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No. 793 by Cyclops, Issue 1638
£100 prize to the first correct solution opened on 13th December 2024. private eye crossword


Across
1 Sleep with CIA operative, being particular (8)
5 A feature of Dolly's entertainment venue (3,3)
10 Aristocrat needs to stop working! (5)
11 Trump's unlikely to be seen as this guy from the US? (9)
12 Sex partner getting depressed? Give up! (3,4)
13 Hire husband to probe ex-president (7)
14 Tom's having an erection, OK? (6,2)
16 Theme from 'Return of Historic, I POTUS' (5)
19 Bonking not started before half of pelvis put out (5)
21 Biden-Trump's more helpful than Trump-Biden's (in faith and overtly)
? (8)
24 Eyes as they should be: audibly expressed relief "about time!" (7)
26 Too camp perhaps to be a natural feature of Washington (7)
27 Check lice crawling on son's balls (9)
28 Pie filling to produce rather strained movement? (5)
29 Idler who makes a cheeky gesture (6)
30 Doctor, new in UK – a short way to be an alcoholic? (8)

Down
1 Prevent a stiff one from breaking down (6)
2 Political enforcer needs to celebrate with joint (5,4)
3 Do the same as jailbird with "previous" (7)
4 Minister without Portfolio's chief offence (5)
6 Trendy business of copulation without head is not quite right (7)
7 Allure of casual theft, ultimately (5)
8 Secure member's irritation (3,5)
9 Utensil, brass, associated with sleep over (8)
15 Plan D to get into cryptic clues, eh? (8)
17 Dicky, main one up for a complaint (9)
18 Novel position on Mirror's lead press story (4,4)
20 Bog awful art in bar (7)
22 Old empire's crappy motto gets to one (7)
23 Long boring account about Republican covered in semen (6)
25 Delight in slating US today? (5)
26 Post Office's, er, a vexed question (5)


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