Crossword No. 199

4th December 2021 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 3599 Comments

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ACROSS	DOWN
1 This is the 199th one (9)	2 Prizes, bounties (7)
9 Diane Abbott is one of the top MPs in this appearance category (7)	3 Dried green grape (7)
10 Migratory bird, gulp! (7)	4 Stack of logs useful for hiding in (8)
11 My occupation on GP on Saturday mornings (7)	5 Rejected by partner, had a poo! (6)
12 Richard Puller’s avatar, as seen in church (5,4)	6 Her Majesty’s first name (9)
14 Weirdos, with different-sized testicles (8)	7 Cask-conditioned beer (4,3)
15 Jewish state (6)	8 Right now, currently (2,7)
17 Old description for British soldiers based on their uniform colour (7)	13 Recorded episode available on line (7)
20 Feeling of needing a drink (6)	15 Restless, keen to get on (9)
23 Residents of ‘The Dark Continent’ (8)	16 Buildings, male aroused states (9)
25 Terrible, repugnant (9)	18 Drug obtained from deadly nightshade (8)
26 Persian, like Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (7)	19 Bunking off school (7)
27 Mosque tower (7)	21 Copy, emulate (7)
28 Not possible to achieve (2,3,2)	22 Pupil, undergraduate (7)
29 Constituencies with large majorities (4,5)	24 Peri-peri chicken fast food restaurant (6)

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Winner of Crossword 198 and a £20 ‘book voucher’ Tom Pudding (Contact GP to claim your prize)

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Answers with next week’s crossword.

Solution to Crossword No. 198

Across

1 Kyle Rittenhouse 9 Netting 10 Beavers 11 Saxifrage 12 Their 13 At worst 15 Sedated 17 Showers 19 Citadel 21 Mouse 23 Rosenbaum 25 Longbow 26 Untwine 27 Antidepressants

Down

1 Kenosha 2 Latex 3 Reinforce 4 Taggart 5 Emblems 6 Heart 7 Unelected 8 Ensured 14 Whodunnit 16 Detonates 17 Somalia 18 Screw up 19 Costume 20 Limpets 22 Embed
24 Avian

Click here to download in pdf format: GP Crossword Number 199 & Answers to Number 198