| ACROSS | DOWN |
|---|---|
| 1 Pathogen gain of function manipulation as practiced at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (14) | 1 PM’s middle names (5,2,7) |
| 9 Stocked up on weapons (7) | 2 Self pleasuring (7) |
| 10 Playhouse (7) | 3 Rain clouds (11) |
| 11 Go downhill fast (3) | 4 Verily (6) |
| 12 Frenzied (11) | 5 Mezzanine (8) |
| 14 Hostility (6) | 6 Eggs (3) |
| 15 Promising cricketer attacked by the woke (8) | 7 Marks up (7) |
| 17 Like Diane Abbott’s head (3,5) | 8 Meghan’s had two of these (7,7) |
| 19 Exploited (6) | 13 Penal code (8,3) |
| 22 Garden flower genus (11) | 16 American mobile (8) |
| 23 31st December (1,1,1) | 18 African capital (7) |
| 24 Momentous (7) | 20 Basic camera lens (7) |
| 26 Like Diane Abbott’s nose (7) | 21 Language (6) |
| 27 Undeleted cause of a promising cricketer’s suspension (8,6) | 25 Shed (3) |
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Answers with next week’s crossword.
Solution to Crossword No. 173
Across
1 Forums 4 Profiled 9 Go-cart 10 Mr and Mrs 12 Okapi 13 Pilferers 15 Sol 16 Rules 17 Orator 22 Bye bye 24 Throb 27 Inn 28 Residents 31 Uluru 32 Dramatic 33 Abbott 34 Year ends 35 Crusty
Down
1 Faggotry 2 Racially 3 Morrissey 5 Rural 6 Fence 7 Limpet 8 Desist 11 Aplomb 14 Fit 18 Ageism 19 Outnumber 20 Croutons 21 Abruptly 23 Eye 25 Friday 26 España 29 Diane 30 Naiad
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