| 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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Answers with next week’s crossword.
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
Down
1 Duped 2 Hairgrips 3 Meeting 4 Double standards 5 In-trays 6 Interim 7 Suspended 12 Unprinted 14 Apartment 16 Ridding 17 Curried 19 Inwards 22 Epsom
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