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1) the definition for tulchan
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A a spur attached to the heel of
Across: 1 Corncob, 5
a fighting cock
Snowcap, 9 Waterweed,
B a stufed calf’s skin set beside
10 Tulip, 11 Islands, 12
a cow to induce her to give milk
Eritrea, 13 Heart, 15
C a leather strap used to bind
Eggshells, 17 Sapsucker,
19 Chard, 21 Ouabain, a hawk’s wing
23 African, 25 Draco, 26
2) the animal you associate
Widowbird, 27 Needles,
28 Reynard. with the adjective ostracine
Down: 1 Cowfish, 2 Ratel,
A a lark
3 Coronet, 4 Beefsteak,
B an oyster
5 Sedge, 6 Ostrich, 7
Chlorella, 8 Poplars, C a penguin
14 Alpha Male, 16
Germander, 17 Snowdon, 3) the ofspring of a monkey
18 Ural Owl, 19 Caraway,
A a farrow
20 Denuded, 22 Newts,
24 China. B a whelp
C an infant
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N Marshall Gwynedd 4) the sound made by
grasshoppers
ACROSS fruits, glossy leaves and milky, mildly 6 Marine flatfish (4)
8 Flowering shrub in the rose family, toxic sap (7,3) 7 Tube-nosed seabird of the order A a chirp
widely cultivated, with dense, 26 Photosynthetic organism such as Procellariiformes (6) B a creak
colourful inflorescences (6) kelp or Chlorella (4) 13 The branching, leaf-bearing part of
C a chant
9 Small plants sometimes called 27 Chickweed named for its soft, hairy a tree (5)
windflowers (8) leaves (5,3) 14 UK region, home to the RSPB 5) the name for a female
10 A rabbit’s tail (4) 28 The ___ elephant is a subspecies of reserves Minsmere, Strumpshaw Fen
11 Cross between a raspberry and a the Asian elephant (6) and Titchwell (4,6) turkey
blackberry (10) 15 Large, bamboo-eating mammal,
A a queen
12 Large Atlantic seabird that might DOWN native to China (5,5)
B a gobbler
be lesser or great (5-6,4) 1 Patterned with spots, like the wood 19 Flat-bodied, venomous marine fish,
C a hen
16 ___ lands, term for marginal urban butterfly Pararge aegeria (8) related to the sharks (8)
or suburban habitats popularised by 2 Elegant seabird that makes the 21 Spotted cat of South America (6)
Marion Shoard (4) longest annual migration of any 23 The caterpillar of the ___ moth 6) the collective noun
17 Name given to divers in North bird (6,4) may squirt formic acid if attacked (4) for eels
America (5) 3 Bright blue-flowering member 24 Tree in the mahogany family, also
A a bed
18 Tree shrub Myrcia paganii, native to of the bellflower family, native to called Indian lilac (4)
B a raft
Puerto Rico (4) Florida (3,7) 25 Fronded, flowerless vascular plant
20 Slender, insect-eating songbird 4 Modified maxillary tooth found in that reproduces via spores (4) C a pit
Motacilla clara, found in the uplands of carnivorous mammals (4)
sub-Saharan Africa (8,7) 5 Meaty seed of a plant in the family
22 Tree of the genus Ficus with small Fabaceae – mung or soya, perhaps (4)
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