Prize-winning crossword

When all the answers are in place, the letters in the even-numbered squares from 2 to 30 will spell out the name of a National Trust house and RHS-accredited garden in Devon.

ACROSS

3 Spend time recovering (10) 9 God of love (4) 10 Yellow flower of daisy family (5) 12 Rower’s bladed pole (3) 13 Highest mountain in Wales (7) 16 Pronged tool (4) 18 Garden flower known as flag (4) 20 Fry quickly in a li le fat (5) 22 The papacy (4,3) 23 Annual commonly known as the African marigold (7) 25 Flat land with few trees (5) 26 Worm ___, soil deposited on the surface (4) 28 Wealthy (4) 31 Small hand-held axe (7) 34, 4 down and 32 down Meat Loaf’s first UK Top 20 hit (3,3,2,4) 35 French goodbye (5) 37 Stone fruit (4) 38 Surname of family associated with Gilbert & Sullivan, for whom the hidden house was built (5,5)

DOWN

1 Sco ish loch… (4) 2 …and Italian lake (4) 4 See 34 across 5 Covered commercial vehicle (3) 6 Produces an egg (4) 7 Name of several English rivers (5) 8 Continental currency (5) 11 Soon (4) 14 Variety of rhododendron, and famous falls… (7) 15 …with the most water? (7) 17 ___ garden, one laid out in an intricate design (4) 18 Extremely peaceful (7) 19 List one by one (7) 21 Fruit of the tree pyrus (4) 24 Dull pain (4) 26 Of a number, multiplied by its square (5) 27 Spicy peanut sauce (5) 29 Frequent a place, as a ghost (5) 30 Not difficult (4) 32 See 34 across 33 4 down ___, 1966 chart-topper for Chris Farlowe (4)