ACROSS

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The grass used for Edison’s first light bulb filament.

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Turnip-like Scandinavian.

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He holds the sky aloft, not the Earth.

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Spiders have eight, insects have……..?

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Algae and fungi together in harmony on your driveway.

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This wise old herb knows his onions.

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Pickily cucurbit.

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Lights up underground.

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Oh! Less smooth.

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Chrysanthemum juice hated by bugs.

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Group of crows.

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Sweet secretion of sapsuckers.

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Plant hormone.

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Arthropod chitin casing.

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End of the world catalogue of property in 11th century England.

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Little farmers with a ‘sweet tooth’, found in the bushes.

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Honey bee dance to show the direction of food.

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Native New Zealand Phormium plants or source of linseed oil and linen in Europe.

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Injections of toxins. Ouch!

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Tubes running from roots to leaves.

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Often found in the pantry, but not a sliver of sashimi.

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Rats……all aboard.

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See different plant colour variations through the gate.

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A gardener finds them useful but prays not to be squirted.

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Black grass-like ornamental plant.

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The sound made mostly by air moving in and out of flying insect breathing holes (spiracles).

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Scandinavian country blamed for rats.