Crossbar

No 1,561

ACROSS

1 Divided city, where some are united (10) 8 Would most of the side enjoy a break in play (3) 12 Top marks for Aberdeen, Alloa and Annan, initially (3) 14 Was the German manager under par in Russia? (3) 15 Border team’s appearance at local festivals (5) 16 Did top Scot have to trim things down to size (5) 17 Old girl turning out at capital cricket ground (4) 18 Europeans who bowed out in the group stage in Russia (5) 21 Point of departure for some fair Portuguese fans (7) 23 Old sailor came back to sign up other seamen (7) 24 Charge by team in all-out attack (4) 26 Long-distance runner in the line up (4) 27 Attack a Twenty20 team from south-west England (5) 29 Did daughter love pet raining, and appear to make headway? (7) 31 Team unable to score when 26 across was cut short (3) 32 Teams on the same points playing on a flat surface (5) 33 May feel under the weather in the long run, we’ll find (6) 34 Solid construction for some superstars (5) 35 Commonly, Ibrox players turn out for Gillingham, Exeter, Reading and Swindon, initially (4)

DOWN

1 Did one lumber off to venue for top race down under? (9) 2 Small spark caught up in a great movement (4) 3 We can’ t have 30 down playing for English Premiership club (9) 4 and 7 Gathering up north for sports, etc (8,5) 5 Voters line up after second Grand Prix venue (11) 6 Bears turn up at old tennis venue (10) 7 See 4 down 9 Fool about on board a ship (3) 10 Has to welcome a tennis player from Germany (4) 11 Did an old US heavyweight have to bear up? (4) 13 Did an English novelist have French friends? (4) 19 One dared to move into the other team’s space on the field (6) 20 Heard great riddle on screen, as it were (5) 22 Build up support for a rugby player (4) 25 Shall turn out in 7 down rooms (5) 27 Punch a slow mover in the garden, perhaps (4) 28 I’m going back to the French classic distance on the track (4) 30 Top golf er took his place in the Chelsea squad (3) Last week’s winner of £30 Love To Shop vouchers was MJ Gilmour, Lothian Road, 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.