WEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 You can see this plant of the parsley family growing all around the outskirts of Croyle in the first half of the year (6)

4 I live with a civil engineer from Upcerne who is terribly immature (6)

9 Robert briefly lived on the outskirts of Nailsea -he’s a very rich man (5)

10 I ordered the soup at this restaurant right in the centre of Bincombe, followed by a seafood speciality (7)

11 I get my eggs from this place in the Yeo Valley (3) 12 My cat got lost last June -- it was found wandering around a back garden just outside of Sherborne (9) 13 This extraordinarily old man has places in the middle of Coryton and just west of Tenby -- he’s a well-known Welsh poet (5,6)

18 I had a terrible ordeal at this large hotel last August -- it’s a place not far from Cranborne (9) 21 Dora from Marwood wants me to go round and cut her lawn (3)

22 Dan, a doctor from Durgan, is moving in with someone from an East African country (7)

23 The specially-brewed ale in The Queen’s Head in the centre of Truro is actually no better or worse than anywhere else (5)

24 We’ve arranged to have tea with our son at his place near Axmouth (6)

25 This hot-headed boy lives in the middle of our road, about a mile from Kingswear (6)

DOWN

1 This district of Cardiff cannot be allowed to change (6)

2 The last school I went to was in Barry -- I was always messing about in the place you were supposed to study quietly (7)

3 This novel, set in a beautiful West Country estate, was written by a woman who was married to a man called Isaac (7)

5 Three of my mates who live in Lana are arranging a trip to a place on the Atlantic coast of Brazil (5)

6 I made a contribution towards the building of this youth centre in Plymouth last August (5)

7 When I visited Newdowns Head, the sea was really rough, but by the end of the evening it was becoming less severe (6)

8 You need to dress down to go walking around these hills in south-west England (6,5)

14 A throng had formed right away in the jobcentre in the middle of Bournemouth -- it was horribly busy (2,3,2)

15 Max is taking Henry out -- they’re off to a place near Seaton (7)

16 These two pubs in the middle of Devon have ales which have been brewed to win prizes (6)

17 I like to take a walk around this place right on the quayside, not far from Severn Beach (6)

19 This play is about a musical director living on the outskirts of Axminster (5)

20 As I was driving through Porthgwarra, Dionne Warwick came on the car stereo (5)