Complete Clue List
Across
1. Deciduous shrub with bright yellow flowers in spring
7. Ajuga reptans
10. Fibre obtained from the cannabis plant
11. Season for holly and mistletoe (abbr)
12. Fruits with hard rinds, e.g. pumpkins
13. Shrub of the genus Syringa
14. National vegetable of Wales
16. Compensates or makes up for
17. Aged
18. Discolorations sometimes caused by plants
20. Aromatic substance used in perfumes
23. Rose sometimes known as sweet briar
28. Male human
29. Small shoot or twig
30. Irrational number, 3.14
31. Used to decorate food, e.g. parsley
34. Complex carbohydrate from potatoes, corn etc.
36. Leafy herb, accompaniment to lamb (4,5)
38. Pigeon's sound
39. Symbol for iron
40. Structure for supporting climbing plants
41. Sanguinaria, red-rooted plant
45. Negative word
46. Chalice vine, climber suitable for warm conservatory
Down
1. Digitalis
2. Gathered the harvest
3. Armeria maritima
4. Symbol for inert gas, atomic number 2
5. Busy Lizzie (Lat)
6. US news agency (init)
7. Blossom synonym
8. Cranesbill
9. Alleviates, makes less severe
15. ______ Dorado, mythical city of gold
16. Tree, rowan or mountain ______
19. Dianthus
21. Fluid secreted by a plant or tree
22. Red hot poker, torch lily
24. Showy flower beloved by Dame Edna (pl)
25. Protective coating of a seed
26. UK Act of Parliament which protects habitat
27. Climber familiar to 'Desperate Housewives' fans
32. Exotic bloom, source of vanilla
33. Japanese maple tree, ______ palmatum (pl)
35. Company, in short
37. Flying saucer (init)
42. Carry out an action
43. Measure of the heaviness of an object (abbr)
44. Preposition