Crossword ...just for fun!

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1 Raspberry (or blackberry) fruits grow on this (4)

3 The subject of this week’s

Miscellany! (6)

6 Fungal disease affecting many plants, usually seen as orange spots or rings appearing on stems and leaves (4) 7 Market town of Greater Manchester completely covered with soil! (4) 8 Surface layer of ground, containing a mat of grass and grass roots (3) 11 Old-fashioned way of cultivating the subjects of this week’s

Miscellany! (6-5) 15 Waldsteinia fragarioides is known as the ___ strawberry

– not wet! (3)

17 Type of sweet, light melon (any one of several varieties) coming from Israel (4)

18 Tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle (4)

19 Genus of the butcher’s broom shrub (6)

20 Within a calluna salad, you could find the National Aeronautics and Space Administration! (1,1,1,1)

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‘Amsterdam Forcing 3’, ‘Nantes 2 Early’, ‘Chantenay Red Cored 2’ and ‘Nandor’ are cultivars of this veg (6)

2 Don’t trim hedges at this time of year, as they could be hiding a ____ (4)

3 Genus of perennial and bulbous plants with such common names as the Mariposa lily, globe lily, fairy lantern, cat’s ears and star tulip (11)

4 Take 500 from sedum, then mix to discover some large, flightless birds! (4)

5 Toy consisting of two disks connected by a central dowel pin, and to which a string is attached – and a cultivar of

Cerastium tomentosum! (2-2) 9 Fluid used for printing, writing and drawing, as in the variety of herbaceous veronica (3)

10 The end of a long-lived gerbera is the end of an ___, is could be said! (3)

12 The catmint genus (6) 13 Acid, sharp or tangy taste, as in Prunus cerasus (the ____ cherry) (4)

14 Tubers (potatoes), onions or shallots that are used for planting (4)

16 Design technique that creates a vertical barrier while preserving an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond – often used in grand old house estates (2-2)