Crossword No. 236

24th September 2022 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 3316 Comments

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ACROSS	DOWN
1 Atom bomb dropped from aeroplane by Conservative leader (woman) with UN support (7,6)	2 Non-existent English leader in bung scandal (7)
10 Wrote about Lolita having a bonk in front of Volvo! (7)	3 Elk and I are attracted! (4)
11 Labour-on-Labour feud erupts, how sad! (7)	4 Moving forward to start of campaign in Nevada (7)
12 Slender, unlike Diane Abbott (4)	5 Diane Abbott walks like a duck? (7)
13&25 Chekhov made any Vulcan wiggle tip of ears (5,5)	6 Lay with Labour leader, he’s my ‘friend’! (4)
14 Made a deal inside coffin (4)	7 Fate of Boris’s leadership was eccentric (3,4)
17 Deteriorate, like an aged red! (7)	8 Useless New York gathering addressed by noted Tunisian (6,7)
18 Scot rubs rum on bawbag! (7)	9 Russian leader will dump rival in it (8,5)
19 US makes a move in Crimea (7)	15 Willow used to hit a six over long on (5)
22 Finally Labour leader gets a lover (3,4)	16 Online abuser spouts rot about Labour and Liberal leaders (5)
24 Press regulator initially is poor, “sod off!” (1,1,1,1)	20 Get nearest to Orientals? (7)
25 ..see 13	21 Reject the current position for a Republican leader: “lets go Brandon”! (7)
26 Pakistani’s language is mostly rude about half of us! (4)	22 The Queen may no longer be (3,4)
29 Annoyed by getting jabbed? (7)	23 Green ranted after start of violence (7)
30 I nearly had orgasm, then I folded sheets up! (7)	27 Female voice? A lot around! (4)
31 Statements made about male Cantonese nun! (13)	28 Shooting is rife (4)

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Solution to Crossword No. 235

Across

7 Trussed up 8 Pound 10 Derail 11 Badenoch 12 Nadhim 14 Suella 16 Twee 17 China 18 Risk 19 Zahawi 21 Skimpy 24 Asterisk 26 Abused 27 Boris 28 Imbeciles