Published in The Watford Observer, Friday, March 1, 2002.

Across: 1. Bent; 7. Pailor; 8. Cows; 10. Ills; 11. Unkempt; 12. Awe; 13. Dozen; 17. Bring; 19. Eat; 21. Windbag; 22. Too; 23. Open; 25. Reeled; 26. Tear.

Down: 1. Bacon; 2. Now; 3. Napkin; 4. Clamber; 5. Britain; 6. Willed; 9. Suez; 14. Outworn; 15. Evinced; 16. Settle; 17. Babies; 18. Iago; 20. Manor; 24. Pie.