Gardening Australia

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across

1. Farming, agricultur­e (11)

7. Partially decomposed organic matter in soil (5)

10. Giant redwood (7)

11. This daisy-like flower (5) (Picture A) 12. Small carpet (3)

13. Consume, devour (3)

14. Liqueur made with blackthorn fruit (4,3) 15. Tympanic membrane (7)

17. Mystery, puzzle (6)

18. Large property (6)

19. Walk on the Wild Side singer, Lou … (4) 20. Constructi­on in many gardens (4)

23. Sweet potato (6)

25. Moon of Uranus (6)

29. Small cake soaked in alcohol (3,4) 31. Emerging, newborn (7)

34. Large open vessel (3) 35. Long-handled garden tool (3) 36. Machine for shaping wood etc. (5) 37. Poisonous plant especially destructiv­e to domestic fowls (7) 38. Works the land, cultivates (5) 39. Larva of a butterfly or moth (11)

down

1. Expenses (5)

2. Root extract used as a sweet (9) 3. Eucalypt with particular­ly strong wood (7)

4. Genus of New Zealand burr (6) 5. Furious (5)

6. The physical power causing all the phenomena of the material world (6)

7. Juncus inflexus or … (4,4) (Picture B) 8. African xylophone (7)

9. Profoundly wise person (4)

16. Strand of strong tissue attaching a muscle to a bone etc. (6)

17. … flag (6) (Picture C)

21. A plant of the genus Equisetum (9) 22. Rough, prickly shrubs (8)

24. The tall tree Eucalyptus longicorni­s (7) 26. African hunting dog (7)

27. The resin of Pistacia lentiscus, used in making varnish (6)

28. Part of a stamen that contains pollen (6)

30. Head off, deflect (5)

32. Belonging to them (5)

33. A small potato (4)

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