| 20 answers for: Rural dwelling often central to agricultural land,... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| FARMHOUSE | Rural dwelling often central to agricultural land, barns, stables, yard, milking parlour etc; or, a white loaf of tin-baked bread named after such (9) |
| VARIABLE | Opposed to agricultural land in which "i" is used for "x"? (8) |
| LID | A cover, such as a palpebra of an eye or a top of a dustbin, jar, pen, piano, pie etc; or, a hat or a helmet (3) |
| FARMSTEAD | An agriculturist, crofter, dairyman/woman or granger's house, place or toun together with its barns, granaries, milking parlour, stables and yards (9) |
| FARMYARD | Initially follow land force on a road to agricultural setting (8) |
| PLUG | Bung for a basin or bath; a seedling grown in a cell of a tray; blurb for a book, film etc; or, a volcanic neck (4) |
| PIPING | Tubing or a long tube-like thing, such as fabric-covered cord edging a collar, cuff, curtain, cushion etc; or, a line of buttercream, Chantilly or icing, ornamenting a cake or pudding (6) |
| BOTHY | One-roomed hut or temporary dwelling, often built as a mountain shelter (5) |
| VICARAGES | Typically rural dwellings usually owned or maintained by churches, similar to clergy-houses, rectories or parsonages (9) |
| WORK | Energy transfer measured in joules; a creation such as a book, musical composition or piece of embroidery, sewing etc; or, a structure such as a wall, built as part of a fortification (4) |
| COLUMN | An architectural support such as a pillar; a regular article, piece or section in a newspaper; an upright mass of air, smoke, water etc; or, a vertical division of a page/table (6) |
| PORTFOLIO | From "carry a leaf", a holder for papers, such as state documents, hence the office of a state minister; a flat case for drawings, maps, photos etc; or, a collection of such pieces, showcasing a stude |
| PRECIPICE | From "steep place, danger" and etymologically related to a term for rain, a word for a headlong fall originally, now a cliff, drop, rock face etc; or, a perilous state of affairs (9) |
| DUG | Feature of milking parlour, with or without a number (3) |
| TACKROOM | Area in a stable yard or farmhouse for storing saddles, bridles and equestrian kit (4,4) |
| CHICKENFARMS | They raise the issue of the Andalusian hens, for example, getting to check in travelling to agricultural sites (7,5) |
| SCRATCH | Poultry food; the hiss of a stylus on a record; a competitor withdrawn from a race etc; or, a graze (7) |
| THEME | A topic or subject of a discussion, essay, exhibition, sermon etc; or, a pervading idea in art or literature (5) |
| REVIEW | A formal inspection of military or naval forces originally, later a critique of a book, film, play, restaurant etc; or, a publication containing said evaluation (6) |
| KNOT | A bend, cat's-paw, hitch, overhand or other rope splice; an ornamental ribbon such as a rosette; a tangle of hair, string etc; or, a bond of union (4) |
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