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)