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ACROSS 1 Need self-restraint to play solitary card game (8) 4 Man U and Scotland legend on line with a top winger (3) 6 Normal condition of 6 down in Derby, Reading and Yeovil, initially (3) 8 Hoses down 2 down, perhaps (5) 10 May run into thinner trainee (7) 12 Old england midfielder started to beat everyone (4) 13 In the past, a siamese player had large area for World Cup qualifiers (4) 14 Hears about top racehorses who are true stayers (6) 16 Put the middle of defence or

attack in place (6) 17 A few took on many in bloody

battle of WW1 (5) 18 Aberdeen or Liverpool player

had nothing to come back to (4) 21 Knock down boxer, for example,

at the ground (5) 22 After 16 across, forwards are all

out (8) 25 Ready to start scoring every

time, initially (3) 27 Sole mn promise to come round,

at home, maybe (4) 29 Players must perform at some

stage (6) 31 Dispatch small joint by sea (4) 32 Appear to look at Prime

Minister, for instance (4) 33 Can the target for harriers move

at speed? (4) 34 He’s out of a job after short stay at 1 down (5,2,4)

DOWN 1 A team-mate took on an expert at a London club, in short (6) 2 Stern air assumed by some coaches (8) 3 Tour winner got bronze at the world road championships (5,6) 4 Organised real time for Scottish track star (9) 5 Athlete on the road to getting trophy for contest won by the US (6,3) 6 Rested up in a very 6 across

area (6) 7 Opening passage of play from

the main trombone player (5) 8 Might be very 6 across mixed

up in the middle of 6 down (4) 9 It’s an honour for someone like

John Robertson (3) 11 Change sides like 6 down, with

little hesitation (3) 15 In second minute, get first game

ended by thick fog (4) 19 Fade away in dundee, inverness

and Elgin, initially (3) 20 Head off when happy to be

hired out (6) 22 Fastturn-outbyfellow

employees, as it were (5) 23 Special forces hard to follow, are

in the frame (4) 24 Cliff might be in the second

Grand Prix vehicle (4) 26 Long hard journey into the

centre, kitted out for it (4) 28 May take on a new player. It’s

hard to get cross (4) 30 Find some of the cricket team in

the interval (3) Last week’s winner of £30 M&S vouchers is Fiona May, Grange Loan Edinburgh. Entries to: Crossbar competition, The Scotsman, 30 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh EH4 2HS. The winner’s name and solution will be published next Monday. The Scotsman Publications Ltd employees and their families are not eligible. The Editor’s decision is final.