SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No 31 – July 30

Across: 8 Pine cone 9 Elite 10 Belladonna 11 The 13 Issue 15 Like a shot 19 Odessa 20 The air 21 Important 23 Broad 26 Add 27 Overwhelms 30 Stuff 31 Lark Rise.

Down: 1 Life 2 Neil Sedaka 3 Good 4 Lean-to 5 Menai 6 Lifts 7 Levee 12 Hudson 14 Sweetheart 16 Is hard 17 Sari 18 To do 22 Meekly 23 Balsa 24 Odour 25 Doffs 28 Work 29 Most.

Hidden quotation: ‘A garden is hard work, but so is most of the good, important stuff in life.’

Winner of crossword No 31 is Linda Acaster from Birstall, West Yorkshire.