Across
3. Devoted to his wife but went to bed with a prostitute.
4. Shagged his wife but was embarrassed about it. Perhaps you would be too.
5. Spin Doctor advised him that a super-injunction was the latest craze.
6. Shagged his wife’s sister’s former best friend whilst still married to her.
8. Shared his boudoir with a former foreign Secretary.
9. Had his mobile phone account hacked. Nothing of interest found.

Down
1. Once married to Paul McCartney – I hates to be left out.
2. Had an affair with a former Miss Wales. Plaid Cymru supporter.
3. Opened super-injuncted anonymous Twitter account to reveal all – except himself. Confused.
4. Didn’t shag anyone and would rather you didn’t know. Onanistic revisionist.
5. Tried to shag his former employee and was rebuffed.
6. Stayed home alone on Friday night to finish his work but didn’t want to be left out.
7. Had an affair with Zsa Zsa Gabor. Didn’t have a leg to stand on. A stand up comic.

All words appear in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Answers at the foot of Page Fifty-Two.

Entries only accepted from mainland UK and Northern Ireland.

 

1
Anoraknophobia
May 9, 2011 at 11:48

I hate to big up the Daily Mail, but the end of their article on a certain Downton Abbey actor was utterly wonderful….

“Last night Hugh guest-starred in Doctor Who, playing a pirate captain whose ship is in peril from a beautiful siren – an event that made the gossip columns. ‘Where can they have drawn inspiration for such a role?’ asked one writer.

But then Hugh’s devotion to wife Lulu is so strong it is understood he is known to fellow thespians as the Ryan Giggs of the showbusiness world, after the famously family-orientated footballer.”

2
Snowolf
May 9, 2011 at 12:35

I heard that Sir ******* ******** has obtained an injunction to prevent news that former military big wig ******* ****** had an affair with **** ********, (who of course was born *** ****), Sir ******* ********’s wife, from leaking out.

Apparently, they met in Naples.

You didn’t hear it from me, right?

3
SadButMadLad
May 10, 2011 at 11:45

You nearly got the answers to the crossword right.

Another clue: what is the official word you would use in place of *******?

4
Livewire
May 9, 2011 at 13:05

He fired up the brain and wrote names
But was spoiled for a choice who to blame
Now it’s “Hi Carter-Ruck”
And financial unluck
For some with just wifey they came

5
Engineer
May 9, 2011 at 14:40

I wonder what would have happened if the slebs concerned had issued