Crossword
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1. Large, round gourd (8)
8. 1964 Australian hit for Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs (6,3)
10. Species of Erythrina, cultivated for its showy flowers (5,4) (Picture A)
11. Thin, dry biscuit (7)
12. Small southern African antelope (5)
13. Northern Australian tree bearing an astringent fruit (5)
14. Break up, turn over or remove earth (3)
15. Vehicles, etc, using a thoroughfare (7)
17. Shrub grown in China, India, etc, for its dried leaves (3)
19. Popular eating fish (4)
20. Creeping grass used for lawns (6)
23. Mammal or reptile, for example (6)
24. Irritating sensation (4)
25. City on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, … Aviv (3) 27. High-altitude eucalypt (4,3)
31. Tool for cutting or chopping (3)
32. Finish, drain (3,2)
33. Animal life (5)
35. Holds fast, immobilises (7)
37. Having stamens or pistils but not both (9)
38. Melissa officinalis, or … (5,4)
39. Type of mild-flavoured onion (8)
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1. Seed of a tropical palm (7)
2. The stage of development of an insect between egg and pupa (5)
3. Deadly nightshade (10)
4. Season when daylight saving starts (6)
5. Lion or tiger, for example (3,3)
6. Cocktail of pineapple juice, 1-down, and rum, piña … (6) 7. Like the flowers in Picture B (4)
8. Plant cultivated for its large, showy flowers (5) (Picture B)
9. The south-eastern Australian plant Eucalyptus consideniana (8)
16. Quarrelled, argued (6)
18. Animal or plant lacking pigmentation (6)
21. Before your own eyes (2,3,5)
22. The marsh plant reed mace (4,4)
26. Part of a compound leaf (7)
28. Earth (6)
29. Fortified wine (6)
30. Perennial herb with fleshy leaves (5) (Picture C)
31. Plant lice (6)
34. Normal, customary (5)
36. Tuft of silky hairs at the end of a seed (4)