SOLUTION TO No 18

Across: 8 Caffeine 9 Reach 10 Lemon drops 11 Dam 13 Haste 15 Listeners 19 Hurrah 20 Inters 21 Telepathy 23 Daisy 26 End 27 Overpasses 30 Alone 31 The Wings

Down: 1 Haze 2 Effortless 3 Rind 4 Velour 5 Irish 6 Lands 7 Thyme 12 A ach 14 Airmanship 16 Ionian 17 Nest 18 Shoe 22 Erecta 23 Degas 24 Idiom 25 Yokel 28 Pleb 29 Ergo

Hidden herbs: Chervil, thyme, hyssop, balm, sage, dill. Winner of Crossword No 18 is Mrs Irene Conliffe, of Woodhouse, Devon.