Complete Clue List
Across
1. Cheesy Somerset gorge
5. Largest city in Scotland
9. Northernmost UK archipelago (8,7)
10. ___ Navigation, canalised section of River Lea
11. Populus tremula, tree found in northern Britain
14. Short term meaning good for the environment
15. Seaside resort on north coast of Wales
17. Building with kiln for hop-drying, common sight in Kent
19. Very large sculpture in Gateshead (5,2,3,5)
26. River of eastern England (not generally home to Hawaiian birds)
27. Scottish term for a narrow valley
28. Skara ___; neolithic settlement in Orkney
30. The 11th month (abbr.)
32. Scottish island at one end of "Bridge over the Atlantic"
34. Sutton ___; Suffolk Anglo-Saxon burial site
35. Royal ___; popular British pub name
37. A word that some people might use to describe British weather
39. Northern Ireland is part of this traditional Irish province
41. Elaborately decorated - like many British stately homes
43. Largest island in Firth of Clyde
44. London railway station, terminus of West Coast Main Line
45. Village in East Sussex close to location of annual opera festival
Down
1. Windsor, Caerphilly or Highclere
2. City in Devon
3. Scottish village twinned with Boring, Oregon
4. Circles (e.g. those made from standing stones)
5. Someone who could show tourists around
6. Town in the Norfolk Broads with bridge over River Bure
7. Large white seabird with yellowish head seen around British coastline
8. ___-super-Mare, Somerset seaside resort
11. ___ Towers, theme park in Staffordshire
12. City with harbour, e.g. Liverpool or Plymouth
13. Whitby, Yorkshire featured in one of these by Bram Stoker
16. Carnivorous African mammal, seen in UK in safari parks like Longleat
18. Scottish abbey once home to the Stone of Destiny
20. Small village on Isle of Anglesey named after Jordanian mountain
21. National emblem of Wales, or town in Staffordshire
22. Low, marshy land
23. Type of big truck seen on British roads (abbr.)
24. Large Scottish loch that may house a monster
25. National currency of Samoa
29. Region of northern Scotland
31. University city "of dreaming spires"
33. Island in Inner Hebrides with abbey founded by St Columba
34. Osborne ___, Isle of Wight residence of Queen Victoria
36. Village in Staffordshire after which a university is named
37. The ___ Islands, Irish archipelago not to be confused with 43A
38. The ___ Man of Wilmington, chalk hill figure
40. Blue, coal or great - type of small bird commonly seen in British gardens
42. Indicator of disagreement, often heard in parliament