The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28743 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28743 clues and answers were published on Thu 28 Apr 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28743 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossCooked last of three dishes perhaps lacking third of meat? : SHEPHERDSPIES
10-acrossLittle-known degree held by Guardian’s head of entertainment : OBSCURE
11-acrossSnappier person coming over : CROSSER
12-acrossCall up first wife, having received go-ahead : EVOKE
13-acrossLeft in pieces after contestant finally made a mistake : TRIPPEDUP
14-acrossSmarten up pages around margin : PRIMP
16-acrossThought to have left out light meal : REFECTION
18-acrossNB regular treatment needed for part of arm : GUNBARREL
19-acrossDelayed training in troublesome communications app : SKYPE
20-acrossTransport official parking in trendy part of town : INSPECTOR
23-acrossFather certainly repelled love goddess : FREYA
24-acrossSuffer to keep up : SUSTAIN
25-acrossReceding storm in film of the open seas : PELAGIC
26-acrossFeign reluctance to give reason for theatre closure? : PLAYHARDTOGET

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Could it be confusing to an Irish student of old? : HISTORIAN
3-down – Feet heard to stop for a while : PAUSE
4-down – Employ pundit, regardless of pressure : EXERT
5-down – Edit clue, first of four condemned as underhand : DECEITFUL
6-down – Views from master with time to go into particulars : PROSPECTS
7-down – Moved cautiously and led on, scratching head : EASED
8-down – Oppose return to university: student on vacation : COMEUPAGAINST
9-down – Majority think again briefly when cutting caper : PREPONDERANCE
15-down – Earth’s level area included in test : PLANETARY
16-down – Imagined country united after one king, then another, beheaded queen : RURITANIA
17-down – Frantic Yale fugitive not fit, sadly, for such a place : IVYLEAGUE
21-down – Fibre’s length unchanged on rotation : SISAL
22-down – Bound work with scarlet cover : ROPED
23-down – Large leaf taken from soil often flipped over : FOLIO

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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