To create entries at 5, 9, 20, 29D and 41, answers to clues in italics become TREE-HUGGERS (15), embracing sallow, fig, argan, oak and dita. Definitions of the entries are 16, 12, 8A, 3 and 35.
First prize Gerry Fairweather, Layer Marney, Essex
Runners-up Lewis Corner, South Fremantle, Western Australia; C. & A. Snelson, Middlesmoor, Harrogate
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