£100 prize to the first correct solution opened on 9th August 2024.
Across
1 Copper gets stuck into pissed messenger (7)
5 Prick, at first somewhat rough, becomes demure (7)
9 See 13ac.
10 Public-spirited, one gets into kinky catsuit with left and right openings (10)
12 Keep what Rishi never had over his party? (10)
13/9ac. Lords member, jailbird taking piss (4,4)
14 Eye feature – wow, almost, almost upon us! (6)
16 After large double, a bloke gets end away – beast! (5)
19 Faint insult about "Vacuous Davey!" (5)
21 Conservative leader sheer crap, as seen on TV (6)
23 Trump Jr. put Republican in club? (4)
24 Adder, minute, say – a disappointing British seasonal event (10)
26 Cyclops's game? Edginess (10)
27 Sunak's top tip is to be cushioned by fortune having done this electorally (4)
28 Arrestee pleaded "nursing big erection" (7)
29 Many G&Ts spilled into tumbler (7)
2/18dn. Choice oaths ... little chance they'll materialise? (8,8)
3 Automatic pass? That's sort of pants (5)
4 Detached soldiers keep going after arse (9)
6 Bullet scraped Rees-Mogg's backside off (5)
7 Complaint about senior party lackeys starts to generate anger (9)
8 Erection doubtful after second time (6)
11 Social media mischief-maker: "Reform leader should be in charge" (5)
15 Get it on madly with heartless Alice then pull off (9)
17 Liz Cheney to Trump: "Hence army needs mobilising" (4-5)
18 See 2dn.
20 The very old blokes' country (5)
22 Speedy Penny has old colleague grabbed by balls (6)
24 Sex cut short – contraceptive leak (5)
25 Trump at first, almost without help, gets the crooked finger (5)
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