Crossword No. 230

6th August 2022 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 2822 Comments

© Richard Puller 2022, Going Postal — © Richard Puller 2022

ACROSS	DOWN
1 State of being lawless (8)	2 Brain cell, mostly lacked by Diane Abbott! (6)
6 Scavengers crocuta crocuta (6)	3 &18 Mr Lifshitz, fashion designer (5,6)
9 Centres of atoms (6)	4 The great unwashed (3,6)
10 Medical term for inability to pee (8)	5 ,6 & 22 Meeting guidelines designed to allow free speech and avoid groupthink (7,5,5)
11 Dismiss idea as foolish or childish (4,4)	6 ..see 5
12 Consumers considered “useless“ by the WEF (6)	7 Constructions (9)
13 Fearful of the Moslem faith (12)	8 Environmentally-damaging precipitation (4,4)
16 The killers of unborn babies (12)	13 Member of the Hebrew nation (9)
19 Soft drinks to be combined with spirits (6)	14 After the birth of a baby (4,5)
21 Sad atmosphere, like at a wake (8)	15 State of unconsciousness (8)
23 Patchy skin disease (8)	17 More polite version of the traditional GP welcome for newbies (4,3)
24 Fitters of bathroom wall decoration (6)	18 ..see 3
25 Inoculate (6)	20 Move from one place to another (5)
26 Traditional music piece (4,4)	22 ..see 5

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book of your choice (subject to T&Cs) & a mug! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’.

Contact here on email

Winner of Crossword 229 and a book CG (Contact GP to claim your prize).

*Going Postal Mugs* – © Going Postal 2022

Answers with next week’s crossword.

Solution to Crossword No. 229

Across

1 Rishi 4 Milometer 8 Field 9 Runaround 11 Rock 12 Debut 13 Isle 16 Kaleidoscopic 19 Akshata Murthy 20 Rare 22 Beige 23 Zinc 26 Pinocchio 27 Rhino 28 Rebuttals 29 Sunak

Down

1 Referenda 2 Seedcakes 3 Indy 4 Mary Elizabeth 5 Mark 6 Truss 7 Ridge 10 Neurosurgeons 14 Bloat 15 Acute 17 Physician 18 Comic book 20 Roper 21 R and B 24 Scut 25 Eros

Click here to download in pdf format: GP Crossword Number 230 & Answers to Number 229