No. 817 by Cyclops, Issue 1662
£150 prize to the first correct solution opened on 21st November 2025.
1 Cocaine turned up on cheese with this? (7)
2 Sex at first has the power to examine (4)
3 Insult Conservative circle (4)
4 Fancy getting a rise – about $1000, sir? (6)
5 At present the Tories' reduced work situation (10)
6 Presidential period, say, that is restricting Trump's no.1 tree destroyer! (7)
10 A Spice Girl performing 'Tit'? (5)
13 How's your father's platonic love arrangement around university? (10)
14 Hypocritical Trump's ultimate debts (5)
16 Clobbers clobber (5)
17 University unyielding about endless change (7)
18 Decline having an erection, being reactionary (7)
20 Put new lead in your pencil? Terrible ordeal! (6)
23 Convention sounds crowded (4)
24 Shit! China's hoarding yen! (4)
£150 prize to the first correct solution opened on 21st November 2025.
Across
7 Member – objectionable type (5)
8 Slept around and, sadly, taken by force (9)
9/11 What we get from Rachel Reeves is logic? Come on, stupid – zero optimism ultimately! (8,5)
12 Sketch of Republican outcast almost imitating liberal sources (6)
14 How right-wing flag hoisters view themselves? Weapons of war (8)
15 Posh prisons– dodgy finance (11)
19 Wads? Roll out the legal team! (3,5)
21 Jail worked for Frank (6)
22 Critical of Trump initially (showing little bottle on the outside)
(5)
23 Artwork? It's cheap crap! (8)
25 Dicky or Reagan, harbouring Conservative contempt (9)
26 Manage to shag Mark (5)
1 Cocaine turned up on cheese with this? (7)
2 Sex at first has the power to examine (4)
3 Insult Conservative circle (4)
4 Fancy getting a rise – about $1000, sir? (6)
5 At present the Tories' reduced work situation (10)
6 Presidential period, say, that is restricting Trump's no.1 tree destroyer! (7)
10 A Spice Girl performing 'Tit'? (5)
13 How's your father's platonic love arrangement around university? (10)
14 Hypocritical Trump's ultimate debts (5)
16 Clobbers clobber (5)
17 University unyielding about endless change (7)
18 Decline having an erection, being reactionary (7)
20 Put new lead in your pencil? Terrible ordeal! (6)
23 Convention sounds crowded (4)
24 Shit! China's hoarding yen! (4)
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