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ACROSS 2 Early rounds of the 1 down

competition (5,5) 7 Senseofwonderin raw

emotion of a derby match (3) 10 Reserves playing together

show some power (5) 12 Tv pundit who used to play at

Firhill and Anfield (4,6) 15 Set a trap for some of the Elgin

City team (3) 17 Old film-maker who came out

on top, for example (6) 18 Did duo wonder how to play old

England spinner? (9) 19 It’s hard to get the Spanish player, at first, to assist his team mates (4) 21 Did Bresnan return to top 3

down instituute? (3) 22 Met up with Carl at a racecourse in northern England (7) 25 Performed with a Brazilian

football legend (4) 26 Run in front of one man on the

boundary (3) 28 Managed to have a few cut

short, getting a pay-off (6) 31 Good opportunities to score after infringements in the box (9) 33 Injections prescribed for players in Inverness and Maryhill (4) 34 Speak at short notice to line-up,

maybe (7) 35 City in the old Czechoslovakia,

oddly (4) 36 Was an old Australian captain always on edge? (6)

DOWN 1 National competition involving all 42 SPFL teams (6,3) 3 Turns out for small international team, no doubt (2) 4 Old australian master, of course

(6) 5 Change the last word on degree

(5) 6 Leave out one direction, right

at the end. He’s finished (5) 7 Text Marie about more action

after 90 minutes (5,4) 8 Some realisation that he was the

greatest in the ring (3) 9 Gadding about like players in

Bolton and Wycombe (9) 11 See large marble, thanks to the

first character in 9 down (3) 13 Use a musical instrument in

training to sharpen up (4) 14 Top side won over old england

fast bowler (4) 16 Left-winger, etc, playing at

Parkhead, in short (4) 20 Sure thing at the track, changing

direction from 19 down (4) 21 Failed to score, like young

woman and little boy (6) 23 Stadium no longer new in some

districts (5) 24 New mail sent off to Inter’s

place (5) 27 Graduates got a place in the

Masters, at the start (3) 29 Have a form of identification for

19 across (3) 30 English runner had to go round

3 down, at the end (4) 32 Go off the beaten track, like

some terrorists, as it were (3)