{"id":28343,"date":"2023-06-01T15:29:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T13:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=28343"},"modified":"2023-06-01T18:28:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T16:28:56","slug":"the-crossword-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2023\/06\/01\/the-crossword-11\/","title":{"rendered":"The crossword"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/bb8c12be-f4f5-4c83-b49a-fb99a0a1aa81.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-28338\" width=\"458\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/bb8c12be-f4f5-4c83-b49a-fb99a0a1aa81.jpg 1251w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/bb8c12be-f4f5-4c83-b49a-fb99a0a1aa81-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/bb8c12be-f4f5-4c83-b49a-fb99a0a1aa81-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/bb8c12be-f4f5-4c83-b49a-fb99a0a1aa81-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/bb8c12be-f4f5-4c83-b49a-fb99a0a1aa81-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h5><strong>ACROSS<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p>8 Corvid that might be carrion or hooded (4) <\/p>\n\n<p>9 Australian coastal bird in the family Psittaculidae (4,6)<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"> 9 Australian coastal bird in the family Psittaculidae (4,6) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">10 Reproductive part of a flower (6)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"> 11 Long-extinct reptile (8) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">12 Larva of a geometer moth (8) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">14 Middle East country, important as a migratory flyway (6) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">16 ___ bunting, scarce songbird with a jangling song (4) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">17 Edible sac fungus (5) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">18 One of the Great Lakes, noted for its population of water snakes (4) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">19 Sugary liquid that is produced by flowering plants (6<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">) 21 Another name for the white-eyed duck of Australia (8) 23 Gregarious songbirds that might be tree or house (8)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"> 26 Omnivorous mustelid with a striped face, found in the UK (6)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"> 27 Large neotropical bird of prey (5,5)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"> 28 Genus of flowering plants, sometimes known as lilies (4) <\/p>\n\n<h5><strong>DOWN <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">1 Insectivorous wading bird (10) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">2 Waterbird related to the gallinules (8)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"> 3 Tropical bird with dark plumage and a forked tail (6)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"> 4 Small marine fish in the same family as jacks (4)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"> 5 Stork that might be Asian or African (8) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">6 ___ fir, coniferous tree of the south-east USA (6) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">7 Balsam tree that originates from South America (4)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"> 13 ___ harrier, wetland raptor (5) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">15 Heathery (10) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">17 Small New World monkey (8) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">18 Spiny monotremes (8) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">20 Tiny sap-sucking insects (6)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"> 22 ___ flies, predatory insects in the family Asilidae (6) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">24 Decayed bog matter (4) <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">25 Woody-stemmed shrub, used as a culinary herb (4) <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<h4 class=\"sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>April answers <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Across: 8 ulna, 9 Exe estuary, 10 baobab, 11 tree frog, 12 boar, 13 roadrunner, 17 Spey, 18 shoal, 19 foil, 20 crow garlic, 22 Ural, 23 capybara, 27 gannet, 28 tomato gall, 29 slug. Down: 1 fleahopper, 2 bayberry, 3 red bartsia, 4 sett, 5 Isle, 6 puffin, 7 Arno, 14 atoll, 15 relict gull, 16 ericaceous, 19 Foulness, 21 whydah, 24 anoa, 25 aloe, 26 acai. <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" id=\"divider--recipe\"\/>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\">SPOT THE DIFFERENCE <\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/image-2-1024x361.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-28766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/image-2-1024x361.png 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/image-2-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/image-2-768x271.png 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/image-2.png 1137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The black-bellied whistling duck, found in North and South America, really does have a whistling call. It looks like this trio may be having a conspiratorial chat. Can you spot all five differences between these images? <em>Answers in &#8216;Your Letters&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">MICHAEL J. 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