LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION:

ACROSS: 1 Hector Boece, 9 Clams, 10 Nitrogen, 12 Okinawa, 13 Etagere,14 Hythe, 15 Lombardia, 18 Monsignor, 20 Sprog, 21 Effaced, 24 Erewhon,25 Temporal, 26 Poilu, 27 Poltergeist.

DOWN: 2 Easdale, 3 Tantallon, 4 Rathe, 5 Odonata, 6 Crete, 7 Echo-chamber,8 Hamilton, 11 Pelargonium, 16 Marseille, 17 Durkheim, 19 Incipit, 20 Steppes, 22 Fuego, 23 Durer.

LAST WEEK’S WINNER: Catriona Mckenzie, Stewarton