Crossword No. 232

20th August 2022 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 2996 Comments

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ACROSS	DOWN
1 Young soldier murdered by muslims in 2013 (3,5)	2 Capacity for feeling or sensation (8)
9 Volcanic upswelling (8)	3 Underlying cause of most terrorist acts (7,5)
10 Horse breeding establishment (4)	4 The Sun headline about the Belgrano (6)
11 Locked up like Hillary should be! (12)	5 Twelve months (4)
13 Quickly get out of hand (8)	6 Jewish version of a croissant (8)
15 Soak up (6)	7 Diane Abbott’s not on one! (4)
16 Indonesian resort destination (4)	8 Like most of Al Jr’s plates of ‘food’ (8)
17 _____ Palmer, police officer murdered by a muslim in Westminster in 2017 (5)	12 Integrating, unlike most immigrants (12)
18 Shift (4)	14 _____ Jones, murdered by a muslim in Bolton in 2020 (5)
20 Centres of atoms (6)	16 The principal attraction of the UK to illegal immigrants (8)
21 Type of key-operated door securing mechanism (4,4)	17 Location of academy where muslim death threats hounded head teacher out of his job (8)
23 Expressed with sincere feeling (4,3,5)	19 Injections that actually work to prevent disease (8)
26 Pubs (4)	22 One who voted to exit the EU in June 2016 (6)
27 Resulting from a whack to the side of the head (5,3)	24 Leave it out! (4)
28 Overwhelming control of the economy exerted by the state (8)	25 Tough, unlike this crossword! (4)

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Solution to Crossword No. 231

Across

1 Mar-a-Lago 5 Banana 9 Republic 10 Search 11 Ice cubes 12 Agassi 14 Government 18 Oil Tankers 22 Unborn 23 National 24 Elects 25 Archives 26 Tidied 27 Elitists

Down

1 Merkin 2 Rapper 3 Labour 4 Guide books 6 Avenging 7 Arrested 8 Atheists 13 Beer barrel 15 Document 16 Club head 17 Garrotte 19 Mishit 20 Knaves 21 Blasts

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