Crossbar No 1499

Across

1 Drink some beers with the fans

(10)

8 Classic test of stamina, in the

long run (8)

9 Is in a prime good position to

compose a pointed saying (7) 12 Some runners were detailed to stay at the rear of the field (4)

13 Reads about one being

brought up (6)

16 Unmarried players able to

compete at Wimbledon (7)

18 A trial game played at Lord’s,

for instance (4,5)

21 Organised 19 down who had

to sit down (6)

22 Head off for a long time, when

it belongs to us (4)

23 Some branches spread over a

stock-farm in the USA (5)

25 A form of conscription used

by the NFL in the USA (5)

27 At the end, 24 down had time

to draw one away (6)

29 One of the 1 across at

Tynecastle commonly (5)

30 Dry white wine poured out at Stranraer, Stirling and Clyde, initially (3)

31 Some Westerns are screened

at the back of the ship (5)

32 Have large scope to score an

extra run (4)

33 Old writers, at the end can

cost a lot (7)

Down

2 Officials who supervise a 18

across, etc (7)

3 Bowling event turned up in

Paris (5)

4 Stroke, say, appearing at Oxford, Arsenal and Reading, initially (3)

5 Slow bowler using an artificial

fly in angling (7)

6 Find a valuable jewel at a

Formula One venue (11)

7 England captain playing his

100th 18 across (3,6)

10 A horse’s pace in Georgia, at

one time (4)

11 Streamed with a liquid that

disperses (6)

14 Have to read code, in order to

grant one an honour (8)

15 Tree growing at Ayr, Stirling

and Hamilton, initially (3)

17 Come together at a sports

event in the Highlands (6)) 19 Sat down after 21 across turned up in a composed manner (6)

20 English runner turned back

wearing a coat, in short (3) 24 Hard to leave the recess in a

French club (4)

26 Get the last word in the Old

and New Testament (4)

28 Line up, we’re told, for one

used by a snooker player (3)