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Use the following answers to complete a 1935 quotation from English poet Reginald Arkell: ‘A gardener’s life is 1 down of 10 down and 9 across; he 29 down 22 across 8 across 25 down he 32 across 22 across 19 down.’

ACROSS

5 Nut-bearing tree (5)

8 ‘Bring Me ___’, Morecambe and Wise signature tune (8)

9 Becomes acrimonious (5)

10 Fruit of the blackthorn (4)

11 Unearth (3,2)

12 Small folklore figure (3)

15 ___ poppy, WWI emblem (8)

18 Dull pain (4)

20 Performs (4)

21 Unbending (8)

22 and 3 down 1963 Hitchcock film starring Tippi Hedren (3,5)

27 ‘Ivory ___’, variety of

Taxus baccata (5)

28 Culinary herb, Salvia officinalis (4)

30 Group of wives (5)

31 Dante Gabriel ___, pre-Raphaelite painter (8)

32 Requirements (5)

DOWN

1 Having no empty space (4) 2 Type of poplar tree, Populus tremula (5) 3 See 22 across

4 Arched structure for trailing plants (7)

5 Species or variety name for a plant from Spain (9)

6 Supreme god of Greek mythology (4)

7 Of vegetation, growing luxuriantly (4)

10 Candy (6)

13 Stalls and amusements (4) 14 Schlumbergera truncata, the ___ cactus (9)

16 Compass point (4)

17 Annual known as catchfly (6)

19 Brief spells of rain (7)

23 Common vegetation (5)

24 Willow used in basket-making (5)

25 At what time? (4)

26 Creamy French cheese (4)

29 Receives, obtains (4)