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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 03 Jan 2007
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Across
1. 'Old World' prickly thistles (7)
5. Oriental shrub producing 15 Across (7)
9. The seed of the canary grass, used for feeding caged birds (5)
10. Fresh brush undergrowth (5)
12. An Indian living in Maharashtra (7)
14. Dancing not having started to provide a source of perfume (5)
15. Reddish brown dye used especially on hair (5)
16. In Taiwan, is evergreen, a little hidden (5)
17. Celery (5)
18. A pipe made from the root of the tree heath (5)
19. Leguminous plant from Southern India-used for making swimming jackets and hats (5)
22. Fine, strong fibre from Brazilian palm - makes bow strings (5)
24. Dwarf Mediterranean annual cultivated for its aromatic seeds (5)
25. In a perfect state (7)
30. The 'winged elm' found in Florida and Arkansas (5)
31. Bugle (5)
32. Document giving an official instruction or command (7)
33. Improper disclosure of a secret fault in the main, perhaps (7)
Down
1. Caught moving sideways in Rotten Row! (4)
2. Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed as a forage crop (4)
3. Renders harmless (6)
4. Dried pungent stigmas of the 'Old World' crocus (7)
5. Tree arrives with second person from France in the vehicle (7)
6. Money used to keep graduate in Arab quarters (6)
7. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity (4)
8. A French cleric born in Lincoln (4)
11. A student no longer proud to appear unconventional? (7)
13. Asian shrub, known as 'Cat's Claw' (7)
20. Act - in the theatre? (7)
21. Popular name for the officinal valerian, and some other plants (3-4)
23. Sensitive plant, man - so am I in a way (6)
24. Artichoke; cardoon (6)
26. Make progress by crawling, maybe (4)
27. Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers (4)
28. Musaceae: bananas (4)
29. Coarse curly-leafed cabbage borecole (4)