SOLUTION TO No 9

Across: 3 Gooseberry 9 Roux 10 Idaho 12 Bee 13 Parsley 16 Reap 18 Used 20 Fools 22 Tagetes 23 Baccata 25 Stone 26 Corn 28 Prig 31 Granola 34 Cow 35 Hedge 37 Geum 38 Ian Fleming

Down: 1 Crop 2 Burr 4 Osier 5 Spa 6 Boot 7 Ribes 8 Yield 11 Dyed 14 Avocado 15 Silicon 17 Peak 18 Uneaten 19 Eternal 21 Stop 24 Rigg 26 Cacti 27 Rowan 29 Green 30 Dhal 32 Open 33 Arms 36 Dim Hidden herb: Fool’s, stone, corn, cow, hedge – all types of wild parsley Winner of Crossword No 9 is Trevor Shelley of Ashurst, Southampton.