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[Amber-Sum]

I am stuck on three.
11a in rhetoric use of more words than required to convey a meaning, as in 'free gift' or burning fire. 8 letters: ?l??n?s

24d river of SW France that joins the Dordogne near Bordeaux to form the Gironde estuary. 7 letters: g?r?n?e

28d sacred aquatic plant of India, Chinan and Tibet with large fragrant pinl flowers: Nelumbo nucifera 5 letters: L?t?s (? lotus)

Thanks for any help

[heather48]

11a pleonasm

[mahonia]

24d Gironde?
28d Lotus

[shooty]

28 lotus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera

[glasman]

24d Garonne

[Captain2]

24 Garonne

[heather48]

24d garonne 28d lotus

[shooty]

as mahonia said

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gironde

[shooty]

apologies, i should read more : /