British Member of Parliament Conservative listed nurses dismissed without interference (11)

Independent Cryptic #12198 | 18 Across | 2025-11-12
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

B (abbreviation for British) + OWL (Member of Parliament: an old crossword favourite, from the collective noun “a parliament of owls”), contained in (. . . nurses, as a verb) C (abbreviation for Conservative) + LEANED (listed = tilted to one side). In cricket, a player is “clean bowled” by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the bat or the batter.

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