This crossword No. 28693 clues and answers were published on Tue 01 Mar 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28693 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Do the same as prisoner with criminal record : CONFORM
5-across – They put the squeeze on Hypnos, cast outside Troy : PYTHONS
9-across – In miniature, because an instrument : REBEC
10-across – Sporting grannie almost won National : NORWEGIAN
11-across – Basic failure to meet storytelling quota? : UNDERLYING
12-across – Very numb : DEAD
14-across – Getting people to talk in a form of Inuit is nothing, without question : INQUISITION
18-across – Class relied on reform to get aircraft squadrons in France : ESCADRILLES
21-across – Current undergarment for a woman lacks opening : EDDY
22-across – German region we backed way before failure, some might say : WESTPHALIA
25-across – Disease has politician stretched out flat in bed : COMPLAINT
26-across – Street seller’s recipe involved with rice? : CRIER
27-across – European bridge: one should start leading hearts : SPANISH
28-across – In revolt, mean and tense : UPTIGHT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Last of air removed from high cloud and carbon injected as entertainment : CIRCUS
2-down – Unimportant person describing a weak wine : NOBODY
3-down – Award Savage a very low mark for wit : OSCARWILDE
4-down – Old military leader is well : MONTY
5-down – Note name assumed by wild alpine plant : PERENNIAL
6-down – Shaker town holding back migration : TREK
7-down – Sailor’s girlfriend with yen to yield to independence — the virgin kind? : OLIVEOIL
8-down – Seaside feature: sex initiation plus nude swimming : SANDDUNE
13-down – Fail to qualify? Don’t go falling into the canal! : MISSTHECUT
15-down – Tending to shake, a bit like a flight case? : QUIVERISH
16-down – Removes barriers as protection from the enemy : DEFENCES
17-down – Set your sights on a state-backed scholarly environment : ACADEMIA
19-down – Brief from foreign leader spreading fake news : FLYING
20-down – Leave wrapping right round bird : PARROT
23-down – Armadillo’s articulated body marking : TATOU
24-down – Southern French town’s excuse, when independence lost : ALBI
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.