Crossbar No 1,486

ACROSS 1 Put sons in taxi for an

international contest (3,7) 7 Correct, but hard to leave a girl,

perhaps (4) 10 Run by one old Man Utd and

England defender (3) 11 Exaggerated poor attempt to

score from the penalty spot (4,3,3) 15 First class, about to get the

Spanish basket (5) 16 Did she dine out with one in the

end? (4) 17 Finds out about Arsenal work-out

without one (6) 19 Put little worker in charge of caper

(5) 20 Establish one’s place in the

United States team (5) 21 Cruel ruler in one Roman period

(4) 23 It could be easy for a senior

academic, but not at Aintree (5) 25 I’ d left a madrid organisation in

play (5) 26 Distribute the wrong benefit

payment at the start (4,3) 27 At some stage, performs from a

good book (4) 29 Have good reasons to visit a

number of stadiums (7) 32 Go down hill fast, at last, in a

sudden snowfall (4) 33 in fact, one is often seen to be

quite nervous (5) 34 Relax, online, giving support to a

painter (5) 35 At short notice, get an outlet for a

period last month (6) 36 Relyonright-backonusteam,

initially (5)

DOWN 1 Team with a winning start in the 1

across, beating 3 down 27-22 (8) 2 Pay heed to a military command,

as it were (9) 3 Team losing first match in the 1 across, losing 27-22 to 1 down (7) 4 Frequently make use of the

decimal system (5) 5 Drink up at stirling, inverness and

Peterhead, initially (3) 6 Rich reward for winning at Ascot,

preparing next venue for the Commonwealth Games (4,5) 8 A new hold, etc, designed for

multi-discipline event (9) 9 The above mentioned appeared

in the Seventies (5) 12 Compete with Victoria, in short, at

the end .... (3) 13 ...and arranged to include a luxury

car, in short, in a rally (2) 14 Athlete preparing for the 800

metres, say, is on the ball (2,5) 18 Did a top artist start out at the

Racing Club? (2) 20 Orchestrated play, and hit the

back of the net (6) 22 Old sports cars from along time

ago (4) 24 Some of the players are prudent,

but can be a bit rough (4) 28 Use the wrong site for some cup

matches (4) 30 Employ the leaders of Ulster,

Saracens and Edinburgh (3) 31 Ready to play some games at

Wimbledon, no doubt (3)