Crossword No. 144

© Richard Puller 2020, Going Postal
© Richard Puller 2020
ACROSSDOWN
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

Down

1 Password 2 Sorry 3 Aberfan 5 Overdue 6 Idealists 7 Granny 9 Spasmodical 14 Namibians 15 Pedantry 17 Salford 18 Related 19 Tidy up 21 Negro
 

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