Australian plants

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Across
  1. 6. Digital mile (anagram) (2)
  2. 8. Below average height male with rad (anagram) ending (1)
  3. 10. Cook’s companion remembered (1)
  4. 12. Marsupial hand (2)
  5. 15. Ape (anagram) struts (anagram) in an arid area (3)
  6. 16. ________ flower; used to wash the face (1)
  7. 17. Paint brand comes into its own in spring (1)
Down
  1. 1. Porcine visage (1)
  2. 2. Festive season delight (2)
  3. 3. Desperate settlers infused it (2)
  4. 4. Cleans a glass receptacle (2)
  5. 5. Emblematic in a red kind of way (1 word)
  6. 7. Chewy tall plant (2)
  7. 8. Quaint woman’s name with a citrus start (2)
  8. 9. Avian home (3)
  9. 11. Victorian emblem and unexceptional (2)
  10. 13. Drab coloured large country house (1)
  11. 14. Tough nuts! (1)