This crossword No. 28872 clues and answers were published on Mon 26 Sep 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28872 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – First suggestion of downfall, perhaps — and Prior goes wild : RAINDROP
5-across – Penned order for silence : SHUTUP
9-across – When retired, ponder being puzzled : BEMUSED
10-across – Popular Star Wars character, unwelcome visitor : INVADER
11-across – Singular desire to be smart : SWISH
12-across – Billionaire to take charge of northern town : GATESHEAD
13-across – On fancy paper, shares preliminary work : PREPARATIONS
17-across – March often features this fast start : ASHWEDNESDAY
20-across – Short underclothes no good, but staying on : LINGERING
22-across – Have a feeling that may be common : SENSE
23-across – Perhaps Belgian name given to everyone in court : WALLOON
24-across – Having run of success, one’s name honourably entered here? : ONAROLL
25-across – Cover front of television : SCREEN
26-across – Add one vote? It’s no use to anybody : APPENDIX
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Sturdy vehicle covered in rubbish : ROBUST
2-down – I am writer of such verse? : IAMBIC
3-down – Set free, director is to attack : DISCHARGE
4-down – Income source opening as dole is replaced : OLDAGEPENSION
6-down – Rash places to find honey : HIVES
7-down – Very enticing cooking, fried too : TODIEFOR
8-down – The setting for Milton’s lost poem? : PARADISE
10-down – Like-minded collection of moneylenders? : INTERESTGROUP
14-down – Explain why I am still stuck on platform? I must leave : TRANSLATE
15-down – Poet’s idle ways corrected : DAYLEWIS
16-down – Clubs’ manager, a dealer in goods : CHANDLER
18-down – Not informed of such countless wealth? : UNTOLD
19-down – Automatic reaction of so-called dog biting some footballers : REFLEX
21-down – Start to crumble? Not entirely ‘zero defects’ : ERODE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.