The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28952 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28952 clues and answers were published on Wed 28 Dec 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28952 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


8-acrossBoatman not featuring in Enigmatic Variations is attractive : MAGNETIC
9-acrossLike to monitor typos in Guardian? No way! : IGUANA
10-acrossA curse, deleting one article after another : ANSWER
12-acrossAbuse from security service, apparently a special experience : MISTREAT
13-acrossSecond of second; second page; second sight : ESP
14-acrossEnjoyed Independent: emerged with no content corrected : EDITED
16-acrossForever and always, including time with tiny changes : ETERNITY
17-acrossChallenges again from different setters : RETESTS
20-acrossOneNote audio input extension : ANTENNA
23-acrossSpooner derides brown cowboy : STOCKMAN
24-acrossFurthest off the mark with last two in Toughie : WIDEST
26-acrossSolver seen in agony — ouch! : YOU
27-acrossStripped of flesh, act fatal: icy tombs found here : CATACOMB
28-acrossBoth Telegraph and Herald are noteworthy : SIGNAL
31-acrossOne challenges you to give in, taking on Observer, say : DEFIER
32-acrossVideo deception by leaders in dubiously elected executive presidencies fooling all, kindling enmity : DEEPFAKE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Get Listener misdirection at last : EARN
2-down – Recognise one with all-consuming interests being upset : KNOW
3-down – Boatman replaces leader of house in Slough with fixed gaze : STARED
4-down – Skip Wee Stinker, inverting riddle’s outer limits : SCAMPER
5-down – About one oddly intense Genius : EINSTEIN
6-down – Certain old penniless escort on an ’orse : GUARANTEED
7-down – Release slow Orwellian nurse : UNFASTEN
11-down – ‘Make do with less’: politician ousted to go downhill fast : SKI
14-down – Rambling hesitation and bluster : ERR
15-down – The officer in charge preceding disloyal person in command, claiming divine authority : THEOCRATIC
18-down – Times creates puzzle that’s rather dry : EXTRASEC
19-down – Almost domesticated some pigs by the sound of drums : TAMBOURS
21-down – See 14 : ANT
22-down – Some really do by nature become uplifted by Everyman : ANYBODY
24-down – Awful systems — nothing odd here — create ineffectual people : WUSSES
25-down – Age of bird, not beast : EON
29-down – Good! One newspaper has flair : GIFT
30-down – What the Inquisitor does: challenges where you must set aside time : ASKS

This crossword has in total 34 where 16 are across and 18 are down.

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