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1. Wetland eucalypt (5,3)
5. In Indian cookery, the eggplant (7)
9. The tree Phoenix dactylifera (4,4)
11. Playing card with one spot (3)
12. The twisting stem of the hop (4)
13. Immeasurably long period of time (4) 14. Advantage; power (8)
15. Plant also called wild mustard (8) (Picture A)
16. Type of clothesline (6)
18. Internal combustion engine that burns heavy oil (6)
20. Tools used to cut and shape wood (5) 21. Clips, prunes (5)
23. Puts in proper order (6)
26. Something puzzling or inexplicable (6) 30. The climbing plant Lathyrus odoratus (5,3) (Picture B)
31. Vegetables related to carrots (8) 33. Coarse fibre made from the nut of 34-across (4)
34. Palm producing a large, edible nut (4) 35. Tree that bears acorns (3)
36. Any of many conifers of the genus Podocarpus, having fleshy fruit. (4,4)
37. Bicycle (colloq.) (7)
38. The maple Acer pseudoplatanus (8)
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1. Maker, repairer and seller of equipment for horses (7)
2. Turned on, set off (9)
3. Thin sheets for writing or printing (5) 4. The loss of wine from a bottle by leakage (6)
5. Immerse (vegetables or meat) briefly in boiling water (6)
6. Papaver nudicaule or … poppy (7) 7. A time of rejoicing (7)
8. Biennial herb native to the
Mediterranean region (4,5)
10. In Malay cookery, noodles (3)
17. Full of reeds (5)
19. Ex-cricketer and prime minister of Pakistan, … Khan (5)
20. Plant yielding a starch used in food and medicine (9)
22. A magnate or grandee (9)
24. This flower (7) (Picture C)
25. What lies between the heartwood and the bark (7)
27. German sweet white wine (7)
28. Servile follower (6)
29. Grain used in the making of beer and whisky (6)
31. Small seed (3)
32. Group of islands in southern Pacific (5)