Crossword No. 233

27th August 2022 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 2946 Comments

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ACROSS	DOWN
1 Yes, clap for old band (8)	1 Chef is chopping up our leaders! (6)
5 Lowly EU leader is cowardly (6)	2 President initially had a gold poodle (6)
9 Mired in pot brought in from overseas (8)	3 ‘Man’ uses spear to attack cheesy Italian (8)
10 Guru says “Hi” to Chinese muslim (6)	4 Chopped Democrat’s head with ax (4)
12 It’s cool for English leader to visit New Zealand (6)	6 Meghan is not hot - I can’t figure it out! (6)
13 Like Diane Abbott’s hip, jiggling ‘plums’! (8)	7 I’d twice ‘had’ Labour leader – He’s posh! (3-2-3)
15 Amelia’s feeling sick (7)	8 Crew hats sold to fund campaign (3,5)
16 Shat on people’s heads (4)	11 Go with woman (slag) in Scotland (7)
20 Like Blair with head cut off (4)	14 Hen scratches around damp ground (7)
21 Dope’s OK, but scared of MI6 (7)	17 Good - Labour leader is candid about cause of Grenfell disaster (8)
25 More dangerous when derailed (8)	18 I love parades on tropical islands (8)
26 Band placed around top of penis helps keep sheets clean! (6)	19 He will be dead after meeting the Beatles (8)
28 Stupidly, I went all coy with Di (6)	22 Looks at Labour leader’s cock (6)
29 Good looking man has demon inside (8)	23 ..see 30
30&23 Gay persons so often found in cafés (6,6)	24 Germans have an ‘attachment’ to Merkel! (6)
31 Hero’s provided aid to Zimbabwe (8)	27 Thrashed around with Monkeypox! (4)

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Solution to Crossword No. 232

Across

1 Lee Rigby 9 Eruption 10 Stud 11 Incarcerated 13 Escalate 15 Absorb 16 Bali 17 Keith 18 Move 20 Nuclei 21 Yale lock 23 From the heart 26 Inns 27 Thick ear 28 Dirigism

Down

2 Esthesia 3 Radical islam 4 Gotcha 5 Year 6 Rugelach 7 Diet 8 Inedible 12 Assimilating 14 Emily 16 Benefits 17 Keighley 19 Vaccines 22 Leaver 24 Omit 25 Hard

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