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Sport No. 2 — cryptic crossword

A themed (Sport) toughie puzzle: 44 clues on a 15×15 grid. Solve it online — check your answers as you go, ask for a hint, and read how each clue works once it is solved.

Across

  1. Spot on the way back for a fox (3)
  2. Where the seeds are sown before the strawberries arrive (6,5)
  3. Former PM, that is, a young Guide (7)
  4. Roaming a wild domain, caught (7)
  5. Drool as garden tool takes in river (7)
  6. Presses in trouble over nothing — a strong coffee (8)
  7. Some of the pioneer training brought back a plant (4)
  8. Notice the old chestnut and go up and down (6)
  9. Sun ruined, unfortunately, and not covered (9)
  10. Twisted screw for the ship's hands (5)
  11. Heavyweight, cool, by the Italian river (5)
  12. Essential planks — pianos, perhaps (9)
  13. Let out a broken tender (6)
  14. Otto, all over the place, gives a blast (4)
  15. Object to the position of the upright (8)
  16. Motorway series shot badly, and untidier (7)
  17. Work the papers to keep people under (7)
  18. Darling little foot (7)
  19. Regular service and a rooster make a feathered flier (11)
  20. Odd bits of toads for thanks (3)

Down

  1. A table wrecked by the upper class: a striking scene (7)
  2. Day the poor turned to flag (5)
  3. Study one translation for a change of heart (10)
  4. Requires a dense reworking (5)
  5. Operated on one queen in India (4)
  6. Search the honey store (4)
  7. Beneath the clothing are the smalls (9)
  8. Passes for an alien detained in marks (7)
  9. Wind raised in part of the stereo bore (4)
  10. Change, reportedly, where vows are made (5)
  11. Eros, disturbed, stood up (4)
  12. Dyed badly, making a whirl (4)
  13. Educate Labour to produce homework (10)
  14. I'm punctual, posh and unrehearsed (9)
  15. Male duck losing daughter is a libertine (4)
  16. Goths do cook up the snacks (7)
  17. Saint, perhaps, taking time to look (5)
  18. Move slowly to one side (4)
  19. It rests uneasily with the models (7)
  20. Throw sots out (4)
  21. Prefix for straight, hot or otherwise scrambled (5)
  22. Set on, wildly! (5)
  23. One in the group has a place in the House (4)
  24. Lies out at sea! (4)

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