£150 prize to the first correct solution opened on 5th June 2026.
Across
8 Malice spreads anytime leader is kicked out (6)
9 Bush gets Trump backers to import northern crude oil (8)
11 Maybe Polanski goes on strike to secure undeveloped land (5,4)
12/13ac. Vow a hacker made about what Trump's actions do (5,5)
15 Pence joins Democrats in America – oddly a potential life-saver (9)
17 "Old boiler": can that be PC? (6)
18 Pictures of Chirac in email content (6)
21 Cryptic clue's too hard – fail to keep up (4,5)
23 Beats members' wear (5)
24 Party leader finally beaten by international set (5)
26 Wind up getting temperature one time, on wearing fur (9)
28 State agent is into working? My arse! (8)
29 Over-indulged Post Office is covered in mud (6)
1 Long and hard, gently stimulated all round (7)
2 Unmoved, just like Trump crushing Republicans? (10)
3 Balls dropped? Just the opposite, causing shock (4)
4 Ridicule ten getting pissed in pub (6)
5 Cares halved at first? Doubtful (2,3,5)
6 Tip: Labour leader needed inside prompt (4)
7 Crew with US enforcement, very dangerous in the main (4,3)
10 See 25dn.
14 Restrict sex with celebrated tycoon? (10)
16 "Un-Republican" march – Commander-in-Chief covers arse (10)
18 Military unit in Pacific – oh, or Tehran (6)
19 Smear last of oil inside tool (7)
20 A number of thumbs up Trump's behind – tens perhaps? (7)
22 Holding power, what Thatcher wouldn't do for a boost (6)
25/10dn. You'll be dead unlucky when he comes at you with his long tool (4,6)
27 Trouble-makers backing politician's intrusion into lives (4)
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