| ACROSS | DOWN |
|---|---|
| 1,22,12,21,3&15 Magnificent vices? But there’s one missing! (3,5,6,4,5,5,5,5,4,8) | 1 Israel finally has a ‘ban it’ approach to Islamist organisation (7) |
| 9 Labour leader, the Queen and Gove together having sex… (3,4) | 2 Platypus is a good animal with a gammy leg! (3-6,6) |
| 10 … then Labour leader greets some ‘racy’ fillies! (2,5) | 3 ..see 1 |
| 11 Boris’s leadership is a partisan thing (4) | 4 Sore about Rolls-Royce mistakes (6) |
| 12 ..see 1 | 5 Yes, the end of Diane’s dildo’s made from coal (8) |
| 14 Get ‘hammered’ with a lupin (4,2) | 6 Claim that Galileo had ‘tan’ (10) |
| 15 ..see 1 | 7 Way out left and woke about iceberg (3,6,6) |
| 17&8 Last night, ‘fairy’ did fart, doggy style! (8,6) | 8 ..see 17 |
| 18 Be a god in Spaniard’s cellar (6) | 13 Posh lawyer’s final lie about EU to remainers (10) |
| 21 ..see 1 | 16 Starts to get urge to jump in pool? (8) |
| 22 ..see 1 | 17 Seen on 70’s TV – “Fly TWA” (6) |
| 24 Delayed? Good, I’m late! (4,3) | 19 Republican leader shows arse to US confirmation (6) |
| 25 Virtue-signaling crisp salesman (7) | 20 Slope off with mostly Italian coalition leader (6) |
| 26 Got intimate with ‘aliens’ (5,9) | 23 A UN mission to top of pyramid finds Egyptian god (4) |
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Solution to Crossword No. 157
Across
1 Recovery 5 Au pair 9 Abeyance 10 Affirm 11 Dimbleby 12 Helmet 14 Biohazards 18 Hard cheese 22 Aurora 23 Borealis 24 Hoeing 25 Smarting 26 Detest 27 Analysis
Down
1 Rwanda 2 Creamy 3 Viable 4 Race baiter 6 Unfreeze 7 Aviemore 8 Remotest 13 The snowman 15 Thrashed 16 Prurient 17 Ice rinks 19 Petrol 20 Fluids 21 V-signs
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