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1 Canadian term for the earthworm (3,4)
5 Plant also known as love-in-a-mist (7)
9 Equine mammal (5)
10 Fruit-bearing plant in the genus Syzygium, related to myrtles (4,5)
11 ___ shark, long-lived predatory fish (9)
12 Bedfordshire town, home to the RSPB (5)
13 Wader that may be sacred or scarlet (4)
15 Bask (8)
18 Gulls or auks, say (8)
19 Cougar (4)
22 Australian cockatoo (5)
24 Palearctic butterfly, Celastrina argiolus (5,4)
26 Large seabird of the Americas (5,4)
27 Inner ___ Estuary, protected marine region of western Scotland (5)
28 Pigeon genus (7)
29 ___ National Forest, woodland reserve in southern Illinois (7)
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1 ___ Veluwe, Dutch nature reserve near Arnhem (2,4)
2 Infertile female in a hive (6,3)
3 Vast saltwater habitat (5)…