Crossbar

ACROSS

1 In season, attempts to take part in cycling events (4,6)

8 Can come back, about to produce saltpetre (5)

9 Wear suitable kit at the game (5) 10 Head off soldiers guarding all the competitors (7)

11 Long to meet a famous old leftwinger (4)

12 Can observe top player dribble (4) 13 Read about top man having the ambition to play for Scotland, say (5)

16 Has possession, so is in safe hands (2,3,4)

20 Dunfermline player has little time to get a starring role, at some stage (4)

21 Is about to take the Spanish characters to a dance (4)

23 Legendary chaser who had three grand wins at 28 across (3,3)

25 Ring up in a state, and left behind (4)

26 Leaves out old US institute at first session (5)

28 A 8 across, at the end, turned up at Grand National venue (7)

29 Go astray in Exeter, Rochdale and Rotherham, initially (3)

30 Left cues out, in order to get the solution (5)

31 Get right round 32 down with a piece on the board (4)

33 Keep on playing to get a result after a tie (5,4)

DOWN

1 Traditional two-horse race, still on stream (3,4,4)

2 Get to hostelries in two directions (4)

3 Might, we’re told, have a small amount (4)

4 On tour to get into a Triple Crown match (4)

5 Pick up a measuring rod. It’s in Three D (4)

6 Pub based in the community, no doubt (5)

7 Takes clever organisation to get top manager in the SPFL (5,6)

14 Might voter choose alternative to follow? (7)

15 Old US golfer helped old middledistance runner over the line (6)

17 It’s a mistake for old runner to follow 29 across (5)

18 Did a man rise up to join military forces (6)

19 On trial, to mix it up on the track (5)

20 Produce a type of butter for chickenfeed (6)

22 Move gently like some at the crease, in the end (4)

24 Take 5 down back over time to put one off (5)

27 Come together at an athletics event in the US (4)

32 Were things were just fine in the old Roker Park? (2) Winner of the £30 Love To Shop vouchers last week was Hazel Sweet, Edinburgh.

Entries to: Crossbar competition, The Scotsman, 30 Queensferry Road, edinburgh eh42hs. 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.