SOLUTION TO No 45

Across: 8 Emphasise 9 Oslo 10 Overdue 12 Earwig 13 Dig 14 Forget 17 Gnat 18 Gala 19 Soil 20 Asia 21 Hedera 22 The 24 Plough 26 Apricot 30 Here 31 Outspoken. Down: 1 Memo 2 Apse 3 Hard 4 Aimed 5 Telegraph 6 Moor 7 Alligator 11 Rugosa 15 Ourselves 16 Triathlon 17 Gandhi 23 Earth 25 Ulex 27 Ripe 28 Cake 29 Tend. Hidden quotation and person ‘To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves’ – Mahatma Gandhi. Winner of Crossword No 45 is Mrs Lynne Roberts from Staffordshire.