WEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 On Monday, me and my dad stayed at a small hotel about two miles north of Verwood (10)

8 This girl, who is very posh, lives in Llangelynin (3)

9 My father lives in Treen -- he is arranging to come and visit my village near Arlingham (9)

10 My son and I had a place in Bournemouth before we relocated to a country in southern Europe (6)

11 This silky fabric is manufactured in a place on the outskirts of Totnes (5)

13 Last Friday, my daughter and I went to The Duke’s Head just outside of Thornhill and got terribly drunk (6)

15 I had a bad accident in Monmouth, sustaining a large injury to an area on the back of my head (6)

17 After Ron from Lamorran was broken into, he installed a security system (5)

18 Here in Dartmouth, this leading artist has become someone to believe in and follow the practices of (6)

21 They are building a dental practice right next to the riverside, at the top of my road near Truro (9)

22 Whilst walking through Great Torrington, I tripped over -- I’m such an idiot! (3)

23 Having left my small place next to the post office in Darite, I moved to a larger place near Avonmouth (10)

DOWN

1 I keep six chickens on the outskirts of Gerrans, in my front garden -- what they lay is sold in my local farm shop (4)

2 I’m staying in a very large hotel near Forden and then travelling on to a place on the coast near Herbrandston (7,5)

3 They are building seven dwellings around the fen at the bottom of this valley, not far from Boduan (5) 4 This eccentric novelist, initially from St Levan, now lives in a place near Padstow (2,4)

5 On the outskirts of Pwllheli, a leading artist has been involved in a terrible accident resulting in brain damage which affects his speech (7)

6 I was driving a boat on the back of a trailer through Upcerne when I had an accident -- I’d hit something sticking out (12)

7 Last month, my nan came to visit me at my waterfront place about four miles from Frampton on Severn (7)

12 At the beginning of August, this leading novelist, who has a place on the outskirts of Lanivet, is relocating to a city in Georgia (7)

14 Three hours ago, our headmaster was admitted to the hospital right in the centre of Sherborne with terrible back pain (7)

16 Last weekend, a councillor from Catbrain was broken into by a criminal gang member (6)

19 Throughout Trewetha, residents have been overrun by fast-breeding animals (5)

20 There is an establishment where horses are kept for breeding on the outskirts of Stroud (4)