This crossword No. 28246 clues and answers were published on Wed 23 Sep 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28246 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Lie initially told every second by party supporter : TALLSTORY
10-across – Lie told for whom in France? : PORKY
11-across – Witch hunt based on lie under oath: say that’s not right : PURGE
12-across – How to counter lies online in a climate when facts are deemed unimportant : POSTTRUTH
13-across – Where you might fabricate truth, or the end of reality : FACTORY
14-across – Corrupt imprisoned politician expelled, losing nothing, is one in the know : INSIDER
17-across – Positioned with prejudice … Boatman is excluded : BASED
19-across – Gathering for church service with uncrowned head of state : MAS
20-across – Replace sound of funky drumbeat with a master track’s first cut : REDUB
21-across – Stars from the French movie finally to confront awful lies : ETOILES
22-across – Attitudes fixed in time, oddly in dissent : MINDSET
24-across – Boatman, shouldering hod etc, I rebuilt shared house : COHABITED
26-across – Leader of Parliament adopts untruths and fancy footwork : PLIES
28-across – Bullish attitude to truth: you are allegedly excluded : CANDO
29-across – Club act has change of heart: he’s involved in scam : TRUNCHEON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Blow a high note: put in valve : STOP
2-down – Cycle rickshaw carrying dean, say : CLERIC
3-down – As one seen circling a star is condemned as idolater : ASTEROIDAL
4-down – Firm without any deceit to speak of generates yield : COMPLY
5-down – Old clothing for young goyim, regularly seen on the cricket field : GYMSLIPS
6-down – Pants on fire, missing point of argument : SPAT
7-down – Underdog, abused but connected to reality : GROUNDED
8-down – Something read in Deuteronomy? This is not true : MYTH
13-down – Lie about moral strength : FIBRE
15-down – Quail flock found in tight plastic binding : SHRINKPACK
16-down – Give the lie to root in U-turn : REBUT
18-down – Freeing from fear of old truth in government : SOOTHING
19-down – Falsify view of security service on country : MISSTATE
22-down – Fabricated clue for a cheese : MADEUP
23-down – Despicable types of false witness wasting time : SWINES
24-down – See 1 : COCK
25-down – Either way, it’s a mistake : BOOB
27-down – See 19 across : SING
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.