Crossword No. 196

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ACROSS	DOWN
1&9 John Major’s campaign: “So I stab Conservative leader in back!” (4,2,6)	1 Boris twice starts to wear bling in a confused state… (8)
4 ..see 19	2 …and uses chap to count the money… (6,2)
9 ..see 1	3 …that comes in stacks due to sleaze! (4)
10 Diane Abbott initially welcomes all comers as hard left Labour members (8)	5 Optically, I think almost all parties are the same… (12)
12 Homilies end up being typical political statements (4)	6&14 … malign, puerile and victory at all costs! (4,4)
13 Like a short version of 19 Down! (5)	7 Greens envied… (6)
14 ..see 6	8 …Labour leader’s salty end! (6)
17 French get new money after a un-heroic victory by EU (7,5)	11 Cuba: “we bailed out ex-Labour MP”… (7,5)
20 Cash for politicians is for motion about Latvia (12)	15 …a criminal whose lone failure… (5)
23 Like most MPs, I got led astray (4)	16&27 …resulted in a harsh sentence to a hanging by Conservative leader! (5,4)
24 Scottish leader: “We’ll get fatter!” (5)	18 F1 champion confused at listing on Tinder (8)
25 Battering rams used as weapons (4)	19&4 Labour spin doctor, bell end, partial to a scam… (8,8)
28 Lying Keith Vaz used stunt to attract bi women… (4,4)	21 … involving Indian businessman ended in committal of… ( 6)
29 …but really used to pray about endlessly trapping a man! (6)	22 …second-rate liars Tony and Cherie! (6)
30 Heard all about when I nestled up… (8)	26 Yes, Tory leader is a pain in the eye! (4)
31 …to Diane Abbott and I used glue to stick to her rear end! (6)	27 ..see 16

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Solution to Crossword No. 195

Across

6 Privatisation 8 Pickle 9 Gunboats 10 IOU 11 Lignin 12 Scammers 14 Stardom 16 Cancels 20 Search me 23 Spinal 24 Gut 25 Tell tale 26 Racist 27 Kleptocracies

Down

1 Sickener 2 Wade into 3 Disgust 4 Narnia 5 Biform 6 Pain in the neck 7 Natural causes 13 Man 15 Doc 17 Austrian 18 Chin chin 19 Regency 21 Relief 22 Health

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