawn 20/12 Sea holly 21 Rollers 23 Butting 25/24 Wayfaring tree 26 Elgar

DOWN 1 Turkey 2 Fell

3/13 Ragged robin 4 Jess

5 Arboreal 6 Massifs

7 Statues 8 Withy 15 Crowley 16 Peatbog 17 Staggers

18 Shrew 19 Siskin 20 Sting 22 Eyam

JANUARY

ACROSS 1 Horses

5 Ramshorn 9 Stud 10 Nears 11 Dove 12 Frills 13 Hessian

14 The Rumps 17 Pigsty

18 Fat hen 20 Minsmere 22/4 Slapton Sands

23/15 Isle of Man 26 Moth

27 Erica 28 Efts 30 Owner

DOWN 2 Otter 3 Saddler 5 Reaches 6 Masts

7 Hedging 8 Ravenstor 15 Headstone 17 Pen

19 Heather 20 Menhirs 21 Mullein 23 Tweed

24 Imago 25/29 Outer Hebrides.