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1,14 10,21 film involved heathen
temple worship, largely set
around Hungary (3,5,3,9)
7 Without slowing down, write
book’s plot (3)
9 Flower is touching, darling
maintained (5)
10,21 One often appearing in
court nearly succeded getting
agreement from German family
to do the slalom with actress (9,6)
11 Upriver it overflows with a
sudden inrush (9)
12 Scary movie finally imported
by Ireland in retrospect (5)
13 Leader of hockey team bursts
into song, finding Joseph’s
birthplace (9)

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Essential Gardening

For May

Flowers/Plants
Sow hardy annuals outside
Feed established clumps of spring
flowering bulbs
Plant out hardy annuals raised under cover
Trim back winter flowering heathers

Fruit/vegetables
Finish planting main crop potatoes
Plant new beds of asparagus
Sow outside: carrots, lettuces, salad
leaves, baby beetroot, spring onions,
radishes, kohl rabi, chives, chicory,
parsley, Brussels sprouts, cabbages,
calabrese, broccoli, endives, and spinach
Sow peas and mangetout
Hang pheromone traps in fruit trees to
catch codling moths

Greenhouse
Plant up growing bags
Pot up rooted cuttings
Sow tomatoes, marrows, courgettes,
sweet corn and other tender crops
Hang yellow sticky traps above plants to
trap flying pests
Prick out seedlings that are large enough
to handle
General
Sow lawns or lay turf
Plant water lilies and other aquatic
plants
Sprinkle fertiliser along the base of
hedges and cover with mulch
Feed lawns and treat them against moss
and weeds
Watch out for slug and snail damage

15,23 10,21 film lands former
husband Spike in court (4,5)
17 Angel’s love depicted by French
art Eliot collected (4)

DOWN
1,16 10, 21 film achieving top rate in the

8 Bearded man is a dam-builder (6)

fall (8,8)

14 See 1

2 Foolish European expedition I’d

15 10,21 film showing escape plot foiled

mounted (7)

with seconds to go (3,6)

3 Exaggerates about league in Cantona’s

16 See 1d

country? (9)

18 Pathé reels about religious memorial

4 Boredom is something of a rotten

(7)

nuisance (5)

20 Tell Edward to go after opener for

5 A fortune’s potentially made by horror

champagne kept on ice (7)

film (9)

21 See 10

6 Earl in Roller to constantly change

23 See 15 ac

lanes? (5)

25 Allowed to run off (5)

7 Idler used to be lively, though not first
up (7)

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19 Pet returning hot, covered in
his prey’s whiskers (9)
22 National flag seen by rugby
post (5)
24 Reddish purple flower out West
is no hybrid (9)
26 Ocean-going ships, at the
outset, each will need testing at
the ship-builders we are told (9)
27 Friend with good sense organs
(5)
28 I call for silence ro some extent
(3)
29 Quite recently suggesting
Robin as opposed to Doris?
(3,5,3)

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