This crossword No. 28407 clues and answers were published on Wed 31 Mar 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28407 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Writing that could make me propose — a contradiction in terms? : PROSEPOEM
10-across – Thomas, poet and Nobel Prize winner : DYLAN
11-across – Is inclined to delete nothing from pieces of poetry : CANTS
12-across – Wildly romanced, clutching English or Italian love stories : DECAMERON
13-across – Nasty European immersed in ten gallons, perhaps : HATEFUL
14-across – Washed over front of crowd gathered together : BATCHED
17-across – Indulge, oddly, poetaster’s ending — his work’s limited : IDLER
19-across – Dedicated lyric to listeners that’s outstanding : ODE
20-across – Untrained old volunteers retreating in conflict : ATWAR
21-across – Reveals our country’s introducing new degrees : UNMASKS
22-across – Harsh about replacing author’s final piece : AUSTERE
24-across – Genuine article installed by company that signals danger : FIREALARM
26-across – Cut that 3, when split and reassembled : SEVER
28-across – Patriarch named in a chapter in part of OT : JACOB
29-across – Rhyming slang, say, is included by US author, male : LONDONISM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Starts off every poem in collection in style of Homer : EPIC
2-down – Boy with fishing gear, eg lines set on Westminster Bridge : SONNET
3-down – Poetic structures in novel serve in support of text : VERSEFORMS
4-down – French composition from Byron — delightful : RONDEL
5-down – Is the speaker on type of TV friendly? : AMICABLE
6-down – Source of first introduction that rhymes? : ADAM
7-down – Humorous bio priest cut and cut : CLERIHEW
8-down – Ascribed source of many rhymes before long : ANON
13-down – It’s found among 3, with fixed syllabic structure, similar to this : HAIKU
15-down – Radio station’s broadcast about reading — and writing? : TRANSISTOR
16-down – Elegy, say, cleared up : DIRGE
18-down – Fruit put on heap — one concerned next clue but one : LIMERICK
19-down – Nameless constable demolished barrier : OBSTACLE
22-down – Old man disturbed in tree : ALMOND
23-down – One upset about verse is completing stanzas : ENVOIS
24-down – Lots of islands having female dotty characters? : FIJI
25-down – Quartet’s initial scheme for 2, perhaps : ABBA
27-down – Frost’s old-fashioned poem : RIME
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.