Crossword No. 88

19th October 2019 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 4016 Comments

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ACROSS	DOWN
7 Socialist leader: “handouts for the many”(9)	1 ‘Fiddling’ teacher gets end away (5)
8 He’d join the SS under cover in the garden (5)	2&23 Pence quashes UK Government’s plans (6,6)
10 Red thrown in canal on schedule (8)	3 From front of chair: “Order!” - he sounds rough! (4,4)
11&4 DUP leader: “Rude shambles” heard this week in Parliament (6)	4 ..see 11
12 ‘Norwegian’ acted solo (4)	5 Cosh mark applied to Irish symbolically (8)
13 Called for nude Moms (8)	6 Slides into ewe in Alpine meadows (9)
15 Bonked with Boris’s head? (7)	9 Ham’s fake (4)
17 Erdogan is replacing Daesh leader as Trump initially intervenes in Kurdish débâcle (7)	14 Shotgun used in L.A. – it’s a relentless attack (9)
20 Lammy’s cock up in parliamentary ceremony? (5,3)	16 Buttocks found on sick bed (8)
22 Ribbon around hot ass! (4)	18 Put stars up as SNP activists (8)
25 Putin’s called ‘Sir’ in USA (6)	19 Hide pal in theatre (7)
26 Labour leader: a EU vote is deleted (5,3)	21 Grab a pear (4)
27&28 Sad chat about archery with secret agent (5,9)	23 ..see 2
28 ..see 27	24 Cheated, like the Democratic Unionist Party? (5)

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Solution to Crossword No. 87

Across
1 Conflicts of 6 Asti 9 Taoiseach 10 Past 12 Exempt 13 Co-author 15 Complainants 18 Surrendering 21 Aerators 22 Gigolo 24 Dago 25 Protesters 26 Reel 27 Übermensch

Down
1 Cutlet 2 Nooses 3 Lost property 4 Clap 5 Ophiolatry 7 Scathing 8 Interest 11 Burning issue 14 Spider crab 16 Islander 17 Prorogue 19 Losers 20 Borsch 23 Star

Click here to download in pdf format: GP Crossword Number 88 & Answers to Number 87