Complete Clue List
Across
1. The time to reap crops
5. Segments a single year is divided into, each being a different stage in the the crop cycle
9. The total amount of crops grown (is no Stop sign)
10. Flour made from a specific grain from which some of the bran and germ has been removed
11. The rows between planted crops
12. Spicy topping on your eggnog or chai latte
14. Area surrounding the third largest city in Indiana is a major maize and soybean growing region
15. Useful clothing item you might need if you are picking crops (you might need more than one)
17. Crop-reaping may extend past this time on busy days
18. Hearty one pot dinners favoured in the cooler months
22. Type of acid, based on phenols, once used in sheep dips
24. Type of goat farmed for its coat to make mohair
26. Luxuriating in, or wallowing in
27. Out in the open
28. What farmers hope their crops are doing in spring and summer
29. Type of pastures favoured by farmers (and Psalm 23)
Down
1. Rolled or stacked dried grass used as fodder over winter (3,4)
2. Devices needed to increase the heater temperature now it is getting colder
3. Farmers' wishful thinking about the amount of crops grown annually (has no limit)
4. What a tractor does to pull all the harvested crops in trailers
5. Farmer that grows only one crop (may be confused with a doctor that treats a single type of patient)
6. Make an appearance
7. A good time to break for lunch when harvesting crops all day (3,1,1)
8. Absolute quietness (like a field in winter)
13. Tidying up loose ends (before shutting down for winter, for example) (British spelling)
16. Autumn celebration held the evening before All Saints Day
17. Tail removal especially in lambs to prevent fly strike
19. Last few tasks before completion (3,4)
20. Spread seed, for example
21. Ancient Greek phrase - 'the masses'. Used disparagingly in modern English: Hoi ____
23. Cowboy exhibition with bulls, ropes and calves
25. Open-mouthed anticipation