Crossword No. 144

14th November 2020 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 0

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ACROSS	DOWN
1 Eight answers (there’s one missing) and this one has cherries on top! (11)	1&23 Meet up in sunshine to solve 1A (3,4,5)
9 In deep Texas, starts to gain advantage (9)	2 Priti starts to get up – it‘ll end in tears (3,2)
10 Hot cars mangled in accident (5)	3 Plot to overthrow the President to end up inside (8)
11 Time’s up for Momentum (7)	4 Bites Conservative leader on tip of willy – he’s disturbed! (5)
12 Mel going ‘solo’ will bring down your blood pressure! (7)	5 Sacked head of FA wasn't playing with netball – oh! (2,3,4)
13 Ox butts in to Diane – it’s like pulling teeth! (9)	6 Settle down with men wearing cap (6)
16 Conservative Central Office was initially a source of drugs! (4)	7 .. see 1 (8)
18 ..see 1 (4)	8 ..see 1 (6)
19 ..see 1 (9)	14 Is Trumps written too soon politically? (8)
22 Renault is not in gear (7)	15 Democratic Unionist goes all trembly after ‘action’ in launderette! (6,3)
23 A Tory leader had semen he never shared (7)	17 Cast a moral eye over slippery character (5,3)
25 Republican leader addresses United Nations: “er… I’ll do the election one more time!” (5)	18 Recent trouble with guts (6)
26 Shambolic Di received praise from Labour follower (9)	20 ..see 1 (7)
27 It’s not so shallow as lazybones (7,4)	21 ..see 1 (6)
	23 ..see 1D
	24 ..see 1 (5)

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Solution to Crossword No. 143

Across

1 Postal 4 Voting 8 Usurpers 10 Enemas 11 Sway 12 Fraudulent 13 Wrong numbers 16 Misaddressed 20 Diabolical 21 Neat 22 Dynamo 23 Litigate 24 Posada 25 Idiocy