Crossword No. 234

3rd September 2022 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 3010 Comments

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ACROSS	DOWN
1 Blown up, like our economy… (8)	1 Salary paid… (6)
5&10 … it's all going up at the moment! (4,2,6)	2 …using counterfeit cash! (6)
9 ..see 15	3 They stir up… (8)
10 ..see 5	4 …Dutch cheese! (4)
12 Author on Chesil beach… (6)	6 They make a basket case… (6)
13 … likes to dine outside! (8)	7 …spiral out of control… (4,4)
15,20&9 Annual stab-fest supported by Diane Abbott that should be banned! (7,4,8)	8&24 …at the end of the week on GP! (8,6)
16 ..see 25	11 Use this to keep warm in bed… (7)
20 ..see 15	14 …or shrivel up and die! (7)
21 Without drinking a drop of alcohol… (7)	17 Rural ‘fluid’ … (5,3)
25,16&27 ..enjoys traditional seaside entertainment! (3,2,3,4,4)	18 …applied to outside of buildings! (8)
26 They look with a fixed gaze at… (6)	19 Northern hat… (5,3)
28 …a large Japanese ‘root’… (6)	22 … is inexpensive to buy… (6)
29 … whilst manacled to… (8)	23 …and made from acrylic fibre like sofas! (6)
30 …a large oriental erection… (6)	24 .. see 8
31 …costing tuppence! (3,5)	27 ..see 25

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Solution to Crossword No. 233

Across

1 Coldplay 5 Yellow 9 Imported 10 Uighur 12 Frozen 13 Plumpish 15 Malaise 16 Hats 20 Liar 21 Spooked 25 Deadlier 26 Bedpan 28 Idiocy 29 Handsome 30 Greasy 31 Rhodesia

Down

1 Chiefs 2 Lapdog 3 Parmesan 4 Axed 6 Enigma 7 Lah-di-dah 8 War chest 11 Glasgow 14 Hampden 17 Cladding 18 Paradise 19 Beheaded 22 Clocks 23 Spoons 24 Angela
27 Rash

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