| ACROSS | DOWN |
|---|---|
| 1 Boris’s statement: “Blue North-East is viable!” (12) | 1 UN in crude attempt to keep pandemic going (7) |
| 9&12 Sent crisps to hamster as yuletide gifts? (9,8) | 2 Got naked apart from ‘beard’ … (5) |
| 10 Foxy Vine scores ‘ten’ (5) | 3 … as sexual attention treats ‘flu (4,5) |
| 11 Man dresses up as a woman again in front of mirror (3,3) | 4&17 Useless Corbynista Grenfell grifter (4,4-4) |
| 12 ..see 9 | 5 Stood up to reds from the East (8) |
| 13 Tory extremists are almost Diane Abbott’s opposite (6) | 6 Almost all silver is found in jeans (5) |
| 15 Let dwarf create Labour’s policy direction (8) | 7 Boris’s lot take ax to onions (8) |
| 18 A priest’s cakes? (8) | 8 Pay dues to United Nations? What a waste! (6) |
| 19 Pay to free Romans? (6) | 14 Madness is found in a tinny (8) |
| 21 Rhodesian did shit on Amin (3,5) | 16 Man dresses up as a woman in front of a mirror, the other way round! (9) |
| 23 Power grab by Spurs to come second in Europe? (6) | 17 ..see 4 |
| 26 Insert tip of finger into rear of confused teen? (5) | 18 Prize awarded to first foreign vaccine producer (6) |
| 27 Displaying my loins on Open University, I feel it won't end well! (9) | 20 Is empty (7) |
| 28 Duel with EU about tartan – don't mess with it! (12) | 22 GP’s favourite breakfast presenter is almost no more! (5) |
| 24 A star who wears dreadlocks? (5) | |
| 25 Trivial end to local vaccine distribution? (4) |
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Last week’s winner of a GP mug. 147 – Bri M.
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Solution to Crossword No. 147
Across
1 Long Island 8 Idle 10 Democratic 11 Ruin 12 Edge 15 New York 18 Alice 19 Erect 20 Breve 21 Ingot 22 Poser 23 Union 24 Green 25 Usher 26 Earnest 30 Pelt 33 Pros 34 Water tight 35 Kiwi 36 Garden gate
Down
2 Omen 3 Glove 4 Surly 5 Actor 6 Dice 7 Flag 9 Breaking up 10 Diving bell 13 Dress shirt 14 Enterprise 15 Neptune 16 Ocean 17 Keep out 20 Briar 27 Aster 28 Norse 29 Sling 31 Evil 32 Twig 33 Phut
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