Across 7 Sea-onion (6) 8 Sneezewort (6) 9 Grassy area (4) 10 Climbing-plant (8) 11 Black eye (6) 12 Spud (6) 14 ______-skin (6) 17 Blue-flowered bristly plant (6) 19 Aubergine (8) 21 Starchy cereal (4) 22 Finger (anag) (6) 23 Tidily (6) Down 1 Marrow-like fruit (6) 2 Plant with trumpet-shaped 3 downs (8) 3 Bloom (6) 4 Aromatic plant (6) 5 Forest plant (4) 6 USSR council (6) 13 _____ ___ lily, martagon lily (5,3) 15 Mohair (6) 16 Rhododendron-like shrub (6) 17 Common labiate plant (6) 18 Silly laugh (6) 20 Carnation (4) Saturday’s solution Across: 1 Chaff, 4 Smash, 10 Expel, 11 Peckish, 12 Dispense, 13 Idol, 15 Romped, 17 Govern, 19 Envy, 20 Fracture, 23 Instead, 24 Rogue, 25 Snide, 26 Loose. Down: 2 Hopes, 3 Faltered, 5 Mock, 6 Spindle, 7 Gendarmerie, 8 Spasm, 9 Philanderer, 14 Concerto, 16 Moves in, 18 Crude, 21 Urges, 22 Rend.
