COMPETITION
Enter this month’s crossword and you could win one of six pairs of EVA Cloggies worth £9.99 each! Entry form is overleaf
CLUES ACROSS
1 Colourful leaf vegetable sometimes described as ‘Swiss’ (5)
3 -----lily, tender type of zantedeschia with flowers in various colours (5)
5 The thrift genus of which maritima has globes of pink blooms (7)
7 Flowering bulbous or rhizomatous perennial named after the Greek word for rainbow (4)
8 ------ Dorrit, Dickens novel inspiring a common name for sweet alyssum (6)
10 Grasslike wetland perennial ----- calamus also known as sweet flag (6)
11 Fruit of the prunus genus – a prune when dried (4)
14 Eranthis hyemalis, early yellow-flowering plants called winter -------(7)
15 Deciduous tree genus also known as tupelo or sour gum (5)
16 Biennial ‘beeblossom’ plant now identified with oenothera (5)
CLUES DOWN
1 Prostrate rosemary cultivar sharing its name with a Bay of Naples isle (5)
2 ----cane, term sometimes used for dieffenbachia or leopard lily (4)
3 Genus to which the Judas tree belongs (6)
4 Star -----, culinary spice from the oriental tree Illicium verum (5)
5 Grandiflora rose cultivar named after America’s Grand Canyon state (7)
6 Fluffy-spiked summer perennial commonly known as false goat’s beard (7)
9 The Roman dawn goddess or a variety of late-season blueberry (6)
10 Fruit of the oak (5)
12 The semi-evergreen ----- sylvestris or the common mallow (5)
13 Alternative name for a heather of the calluna genus (4)
OCTOBER CROSSWORD SOLUTION
Across: 1 Pacific, 5 Larix, 6 Typha, 8 Morisia, 10 Stag, 11 Zinc, 15 Aconite, 16 Draba, 17 Inula, 18 Carlina.
Down: 1 Patens, 2 Frame, 3 Clary, 4 Ixia, 7 Potato, 9 Stigma, 12 Cobaea, 13 Lilac, 14 Cedar, 15 Axil.
December solutions in our February issue
WIN X6 PAIRS OF EVA CLOGGIES WORTH £9.99 EACH!
Enter this month’s crossword for a chance to win one of six pairs of EVA Cloggies from Town & Country.
This month’s competition prize is the perfect indoor-outdoor footwear, suitable for men and women.
EVA Cloggies are cushioned, comfortable and lightweight shoes, with a simple slip on, slip off design, and Town & Country are offering six pairs of green Cloggies in any size from 4–11.
Durable and waterproof, they are the perfect shoes for keeping by the back door and slipping on to pop into the garden or take the bins out.
They cost £9.99 and in addition to the green of our competition prize, they are available in navy and raspberry from the Town & Country online shop.
● More information at townandco.com
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!
October crossword: Joan Cook, from Nottingham, and Stephen Webb,
