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lilac hybrid with stalk gtafted to another plant
11 - a-l- - - e - o -

Baffles ducks, perhaps 6 - - - d - -

It could be Callistemon, which I believe is a lilac-like shrub

CALLISTEMON fits but it's a member of the Myrtle genus and Lilac is a member of the Olive genus, so probably not right.

.. and the second could be ELUDES or EVADES, as I take it that this is not a cryptic crossword

ELUDES is better as it could be both 'baffles' and 'ducks' (as a verb rather than a source of eiderdown).

Thanks for callistemon - lilac with stem on - very cryptic
2 more clues need help, please

chap to escape becoming a vegetable 9
m - n - e - o - t

being sulky, rejected a cable, bush telegraph preferred 5, 4
m - - - - - i - e

MANGETOUT = MAN GET OUT

mulga wire

For the second one, METAL WIRE, MIAMI VICE, MALAY KITE and MAGIC MILE all fit, but none make sense. There's probably lots of other possibilities too.

mulga wire is the word for bush telegraph in New Zealand. sulky = glum backwards, etc.