| ACROSS | DOWN |
|---|---|
| 1 Over 10,150 BBC licence fees pay for virtue signaling presenter on the BBC: “I kneel, right!” (7) | 1 Conservative leader starts decline of BBC funding (7) |
| 5 Theresa May’s initial position on opium was just right (7) | 2 Ten conservatives shortly found guilty (7) |
| 9 Lammy would be a C-list conservative leader, yes? (7) | 3 Khan’s re-election chances are on this! (5,4) |
| 10 Made to use end of finger tip (7) | 4 Caterer identified again as source of covid-19 outbreak (7) |
| 11 BBC’s Jimmy Savile ‘entered’ a non-celebrity (5) | 5 Try ‘love’ in the open air! (7) |
| 12 Tactile Australian starts to be economical with ‘truth’ (9) | 6 Magnetic slate? (5) |
| 13 Unties Diane’s rear end in bathroom (2,5) | 7 Imam, radical leader, demands ending of sex routinely on display at the BBC (7) |
| 14 Sky feature about a ham used to cover muslim woman’s face (7) | 8 Kim smoked weed on Wednesday (7) |
| 16 Casting a shadow, Abbott’s expanding head devours menus (7) | 15 Socialist starts crapping it about future for BBC … (9) |
| 19 Not welcome in a parish? (7) | 16 … given extreme conservative position for pals of labour to be given the knife! (7) |
| 22 EU is ratty about budget cuts (9) | 17 Oranges wrapped in handkerchief? (4,3) |
| 24 Right-wing Pakistani leaders wear a long coat (5) | 18 ..see 23 |
| 25 BBC’s usual position on issues? “Liar” is apt! (7) | 19 Press Association: “Wally should be the new face of the BBC on line” (7) |
| 26 Brought to life in a team (7) | 20 I raise alarm and I send message to foreigners (3,4) |
| 27 Wheel-chair bound cricketer scores without hitting the ball! (3,4) | 21 Diane Abbott isn't pale or shy! (7) |
| 28 Allowing “El Gay” to post on Labour List (7) | 23 Biased BBC presenter gazed mistily at e-mail (5,7) |
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Solution to Crossword No. 134
Across
1 Base rate 5 Change 9 Cohesion 10 Enigma 11 Troilism 12 Maoist 14 Eye witness 18 Murphy’s law 22 Guyana 23 C-section 24 Loiter 25 Rochdale 26 Remiss 27 Isomorph
Down
1 Back to 2 School 3 Result 4 Trotskyist 6 Hen party 7 Negligee 8 Elastase 13 Sweat shops 15 Smuggler 16 X-ray film 17 Chinless 19 Ockham 20 Mid-air 21 Enmesh
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