Crossword No. 171

22nd May 2021 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 2459 Comments

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ACROSS	DOWN
1 Good! AstraZeneca initially administered in a Muslim hell-hole (4)	1 Come out with pub logic (2,6)
3 Diane Abbott starts to get literate and got her own back (10)	2 Missiles or tiara for Israeli leader (3-2-3)
8 Plot to attack Queen is incendiary (6)	3 In-bred, disturbed ‘orientals’…?
9&19 Apostate given entry to Palestine under Hamas (3,5,5)	4 … will go out to breed too – it’s probably a scam! (3,4,2,2,4)
10 Blowout as Labour leader leaves the stage (3,3)	5 Labour leader on moped: “I will crash” (7)
11 Look at Nero! (8)	6 American prison officers supplied by Sentry UK? (8)
12 Me standing in door will defend Israel from rockets (4,4)	7 Have a tumble with red Diane’s head? Yes! (5)
14 Send final letter about car to leader (4)	13 Kept in the dark, a cloudy outlook for Iran if it attacks Israel?
16 As Boris’s criminal record is uncovered (4)	15 Given nothing to Labour leader Attlee? (8)
18 Sue ‘posed’ and got promoted! (8)	16 Johnson giving ‘head’ at dance – who’s next? (8)
19 SNP offer to the electorate - will they get away with it? (4,4)	17 Illegal immigrant status – “Yo!” (8)
20 Muslim’s head stuck up Labour leader’s arse in fields (6)	18 English leader (initially fat fiend) is revered Turk! (7)
21 Festival-goer is in a red tent (8)	19 ..see 9
22 Keep your mouth shut “and win a metro”! (6)
23 I can see for myself that Diane Abbot is not ‘teeny’ and ‘weiss’! (3,7)
24 Spit smeared on nipples (4)

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Solution to Crossword No. 170

Back

8 Allocate 9 Nieces 10 Ass 11 Attacked 12 Untrod 13 Thermodynamical 15 Uptight 18 October 21 Pair of compasses 24 Post-it 25 Wild rice 26 Ure 27 Mirror 28 Backward

Up

1 Glitch 2 Hot air 3 Back to the future 4 Dead eye 5 Insurance policy 6 Neutrino 7 Lemonade 14 Eat 16 Platonic 17 In return 19 Bus 20 Cobwebs 22 Sprawl 23 Escort

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