05 May 2016

Crossword by Boffles

Current Conflicts

Across

    7  Between the regime here and the one in Tehran (6)

    8  Over ISIL’s push to establish a caliphate in this region (6)

    9  The one between President Rousseff and her opponents is a major one for the Olympics (4)

  10  Between Islamic extremists and those they consider to be such (8)

  11  Between them and Man United over Gonzalo Higuain and generally with the rest of the Premier League (7)

  13  When the last one sounds, will he or Hillary be left standing? (5)

  15  Between Sky, Amazon, Netflix etc over how best to do this (5)

  16  Between them and Malaysia, the Philippines and other countries over the Spratlys (7)

  18  Between these MPs and the Corbynistas (8)

  19  In short, between the junior ones and the Government (4)

  21  Over the relocation of MPs during the restoration of the ……. of Parliaments (6)

  22  Between it and  its members over immigration (6)

 

Down

    1  Over whether Hitler really was keen on this (as Ken says) (4)

    2  Between this toff MP and an ex-MP for the top job in London (3,9)

    3  Between them and the Sunnis in Iraq, Syria and practically everywhere (7)

    4  Between those who believe that Brexit is tantamount to jumping off one and those who do not (5)

    5  Between him and the tax man (6)

    6  What the one over the 35 hour week does to public opinion in France (8)

  12  Between him and Rosberg on the track (8)

  14  Between the big ones of  Stock Market company board rooms and their shareholders over their remuneration (7)

  17  Between those who consider all politicians to be this and those who do not (5)

  19  Between law enforcement agencies and this web (4)

  20  Between the South Yorkshire ones and the Hillsborough families (to use slang)