Last month’s crossword solutions

Across: 1 Northern Line, 7 Menippus, 12 Emily Maitlis, 13 Scallion, 15 Zinfandel, 16 Swami, 17 Obeah, 18 Été, 19 Checkmate, 21 Diet of Worms, 22 Edental, 24 Rake’s Progress, 26 Bridle path, 29 Irish Times, 33 St Luke’s summer, 35 Braised, 38 East Lothian, 40 Belleters, 41 Tor, 42 Auric, 43 Extra, 44 Everglade, 46 Priories, 47 Rien ne va plus, 48 Suspects, 49 George C Scott.

Down: 1 Nietzsche, 2 Reign, 3 Haymarket, 4 Roald Dahl, 5 Little egret, 6 Neil Sedaka, 8 Escritoires, 9 Isle of Wight, 10 Primeur, 11 Synthesists, 14 Daleks, 20 Ezekiel, 23 Are, 25 En masse, 26 Basses-Alpes, 27 Lake Lucerne, 28 Pass the test, 30 Rory Bremner, 31 Her, 32 Amantadine, 34 Ubiety, 35 Belvedere, 36 Amen glass, 37 Das heisst, 39 Sarnies, 45 Aello.

Last month’s winner

Janet Sales, Oban