Greenhouse perennials with various coloured daisy-like flowers, native to the Canary Islands(31a) 10. Substance packed under pressure and able to be released as a fine spray(23d)7.
Having identical shapes, so that all parts correspond(32a)9 In cricket to hit the ball to the off-side with a roughly horizontal bat((28a)3 A fairy in Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream(20d) 11. A...
Dark, fine-grained laminated sedimentary rock.26a(5) A rounded greenish citrus fruit similar to a lemon.29d(4) Frameworkof spaced parallel bars; grating.28d(5)
Name given to a kind of small high pitched bell.17d (13) The "ancient" or ensign in Shakespear's Othello.26d(4) Plants with rayed flowers in variegated colours which close in the afternoon.40a(8)
Gelded male cattle raised for beef. 27a(8) An elected house of legislature in various countries, especially in France from 1789-91. 35a&24d(8&8) An American composerof popular songs, usually...
A fabric made of a looped or curled yarn, giving a knobbly finish.30d (6) A supporter of Charles 1 in the English Civil War.35a(8) Ships engaged in coastal trade/34d (8)
In Scotland a soup made from a fowl boiled with a vegetable also called a scallion(8d)(12) One of the judges on TV's The X Factor(9 & 3d)(6,8) Members of a religious movement of Jamaican origin...
a kind of confection; a sweetly coated oval shaped nut(18 & 32a) (7,6) Plants such as winter cherriesand jasmine nightshades.43a (8) Virtuoso solo passages72a(8)
composite garden plant with dark-centred yellow or orange flowers. The coneflower(1a)9 The darker state of twilight(2d)4 Tending to remind one of, or suggest; stimulating comparison(1d)11
Scene, in the south pacific of the landings of the mutineers of HMS Bounty in 1790(7d)(8,6) Oil obtained from sesame seeds, also another name for sesame itself.32a(7) A person's temperament...
A mountaineer who, with sir edmund hilary was the first to reach the summit of mount everest in 1953.18d(6-7) Large birds with long necks and heavy bodies and speckled plumage.17a(8) Fruit of a kind...
Territory under the jurisdiction of a particular court(27d)(4) Of or relating to both England and France(21d)(5-6) Characterised by deep or forceful feelings (30d)(7)
Well known comedy by noel coward(lla)(9) Those inclined to doubt all accepted opinions;cynics(9d)(8) Imaginary, unreal, not authentic or genuine; false(21d)(10)
The 19th State of America,in the mid west(7)28a Arranged or acting in a crosswise direction, athwart(10)19d A none alcoholic drink prepared from the roots of a kind of prickly climbing plant of the...
elastic, knitted material once used for undergarments and hosiery@(9)39a
characterised by using inoffensive words instead of ones thought to be too harsh or direct?(11)21a