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CLUES ACROSS

6 Double daffodil named after S Pacific country whose capital is Suva (4) 7 Early spring perennial, Viola odorata or sweet - - - - - - (6) 8 ‘Newton - - - - - -’, late-season English cooking apple (6) 9 Cherry laurel cultivar sharing its name with a Sicilian volcano (4) 10 Common name for Liatris spicata plants, of which ‘Kobold’ is a magenta cultivar (3, 8) 13 and 16 Down Eponymous Charlotte Brontë heroine and a miniature zonal pelargonium (4, 4) 15 Long narrow channel in the ground dug with a spade (6) 17 Parthenocissus tricuspidata, - - - - - ivy, turning crimson in autumn (6) 18 Tall, stiff-stemmed grassy marshland plant traditionally used in thatching (4)

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1 Varied genus of annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees of which pudica is the sensitive plant (6) 2 - - - - marjoram, aromatic British perennial herb, Origanum vulgare (4) 3 Pearl - - - - - - - - - - -, common name for white-bloomed Anaphalis triplinervis (11) 4 Biblical figure whose coat inspired the name for half-hardy annual Amaranthus tricolor (6) 5 Any one of the seedless, frondbearing plants of the class Filicinae (4) 11 ‘- - - - - - Gitana’, Calendula officinalis group boasting a carnival of colour (6) 13 Hesperis matronalis or hardy, evening-scented sweet - - - - - - (6) 14 Genus of tender succulents of which species vera is a popular houseplant (4) 16 See 13 Across