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No. 838 by Cyclops, Issue 1683
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Across
1 Nick, the party attack dog? (4)
4/7ac. Become snotty-nosed and collar Conservative veteran (5,4)
9 Holiday spot in which – phwoar! – female undoes top (5)
10 Be left to have an orgasm? Not I, sadly (4,4)
11 Wife leaves twerp for associate (4)
12 Whisky drink raised in vulgar defiance? (3,7)
13 Family party, fine to some extent (4,2)
15 Subjects to tabloid photos? (6)
18 Cyclops pursuing school online far right conspiracy (6)
19 Personal cleansers supplied by – wait – disheartened Trump supporters (6)
21 Put too little effort into digging for copper etc, being weakened (10)
24 Yen's in shit - cheers! (4)
25 Heard dog's drunk Irish port (8)
26 He scored, lover did – well, not altogether (5)
27/28/29 House doubly full of humbug? There's nothing like it (4,5,4)

Down
2 Bloody hell! Law enforcement leaders harass the speaker (6)
3 Do row, as subdued MPs stand by (5,4)
4/19 Votes cast by Burnham's top information expert for the (not so)
rubbishy candidate? (5,7)
5 Mark Dicky's carpet (4,3)
6 "Hard in the morning" fellow lives with Edward – awkward (3-6)
7 Clearing organ out? Hang on (5)
8 Ability to read French article about sex – risqué! (8)
14 Democrat with papers at bar – lacking vision? (9)
16 Grand old man, a rich prat's fancy (9)
17 Situation requires a bit of opera or I shift (8)
19 See 4dn.
20 Church is into kinky sex, causing split (6)
22 Mutt, blowing top, is symbolic of USA (5)
23 Bedding Victor to fill a twosome? (5)


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