wACROSS&DOWNzHè}‰;DOì1.2cî}–'@ CHELSEA.POTOMACO.D.A.S.A.U.E.OCHIEFWHIP.MORONA.T.E.D.Y.E.R.QIRON.GODRESTYOUN.R.J.W.U.C...EEDITION.SHERGAR..A.N.....N.E..COLOGNE.RECANTSR...O.Y.E.E.T.YABSTINENCE.SLURC.A.S.B.Y.N.E.IKAPUT.ANCHORMANE.I.I.L.L.W.E.GRADICAL.ENTENTE-------.--------.-.-.-.-.-.-.----------.------.-.-.-.-.-.-.-----.-----------.-.-.-.-.-...--------.-------..-.-.....-.-..-------.--------...-.-.-.-.-.-----------.-----.-.-.-.-.-.-.------.----------.-.-.-.-.-.-.--------.-------Eye 172 Xmas 2000CyclopsA side issue of Clinton (7)Conservative leader has nothing on Michael as a desensitiser (7)It takes real idiot to make a leader! (9)& 17 An innocuous Christmas item – criminal (4,7)Like heroin-depressed political diarist (7)Mouthy Washington 'flower' is too camp to get screwed (7)Pulp fiction – your empty American writer’s material (7)Congress might follow this state and cut scene out about 'ME' (10)No ClueDefeat party politician with unfinished question (7)Top dog/cat who puts pressure on colleagues (5,4)Idiot responsible for two resigning Labour ministers (5)Before Lady Thatcher (4)Lord King set about getting one pissed on mild (‘Soldiers’), as you might expect from the wait? (3,4,3,5,9)Jack elected with gusto - one southern jerk inclined to foreigner-bashing (10)Issue of age surrounding Diana and sex reversion (7)Celebrated hack imposing silence on Brenda with tabloid backing (7)No ClueCrapper’s first loo exploited good North East toilet water (7)(see 3) (7)Take a challenging look at magazine nut (7)Isn’t able to get into reservation, so withdraws (7)Salvage Brenda, overturned by revolution (7)One way to introduce drug ring, yes, is to shilly-shally (7)Not having sex muscles can (consequently lacks aspiration) (10)Jerk off DI – it's quite palatable (5)Sound pissed when pop group gets new leader (4)Currently, Tory leader makes sod all (4)Broken king needs a lay (5)Monarch besotted with a new news presenter (9)Liar, cad – surprisingly not conservative! (7)Government enterprise swallows up political understanding (7)