Crossbar No 1815

Across

2 Relative newcomer winning

the Oaks (4.6)

7 Favours one team over another

(5)

10 It is hard to get a former pupil

with an old tramp (4)

11 Drink fortified wine with the

fans (7)

13 To turn a dramatic role over

could be a hidden hazard (4) 14 Run old graduate into a Serie

A club (4)

15 Produced claret for one man

at English racecourse (7)

17 Trade embargo imposed on

one league, we hear (4)

18 Deserter left out of some

operations (3)

19 Cut off a second strike (5)

21 Need to remove an injured

player in order to win (5,3)

23 Give a team vocal 8 across to

drive them on (5)

26 Use salt, etc, in cooking for a

fixed period (6)

28 Hits it off at the beginning of

the game (4,6)

30 At the end shot off to describe a team's character (5)

31 One in retirement, for

instance, living abroad (2-3) 32 Unexpected deal to join

forces, of course (4,6)

Down

1 Try to play the longest form of

the game (4,7) 2 Urge one on to embrace an attacking style of play at Tottenham (4)

3 Second half in the morning was

a fake (4)

4 On the whole, one may get the

entire contents (5)

5 A Spanish runner in the bronze

position (4)

6 Premiership team winning the play-off finals on penalties (4,6)

7 Second role to play at a Dutch

team (6)

8 New window up in the air, or is

it up on the roof (6)

9 Make a mistake, in agreeing to

be transferred (3)

12 Sound as a bell, to get left on

line (4)

16 Be exhausted, but may sport

some of the team's attire (4) 19 Have a complex connection with a theory of the universe (6)

20 A remote place for Ayr, Falkirk, Annan and Rangers, initially (4)

22 A position taken up to the

letter, as it were (4)

24 A volley, in court, is a popular

shot (3)

25 Come-back by some of the

choir (4)

27 A broker is the symbol of 6

down (4)

28 Cut one from the squad , but

in quite a relaxed fashion (3)