LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ACROSS 1 Poor quality ceramics found in

indoor sport (9) 7 Group is not allowed to play,

we’re told (4) 9 Small class are following an Irish

county team (5) 11 A trainee gets into a European

team down under (9) 13 Draw a game in a cup

competition, as it were (3) 14 Clothing may suit Alloa, Livingston and Brechin, initially (3) 15 He may want to leap, with little hesitation, into field event (4-6) 19 Had to give in to pressure in a

match, perhaps (7) 21 Warning,ofcourse,tosecond

team, at first, in Nottingham (6) 25 Sounds as if Liverpool, Mansfield and Ipswich, initially, had fragrant resin (5) 26 Favourite took second place.

What a nuisance (4) 27 Is about to manage a replay (5) 28 Run away to a match (5) 30 South Africa can produce a type

of silk (5) 31 Doctor took 12 months to create

a prohibition area (3) 32,33 Outsiderwithlaterun

became a 5 down (5,2,6) 34 May have to rent out a

singer (5)

DOWN 1 Embattledsupremoofcycling team (10) 2 Haveaclosefriendinadifferent team (4) 3 Ironoutajapanesepill-box(4) 4 Suitableexaminationinmoral Philosophy (4) 5 Success in contest between

local rivals, like 32,33 (5,6) 6 Did a top athlete turn to a small

American car? (4) 8 Mother of 32,33, for instance,

seen on an embankment (3) 9 Social ones are always on the

way up in extreme sport (8) 10 Leftapoliticianquitespent(4) 12 Offencecommittedinalosing

team (3) 16 Barely,withoutquestion(4) 17 Always lead to new English

Premier team (7) 18 It’s odd to play with spirit (3) 20 Think fit of top player having to

rent a house, perhaps (6) 22 Work for a long time on a

musical production (5) 23 Depend on one playing a lyre,

maybe (4) 24 Adolescents may be sent out

East (5) 29 Bird of prey ends up at the

climax of the NFL season (3)