SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No 46 – November 12

Across: 3 Purple Haze 9 Iota 10 Chard 12 Jar 13 Morello 16 Earl 18 Lush 20 Psalm 22 Outback 23 Mexican 25 Flame 26 Ness 28 Soda 31 Estates 34 Too 35 Wheat 37 Dame 38 Elderberry. Down: 1 Film 2 Star 4 Uncle 5 Pea 6 Eddy 7 Anjou 8 Earth 11 Hoax 14 Obscene 15 Eclairs 17 Loud 18 Lobelia 19 Secombe 21 Wars 24 Idea 26 Notre 27 Sword 29 Aster 30 Ewer 32 Teak 33 Suez 36 Eve. Hidden clue: Joel Poinsett; Poinsettia.

Winner of crossword No 46 is Paul Emmerson from Scarborough