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ACROSS | DOWN |
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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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Answers with next week’s crossword.
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
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