£100 prize to the first correct solution opened on 11th April 2025.
Across
7 "Badenoch's main deficiency": magazine reveals result of fight? (5,3)
8 Act shocked about catching church sexual predator (6)
10 Conservative member initially falling into disregard gets percentage (10)
11 Idiot fellow in pursuit of muck (4)
12 Old band crew's lackey (3-3)
14 Turned on by the ultimately risqué state of being educated (8)
15 Sleazy way one's grabbed by bastard (6)
16 Hold your tongue in prison? (4,2)
20 Barely performing, young Jack, initially (swamped by desire)
(4,4)
23 Ever prepared before last two instalments of Yes Minister? (6)
24 Start to take piss – "cutesy!" (4)
25 Chief troublemaker puts halo on Trump? (10)
27 Lots of twits wanting tip from Elon (6)
28 Key agency head dead – refer to a higher-up (8)
1 Underwear gaffes (8)
2 Was Cameron covering up fraud? (4)
3 Likes playing with name in greeting capital (8)
4 Member, dithering Lib – ultimately Conservative, that's plain (7)
5 Mars Bush's grasp of English? (6)
6 Bold creep abandons heroin chic (6)
9 Clubs get irate about cancer risk (9)
13 Pissed over lower regions (played for maximum disturbance)
(5,4)
17 Got an erection by chance? That's inopportune (4,4)
18 I'd missed, say, Putin's awards (8)
19 Very attractive sort of headbanger? (7)
21 Mathematician went on screwing (6)
22 Sun restrained? Just a bit, so protest! (6)
26 Clot dumps wife for colleague (4)
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