
ACROSS | DOWN |
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1&15 Our ‘favourite’ MP … (5,5,6) | 1 ‘Exotic’ bird is no longer… (4) |
6 …(Rick’s alternative description)… (1,1,1,1) | 2 … sat on backside… (4) |
9 … is full of hatred … (10) | 3 … to able draw … (5) |
10 …on the way out... (4) | 4 … expenses from the taxpayer (8,7) |
13 …onto a higher plain! (7) | 5 Meadow flowers (6) |
15 ..see 1 | 7 Labour banned this … (3,7) |
16 She doesn’t arouse these feelings in me…(6) | 8 …cow appearing in public… (6,4) |
17 … due to a self-inflicted disease! (4,3,8) | 11 … answering questions on TV! (10) |
18 Like most Labour boroughs they … (6) | 12 Her nickname on here! (10) |
20 …used to be white! (6) | 13 Dragged down by the hard left… (7) |
21 Look out! (7) | 14 … she’s not about to play that game! (7) |
22 Poetic rhythm (4) | 19 Dark-skinned people… (6) |
25 Her favourite part of the day… (6,4) | 20 .. can use only two words! (6) |
26 … is when it’s getting dark so… (4) | 23 Like all politicians … (4) |
27 … you can racially integrate! (10) | 24 … she isn’t like most women! (4) |
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Winner of Crossword 213 and a GP mug Glazinova (Contact GP to claim your prize).

Answers with next week’s crossword.
Solution to Crossword No. 213
Across
1 Clocks go 5 Spring 9 Amenable 10 Violin 12 Mothering 13 Tomes 14 Uses 16 En masse 19 Forward 21 West 24 Pearl 25 Rebuttals 27 Sunday 28 Marianna 29 Eureka 30 Necklace
Down
1 Clammy 2 Omerta 3 Knave 4 Gullies 6 Printemps 7 Islamists 8 Gangster 11 Ogle 15 Small talk 17 Off piste 18 Ordainer 20 Dark 21 Web page 22 Narnia 23 Escape 26 Thick
Click here to download in pdf format: GP Crossword Number 214 & Answers to Number 213
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