| ACROSS | DOWN |
|---|---|
| 1&7 Churchillian phrase, still very appropriate for today’s dinghy invasion (2,5,5,2,3,7) | 1&26 Promise made to those who fell in the service of our country (2,5,8,4) |
| 8 Easy, like Prince Andrew apparently (2,5) | 2 Raged (7) |
| 9 Ebb away (7) | 3 Pretending (6,3) |
| 11 Pagan (7) | 4 Observes (5) |
| 12 Small prawns (7) | 5 Temporary (7) |
| 13 Tied up with twine (5) | 6 Priest (4,3) |
| 14 Longing for a special kind of food (9) | 7 ..see 1 |
| 16 How to tell when you're high (9) | 10&15 Churchillian call to stiffen our nation’s resolve (2,5,5,9) |
| 19 Wrap (5) | 15 ..see 10 |
| 21 Grasped (7) | 17 Shipping capacity, or Diane Abbott’s weight measurement! (7) |
| 23 A pain in the ‘organ’ (7) | 18 Sickness (7) |
| 24 Arena (7) | 19 Sound like ex Twitter employees! (7) |
| 25 Deadline (3,4) | 20 Praise (7) |
| 26 ..see 1 | 22 Discharge (5) |
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Solution to Crossword No. 241
Across
1 Pissing 5 Swinger 9 Obesity 10 Optimum 11 Lionheart 12 Ether 13 Match 15 Kinkiness 17 Satirised 19 Debts 22 Child 23 Elephants 25 Banging 26 Ovulate 27 Gardens 28 Fathers
Down
1 Problem 2 See to it 3 Irish 4 Guy Fawkes 5 Short 6 In the wind 7 Gumshoe 8 Remarks 14 Hard drive 16 Nodded off 17 Sick bag 18 Thinner 20 Bandage 21 Sisters 23 Edges 24 Haunt
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