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GWR Castles 1 (Cryptic)
Phil Platt

Each answer is a British castle after which a Great Western Railway Castle-class steam locomotive was named. To keep it simple, the word "castle" is omitted from the answers.

In case your'e wondering what inspired this puzzle: I was born in Swindon and have always had an interest in God's Wonderful Railway!

There were 171 engines in this class so only a few are represented here, but I will be publishing more in the series.

In this first one, most (but not all) are in Wales

Enjoy!


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  •  3  Worked underhandedly and removed the needy (8)

  •  5  Sounds as though the young horse is looked after, at first (10)

  •  8  A nervy doll suffers a breakdown (10)

  • 10 Deconstruct Judy from Oz and lose old penny (6)

  • 11 Start in the Orient and move mostly north (7)

  • 14 Could be built with hydrogen? (6)

  • 15 Find awful creep in here (7)

  • 17 Whence Rancher Mat relocates (10)

  • 18 Force destroyed, trying to take this place (5)

  • 19 Where Hamlet ordered Ophelia to go to - with no right! (6)

  • 20 Roman god around U-turns (5)

  • Down
  •  1  Square where a nightingale sang in tune (8)

  •  2  Place he neatly arranged (8)

  •  4  Immortal, it seems (7)

  •  5  A mixture of rich Potassium, symbolically (5)

  •  6  Everyone starts coming up Northern stair, finding a Chinese dynasty at the end (11)

  •  7  __________ Pomeroy (not cryptic - sorry!) (5)

  •  9  Putting on a heavyweight? (10)

  • 12 Misses out - out of clumsiness (4)

  • 13 Ruined Holy man initially was me! (7)

  • 16 Spy's boss leaves ground beef (4)

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