Crossbar No 1501

Across

1 Campaigners turning up at a

club in Northern Ireland (9) 10 Classic racehorse from Saudi

Arabia (4)

13 Inferred a star player made a

mistake (3)

14 Finish a match in chess, for

instance (7)

15 An instrument was returned

as plunder (4)

16 Ten left an extra out in a

classic car (7)

17 Prize for victory in four rugby

teams (6,5)

21 Pace set by domesticated

animals, on the way back (4) 23 It's hard to get round ancient

city in a short time (4)

26 Fresh trading place at top

racecourse in England (9)

28 Long narrow strips of

material (7)

30 Study old money in a national

team (7)

32 Come across setter at a

classic film (4)

33 Used a direction finder, front

and back (5)

34 A lack of knowledge isn't

really bliss (9)

Down

1 Venue for leading festival in

England (10)

2 Managed some of the France

squad (3) 3 May open up a fund, or not (4) 4 Hang down a bit in Stirling, Ayr

and Gateshead, initially (3)

5 Made up a honourable woman

(4)

6 Airmen, say, were on time in a

floating mass of logs (4)

7 Betray another in order to

dispose of everything (4,3)

8 Encourage some players to

become surgeons (4)

9 Attempt to take one flat dish

in (4)

11 Head off 10 across, with an old

butler (3)

12 Seat used by players waiting

to come onto the pitch (5)

18 A trainee had to find things

out, with little hesitation (7) 19 Some fish-eggs prepared for Reading, Oxford and Exeter, initially (3)

20 Deadly rivalry in all-out war

(4)

21 New root-vegetable comes

first in a national team (6)

22 At the top of his game in very

good condition (5)

24 Manage Romania, Uruguay

and Norway, initially (3)

25 Get cover in, to be certain (6) 27 Impose a ban on an animal

doctor going round (4)

29 Lawyers, as a whole, get a

new farm building (4)

31 Hearing about someone

nearby (3)