This crossword No. 28133 clues and answers were published on Thu 14 May 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28133 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A threesome firmly quashed — loser, big time! : SLIMMER
5-across – Particular recollection of cool drinks coming round : SPECIAL
9-across – Woman around hotel bar’s one : RHODA
10-across – It’s very small at first, doctor : ANATOMIST
11-across – Traveller in the main story sounding keen to tour India : PILOTWHALE
12-across – Thousands spent by top clubs? : SUIT
14-across – Mean to temper disc of steel : CLOSEFISTED
18-across – Fashion worth wearing in the event : HAMMERTHROW
21-across – Rector’s away on retreat : ROUT
22-across – Some games of short tennis arranged and unlikely to be changed : SETINSTONE
25-across – Did suffer going round in that new red number : UNDERWENT
26-across – Swore what Emirates official did’s not right : EFFED
27-across – Secretly maintain hotel’s leafy area : HARBOUR
28-across – Old writer involved in problem over collected works : OMNIBUS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Fix fight closer to time : SCRAPE
2-down – One’s smart about working — I wish it were true : IFONLY
3-down – Cattle Mike flogged for financial security : MEALTICKET
4-down – Get to be moralistic when out of power : REACH
5-down – Local issue that’s not serious : SMALLBEER
6-down – Point out emperor’s a god : EROS
7-down – Vice beginning to increase in New York — I’m going! : INIQUITY
8-down – Occasionally subdued after making love below lecturer’s room : LATITUDE
13-down – Vague about taking sweetheart back, with wife in such a state : MIDWESTERN
15-down – See 1 across : OFTHEYEAR
16-down – Love to impale non-stop, being conscientious : THOROUGH
17-down – Sure old rogue’s carrying money to look sexy! : SMOULDER
19-down – Discussion about female in Hackney : CONFAB
20-down – For one promoted, Horace’s work rocks : GEODES
23-down – Start, not finish, at site of siege : INTRO
24-down – Beer’s always off — port or spirit? : BRIO
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.