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Across
  1. 1. Author of many rural-themed books including The Brensham Trilogy, his portrait of English country life in a market town in Tewkesbury (5)
  2. 5. A RISK Exposed oneself to danger
  3. 6. See heart of city in Country Life?
  4. 7. Annoyed by objective and exposed to risk (10)
  5. 9. NAM Country Life describes volcano
  6. 11. Said of country life, past not present
  7. 13. Supple Penny exposed to risk (7)
  8. 15. It's needed to respond quickly to danger
  9. 19. Alert to danger of Balls going to Greens?
  10. 21. Of country life
  11. 23. Belgian artist influenced by Monet whose paintings include The Asters, Beetroot Harvest, Country Life, Haystacks in the Snow and Soiree D'Ete (5)
  12. 24. Expose to danger about American weighing up system (8)
  13. 25. Poem of country life
Down
  1. 2. Those of same country living abroad (11)
  2. 3. Characteristic relating to country life (7)
  3. 4. Of country life
  4. 8. Equine artist noted for illustrations in Country Life, Muriel Wace's Moorland Mousie and Anna Sewell's Black Beauty (7)
  5. 10. Bucolics or vignettes of country life such as those written by Theocritus including The Two Herdsmen, The Harvest Festival and The Beloved (6)
  6. 12. Area of country life, naturally (3)
  7. 14. French artist in the Rococo style whose paintings include Charms of Country Life, A Summer Pastoral, The Rising of the Sun, The Billet-Doux, The Dovecote and several portraits of Madame de Pompadour (
  8. 16. Country life finally more impecunious, some say
  9. 17. Characteristic of country life (6)
  10. 18. With a David Austin rose named after her, a horticulturist and former Country Life contributor remembered for collaborations with Sir Edwin Lutyens (6)
  11. 20. Characheristic of country life or countryside; rustic (7)
  12. 21. Of country life
  13. 22. VANYA Play subtitled "Scenes From Country Life in Four Acts"