MARCH ANSWERS

ACROSS: 1 ash canker, 6 Sámos, 9 tussock, 10 dead man, 11 chitons, 12 inky cap, 13 angelfish, 15 dry up, 16 banks, 19 hop clover, 22 titmice, 23 hominid, 25 opossum, 26 pelagic, 27 saker, 28 Norway rat.

DOWN: 1 Aztec, 2 Hosking, 3 axolotl, 4 kakas, 5 red bishop, 6 stalked, 7 mimicry, 8 sandpiper, 13 albatross, 14 ichneumon, 17 network, 18 scissor, 20 lamella, 21 vinegar, 23 Hopar, 24 dicot.