| ACROSS | DOWN |
|---|---|
| 1 Required to prevent illegal channel crossings (11) | 2 Test (4) |
| 9 Filth! (4) | 3 Oil cartel (1,1,1,1) |
| 10 Illegal entrant (11) | 4 Territorial battle (4,3) |
| 11 Dump at the altar (4) | 5 Hairy lip (4) |
| 14 African (7) | 6 Invaded by weight of numbers (7) |
| 16 Stage show (7) | 7 The real reason why our public services are struggling to cope (11) |
| 17 Stood again for election (5) | 8 Where laws get written (7,4) |
| 18 Naked (4) | 12 Shipped illegals overseas (11) |
| 19 Attack with knife (4) | 13 Perverts after our children (11) |
| 20 Inherited from your parents (5) | 15 Not at all (5) |
| 22 Loved by the public, unlike Boris! (7) | 16 Pens (5) |
| 23 Japanese city (7) | 20 Large quantities to drink (7) |
| 24 Manchester weather (4) | 21 Creators of a woodpile (7) |
| 28 The reason Lammy and Abbott, amongst others, are here (11) | 25 Faggot (4) |
| 29 Sheep (4) | 26 Thankful (4) |
| 30 How the WEF see people like Lammy and Abbott (6,5) | 27 Penalty for yobbish behaviour (1,1,1,1) |
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Answers with next week’s crossword.
Solution to Crossword No. 222
Across
1 Vote 3 Confidence 8 Nudist 9 Terrible 10 Eureka 11 Uppercut 12 Cut short 14 Lope 16 Pail 18 Scholars 19 Scenario 20 Wounds 21 Face mask 22 Raisin 23 Alternates 24 Hour
Down
1 Vengeful 2 Evidence 3 Cathartic 4 Not much to look at 5 Darkest 6 Nubecula 7 Eject 13 Rearwards 15 Power cut 16 Pseudish 17 Loosener 18 Spammer 19 Sofia
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