Crossbar No 1,488

ACROSS

1 One man bowled over by new

English League One side (9) 9 Is the favourite to get through the

competition (3) 11 Did Botham start out at Ipswich,

Arsenal and Norwich? (3) 12 Declaration at Lords, or call it a

day at work (10) 13 Usain may be upset at having to

book site (4) 14 Head off old Australian captain in

command (5) 15 Referees have prime outcome in

the US (7) 17 Did Emil turn out in old track race?

(4) 18 Tear into the new away strips (3) 19 Sean had to make up the same

title (8) 21 and 32 Did an alliance win a

trophy in competition? (10.3) 25 Is getting on a bit, at the veteran

stage (5) 26 They kept quiet, but must turn

out at the end (5) 30 End up in a hot spot with things to

be done (6) 32 See 21 across 33 Workplace for one getting round

at a breeding farm (6) 34 Show a film endlessly of debris at

the foot of a cliff (5) 35 Did liverpool midfielder shore up

New Den? (9)

DOWN

1 Brown in a rut, when forced out at Ibrox (9) 2 Club had one form of lure used by an angler (4) 3 Left ancient vessel when up for a frolic (4) 4 Top dog organised some protest

marches, in short (5) 5 Turned up later with a bit of a

glutton (5) 6 Enter Elgin, at first, cooking a

main course in the US (6) 7 Did Thelma pack something to

steer the ship? (4) 8 Defended like a centre-half, but

then took 12 across (7) 9 Football legend turned out for a

top eleven (4) 10 Had some time for the

quartermasters (4) 11 Popular girl at a test-playing

nation (5) 16 Certainly the players are in action

(6) 20 Cuts back small firm making casts

in plaster (6) 21 Even surface suitable for some

racehorses (4) 22 Bond character at a premium,

perhaps (5) 23 Left-winger playing with 35

across, for instance (3) 24 Gather a crowd to watch a service

(5) 27 Take as hot, in sequence (4) 28 Record two additives to a fencing

weapon (4) 29 Watch first drop-shot by a top

player (4) 31 After good turn, get new weapon

(3)