Xeriscaping (Standard, Adversarial)

 Hi! I made another themeless - it's harder than the last one! (Why is it called Xeriscaping? idk i just like the word, it starts with an X and its pretty)

As with always, I do encourage for you to try the adversarial clueset. For reference, I gave the puzzle to frisco (thanks frisco) and he solved it far too quickly for my liking so I removed more footholds, gave it to Paolo Pasco (thanks paolo) and he still solved it far too quickly for my liking so I removed more footholds and now we're here. 

Quite happy with how the grid and clues turned out. Good luck :)

Standard Clueset: (Puzzle)
Adversarial Clueset: (Puzzle)



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