Clues
Across
- 1 Fool Biden shortly to meet half-hearted Starmer (5)
- 4 Spanish girlfriend makes me question my sexuality, almost? (5)
- 7 Praise former partner, getting great deal in return (5)
- 8 Medusa’s symbolically stuffed with attitude (5)
Down
- 1 Monkeys support Jack’s monkey business (5)
- 2 Some Scots may have them hanging around? (5)
- 3 Political gathering’s drug-free - I doubt it! (5)
- 5 Bring together in minutes with empty inbox (3)
- 6 Continue, having stopped abruptly in sticky stuff (3)
Setter’s notes
Thank you for grappling with my monkey business once again.
Across
- 1 “Biden”, shortly = JOE, without its end (JO) + “Starmer” = KEIR, half-hearted (KER) — JOKER, “fool”.
- 4 Almost “am I gay?” — AMIGA, a Spanish girlfriend.
- 7 “Former partner” = EX + “great deal” = LOT, reversed (“in return”) — EXTOL.
- 8 Hidden (“stuffed”) in “meduSA’S SYmbolically” — SASSY.
Down
- 1 “Monkeys” = APES, supporting “Jack” = J — JAPES.
- 2 Cryptic definition: KILTS.
- 3 “I doubt it!” = REALLY?, made free of “drug” = E — RALLY.
- 5 “Minutes” = M + an empty “InboX” = IX — MIX.
- 6 “Continue” = GO ON, stopped abruptly — GOO.