Crossword No. 219

14th May 2022 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 1830 Comments

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ACROSS	DOWN
1&8 Hot tip: union leader proclaimed “We’re investigating Starmer and Rayner”… (6,6)	1 Lied to by unionists? (5)
4 … as insider challenges Keir’s leadership over a few beers! (8)	2 Locks up Harry for getting end away with ‘pigs’ … (9)
8 ..see 1	3 … after audience, he’ll do time in England for starters! (7)
9 Made ‘nuts’ hurt to extract Starmer’s explanation about ‘beergate’, it was …	4 What hypocrisy … (6,9)
10 … “a dull start to night” – what a pile of crap… (8)	5 … from Starmer, finally regaining sanity receiving letters … (2-5)
11 … as ever, from a strong opposition! (6)	6 … from acting non-socialist minister … (7)
12 Genius from New Hampshire causes Gates to collapse… (8)	7 … but Socialist leader can depend on us to get hanged! (9)
13 … he’s mashed up and humiliated from … (6)	12 DUP intern didn’t appear in newspapers … (9)
15 … doing capers, as stars keep their distance! (6)	14 … but was in Penthouse – it was a mean Tory trap! (9)
18 Upset by adage about tit (8)	16 I did put ring on it, but now divorcing (7)
20 I join donor at home… (6)	17 Starmer’s meal was… (7)
21 …chilling out, two of us dressed in denim (8)	19 … consumed internally and…
23 Does Rick tire of getting harder?(8)	22 …was salty to loosen his bowels! (5)
24 Rushes to get monkey (6)
25 Decay causes gas to be emitted by red Diane from both ends! (8)
26 Moist Conservative leader wasn’t funny at all on the BBC (6)

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Solution to Crossword No. 218

Across

6 Roe versus Wade 8 Spring 9 Normally 10 USA 11 Abacus 12 Marchers 14 Pigeons 16 Hobnobs 20 Calm down 23 Squash 24 CPI 25 Mismatch 26 Drowns 27 Microorganisms

Down

1 Mediocre 2 Ferguson 3 Tsunami 4 Usurer 5 Kazakh 6 Republicanism 7 E pluribus unum 13 Cub 15 Odd 17 Obsidian 18 Neurotic 19 Anchors 21 Mimics 22 Option

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