| ACROSS | DOWN |
|---|---|
| 7 Russian leader to crush Keir’s head hard with electric vehicle (9) | 1 No Brit going into space (5) |
| 8,15&25 Nuclear stand-off “is Russian ICBM lies” – Conservative leader (5,7,6) | 2&27 Biden supporter is out of fluid at start of election (6,5) |
| 10 I race for implementing no fly zone (3,5) | 3 Garlic’s thrown at Labour leader on picket line (8) |
| 11 Twin is ‘lubed’ around ‘ring’! (6) | 4 Send for the Fed to support currency (7) |
| 12 Blair almost located in South of France (4) | 5 North America is spelt with umlaut at this time of year (8) |
| 13 Note the date when things go off (8) | 6 Voters used to be hit with bat? Bollox! (6,3) |
| 15 ..see 8 | 9 Make changes and go on a diet (4) |
| 17 Andrew Castle seen in Los Angeles lobby (4,3) | 14 Purified Uranium unearthed by digger, hah! (4,5) |
| 20 Kuwaiti leader, a Shiite, is a real fun guy! (8) | 16 Sod Phil’s effort, it's just lazy and careless! (8) |
| 22 Curtains for Russian leader: No, I am confused (4) | 18 Blame CIA for ‘friendly’ approach (8) |
| 25 ..see 8 | 19 Men stab ‘grooming’ supporter (4,3) |
| 26 Broadcast with German after sex change (8) | 21 Diane Abbott’s big in Marseilles! (4) |
| 27 ..see 2 | 23 Confused bosses worry constantly about things (6) |
| 28 Latvian leader: Baltic is targeted by missiles (9) | 24 Almost finite ways to assimilate (3,2) |
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Solution to Crossword No. 237
Across
1 Conferences 8 Scrutineers 11 Once 12 Sour 13 Off hand 15 Archive 16 Grate 17 Upon 18 Oppo 19 Gnome 21 Midweek 22 Elected 23 Line 26 Liar 27 Gastronomic 28 Stultifying
Down
2 Once 3 Feuding 4 Rail 5 Nyerere 6 Ears 7 Coconut milk 8 Scaffolding 9 Sociopathic 10 Freeloaders 14 Drink 15 A time 19 Genital 20 Elusory 24 East 25 Gobi 26 Lion
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