Thanks all for the help. Last question. My answer for 10 down now does not fit without the clash and I was pretty sure it was right. I had red c***** (trees) and can't work out any alternative.
red c***** are correct the re (from red) goes with d from daybed in top r corner
the ed from cedars goes with the last letter of 18a
so 10d is entered RED DC RED ARS
Yes thanks. I misread the previous post about the correct positions of the red balls. Have no idea about why the answer tom18ac is what it seems to be but there is only one answer in the dictionary which fits.
Well I think we've all guessed what the game is by now! But I'm still in the position of having solved only 6 clues. I also have the answer to 1 down but it has too many letters. I can't see anything on the preamble about letters being omitted before entry. Am I missing something?
The first two letters of 1d and the first three of 1ac form a word, a colour. These are all put into the first square which is then coloured in appropriately or not in this case.