| ACROSS | DOWN |
|---|---|
| 1 Karen Blixen novel, not to be mentioned at Buckingham Palace! (3,2,6) | 1 Huge cause of over-demand on the NHS (7) |
| 7 Go back to where you came from (2-5) | 2 Headline about knighthood? (5) |
| 8 Healthy, unlike Diane Abbott (3,4) | 3 Best place for distant relatives? (3,4) |
| 10 Principal method of delivery (5) | 4 Boomers’ decade (7) |
| 11 Cover up with blanco? (9) | 5 Not knowing about the best place to keep mushrooms (2,3,4) |
| 12 Payment made to Prince Andrew (7) | 6 One next to another (7) |
| 14 Affected by spasms (7) | 7 Payment demanded for slaves (11) |
| 15 Protecting your tootsies (7) | 9 Like twitter for lefties before Elon (4,7) |
| 18 Capital where it's very Sunni (7) | 13 Jumps over ‘bender’ (9) |
| 20 Skint, thank to Rishi and co! (3,2,4) | 16 Gates made me do it! (7) |
| 21 Gyro consumed after beer (5) | 17 Reads medical images quickly? (7) |
| 22 Legendary knighted and beefy! (7) | 18 Former Prime Minister’s penis (7) |
| 23 Agitates spoon in your teacup (7) | 19 Tediously made ‘hole’ wider (2-5) |
| 24 On the anger scale between ‘dissatisfied’ and ‘fed up’? (11) | 21 Main food consumed by large mammals (5) |
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Solution to Crossword No. 244
Across
7 Goal posts 8 You’re 10 Black tie 11 Shiite 12 Know 13 Cup final 15 Unloads 17 Enzymes 20 Sand dune 22 Team 25 You are 26 Schedule 27 Troll 28 Stopcocks
Down
1 World 2 Flacon 3 Kowtowed 4 Stretch 5 Mobility 6 Frottager 9 ASAP 14 Unsavoury 16 Oddballs 18 Not a hope 19 Density 21 User 23 And you 24 Bloke
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