Crossword No. 220

28th May 2022 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 2687 Comments

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ACROSS	DOWN
1 James, the author of Ulysses (5)	1 Record players that were popular in pubs (9)
4 Turdus, like Diane Abbott! (9)	2 A very long glass of beer (4,2,3)
8 Divided Asian peninsula (5)	3 Test at the end of tuition (4)
9 Deep cracks in ice (9)	4 1968 Beatles cold war hit (4,2,3,1,1,1,1)
11 Period of strong economic growth (4)	5 Mayor of London (4)
12 Large, wallowing, unattractive African beast, also like Diane Abbott! (5)	6 Edition (5)
13 Disobey (4)	7 Attractive like the Chancellor? (5)
16 Get a boost, like receiving the vaxx (1,4,2,3,3)	10 How covid deaths were predicted to increase by Ferguson and SAGE (13)
19 Classic sitcom from the 60s and 70s (7,3,3)	14 Caucasian skin colour (5)
20 Famous old Brazilian footballer (4)	15 Spirit of the deceased (5)
22 Edible savoury jelly (5)	17 Repeated so many times it will make you feel like throwing up (2,7)
23 Effective treatment (4)	18 Infectious disease spread by gay sex with infected Africans (9)
26 Type of drug used to treat certain infectious diseases (9)	20 Tranquility (5)
27 Snooze (5)	21 1.76 pints (5)
28 For ever and ever (9)	24 Level (4)
29 Re-arrange a recording (5)	25 Russian ruler (4)

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Solution to Crossword No. 219

Across

1 Durham 4 Drinkies 8 Police 9 Untruths 10 Dunghill 11 Averse 12 Unhinges 13 Shamed 15 Parsec 18 Agitated 20 Indoor 21 Downtime 23 Trickier 24 Rhesus 25 Degrades 26 Sitcom