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Harrhy Thank you for your answer but could you tell me how you derived at it.

netherland, slippery or red

Dutch Elm (disease)
Slippery elm (herbal remedy made from red elm)
Red elm (Species of elm - Ulmus Rubra)

11 two for retail sale, mourn or grieve(pine)

There appears to be a Bishop pine. Not sure if that fits though.

11 two for retail sale, mourn or grieve(pine)

There appears to be a Bishop pine. Not sure if that fits though.

Harrhy

Thank you, very very complicated but thank you for that answer. I wonder if setter is clever enough to set a question like that.
Will recheck no 11 but again thank you trying so hard I have been struggling for nearly 5 weeks and still have not got all answers.

Your # 40 looks very much like JAPANESE BLACK PINE, though I don't see how you can get "black" to have anything to do with "biro" --- are sure about that element?

sorry greedy kite possibly have confused you full question is as follows

40 anagram pea jeans, back of bovine, biro +i

If you take "pen" for biro plus "i" that would make pine (or did you realize that?); I've tried "crop", "loin" & "rump" for "back of bovine", even "Kalb" (German for "calf") reversed, but it still doesn't QUITE work out! Of course "back of bovine" could also be simply "-ine", too!!!

Jude: Google "japanese crop pine" and you'll find pictures of one after all! I think we've finished!

greedy kite thank you for all your effort. This quiz is taking me hours and hours but I do enjoy doing most of it. Thanks again.