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ACROSS

1 Lowest weed growing over old golfer winning on tour again (3,8)

7 Achieve one’s target, in the end (3)

9 Peter left out a sea-bird (6) 11 Red admiral involved with top La Liga side (4,6)

12 Perform with the French to gain some benefit (4)

13 One’s very keen to find new lodgings (4)

16 A small tree is in the frame (4) 18 Crimea turned upside down by a superpower (7)

19 Go on slowly, like a Welsh rugby player (6)

20 Is further down than some of a League One team in England (5)

21 A little old lady was at Norwich, Accrington and Newcastle, initially (3)

22 Given a red card at the start of 27 across (3)

23 Aspire to reach the top in the church, as it were (7)

27 Poor team in the wrong position on the field (7)

29 Compose a lyric poem right after a German runner (4)

32 Record the winner crossing the line here (4)

33 Call a halt in the latest Open Championship (4)

34 Warriors’full-backleavingfor pastures new down south (6,4)

DOWN

2 When a player’s due to turn up, in detail (3)

3 West Indies left league on purpose (4)

4 One left a European team at the bridge(4)

5 Dexter, as captain, reacted in the end (3)

6 At source, a trainee got a prototype (8)

7 Fresh fields needed at the lowest level of “the beautiful game” (5,5)

8 Some mares are forced to run on the spot (5)

10 Fiercerivalryincontest between two pub teams (5,5)

12 Did some Welshmen take to the platform? (4)

13 Three members of a group had the right academic qualifications (7)

14 Did one run on at the golf club? (4)

15 Incident on stage caused a flare-up (5)

17 Have to pack waste matter, in essence (5)

24 Draw a top runner in a row (4) 25 Change some text used in meditation (4)

26 Commonly, awarded a trophy to one in a tight spot, finally (3)

28 Health resort in 4 down is not new (3)

30 May do good to follow the pacesetters (3)

31 Brief record of some goalkeepers (2)

Winner of the £30 Love To Shop vouchers last week was Mr Roger Lyon, Edinburgh.

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.