£150 prize to the first correct solution opened on 16th January 2026.
Across
1 Who'd love to make you smart? (6)
4 Act a bit odd on having a roll? (8)
10 "Cover for dogs" ludicrously portrayed in Comic Sans (9)
11 See 12ac.
12/11 Waving US flag with horror (5,5)
13 Some finger pointing – tad ironic maybe (9)
14 Poor luvvie needs rest badly, pet (7)
16 Front page right to reveal minister? (6)
19 Party about to get on course? A bit unusual (6)
21 More than enough froth before initially empty sex (7)
23 Apparently not yourself, pissed, noticing nothing (9)
25 Some really crap sporty wear (5)
27 Soldier after amusing, cheesy additions (5)
28 Rather cheesy, this MP getting cuddled by whip (9)
29 Representative of broadcast food shop scandal? (8)
30 Rather short-sighted, unusually coy PM guards independence (6)
1 Politician in hasty arrangement has 'end of party' feeling (8)
2 Confronted over drink that's less stimulating (5)
3 Castrati put out about Latin bloke who scored (9)
5 One with special knowledge of cool drink, it's said (7)
6 PC language, so coarse cabbies be gone! (5)
7 Pissed guy? Walk with care on this (9)
8 Bloody channel's 'creative' appropriation of old monarch! (6)
9 Foreign minister's a scurrilous comic that is on right (6)
15 You might claim booze is from Iceland – I'm dubious (9)
17 Wow! Green-embracing Jeremy? Not quite (3,6)
18 It's between Starmer and Trump mainly (8)
20 Pageboy's somewhat coquettish air? Cute (7)
21 Trump payee is raging (6)
22 MI Five's head taken in, then put out (6)
24/26 Moving bloke with electronic implant doesn't cost much (5,5)
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