£150 prize to the first correct solution opened on 27th March 2026.
Across
6/27ac. Trump's Middle East gamble and each emerging cock-up (6,6)
8 Look into Archer novel filled with half lies (8)
10 Sex act, flop – exploited by UK far right? (5,4)
11 Boyfriend for example getting out of a shag? (5)
12 See 13ac.
13/12ac./24dn. Dumbo occupying the chamber, an embarrassment to be ignored? (8,2,3,4)
15 Let's go reckless with Trump's lead? Piss off! (3,4)
17 Wallis, for instance, chewed cud with high-ranking Nazi (7)
19 More than one fool elected Trump (vis-à-vis Ayatollah Ali Khamenei)
(8)
21 Wife and ex-president not starting stretch (5)
23 File misrepresented by Reform's main election handout? (5)
25 A notebook backed by board that's compliant (9)
26 Rubbish cast overcome by Hair (8)
27 See 6ac.
1 Taking part in frottage is terribly unkind to the elderly (6)
2 Awful grief at the end for Epstein emailer (6)
3 What Trump likes to do – lead badly! (4)
4 Andrew no longer entertains love – very diminished sphere of activity (8)
5 Brown's unfinished plan (4)
6 Accommodation right for hot stimulating (7)
7 Mentions relocating a place of high profile ICE activity (9)
9 One advised to take "a different line in court"? (6)
14 Our scrutiny of the press is cut – with a time check (9)
16 Uncontrolled movement in rounded steel nut (8)
17 An idle sort of refusal to accept the vote? (6)
18 Seeing that Republican extremist leader, Frank (7)
20 Society extremely welcoming of "self-abuse" – fancy! (6)
22 Turf out of bed and expose (6)
23 FBI's false stories (4)
24 See 13ac.
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