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1. Common insect pest of some root crops (7)
5. Orange-yellow flavouring and food colouring (7)
10. Manila hemp (5)
11. Wood used in building, … cedar (3)
12. Part of a plant that attracts the insects or birds (7)
13. Floral emblem of the Northern
Territory (6,6,4) (Picture A)
14. Nutritious tropical fruit (6)
15. Monkey bread tree (6) (Picture B)
18. Dish served before the main course (6) 20. Large lizard (6)
22. Warmed (6)
24. Genus of rock cress (6)
27. Low-spreading succulent plant (11,5) (Picture C) 32. Heavy, dark, medium-sweet sherry (7) 33. The seed-bearing head of a cereal plant (3)
34. Cheated, tricked (5)
35. Plants living for only one year or season (7)
36. Flat area formed on a slope and used for cultivation (7)
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1. Species of 15-across growing in Australia’s Kimberley (4)
2. Protein found in connective tissue (7) 3. Perfume (9)
4. Areas around houses (5)
5. Eucalyptus saligna, or … blue gum (6) 6. Enclose (a plot of land etc) (5)
7. Italian soft cheese (7) 8. New Zealand crime writer, Dame … Marsh (5)
9. Leymus arenarius or … grass (4)
14. Forest tree of the genus Fagus (5)
16. Constrictor snake (3)
17. Divulge information or spill the … (5) 19. Lapsang souchong, for example (3)
21. Any plant of the genus Teucrium (9) 23. Early variety of wheat (7)
25. Australian shrub with showy flowers (4,3)
26. Pests that make holes in wood (6)
27. Landlocked country in SE Asia (4)
28. Large genus including pansy (5)
29. Small opening in a leaf’s epidermis (5) 30. White heron (5)
31. Edge tool used to cut and shape wood (4)