Crossbar No 1506

Across

1 Red admiral turned up at a top

Spanish club (4,6)

5 Some noticed it was about the

ear (4)

9 Fix the result of a race at a

racecourse (3)

13 Some had to read the riot act

in Brazil (3)

14 Starting with 9 across, it belongs to us, being unresponsive (6)

15 An expression of grief in

Alaska, as it were (4)

16 Loves new way to read some

works of fiction (6)

17 Did Heather have a piece of ground at an English racecourse? (9)

19 A girl took one to court on a

final issue (3)

20 First in order of the highest

importance (5)

22 Get rid of a club that is alight (4) 25 Lied about having a

continental food shop (4)

26 One who produces ale and

beer (6)

27 Have some strong pieces to

sell in the market-place (4)

29 About to get a doubles game.

It’s on the mend (6)

30 Survive for a long time, finally

(4)

31 Did Wendy set out in Swindon,

Leeds and Yeovil? (3)

32 We rent out top striker in a

popular fim in the US (7) 33 It is not difficult for a player to

take the chair, as it were (4) Down

1 Prince, say, refuses to conform when winning the Gold Cup at Ascot in 2001 and 2002 (5,5)

2 A Grand Prix competitor uses a

wooden golf club (6)

3 Some trigger the start of a

match, at 9 across (3)

4 Top Irish golfer, who has won

four Grand Slam events (4,7)

6 Players move from one side to

another (9)

7 Meeting at a lower level in England at one time in the past (10)

8 A top player, in short, is in

favour (3)

10 Prize for success at the

Olympics, for instance (4,5)

11 Have to train a mustang in the

US (4)

12 The greatest was in the ring

(3)

18 Go off at speed in a local game

(4)

21 Players in the NFL wear some

head covering (3)

23 Go off track or make a

mistake (5)

24 Immature approach to the

putting surface (5)

25 After a race in the pool, one

dives across the line (4)

28 It’s too much to bear in Oman, Turkey and Tanzania initially (3)