This crossword No. 28843 clues and answers were published on Tue 23 Aug 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28843 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – I usurp, so false as a Pretender : SPURIOUS
9-across – Sailor’s chant you cut short — very funny : YOHOHO
10-across – Turn aside and plunge to the right : DIVERT
11-across – Straighten out the seaweed? : UNTANGLE
12-across – Gone in the end, slug with eyes on stalks : AGOG
13-across – Not very masculine offshoot, strangely rhymes with ‘boot’ : MOTHERSBOY
15-across – A quiet Greek and you turning very pale : ASHGREY
16-across – Sticker back on a container : GELATIN
18-across – His ’n’ hers formal wear? No, just his : DRESSSHIRT
19-across – Fine fabric that looks best green : LAWN
20-across – One helping the cast dance and become exhausted, losing some energy : PROMPTER
22-across – Engineers wooden fret : REPINE
23-across – Rise and call out an email command : ASCEND
24-across – Republican in training not yet a lawyer : ATTORNEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Astonish someone who has forgotten it is now April? : SPRINGASURPRISE
2-down – Novel in eg German urges me to translate : GREENGAGESUMMER
3-down – Such an MND performance would be fundamentally defective : BOTTOMLESS
4-down – PM remains, about to resign : ASQUITH
5-down – Endlessly played up in small island : EYOT
6-down – Items Spanish composer has to leave — the centre cannot hold: why not? : THINGSFALLAPART
7-down – What’s that Henry and Eleanor film? Write hint online to get sorted : THELIONINWINTER
14-down – At first, organising lunch etcetera is problematic: there’s a roll for us : ELECTORATE
17-down – Di not Jo’s written in diary every day : DIURNAL
21-down – Holding front of dress beside bustle : TODO
This crossword has in total 24 where 14 are across and 10 are down.