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-across – Cooked last of three dishes perhaps lacking third of meat? : SHEPHERDSPIES
10-across – Little-known degree held by Guardian’s head of entertainment : OBSCURE
11-across – Snappier person coming over : CROSSER
12-across – Call up first wife, having received go-ahead : EVOKE
13-across – Left in pieces after contestant finally made a mistake : TRIPPEDUP
14-across – Smarten up pages around margin : PRIMP
16-across – Thought to have left out light meal : REFECTION
18-across – NB regular treatment needed for part of arm : GUNBARREL
19-across – Delayed training in troublesome communications app : SKYPE
20-across – Transport official parking in trendy part of town : INSPECTOR
23-across – Father certainly repelled love goddess : FREYA
24-across – Suffer to keep up : SUSTAIN
25-across – Receding storm in film of the open seas : PELAGIC
26-across – Feign 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.