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CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 This old man, an occupational therapist from Easter Compton, is eccentric but he elicits feelings of deep admiration (7)

5 In the mid-nineties, my brother left Stogumber and made something of himself -- he’s annoyingly proud of what he achieved (4)

7 My son, a leading field eventer who lives in Stroud, trains at this place near Tenby (12)

9 A veterinary surgeon from Lisvane has been found drowned in a river in Egypt (4)

10 This wild rocky peak is one of the highest points in Cornwall (5,3)

12 My second cousin is leaving Moreton and moving to a place near Okehampton (6)

13 I left Axminster to go to Bridgend to visit my nan who’s been unwell -- she’s got a heart condition (6) 16 Anna, Liz and Juliet are off to the beach near Land’s End (8)

18 One of my friends lives by the church on the outskirts of Upham (4)

20 David and Lily lived together in the middle of Weston-super-Mare, but now they’ve split up and live by themselves (12)

21 In the middle of Meshaw, I slipped and broke part of my leg (4)

22 My gran, who has a large place on the outskirts of Exbourne, is having building work done to make it even bigger (7)

DOWN

1 There was bitter indignation when these men in the Nag’s Head in Strete got into an argument and were thrown out (10)

2 Between the start and the end of October, the Queen’s Head in Saul was refurbished, to sort out its grubbiness (7)

3 This top executive had to leave Seend in order to go on and achieve his goals (4)

4 Last year, volunteer soldiers from Treator were trained in the use of extreme fear to intimidate the enemy (6)

5 I spotted a small stag at the top of the field next to my back garden about 1.5 miles from Peterstonsuper-Ely (2,6)

6 At the beginning of October, two surfers at Botallack Head found the wreckage of a German submarine (1-4)

8 In March, my sweetheart, who lived in Baydon, moved into my place near West Knighton (10)

11 On the outskirts of Icomb, the van I was in crashed into the side of a lorry -- three people were injured, and one was from a South American country (8)

14 Having collapsed, I was rushed to the hospital near West Lavington, where they used a device to get some medication into my lungs (7)

15 My two labradors got tired as I walked them around my village near St Cleer (6)

17 Traditionally, on this day over Christmas, ladies dance around West Tockenham in top hats in the middle of the morning! (5)

19 You’ll see this bird at Gurnards Head and Lizard Head, only in the middle of July (4)