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Use the following answers to complete a quotation from English writer and garden designer Mirabel Osler: “There is no ‘13 across’ 30 across 10 across, neither 12 across, 17 across an 16 down, 26 across in 4 down 11 down the garden was finished.”

ACROSS

8 Famous movie and TV dog (3-3-3) 9 The outer skin of certain fruits (4) 10 Commi ed to paper, perhaps (7) 12 and 25 down ___ The

Love Tonight, 1994 Elton John hit (3,3,4) 13 Final part (3) 14 22 across genus (6) 17 Find agreeable (4) 18 Sicilian volcano (4) 19 Curved supporting structure (4) 20 Small bunch of flowers (4) 21 Husband or wife (6) 22 Evergreen climbing plant (3) 24 Financial gain (6) 26 Cut a design into a hard surface (7) 30 ‘___ or not ___’, famous Shakespearean soliloquy (2,2) 31 ‘___ plant’, common name of Ricinus communis (6,3)

DOWN

1 Large, black bird (4) 2 Prefix meaning against (4) 3 Where to make money from mentha? (4) 4 Weight equivalent to 14lb (5) 5 Short, amusing stories (9) 6 Small garden bird (4) 7 Observers, spectators (9) 11 The Remains of ___, 1993 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson (3,3) 15 Adequate space to move or work in (5,4) 16 Designer of buildings (9) 17 Political party (6) 23 Microscopic fungus, used in brewing (5) 25 See 12 across 27 Descriptive of the Friday before Easter (4)