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ACROSS 1 Three elements required for
one of the field events (6,4) 5 Attend a royal meeting, at a
cost, unfortunately (5) 8 Old cricketer (both 15 and 26
across) had one expression (5) 10 New vista prepared to get round with everyone, back in an English team (5,5) 13 Equips some players at Reading, Ipswich, Gateshead and Swindon, initially (4) 15 Turn a hat over to one at the
Oval, Lords, etc (4-6) 16 Have a part to play, at some
stage (4) 17 A type of grass grown in every
estate (3) 18 Is always part of the team at
Goodison, no doubt (4) 20 Some keepers get their rewards
from management (7) 24 Ray turned up at a top Scottish
course (3) 25 Check on the part played by
Steve Ovett I3) 26 Lent a hat to one at the Oval,
Lords, etc (4-6) 29 Is there a sixth sense in some
Spanish teams, in short? (3) 30 Stoke and Wales midfielder in a
recall, entitled to play (5) 31 Composed poems for local needle match, in a classic event (5,5)
DOWN 1 Have to pay the price to get a player from another team (8,3) 2 Yearn to submit an old weapon (7) 3 Runner adopted trainee from old Aberdeen and Scotland star (6) 4 The AA stress organisation needed to win the 31 across in 2009 (3,3,5) 6 Do the main goal scorers have
to go all out? (8) 7 Small firm, in the end, had small
chance (4) 8 The spectators get reports, with
little hesitation (7) 9 Racing vehicle on track to travel
by ferry (5) 11 Gradually loses energy, like
some chumps (4) 12 Heard one had to keep quiet
about a blow-up mattress (4) 14 Also-ranlostarticleon
renewable energy (5) 19 Rio had a little time to put things
into proportion (5) 21 Do the french get the benefit?
(4) 22 The spanish left the team level
on points (4) 23 File through an extra special
place (4) 27 Veteran embraced by former
West Indies 26 across (3) 28 Throw some light on another
Ayrshire derby (3)