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STEVE BALL
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Put the kettle on – it’s time to relax! Solve our puzzle to
be in the running to win a Fiskars Xact Weed Puller
across
- Flower (5)
- Fragrant resin obtained from the
tree Styrax offi cinalis and formerly
used in perfume (6) - Copies, mimics (4)
- Ill-smelling plant of the genus
Coronopus (9) - Genus of Oregon grape (7)
- Wild marjoram (6)
- Plant native to Lord Howe Island (6,4)
(Picture A) - Breathe out (6)
- Paradise, Eden (6)
- Yoghurt-based Indian side dish (5)
- Emit, expel (5)
- Rub, scrape (6)
- The second largest continent (6)
25. Common tree Ulmus procera (7,3)
27. Whipped dessert (6)
29. Tropical plant with fan-shaped
leaves (7)
30. Genus of mistletoe cactus (9)
(Picture B)
32. Enclosed ground for garden
or pets (4)
33. Small, hot-tasting fruit (6)
34. Female goat (5)
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- Prehistoric missile launcher (3)
- Greatly elongated deep-sea
fi sh (7) - This aster (10,5) (Picture C)
- Propagative part of a plant (4)
5. Pleurotus ostreatus or ... mushroom (6)
6. Confess, grant (5)
8. Juicy tropical fruit (9)
9. Tic, twitch (5)
12. The shrub Gastrolobium bilobum,
dangerous to livestock (5-4,6)
13. Daisy bush (7)
17. Stir, set in motion (7)
19. Rough, uneven (9)
23. Hormone that regulates
blood sugar (7)
24. Consisting of fl owers (6)
25. Drain (5)
26. Victoria’s fl oral emblem,
common ... (5)
28. Flightless bird (4)
31. Sauce used in Asian cooking (3)
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