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ACROSS

1 Make-over for Alloa’a old football park (10) 8 Is leaving to enter first grade (5) 9 Did Mota run out ahead of South Africa? (4) 12 Minister took on new men right away into administration (10) 14 Champion appearing in the Royal Ascot parade (4) 15 About to get judge to buy things back, no doubt (6) 16 Early sign of how to train young racehorses (9) 18 Some of the stable staff left at short notice on Sunday (4) 20 Officer involved in one prestigious tournament, of course (5) 21 Two depressed little boys at an Irish racecourse (4,5) 26 Cattle housed in the north-east, at last (4) 28 Highland city team turned out for Lawson, maybe (5) 29 Fine surface for racing, with proper 8 across (4,5) 30 Turns out east was involved in uprising (6) 31 Ship’s company took on a former Norwegian striker (5) 32 Players from down under in 1 down world cup (9)

DOWN

1 Ruby had good understanding of 13-a-side sport (5,6) 2 Self-esteem displayed by some of the goalkeepers (3) 3 A sheltered bay might suit Rangers in the north-east (4) 4 Joins up to play new roles on the pitch (6) 5 Chance to take issue on the way back (4) 6 Bad feeling in Yorkshire and Lancashire, at the end (3) 7 Did one London Premier team suffer from very hard hits? (6,5) 10 Single scored in indonesia, for example (3) 11 Cats and dogs come back at pace (4) 13 Goes astray in European luxury cars, in short (4) 14 It’s impetuous to take the lead, and then spread out (8) 15 Fix the result of a race in Brighton, perhaps (3) 17 Jovial type, like Georgia, by the end (3) 19 Make an entrance with new charitable giver (5) 20 Did Seles serve up some cassava? (6) 22 Matched up with wolves, everton and Derby, initially (3) 23 Complains about some poor old racehorses (4) 24 Might a child’ s horse run round causing trouble, in short? (5) 25 Get another chance to serve in athletic event (3) 27 Add up to start training at leading London Premier club (3)