Crossbar No 1502

Across

1 Strong wind would suit old

snooker champion (9)

8 Turn up at defeat, for instance

(4)

10 Level ground for horse races

without obstacles (4)

12 A Ferrari on display at English

racecourse (6)

13 Got a surprise at the

beginning of a match (5)

14 Is about to join forces, in truth

(6)

15 Give thanks on time, at the

end, to get flavour of it (5)

7 Brave to take it out to swing to

and fro (7)

19 Do some lawyers frequent a

public-house? (3)

21 A cross is a symbol of an

alliance (4)

22 An African runner fails to

score, at the end (4)

24 A national team is at a health

resort in the end (5)

26 Posed with cricket's most

famous vase on the planet (6) 27 Some jolly good chaps, say

(7)

28 Best players turn up in

stoppages (3)

29 Commands issued by side at

empty court (6)

30 Skilled work at a department,

in short (5)

Down 1 England striker on fire in

Germany (5,4)

2 Real Madrid turned up with a

racehorse (3,7)

3 Some track athletes in an

automobile club (3)

4 European rugby player avoiding the wooden spoon (7)

5 Test-playing nation down

under (9)

6 About to get 3 down, on time,

for an old US President (6)

7 A cautionary command, heard

on parade (9)

8 Drink for busy little worker,

right at the end (4)

9 Greet one about to shed tears

(3)

11 Sudden death, say, at the end

of the game (4,6)

16 Motoring organisation at Ayr

and Annan, initially (2)

17 On day of victory fewer turn

up on board ship (6)

18 Some players left, at some

stage (6)

19 Show favour to one side on

the bowling green (4)

20 About to tender to have hired

a place (6)

23 May have to sharpen up when

in a bad mood (5)

25 Leading player had an item to sell to get in a piece of ground (4)