towns and villages in dumfries and galloway
4. sounds as if the river rose in switzerland, crossed france and submerged this home (10)
8. lost you in text from the sea bird as it chased terriers from confusing canine capers (9)
10. it really ought to be named for a friend of Puck but a well bred Bottom is closer to mark (8)
17. surely they did not hang Moll Flanders here - that must be wrong (17)
20. sounds like an average letter near the start of the alphabet (9)
23. turn under and add a double dose of the fertiliser's key element to old abbey's ground (10)
24. lost an old penny from thin rope footwear (7)
26. the devil danced through this town while the Bard stayed there (5)