WEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 My first husband, who was from St Erth, now has a place near Etchilhampton (5)

7 When this leading intellectual visited Calne last year, the presentation he gave needed translating into a language everyone could understand (2,5)

9 I spotted a wild doe right in the middle of a field on the outskirts of Exmoor -- it has a red summer coat that turns greyish in the winter (3,4)

10 On Monday, I’ll take you right around the whole of my village near Porth Mellin (7)

11 This town near Chippenham used to be clean, but now it’s a mess (5)

12 We had a place in the North West, and then in Yate, before finally moving to this place on the outskirts of Paignton (9)

14 Daisy and Penny had five courses when they went to this top eatery in Portishead -- they had terrible indigestion! (9)

17 This leading celebrity has a second home on the outskirts of Launceston and yet another place near St Columb Minor (5)

18 The centre of Trevose is in a poor, dilapidated condition (7)

20 It’s true, the six nights we arranged to have in Falmouth last April were really relaxing (7)

21 Last week, I left Cheltenham, visited Arne, and then travelled to a place near Redruth (7)

22 When Rex from Wendron lost his first wife, it upset him very much (2,3)

DOWN

1 The head teacher at this secondary school on the outskirts of Todber is terribly rigid in sticking to the rules (6)

2 At the beginning of September, Sal moved in with Ron, a head teacher from Tregoney, who is a bit odd-looking -- he has a monocle (8)

3 The place next to the Boar’s Head in Trerice was broken into by four blokes who live in a place near Polzeath (12)

4 My old granny initially lived in Mere, but then she moved to a village near Breage (6)

5 As arranged, just after ten, I left Taunton in a cab (4)

6 This year, at the end of spring, this celebrity, initially from Cann, will become a grandmother (6)

8 This Welsh sportsman had an operation on his colon, after being taken sick in January (5,7)

13 This TV drama set in Cornwall was produced by a top film-maker and his wife Elsie -- we hear it took a year to put it together (8)

14 The first poem written by Ron from Crediton was too awful to portray in words! (6)

15 Yes, three of my mates were seen in the Ram’s Head in Weston so drunk they’d fallen on the floor! (6)

16 You say a lad got so drunk in the Nag’s Head in Combeinteignhead he ran around with no clothes on? (6)

19 These seven bungalows are situated near Malmsmead (4)