Crossword No. 130

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ACROSS	DOWN
1 Gas? Bedlam at wreckage from explosion (5,6)	1 Greta starts to make globe poster (7)
9,21&25 Typical postalliers’ response to Beirut ‘accident’ (2,4,3,3,5,4)	2 Endless plaudits for accountant? (5)
10 Mushroom cloud was caused by Obama’s and Blair’s combined leadership (1-4)	3 Cultural Marxists aim to destroy ‘Radio Tint’ (9)
11 Hot, CGI ‘emo’? (6)	4 Say to Hezbollah leader: “It’s like Beirut” (4)
12 Bloom: “No to EU” – it’ll happen once! (4,4)	5 Alongside sea walls (2,4,2)
13 I adore band-aid (6)	6 Rubber ears worn by English leader (5)
15 Not a taxi available for Rishi (8)	7 Beirut is in a non-able state (7)
18&20 Beirut blast was caused by a mountain of marmite! (8,7)	8 Lo! Nicola is from America! (8)
19 No lava flowing backwards on island (6)	14 Mad earl’s involved in weapons trade (4,4)
21 ..see 9	16 Enemy organizes raves in yard (9)
23 Leaders Trump and Putin have romp reported in Time (6)	17 Victory in the air about Euro – say goodbye to the French! (2,6)
26 Draw a trophy? (5)	18 Instead of going out drinking, have a stab in! (7)
27 Vampire’s aim disrupted by mega ‘aioli’ (9)	20 ..see 18
28 Radio rejection results in start of daycare for Farage (7,4)	22 Fond of Diane’s bottom? That’s the final word on the matter! (3,2)
	24 Muslim leader (Obama) cuts head off snake (5)
	25 ..see 9

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Solution to Crossword No. 129

Across

1 Fictitious 6 Bobs 10 Covid 11 Cafeteria 12 Proximal 13 Rishi 15 Annular 17
Stealth 19 Cesspit 21 Arsenal 22 Nobel 24 Crumpets 27 Turnstile 28 Inept 29 Disk 30 Reassessed

Down

1 Face 2 Coverings 3 Index 4 In-comer 5 Unfolds 7 Ogres 8 Spanish fly 9 Starmers 14 Vaccinated 16 Lip gloss 18 Lengthens 20 Tactile 21 Amulets 23 Boris 25 Prize 26 Stud

Click here to download in pdf format: GP Crossword Number 130 & Answers to Number 129