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complete a quotation from Oscar Wilde: ‘1 down 37 across in 16 across 8 down. A 24 down 18 down it is 2 down a 19 down garden 6 down 5 down 23 across 34 across 30 down.’

ACROSS

3 Derbyshire seat of the Dukes of Devonshire (10)

9 Large-scale film (4)

10 Female relation (5)

12 See 5 down

13 Prime Minister, perhaps (7)

16 and 24 down This Is ___, former popular TV show (4,4)

18 Compass point (4)

20 Gatehouse (5)

22 State of the

12 across, and a species of clematis (7)

23 Comes into bloom (7)

25 Lawn cuer (5)

26 Young deer (4)

28 Mild, creamy French cheese (4)

31 Most speedy (7)

34 Plural of ‘is’ (3)

35 Keen (5)

37 Zero score in tennis (4)

38 Homes, especially those of government officials (10)

DOWN

1 Strongest part of a castle (4)

2 Find satisfactory (4)

4 Bees’ product (5)

5 and 12 across Born in ___, 1985 hit for Bruce Springsteen (3,3)

6 At which time? (4)

7 Red powder for colouring skin (5)

8 Bleeding ___, common name of Dicentra spectabilis (5)

11 Metallic element, symbol Fe (4)

14 Prostrate ground-cover plant with minute leaves (7)

15 Alistair ___, actor and impressionist (7)

17 Bird – or chess piece (4)

18 ___ You, chart- topper for Nilsson in 1972 and Mariah Carey in 1994 (7)

19 In total shade (7)

21 ___ apple, small, sour variety (4)

24 See 16 across

26 Stylishness and originality (5)

27 Small garden birds, or female sailors (5)

29 ‘Mrs C. W. ___’, award-winning variety of helianthemum (5)

30 18 down 24 down (4)

32 Public school (4)

33 Large, woody plant (4)

36 Spirit flavoured with Juniper berries (3)