OCTOBER ANSWERS

Across: 8 Spirea, 9 anemones, 10 scut, 11 loganberry, 12 blackbacked gull, 16 edge, 17 loons, 18 ausu, 20 mountain wagtail, 22 weeping fig, 26 alga, 27 mouse-ear, 28 Indian.

Down: 1 speckled, 2 Arctic tern, 3 bay lobelia, 4 fang, 5 bean, 6 sole, 7 petrel, 13 crown, 14 East Anglia, 15 giant panda, 19 stingray, 21 ocelot, 23 puss, 24 neem, 25 fern.