A bit weird I agree.

Swanland is a village near here.
A cob is a male swan (female = pen).
"sounds like" bread = "bred" ? = live?

Hi
can i warm myself by your fire please? its cold out here!

Of course! Rest your toes by the fire here.

Of course Janine, you are more than welcome

Ray - could it be "swanlake"? Doesn't make much difference to the rest of the X-word

I think it is CANNOT.

"no" inside "cant"

So you're 1st N would be wrong.

I like noncom Will let you all (who may be interested ) know when the Herald comes tomorrow.
Many thanks, maybe I can get some sleep now!

OK - "cannot" is good but it makes this one wrong:

Load operating on the M20? (5)

- t - c -

Yes, could be LAKE.

Don't think NONCOM is right, prefer CANNOT, but that means a changed 1st letter.

stack
stick
stock
stuck



???????

STACK

This is the process used by Kent Police when there's a major tailback of lorries at the eastern end of the M20 motorway, waiting to cross the channel.