Salad Days 31/10

[poodledoo]

3)Eastern native goes away (2 words)..........? leaves
25)19.8. 18 little rascals
26)Remove as from attack
35)Choose one flower
37)Liquid mountain top loses a drink(2 words)
Answers are as near as possible to how they sound.

[mallyh]

35 piccalilli

[cashier]

26 Salt if sound alikes are allowed assault

[Mamyalynne]

25 S H R imps

[cashier]

3 Salad leaves? S.A.lad

[mallyh]

25 shrimps .......19 = s 8 = h 18 = r ( IN ALPHABET) + imps = rascals

[Toorak]

37 water cress (sounds like crest - t)

[poodledoo]

thank you all. explanations of how you arrived at the answers particularly appreciated.

[170748]

3.Oriental leaves?

[mallyh]

3 chinese leaves?