### Clue: German writer reaching Saxony perhaps (growth area) (9)
### Answer: GRASSLAND 
 ### Explanation: Definition: growth area
 GRASS(Gunter, German writer) **placed before**(reaching, in an across clue) LAND(an example of which;perhaps is the state of Saxony in eastern Germany).
Defn: Not growth in size, population, economic activity, etc. but of plant life.