| ACROSS | DOWN |
|---|---|
| 1&29 Former chancellor slipped end of cock into Irish anus (5,5) | 1 Votes for Ardern to pay fee (9) |
| 4 Labour leader needs more time to measure his journey (9) | 2 Ask to see Dec covered in gateaux (9) |
| 8 ..see 5 | 3 Yes, Diane starts to appear in lefty rag (4) |
| 9 Nun displays ardour in small car (9) | 4&6 PM candidate, hot, Z-list & BAME, joins treasury! (4,9,5) |
| 11 Get stoned in Cork? (4) | 5&8 Tory leadership hopeful had affair with old flame, got rid of knickers for starters! (4,5) |
| 12 Democrat leader goes down tube for starters (5) | 6 ..see 4 |
| 13 Disturbing lies about “Man” (4) | 7 Terrible dirge heard on SKY News (5) |
| 16 Opioids make me cackle and see shimmering bright colours (13) | 10 Erroneous guns smuggled by enriching cross channel invaders (13) |
| 19 Political spouse hurt May wearing a South Korean hat (7,6) | 14 Abbott (Labour) is mostly full of gas! (5) |
| 20 Vaccine side effects are seen on end of finger (4) | 15 Cat enters EU from a strange angle - that can’t be right! (5) |
| 22 “Dull” gibe thrown at leadership election (5) | 17 Yes, I love spinach, it's good for your health! (9) |
| 23 Galvanising support in final letter sent to Conservative leader (4) | 18 BOOM! I display cock in fantasy magazine! (5,4) |
| 26 I give the chop for icon – a wooden liar (9) | 20 Islamist puts rope around Rabbi’s head (5) |
| 27 I get the horn for African ‘animal’ (5) | 21 Music played by right-wing band (1,3,1) |
| 28 Denials issued about butter rubbed on top of labia (9) | 24 Socialist leader addresses TUC – what an arse! (4) |
| 29 ..see 1 | 25 Love god leaves you feeling sore! (4) |
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Solution to Crossword No. 228
Across
1 Starmer 5 Euro 9 Defund the police 10 Late 11 Width 12 Scum 15 Wistful 16 Distill 17 Affairs 19 Venting 21 Nude 22 Enoch 23 Gala 26 Yellow brick road 27 Tory 28 Exposed
Down
1 Sod’s law 2 As fit as a fiddle 3 Mini 4 Retrial 5 Elected 6 Riot 7 Thermal 8 Discriminators 13 Affix 14 Using 17 Annoyed 18 Sandboy 19 Vaccine 20 Grandad 24 Dodo 25 Skip
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