CROSSWORD

When all the answers are in place, the letters in the top and bottom rows of the grid (excluding the last square) will spell out the name of a gardener who died 200 years ago. The puzzle also contains several places where he worked.

ACROSS

8 Crushed stone and gravel used to make concrete (9) 9 See 22 across 10 Board made from layers glued together (7) 12 Species name meaning ‘smooth’ (6) 13 ‘Red ___’, popular variety of potentilla (3) 14 Refuse to allow (6) 17 Army subdivision, perhaps (4) 18 Liquid food (4) 19 Great anger (4) 20 Grain husk (4) 21 Thinly sca ered (6) 22 and 9 across 1964 No 1 hit for Roy Orbison (3,4) 24 ___ Park, country house near Knutsford, Cheshire (6) 26 ___ Hall, stately home of agriculturalist Coke of Norfolk (7) 30 See 25 down 31 Identifications used to access the internet (9)

DOWN

1 Plucked instrument (4) 2 Unpleasant in appearance (4) 3 Short wri en note (4) 4 Bamboo-eating animal (5) 5 Spiny, nocturnal animals (9) 6 Duty-cycle (4) 7 Twelve-month-old animals (9) 11 ___ Abbey, seat of the Duke of Bedford (6) 15 Give too much liquid to plants (9) 16 Unearthing with a spade (7,2) 17 National Trust house and garden near Petersfield (6) 23 Item of bedding (5) 25 and 30 across Archaeological TV series presented by Tony Robinson (4,4) 27 Old floor covering (4) 28 Religious song (4) 29 Cushion-forming, flowerless green plant (4)