Crossword

Put the kettle on – it’s time to relax! Solve our puzzle to be in the running to win a Shields Weed Burner

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7. Courgette (8)

8. Tropical cereal grass (7)

10. A plant’s lifeblood (3)

11. Genus of the sedge galingale (7) 12. Reddish cabinet timber (8)

13. Fruit with seed-studded surface (10) 14. Elastic substance made from latex (6)

16. Large, heavy pot used for slow cooking, … oven (5)

18. The stone of a 16-down (6)

19. Tropical forest area with dense vegetation (6)

21. Wading bird (5)

23. Ground dividing a street or highway, … strip (6)

24. In flower (10)

28. Popular salad ingredient (8) (Picture A)

31. Fragrance, scent (7)

32. Flowering part of a cereal plant (3) 33. Unchanging, timeless (7) 34. Alternative name for shallot (8)

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1. Grape variety used for making wine (6)

2. Succulent with glistening leaves (3,5) 3. Vein in the middle of a leaf (6)

4. The mouth (colloq.) (6)

5. Part of the eye (4) (Picture B) 6. Projection in the centre of a shield (4)

8. Sprig of flowers or leaves (5)

9. Any plant of genus Leontodon (7) 14. Electric or gas stove (5)

15. Get rid of, throw out (5)

16. Fruit with a hard stone (5)

17. Eat eagerly (colloq.) (3,2)

20. Halfordia kendack or southern … (7) 22. Edible fruit of a Malaysian tree (8) (Picture C) 24. Tropical nut (5) 25. Fish hawk (6) 26. Smart, elegant (6) 27. The Angels’ singer, Bernard

“Doc”… (6) 29. Fishing port in New South Wales (4) 30. The sound of a pig (4)