35 ACROSS - YOUNG SHOOT OR TWIG OF A PLANT, ESPECIALLY ONE CUT FOR GRAFTING OR ROOTING (5) _ C _ _ N
37 ACROSS - ANY MINUTE AQAUTIC MULTICELLULAR INVERTABRATE OF THE PHYLUM ALSO KNOWN AS WHEEL ANIMALCULES; COMMON CONSTITUENTS OF FRESHWATER PLANKTON (7) R _ T _ _ E
28 DOWN - DEPARTMENT OF NE FRANCE CREATED FROM THE FORMER PROVINCE OF LORRAINE IN 1790; CAPITAL, METZ (7) R _ T _ _ E _