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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)

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