Quiz and Crossword Answers

 ACROSS

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Grass used for Edison’s first light bulb filament. Bamboo

3

Turnip-like Scandinavian. Swede

7

He holds the sky aloft, not the Earth. Atlas

8

Spiders have eight, insects have……..? Six

10

Algae and fungi together in harmony on your driveway. Lichen

13

This wise old herb knows his onions. Sage

14

Pickily cucurbit. Gherkin

16

Lights up underground. Bulb

17

Oh! Less smooth. Moths

19

Chrysanthemum juice hated by bugs. Pyrethrum

20

Group of crows. Murder

21

Sweet secretion of sap suckers. Honeydew

24

Plant hormone. Auxin

25

Arthropod chitin casing. Exoskeleton

26

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

DOWN

2

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

4

Honey bee dance to show direction of food. Waggle

5

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

6

Injections of toxins. Ouch! Stings

9

Tubes running from roots to leaves. Xylem

11

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

12

Rats……all aboard. Ship

15

See different plant colour variations through the gate. Variegation

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

20

Black grass-like ornamental plant. Mondo

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

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Scandinavian country blamed for rats. Norway