The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28726 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28726 clues and answers were published on Fri 08 Apr 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28726 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossSee 20 : WRAPPED
5-acrossCold cuts well inside cheese roll : BRIOCHE
10-acrossSweet tone? : ETON
11-acrossSee 20 : INAMYSTERY
12-acrossVerbally, one suddenly attacking country : RUSSIA
13-acrossQuestion about trimmer border : HEDGEROW
14-acrossWorshipping establishment, peculiar old leader : CHURCHILL
16-acrossGarment: top on which written soldiers’ 4? : CAPRI
17-acrossKeep cooking liquid : STOCK
19-acrossParadise Lost originally penned by chap in fear : DREAMLAND
23-acrossSee 20 : ANENIGMA
24-acrossSee 20 : INSIDE
26-acrossDetermined, Blair acted recklessly : CALIBRATED
27-acrossSee 10 : MESS
28-acrossRequest wood, including bark of sycamore? : BESEECH
29-acrossBack on form in poetry : REVERSE

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Correct, labyrinthine route north of Switzerland : RETOUCH
3-down – See 16 : PANTS
4-down – Commemoration: what about inscribing it in gibberish? : EPITAPH
6-down – Bad hair day, having abandoned a city in the Middle East : RIYADH
7-down – This minute chicken’s split at the back? : ONTHENAIL
8-down – Hold garment up, one of 24 dresses : HARBOUR
9-down – Male gathering old maestro and commoner up, creative : BACHELORPARTY
15-down – Puzzling trick covered by journalist in solemn observance : RECONDITE
18-down – Secured by spike, deadly scrap metal objects : TINWARE
20-down – 14’s 12, a puzapuzapuzzlezlezle? : ARIDDLE
21-down – Endless beauty in cojones — for those showing them? : NUDISTS
22-down – Fungus in a bulb, light initially extinguished : AGARIC
25-down – Misery at the front in an unspecified battle : SOMME

This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.

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