Gardening Australia

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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)

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