This crossword No. 28227 clues and answers were published on Tue 01 Sep 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28227 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Acknowledgement came out: yours truly wrong? : MEACULPA
9-across – Giantess, great runner : AMAZON
10-across – See 6 : LIFE
11-across – Flies in flight, perhaps, circling druggie in Australia : TROUSERZIP
12-across – Savoury pudding crony fails to finish? : HAGGIS
14-across – In acerbic manner, money invested in presidential coinage? : BITINGLY
15-across – Squat plastered in refuse — how stupid? : DENSITY
17-across – Rodents cooler in student accommodation? : DORMICE
20-across – Ground is wet in a country in Africa : ESWATINI
22-across – See 24 : POCKET
23-across – Times analogy failing to comprehend point, to say the least : BYALONGWAY
24-across – Artful Dodger, say, best Dickens character : PICK
25-across – Release attention-seeker in relative, shortly : UNCOIL
26-across – Ultimately, wad super fat : DRIPPING
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Background: what a lady may not wish to reveal about it : HERITAGE
2-down – Some land already claimed, Russians excited, first of all : ACRE
3-down – Release of this undesirable unlikely, initially confined to accommodation in block? : FLATUS
4-down – Voice disagreement after brief collapse : FALSETTO
5-down – Cypriot man : PATRONYMIC
6-down – Flipping English cram onto perfect Greek island, visiting nightclubs etc : SOCIAL
8-down – Having smuggled in drugs, a Mafia leader on Alcatraz moving cell : AMOEBA
13-down – Plastic bags Belgian hasn’t opened, carrier of basket : GASBALLOON
16-down – Percussion instrument, altering when beaten : TRIANGLE
18-down – Three quarters of team recognise shape : CRESCENT
19-down – In short film, female animal seen : VIEWED
21-down – Saw not going to lose teeth, originally : SAYING
22-down – Therapist calling for sparkling water? : PHYSIO
24-down – Channel going in deep I pulled towards the surface? : PIPE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.