| 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
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