SOLUTION TO No 9

Across: 1 Arbour 5 Debate 9 Closest 11 Shrewd 12 Ely 13 Bamboo 16 Eye 17 USA 18 Creation 22 Recliner 23 Can 24 Ash 26 Yellow 29 Bus 31 Almond 32 Elation 34 Veneer 35 Mirage Down: 2 Roomy 3 One 4 Rat 5 Disco 6 Barn 7 Tawny 8 Screech 10 Spa 13 Botany 14 Moor 15 Outlaw 16 Earn 19 Etch 20 Nell 21 Present 25 Solve 27 Elder 28 Owl 29 Being 30 Come 32 Elm 33 Air

Hidden quotation ‘I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.’ Winner of Crossword No 9 is Pauline Christian of Melton Mowbray