This crossword No. 28731 clues and answers were published on Thu 14 Apr 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28731 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Little old star, no posh god : OSIRIS
5-across – Crossing the globe, exceedingly word-wise : VERBALLY
9-across – Takes liberties quietly and then gets back to business : PRESUMES
10-across – Open up, as you might say, an old letter : UNCIAL
11-across – Snow? All right to seek shelter in church : COKE
12-across – What’s spewed out by politicians, ladies and gentlemen? : LAVATORIES
13-across – Over and done with computers etc — too old : PASTIT
14-across – Promoter travels by ship, it’s said, to island : SALESMAN
16-across – Viewer more adventurous — what’s being screened? : BEHOLDER
19-across – Old-fashioned US politician with something lyrical : DEMODE
21-across – Inflexible, as Stalin once could be : NONELASTIC
23-across – Wife badly affected, just a bit : WHIT
24-across – Conservative lot with love for something inexpensive : CHEAPO
25-across – Bits of stone troubling the lions : NEOLITHS
26-across – Dark liquid that could be cloudier : CRUDEOIL
27-across – Rock is first thing for teenagers after school : SCHIST
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Guest room rather awkward for baby carrier : SURROGATEMOTHER
3-down – To sit down outside wood is most foolish : RASHEST
4-down – What troubles me is adult being affected : SIMULATED
5-down – One corresponding offers two similar endorsements, one deficient : VISAVIS
6-down – Stir created by retreats with slight confusion at the end : ROUST
7-down – Worm is found at foot of a cliff : ASCARIS
8-down – What could become a son’s lavish feed? : LOAVESANDFISHES
15-down – Absurd English not to be found in our clues, I’d fancy : LUDICROUS
17-down – Quantity of works with no date : OPERAND
18-down – Viewer’s screen’s made of metal with authentic coating : RETINAL
20-down – Sentimental mum with desire to restrict kid, initially : MAWKISH
22-down – Past attempt to one’s heart’s desire : AGOGO
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.