| ACROSS | DOWN |
|---|---|
| 1 Political party meetings (11) | 2 A single time (4) |
| 8 Election count observers (11) | 3 Long and bitter quarreling (7) |
| 11,17,15 It’s the start of another fairy story (4,4,1,4) | 4 Used to hang curtains (4) |
| 12 Sharp tasting (4) | 5 Former Tanzanian president (7) |
| 13 Ungraciously dismissive (3,4) | 6 Location of ossicles (4) |
| 15 Record store (7) | 7 Drink obtained from palm trees (7,4) |
| 16 Fireplace (5) | 8 Metal frame used by builders (11) |
| 17 ..see 11 | 9 Suffering from anti-social personality disorder (11) |
| 18 Military colleague (4) | 10 Spongers like Diane Abbott (11) |
| 19 Elf (5) | 14 Beverage (5) |
| 21 Wednesday (7) | 15 ..see 11 |
| 22 Voted in (7) | 19 To do with sex organs (7) |
| 23 American queue (4) | 20 Evasive (7) |
| 26 Teller of untruths (4) | 24 Compass point (4) |
| 27 Relating to fine dining (11) | 25 Oriental desert (4) |
| 28 Oppressively stifling (11) | 26 King of the jungle (4) |
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Solution to Crossword No. 236
Across
1 Nuclear weapon 10 Nabokov 11 Doleful 12 Thin 13 Uncle 14 Dead 17 Degrade 18 Scrotum 19 America 22 All over 24 IPSO 25 Vanya 26 Urdu 29 Needled 30 Origami 31 Announcements
Down
2 Unbeing 3 Like 4 Advance 5 Waddles 6 Ally 7 Off beat 8 United Nations 9 Vladimir Putin 15 Salix 16 Troll 20 Eastern 21 Abandon 22 Any more 23 Verdant 27 Alto 28 Fire
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