Private Eye Eye Crossword 791 Sunday November 10Th 2024

[maggieriorda]

1 down Left wing group has little time to take on males heading corporation (8) M - - - - - - -

10ac Roman ice houses – hysterical! (5) - - n - c
11 Labour leader eagerly starts wearing shift for a dare (9) E - A - - - n - e

12ac 12 Those who oppose any moves against speakers (9) - - y - a - e - s

14ac Pun about helper working as a volunteer? (6)

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16 Penis somehow working, for which granddad is grateful? (7) - e - s - o -

21ac Biden finally steps into local mess: "Always ready to do duty" (2,4) - n  - a - l  (on call?)

 

[brainiac]

Momentum; Manic; Challenge; Naysayers; Unpaid; Pension; On call

[maggieriorda]

Thank you Brainiac.  I've obviously got some wrong, 

3 down Supposedly like Starmer's party, it's pathetic! (9). S-c-a- i -T (socialist?)

 

4. Down Chancellor's first real cock-up: restricting child reduction (6) R - C - E -

6 down Rock 'n roll pioneer Bush? (5) H - L - Y

 

[ubasses]

6 Holly

[Neveracrossword]

4 Rachel Reeves, chancellor.

[Neveracrossword]

3 Yes, Socialist - a social is a party and the rest is an anagram (pathetic) of 'its'.

[maggieriorda]

Thank you Ubasses, Brainiac and Neveracrossword - all done now.  Couldn't have done it without you. X

[Neveracrossword]

Maggieriorda, glad we could help.

PS Some of those answers had been given earlier, from Wednesday - Private Eye always gets lots of posts on AB!