| ACROSS | DOWN |
|---|---|
| 1 Lukashenko’s violent action: “I am hacking Johnson’s head” (9) | 2 Ace pic of Greta’s actually getting bigger! (3,3) |
| 9 Trump’s face when he gets rage on? (6) | 3 Pub art is short lived (6) |
| 10 Horny Fred likes it any way as long as it is black… (5,4) | 4 In lady’s dress, Keir leads with: “I rejected Antifa” (6) |
| 11 …and big, to enter Diane’s rear - racists! (6) | 5 Conservative leader rams in Marianna Spring! (7) |
| 12 Madcap short video forces presidential retreat (4,5) | 6 A Royal leader would penetrate Diana – “Yes, Yes”, but instead got a cold, wet May! (1,5,3) |
| 13 I’m sly and half female… (6) | 7 Exotic man gets ‘raised’ to pay cost of Covid (6,3) |
| 17 … and from the rear I’m a French homie! (3) | 8 Eire faces outcome of Arab-Israeli conflict… (9) |
| 19 Eastern European smeared lube on front of arse… (7) | 14 …no bi-state solution is entrenched position… (9) |
| 20 …of Irish flier when Iran fired ray (7) | 15 …and laughter’s not the answer to bloodshed! (9) |
| 21 Pastry is centerpiece (3) | 16 Hot and tropical, into ’teddies’ (9) |
| 23 A stunt is a wind up (6) | 17 Cleopatra’s downfall in spa (3) |
| 27 Attacked by Alsatians! (9) | 18 Republican leader, i.e. angry (3) |
| 28 Press ‘O’ on phone? That’s terminal! (2,4) | 22 Appoint Stalin as Labour leader? (7) |
| 29 Grieve run over by car – “Nurse!” (9) | 24 Buy axe for French stitch up (6) |
| 30 Dissertation about heists? (6) | 25 Nail Boris’s head for Britain! (6) |
| 31 Lukashenko takes axe to ‘lander’ (9) | 26 Anne enjoys topless sex with ‘attachment’! (6) |
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Solution to Crossword No. 171
Across
1 Gaza 3 Retaliated 8 Petrol 9 One party 10 Bow out 11 Onlooker 12 Iron dome 14 Czar 16 ASBO 18 Espoused 19 Scott free 20 Realms 21 Attender 22 Omerta 23 Eye witness 24 Tips
Down
1 Go public 2 Air-to-air 3 Relations 4 Too good to be true 5 Implode 6 Turnkeys 7 Dryer 13 Mushrooms 15 Allottee 16 Adjacent 17 Outstays 18 Effendi 19 State
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