Crossbar No 1606
Across
1 Reads about composition by
senior academics (7)
5 Is the AA about to come into
the district? (4)
9 A fair distance on the track, run
in under four minutes (4)
10 A top player got in front to
argue in court (5)
11 Is refined in a smooth
performance (8)
14 It took a little time to get into working order, to harmonise (6)
15 A boy getting into the
Christmas spirit (4)
16 Gives a false impression of a ball’s position on the fairway (4)
17 Has gone off a Serie A team
(5)
18 A top Spanish club is the
genuine article (4)
19 Boast about a good game on
the cards (4)
20 Arranged to be seated in a
composed way (8)
23 Move up the table to get extra
money (4)
24 First class, at speed, was
packing up (5)
26 Put one’s foot down to get the
best amplifier (5)
28 Mend or turn things around
when up to date (6)
30 Thanks to the Navy, we found
a mountain lake (4) 31 Hedge one’s bets in the event
(2,4)
32 Ran at speed over the ground
at Perth, Ayr, Kelso, etc (11)
Down
1 Valuable festival of racing in
the south of England (5,5)
2 Dam stream flowing out in the
Dutch capital (9)
3 North-east runner, on time, got
along when stretched out (9) 4 Flies used by anglers, or slow
bowlers (8)
5 A group of players, in addition
(4)
6 Practises in a final run-through
on Sunday (10)
7 Is being consistent, up to a
point (6,2)
8 Tries to get a mix-up producing
ridicule (6)
12 Westwood started out at
Leeds, Everton and Elgin (3) 13 Was she one of the Lionesses?
(4)
19 Part of a harness (3)
21 Got together to appease them
(5)
22 Level-pegging at the
eleventh hour (4)
25 Found a drowned valley in Romania, India and Albania, initially (3)
27 Had no time to meet up with
an old Arsenal manager (3)
29 Leading business got into
public transport (3)