Weekly prize crossword
13 Once you have completed the crossword, take the letters in the shaded squares and rearrange them to spell out the name of a species of rose. This is your prize answer.
ACROSS
1 Flower with a prickly stem that is the emblem of Scotland (7)
5 Port in SE England (5)
8 Saying (5)
9 Preliminary version (5)
10 Japanese martial art involving bamboo swords (5)
14 North American genus commonly called gayfeather and blazing star (7)
16 Room on board a ship (5)
17 Abrasive material used for nailfiles (5)
18 - - - rediviva, bitter root (7)
22 Chord of three notes, or a Chinese secret society (5)
25 Early English architect, - - -Jones (5)
26 Bay window, or an Oxford college (5)
27 Key - - -, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall movie (5)
28 Refuge — from the rain, eg (7)
DOWN
1 Prickly plant of the dipsacus genus (6)
2 Muslim prayer leader (4)
3 Arduous journey (4)
4 Latin name of the fairy foxglove or jewel flower (6,7)
5 Strip of wood fixed to the lower part of a wall (4)
6 Meat from a calf (4)
7 Work roster (4)
11 Wading bird (5)
12 Variety of Phlox paniculata, or Goliath’s adversary (5)
13 Flightless bird of New Zealand (4)
15 Metrical foot (4)
19 Reindeer’s branched horn (6)
20 Respiratory organ of a fish (4)
21 Jetty (4)
22 Name of Dorothy’s dog in The Wizard of Oz (4)
23 Cupola (4)
24 Clenched hand (4)
WIN!
Lily ‘Pretty Woman’ brings a pure white bloom and a soft sweet fragrance to our collection of towering giant lilies. The stems get taller each year as these hardy bulbs return in spring to put on an
