| 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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