| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Plant |
| Puzzled comments |
| Rock-garden plant |
| ___ Pet (kitschy plant) |
| First word across in the first-ever crossword (1913) and the first of a dozen appearances of the word in this puzzle's grid, written word search-style (left, right, down, and diagonally) ... Can you f |
| Plant container |
| A swelling in plants |
| Versatile plant used in herbal medicine |
| Fiber from the agave plant |
| Activity suggested by this puzzle's theme entries |
| Agave plant |
| African plant used in many skin products |
| Like many houseplants, daily |
| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| Indigo plant. |
| Partially obscured (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| 1980s fad figurines that involved plants sprouting into animal shapes: 2 wds. |
| Helmet-shaped plant part |
| Pungent salad root-plants |
| Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep hidden in this puzzle's 10 longest answers |
| Old-World plant |
| Plant in the pea family |
| Southern African plant of the lily family — haunts a gap (anag) |
| Video game that comes out today (9/9/09), whose songs/levels are referenced in this puzzle, with "The |
| Old medicinal plant |
| Iris adapts (anag) — indoor plant |
| Seasoning plant |
| Gone with the Wind" plantation, insanely exaggerated? |
| Auto plant worker |