17 March 2022

Crossword by Boffles

No.316

Across

    1  Sharp tongued like upper class American (7)

    5  Author whose character might have said ‘TGIF’? (5)

    8  A hose no use in this struggle (9)

    9  Odd wadi visited by Lawrence (3)

  10  Detection system you may not be on (5)

  12  Boys although one perishes (7)

  13  Connection formed by games (7,6)

  15  Does the Great British one take the biscuit? (4,3)

  17  Sexist exhortation to get a grip (3,2)

  19  Letter left when Des leaves island (3)

  20  Where people fish around for policy  ideas (5,4)

  22  Breaks heads (5)

  23  Disraeli said the hansom cab was London’s (7)

Down

    1  Thin ice accompaniment (5)

    2  Even the un-dubbed can be so addressed (3)

    3  Hellish blaze (7)

    4  Scottish affair? (8,5)

    5  Went out with in the past? (5)

    6  Ming HQ was in this city (9)

    7  Altogether has weight at heart (2,5)

  11  They pop up in polls without a view (4-5)

  13  Bitter accompaniment? (3,4)

  14  Individual dish (7)

  16  What we swear by (5)

  18  Genuine sounds like something to do with lips (5)

  21  A turn before now (3)