| Across | |
|---|---|
| 6 | EURO-MP [th]E U (socially superior) ROMP (junket) |
| 9 | HEADWIND HEAD (sexual practice), WIND (bollocks) |
| 10 | UNSHAKEN (SUN)* Anagrind: misplaced, HA (exclamation), KEN (one coming before Boris) |
| 11 | LUNACY (AN)* Anagrind: accident inside LUCY |
| 12 | RUNNING MATE Managing , get a shag. Full clue: Managing to get a shag – not Clinton in 2008! (7,4) Not Clinton indeed, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has the US Dem Vice ticket – only announced a couple of weeks ago. |
| 15 | SOD OFF Def: Leave. Charade: SOD (Earth), OFF (creating a stink) |
| 16 | VACUUM VA (Virginia) (MUCU[s])* Anagrind: shifting |
| 19 | BROWN-NOSING CD |
| 22 | STILTS Last solved here. Full clue: Poles (a pair) sticking tip in two Poles (6) Def: Poles (a pair). TILT (sticking tip – in the “tilting at windmills” sense) inside SS (two Poles) Or the “two Poles” and “Poles (a pair)” could be swapped … |
| 24 | SCANTIES SCAN (examine) TIES (couples) |
| 25 | UNLAWFUL [s]UN L[abour] AWFUL |
| 26 | OUTCRY OUT (Openly gay), CRY (keen) |
| Down | |
| 1 | LOTHARIO (H AIR)* Anagrind: forced, inside (TOOL)* Anagrind: doctored |
| 2 | SHINDIG SHIN (scramble) DIG (jibe) |
| 4 | RWANDA [ministe]R WAND A (exam marking? – if you’re lucky) |
| 5 | KNOCKED UP DD: Roused from slumber, in the club. Does it really need “in the old-fashioned way”? |
| 7 | ULNA L[arge] inside UNA. Typical Eye crossy def: Hard part of member. Thus it gets my favouruite clue gong |
| 8 | POKING FUN POKING (screwing) FUN (Joy) I put MAKING fun first which held me up with 6A |
| 13 | GIVE IT A GO GIVE (Grant) IT (sex) A GO[at] |
| 14 | TOMBSTONE (MOB)* Anagrind: ugly, and ST[reet] inside TONE (Matey Blair) |
| 17 | COGITATE (ACT TO GET I -T)* Anagrind: pissed |
| 18 | FOSSIL Hidden: uFO’S SILly |
| 20 | OILCAN OIL painting, CAN prison |
| 21 | PEER PEE-R Poss, [poo]R |
| 23/3 | SOFTBALL SO (Well over), FT (12 in.), BALL (testicle) |