This crossword No. 28499 clues and answers were published on Fri 16 Jul 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28499 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – File case of overemotional guff : FOLDEROL
9-across – Pigment good in water : SEPIA
10-across – See 24 : RACE
11-across – New variation, including a hundred old pieces : VICTORIANA
12-across – Fat queen in store … : LARDER
14-across – … very different partner in philosophy? : THINKING
15-across – Metal once found in bottom of fruit? : PLUMBUM
17-across – See 25 : INSIGHT
20-across – Laxative one girl fed to another : MAGNESIA
22-across – One banked on needing loco — did one? : ENGINE
23-across – Serving as correction, speed of light accelerating : CHASTENING
24-across – Kick people out, event usually for children : SACK
25-across – Conclusion can’t be reached — sigh! : NOEND
26-across – Piano piece, both grand and upright, thrashed out : THESHARD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Only items of quality, every one for my pleasure : NOTATALL
2-down – Covered by maid, ledge gathering dust : IDLE
3-down – See 22 across : DRIVER
4-down – Humour, vacuous amusement in setting : PLACATE
5-down – Baltic Sea? No, it turns north : ESTONIAN
6-down – A little sign left in vault : SPRINKLING
7-down – Preacher’s ecclesiastic weapon : CANNON
13-down – Finished nursing little girl, cut : DIMINISHED
16-down – Dizzy playing tunes on jazzy day : UNSTEADY
18-down – Running water options on craft, type of carrier : HANDCART
19-down – Teacher in a flap upended coffee-maker : BARISTA
21-down – How formula for poison is written in capital city : ATHENS
22-down – Little predatory bird, swallow biting leg off : EAGLET
24-down – Reportedly plant weed somewhere in London : SOHO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.