This crossword No. 28640 clues and answers were published on Wed 29 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28640 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – To survive on regular contributions, it’s problematic : SUBSIST
8-across – Flies in the face of danger, one party’s leader: that’s final, period : DIPTERA
9-across – Sound of insect or fly : FLEE
10-across – Harvest disease leads to making one unconscious : LAYINGOUT
12-across – The corrupt accept this: to live, cut by ridicule : BRIBE
13-across – Everything under the sun I ever recollected : UNIVERSE
15-across – Mark a clue that does this for golf : BACK
16-across – See 15 : SLASH
17-across – Greens on cycling: ‘That hurts!’ : CHOU
18-across – Boatman involved in terrible ordeal, but winning : ADORABLE
20-across – German poet translating King Lear, removing an entry for Goneril : RILKE
21-across – Some say terrible judge gives mark for changing letters : DIACRITIC
22-across – American poet’s name with no apostrophe S, hyphenated originally : NASH
24-across – You might sling one inverted comma in covers of hardback : HAMMOCK
25-across – Very corrupt senior type : VERSION
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Chubby seal. : FULL
2-down – Star in hurry loses hour by chance : ASTERISK
3-down – Heroine, tragic victim of hubris? Old enough to see through this : ISOLDE
4-down – Might this describe Boatman: finished with work? : FIENDISH
5-down – It might be oblique note to follow Mark, perhaps: ringing endorsement : STROKE
6-down – Substitute neither first nor last at first : ERST
11-down – There’s no end to early morning link-up — whatever you want! : YOUNAMEIT
12-down – Catch drivers’ panel ignoring punctuation : BOARD
14-down – Mark is cross, twice : SCORE
16-down – Find difference at the bottom of writing : SUBTRACT
17-down – Mark is England’s first to settle : COLONISE
19-down – States ‘authentic’ writing : REALMS
20-down – Row of crop marks : RACKET
21-down – Impervious to argument about half of deaths, full stop! : DEAF
23-down – See 1 : STOP
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.