This crossword No. 28916 clues and answers were published on Wed 16 Nov 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28916 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Duck upset about erect garden plant : LUPIN
10-across – Managing, or playing with, Clinton : INCONTROL
11-across – Hidden eastern prisoner tried to break outside : RECONDITE
12-across – Heroin in the morning? Well over the top : HAMMY
13-across – About sexual partner with depression: the result of earthmoving occurrences : CLAYPIT
15-across – Game: if lost, it would make you mad? : MARBLES
17-across – Follow writer, but not Penny Townsend, say : ENSUE
18-across – It’s often potted and propagated with top removed : RED
20-across – Pole accepts the church over style and ornamentation : DECOR
22-across – Nutty quality refined and introduced to stew : MADNESS
25-across – Perhaps the young Mozart’s expert crack at symphony’s finale : PRODIGY
26-across – At first, convict turned grey in the pen : CAGED
27-across – Monsieur Simenon excited about college for the art of memory assistance : MNEMONICS
30-across – Britain enters whopper motor event quite freely : LIBERALLY
31-across – Disagree about line taken by Wood : CLASH
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Obscure book recommendation — book withdrawn : BLUR
2-down – Constables cooked plaice aboard ship? : SPECIALS
3-down – What to expect from, say, an uncooperative Frenchman soon? : ANON
4-down – Bury’s opposite side: tin production, right? : DISINTER
5-down – Funny person quit protecting aide’s back : SCREAM
6-down – Possibly another one in party, broadcasting : ONTHERADIO
7-down – First border described by China : PRIMAL
8-down – Parking was to be found for Candida, perhaps : PLAY
13-down – Best college sheets : CREAM
14-down – They would be crowned before getting on boats : PRETENDERS
16-down – Right time to turn back during eg ramble : STRAY
19-down – Organic compound put into water gets egg producer extremely youthful : DIPHENYL
21-down – Unemotional Clinton not turned away by one state : CLINICAL
23-down – In Florida? Go bag a Sri Lankan shrine : DAGOBA
24-down – Just start to simmer and make insinuations : SIMPLY
26-down – Indifferent military officer on date : COLD
28-down – Feel leaderless? That’s painful! : OUCH
29-down – Old hunting cry that’s heard in part of central London : SOHO
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.