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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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Last week’s winner of a copy of A Bear’s Diary. 143 – Glazinova.

Answers with next week’s crossword.
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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