Guardian 23,805

[crofter]

This time the setter is Araucaria!

1. Players in tension with nostalgic conveyance (5,5)
2. A lot of capital players in addition (4)
3. Upwardly mobile person gets Arsenal player initially supple infiltrated by intelligence agency (6,7)
4. Cromwell and co., say, in charge during journeys (9)

[kayakamina]

2 Also.....A London Symphony Orchestra

[johnalex]

1. sTEAM train

[barender]

1. Steam Trains (Team in Strain)

[kayakamina]

4 R eg ic ides

[crofter]

Wow kayakamina - what are you on!

Did you have a bowl of Special K for breakfast!
That's a joke by the way!!

[kayakamina]

Nice one! Can Mrs C help with any letters for No 3 ?

[crofter]

From your Regicides and Steam Train you get the first word as S???A?

[kayakamina]

Is it Social Climber ? CIA + limber. But the solc ?

[Tenter]

Sol C ampbell

[kayakamina]

Who is I take it an Arsenal player? As a Rugby person I am not well up on football- but good answer. K

[barender]

The Guardian are a little out of date, as Sol Campbell no longer plays for Arsenal - he went to Portsmouth at the end of last season!

[crofter]

Excellent limbering up for the day ahead!

Morning johnalex!

Kayakamina, Not a football fan then?

Tenter, Thanks for finishng off the last one!

[crofter]

barender, The fault is mine I'm afraid. I collect many crosswords and sudokus to do on holiday and they are always well out of date! In this instance the Groaniad is innocent!

Apologies