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Hanging Rows Garden (Solution)

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Hanging Rows Garden is a mostly traditional Rows Garden puzzle. However, 7 of the bloom clues are given in a visually distinct calligraphic font. These blooms each have a 7-letter answer, instead of the typical 6; one letter must be dropped in order to fit the bloom into the grid. After completely filling in the grid, the dropped letters can be read (tier-by-tier and left-to-right within a tier) to give the answer, IT’S A TRAP

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(For typesetting simplicity, the grid has been rendered with square cells instead of triangular, but the layout is the same)

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And the 7-letter bloom clues, in extraction order:

Clue	Answer	Dropped Letter
Slow wearing away over time	EROSION	I
Decorative container where flowers live	PLANTER	T
Decaying material good for your garden	COMPOST	S
Machine that stabs holes in the ground	AERATOR	A
Tiny shovels for your garden	TROWELS	T
Lattice for vines to climb	TRELLIS	R
A designation for produce	ORGANIC	A
White granules mixed into potting soil	PERLITE	P