SOLUTION TO No 26

Across: 3 Enthusiasm 9 Used 10 Nappy 12 Pal 13 Holding 16 Year 18 Gets 20 Tiger 22 Annuals 23 Cowslip 25 Smith 26 Sour 28 Back 31 Martyrs 34 Rot 35 Aster 37 Burn 38 Belladonna Down: 1 Bush 2 Bell 4 Nanny 5 Hip 6 Skye 7 Apple 8 Malus 11 Ages 14 Orinoco 15 Dresser 17 Rent 18 Gourmet 19 Telstar 21 Limb 24 Acme 26 Shrub 27 Until 29 Karen 30 Gala 32 Your 33 Song 36 Too Hidden anonymous quotation: ‘Gardening is a ma er of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it.’ Winner of Crossword No 26 is Mrs M Hazell, of Shenfield, Brentwood.