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1&13 Soft Conservative leaders intertwined with socialist objectives (6,2,10) | 1 ‘Wrath of Maggie’s leadership’ is much needed right now! (6) |
5 UN is on side of strikers (6) | 2 Anger at German leader: “everyone hates them”! (6) |
9 Tory leader, Rishi, is ‘good and hard’, like most people posting on GP! (8) | 3 Bent ‘Mo’ is from Bury (6) |
10 Norfolk-based Green leader: “ I like anal”! (6) | 4 Unionised jobs will end up putting insole in boot! (10) |
11 Labour leader stuffs hamster down pants to keep warm… (8) | 6 Einstein reincarnated 30 years ago! (8) |
12 Thick as a plank Diane Abbott starts wearing vest! (6) | 7 Boris starts to play violin: he’s finished! (8) |
14 Keir starts to drink Fosters if industrial action is halted (7,3) | 8 It’s a stalemate between socialist leader and toff (8) |
18 Detached foot of trades union leaders: “ouch!” (3,2,5) | 13 ..see 1 |
22 Cool cat attacks liberal’s head! (6) | 15 Doubt about ‘flu? It’s debatable! (8) |
23 A flurry of owls baked in flan (8) | 16 Vigorously do ‘it’ in chalet! (8) |
24 Looks like Diane Abbott is a plant! (6) | 17 Lineswoman wearing coil supported by FIFA (8) |
25 ‘Discharges’ when I join Labour and Tory leaders in gents… (8) | 19 Conservative leader, twit, in hotel looking at birds! (6) |
26 …all ‘cos I met them in pubs! (6) | 20 Russian leader: “I will attack NATO a lot!” (6) |
27 Do ‘Ethnics’ make good impressions? (8) | 21 Orders signal to change (6) |
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Solution to Crossword No. 245
Across
1 Out of Africa 7 Re-enter 8 Fat free 10 Prime 11 Whitewash 12 Royalty 14 Spastic 15 Toecaps 18 Jakarta 20 Out of cash 21 Kebab 22 Sirloin 23 Stirrer 24 Disgruntled
Down
1 Obesity 2 Title 3 Far away 4 Fifties 5 In the dark 6 Abreast 7 Reparations 9 Echo chamber 13 Leapfrogs 16 Entered 17 Scanner 18 Johnson 19 Re-bored 21 Krill
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