This crossword No. 28705 clues and answers were published on Tue 15 Mar 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28705 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Keener criminal further up the scale : SHARPER
5-across – Flower in front of garden recalled fairy rings : KINGCUP
9-across – Suffer side-effects from touching performance : REACT
10-across – Get together and manage to admit nothing to judge : COOPERATE
11-across – Come round with boring requests for regional holidays : WAKESWEEKS
12-across – Those beginning to scheme against reigning monarch : TSAR
14-across – Broadcast Queens’ vital matches : EQUIVALENTS
18-across – Essex town providing staff for plane, maybe : MANNINGTREE
21-across – Test confidence without restraining me : ORAL
22-across – Taxonomist in mid-life gets posher housing : CLASSIFIER
25-across – Limpet and rocks firmly fixed : IMPLANTED
26-across – Return of one pound two shillings for ecstasy : BLISS
27-across – Absolute value is recurrent problem, with board game involved : MODULUS
28-across – Eg Romeo dismissing Juliet’s second film sequence : MONTAGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Clutch them when all looks lost, but avoid the short one! : STRAWS
2-down – State question, enclosing note with answer : ALASKA
3-down – Confectioner’s pastries ruined diet, essentially : PATISSERIE
4-down – Investigate cardinal in Roman Catholic church : RECCE
5-down – Batsman’s innings ended — accidentally fell : KNOCKOVER
6-down – Be obliged to work with hands when caught : NEED
7-down – Ditties of French boys after one quits series : CHANSONS
8-down – Cuts ripe bananas for dessert topping : PIECRUST
13-down – Bubblier fans running for top prize : BLUERIBBON
15-down – Bogeyman in book heading off to trap tardy deer, perhaps : UNGULATES
16-down – Euro MP worried about current mass market : EMPORIUM
17-down – Yet to participate in test without cover : UNCAPPED
19-down – Mineral found in first two of six limestone caves : SILICA
20-down – Oblique tip of elaborate stick for game : CROSSE
23-down – Clearing large borders, exposed umbelliferous plant : SEDUM
24-down – Ultimately search each large building : HALL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.