Crossword No. 182

7th August 2021 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 2182 Comments

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ACROSS	DOWN
1 Conspiracy theorist built ark in North Carolina… (5)	1 Edge of Earth seen from space looks like verruca on bottom of foot smeared with uranium! (9)
4 … was shocked to feel drips for sure! (9)	2 If Abbott’s middle gets fat, it’s unhealthy! (1,3,3)
9&18 Bet more for sake of air tightness! (7,3,6)	3 Tin thrown at Keir’s head results in stitches (4)
11 Johnson inserts end into a ‘peach’ with style (7)	5 Titania’s molested by ‘roper’ – deport! (13)
12 Hello sailor? No to roll in hay! (4)	6 Dip end of finger in gin as sign of engagement (4)
13 ..see 23	7 ..see 23
14 Liberals in a stew (4)	8 Diane starts to swallow ‘seed’ after performing certain ‘acts’! (5)
17 Yes, but if alien is unlikely to exist… (13)	10&25 Tory leader has a villa in Portugal – that’ll bring him down to earth! (13,4)
19 … will E.T. twice fail in maritime re-run? (4,5,4)	15 Army called after Boris starts to go mad! (5)
21 Happy English leader likes ‘leg’… (4)	16 Blair and Campbell go off the rails(5)
22 … but will shaft four Romans on top! (5)	18 ..see 9
23,13&7 BAPH and friends are fast becoming theoretical, yes? (4,5,7)	19 Broken rich tea should have been rubbed on Cleopatra’s breast! (7)
26 I think I will rub onion on tip of penis… (7)	20 Snails found on top of Diane’s head in Jamaica and Barbados (7)
27 … to generate spunk, it is out of this world! (7)	21 5th grade blog: “the Earth really is round” (5)
28 Tried to put ring around ‘end’ of cleric… (9)	24 Ripe for large erection at the seaside (4)
29 …but fails, no less! (5)	25 ..see 10

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Solution to Crossword No. 181

Across

7 Outswims 8 Nagano 10 Ago 11 Griever 12 Narcos 13 Pectoralis major 15 Estates 18 Mind set 21 Russian athletes 24 Agnail 25 On offer 26 Ink 27 Tennis 28 On screen

Down

1 Budgie 2 T-shirt 3 Silver medallist 4 As a rule 5 On one’s high horse 6 One on one 9 Garland 14 Cat 16 Smuggler 17 Abstain 19 Sat 20 Nabokov 22 Effort 23 Earned

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