LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
ACROSS
1 Fighting with a heavyweight in a Rugby League stronghold (10) 6 Retire, in the end, in a Serie A venue (4,2) 7 Reverberation can be heard in the Chorus Line (4) 9 Did a classic rally always end up here? (5,5) 11 Spoil a little girl with return of some corded cloth (6) 12 Left one south african, initially, to sail away with the girl (4) 13 Easy to change places with the
winner of the Oaks in 2007 (5,5) 16 Complain about most of a south
Pacific team (4) 18 Take three-quarter soft he side
outinabreak atlords(3)
19 Open clubs for motorists, as it
were (7)
20 Breakdown of colossal
proportions led to defeat (4) 21 Admit little boy was possessed,
for instance (5) 23 Posed for a team picture at Sandown, Ayr and Thirsk, initially (3) 25 New form of ballet in an indoor
game (7) 27 You are on your own in rebuilt
capital city (4)
28 Did one perform on line for team’s
superstar? (4) 29 Offer to lose face, but feel bitter
about it (6) 30 Game to pay attention to. there’ s
more than one at 1 down (6,5)
DOWN
1 Many blown wide open at major sports event (9) 2 Aim to hold onto one’ s sea. is on track for a second time (3,5)
3 Is out of place in Europe, up to a point (5) 4 Pleasant venue for ligue 1 team in the south of France (4) 5 Produced cool art, say, at a top racing festival (5,5) 6 Was the league leader in charge of the subject matter? (5) 8 Themc finds crowds taking over two hands (7) 10 Left one paper behind, on the way up (4)
14 Might he devour a volume to get
first 60 per cent of 21 across? (4) 15 Lashes out, when faced with a lot
of fuss and bother (6)
16 Made off with large award for
success on the track (5) 17 Examination in medicine, say, by
doctor, all the same (4)
20 Girl had nothing to use to catch a
mustang, for instance (5) 22 United at the start in the city, but
not at Bramall Lane (3) 24 At the end, club started at Tottenham, Oldham and Exeter ... (3)
26 ... and carry a lot of weight in Darlington, at the end (3)
Last week’s winner of £30 Love To Shop vouchers was: Stuart Burnet, Station Road, Kingskettle, Fife. Entries to: Crossbar competition, The Scotsman, 30 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh EH4 2HS. The winner’s name and solution will be published next Monday. The Scotsman Publications Ltd employees and their families are not eligible. The Editor’s decision is final.