Private Eye 533

[grizzly bear]

1a/3d Blair left ousted by mandelson primarily bit stupid to be trapped by brown? Inane responses here 4,7 -U--/--I-A--
13aone to forcibly put down a *** 7 letters -L---E-

Thanks in advance

[Mamyalynne]

1 Dumb Britain

[Mamyalynne]

Blair left ousted - Bair
Mandelson primarily - M
Bit stupid (anagram) - Bit
Brown - Dun

[Neveracrossword]

13. Planker (with the 'a' swapped for another vowel - I'm never sure of the filters!)

[sawyerhja]

13a Planker? I would prefer plonker, plonk = forcibly put down and plonker = (originally) someone who liked cheap wine (plonk)

[Neveracrossword]

I didn't say the answer was Planker! I didn't write Plonker in case the filter/censor rejected it.

[sawyerhja]

Ah, fair enough.