This crossword No. 28644 clues and answers were published on Mon 03 Jan 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28644 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Persistent animal gets exercise daily, using leads : DOGGED
5-across – A whale of a book : MOBYDICK
9-across – Lets out, or lets out again : RELEASES
10-across – Fancy a nut? Go for this sweet : NOUGAT
11-across – Little Bo-Peep is cursory, for one? : NURSERYRHYME
13-across – Piece of luggage, one for Sherlock? : CASE
14-across – In the middle, putting very cheap item of jewellery : CENTRING
17-across – Move quickly to secure prison : DARTMOOR
18-across – Matter hard to press forward : PUSH
20-across – Admitted a record holds information : ACKNOWLEDGED
23-across – Two strips of beach : BIKINI
24-across – Stars sit around, no lovers of red revolution : TSARISTS
25-across – Ruin some poor Frenchman : MONSIEUR
26-across – Cut like a baby? : TEETHE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Old writer is generally accessible : OPEN
3-down – Be gentler when developing this? : GREENBELT
4-down – Want to get rid of Dad? : DESIRE
5-down – Craftsman sadly cremates partner : MASTERCARPENTER
6-down – Discussing informally how to insist on remaining alive : BANDYING
7-down – Money to make; not nice : DOUGH
8-down – Unpleasantly damp feeling of tunnels with shellfish about : CLAMMINESS
12-down – Liqueur seen to spoil a small cloth : MARASCHINO
15-down – Such relentless questioning of machine gun’s capability : RAPIDFIRE
16-down – Nobody accepts a little piece in any colour : NONWHITE
19-down – Horrified as a good speed is cut : AGHAST
21-down – Little spikes: personally, I have 20 : NAILS
22-down – Snag: first horse is missing and must be scratched : ITCH
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.