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No 1,562

ACROSS 1 Value plot being prepared for a field event (4,5) 7 Us state and city join forces to back a Borders team (4) 10 Greek character started shooting with good aim in training (5) 12 Did text er get out and about in English racecourse? (9) 13 Runner from the east midlands

went to the north-east twice (4) 14 Opportunity to put a couple of

additives in a large dish (6) 15 Want 1 across competitor to take part in another field event (4-6) 18 Appear to have as hot at college, perhaps (4,2) 19 Was demi blown away by a top

tennis venue? (9) 24 Find suitable ceremonial wear for

Robert, right away (4) 25 Ex amines pin, e tc, produced at

Lords, etc (7) 27 Learn, right away, about old

Liverpool and England star (4) 28 Settled down at swindon, Aldershot and Torquay, initially (3)

29 Might some trainees take home a

pretty penny? (4)

30 Super turn-out to reward a

winning boxer in the ring (5) 31 Find a group of capital players, in addition (4) 32 Comes out with short work to make good music (7)

DOWN 1 Former open winner at 6 down in 1999 (4,6) 2 Left a note behind when no longer with us (4) 3 Help an accomplice to have a wager (4) 4 Relative position of the ball, of course, may be far from the truth (4) 5 Flaw quite clear in claim to be second to none (9) 6 A counter is designed for use at a Scottish Open course (10) 8 Want to start out at 15 across (4) 9 Cut out part of the cowboys place on the way back (3) 10 For a second time, referee, in short, is at the tail end (5) 11 Common ground must suit hibs

and Celtic (5) 13 Have a rough guess at a line, but

it’s quite abstract (8) 16 Scores recorded in one of the

good books (7) 17 Backup forwards who are on top

(5,2)

20 Feast to celebrate a 80 th

anniversary (5)

21 Might one call about a flowering tree? (5) 22 Finishes up at the back on the last laps (4) 23 Close, about to 29 across (4) 26 Undermine st ran ra er, al lo a and

Partick, initially (3) There was no winner of £30 Love To Shop vouchers last week 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.