Prize-winning crossword
Use the following words to complete a quotation from Abraham Lincoln: ”We can 18 across 21 down 30 down 5 across 16 down 27 downs, or 8 down 21 down 27 down 5 across 16 down 30 downs.”
ACROSS
1 Fortified building (6) 5 Shrubs (6) 9 Intellectual, brainbox (7) 11 Small beetle, a crop pest (6) 12 Nocturnal bird of prey (3) 13 Scissors-like garden tool (6) 16 Grass, cut and dried (3) 17 Historical period (3) 18 Be dissatisfied, grumble (8) 22 Orange pigment found in carrots (8) 23 Piece of wood for burning, perhaps (3) 24 Flying pollinator (3) 26 Engraved using acid (6) 29 and 30 down Variety of shrub whose scent is said to resemble a popular beverage! (3,4) 31 Long, loose traditional Japanese robe (6) 32 Chamaecyparis, the false ___ (7) 34 Anglo-Welsh river (6) 35 ___ from Amsterdam, 1958 Max Bygraves hit (6)
DOWN
2 Spiritual being (5) 3 and 4 Final words of a book, perhaps (3,3) 5 Sheltered, shady place (5) 6 Garden outbuilding (4) 7 Heather genus (5) 8 Show great joy or delight (7) 10 Sorbus aucuparia, the mountain ___ (3) 13 Grass, wrapped and stored as animal feed (6) 14 Long, heroic poem (4) 15 Part of a minute (6) 16 Possess, hold (4) 19 Burrowing mammal, unwelcome in the garden! (4) 20 John ___, Regency architect (4) 21 For the reason that (7) 25 Exclusive, superior group (5) 27 Sharp projection of a stem (5) 28 Cambridgeshire cathedral (3) 29 Fasten with twine (3,2) 30 See 29 across (4) 32 Baby’s bed (3) 33 Chum (3)