LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Across

1 Elite international tournament for a

small, select number (3,7)

6 Is in the loop at the top of the table

(3)

9 Frustrates some runners, say, to

rush off in the 100 metres (4)

11 Did Prince Harry, for example, bet on the winner of the Ascot Gold Cup in 2001 and 2002 (5,5)

14 Hard surface needed for some hockey players to join in practice, finally (3)

15 Did she start out at Ipswich,

Norwich and Aldershot (3)

16 Some Leicester players got a

Hawaiian garland? (3)

17 Use skiing practice when training

a top shinty team (9)

18 Posed for a picture one day, in

short (3)

20 Please turn up, even when out

like a light (6)

21 Have a legal claim to support a

defender (5,4)

25 Show one's disapproval at

blunder, cut short (3)

26 Left a former Hibs star, by the

end, in a truck (5)

27 One in charge of regulations on

the field (10)

30 Have a trial for an international

match 4)

31 Ibrox midfielder from another era,

perhaps (3)

32 One sending the ball to a team

mate successfully (6)

33 Express need to prepare for a

match (5)

Down

1 Attacking players go all out against

the management, as it were (8)

2 Reptiles end up at Florida sports

teams (10)

3 A Serie A venue lost one who had

a go (4)

4 Has impressions inside a sports

ground (5)

5 Big-hitting star batsman in the

West Indies team (5,5)

7 An extra run at the Oval is a side

issue (3)

8 Bring some colour into the Spain

team (5)

10 Support for a track by one who's

20 across (7)

12 A passenger vehicle, in short, has

some in business class (3)

13 Was an old priest in a delicate

position? (3)

18 A simple boy is on his way back

one day (5)

19 Are they signed up to represent

some of the players? (6)

22 Got the sack, commonly, from 25

across, at last (4)

23 Everyone had to get back to

parcel things out (5)

24 Young Indianapolis star might

turn out to be not that bright (4)

27 Set a limit on a symbol of an

internatonal call-up (3)

28 Sportscar entered the rally, at one

time (3)

29 In praise of an old Brazil star (3)

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As a result of the coronavirus pandemic we are suspending competition entries for all our prize crosswords. Puzzles will continue to appear as normal but no entries will be accepted or prizes given.

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Joy Yates, Editorial Director