This crossword No. 28995 clues and answers were published on Thu 16 Feb 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28995 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Minister backed intervening in harbour subject to tremors : QUAVERY
8-across – Leading measure when considering steam? : AHEADOF
9-across – Nut, losing head, with shift of active enthusiasm : ZEAL
10-across – Take a long time consuming a lot of pretty drinks : BEVERAGES
12-across – Limitations on soup — cold or hot? : SPICY
13-across – On the off chance, accepting second note in additional amount : INCREASE
15-across – Beam and grate left unfinished : GRIN
16-across – A new outburst dismissing universal apprehension : ANGST
17-across – It’s coming now — a lot of odd ideas about oneself : HERE
18-across – Also : TWOBYTWO
20-across – Key point rejected, as far as celebrity is concerned : PIVOT
21-across – One eliminating small old city in type of game : DESTROYER
22-across – See 1 : SWAN
24-across – Against accepting defeat? One’s in the soup : CROUTON
25-across – Quick to carry a blade : CLEAVER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Musician’s accessories lacking colour, getting the bird : MUTE
2-down – Visual adjustment subject to forcible separation : AVULSION
3-down – Ill-mannered clamour about pop group curtailed : CRABBY
4-down – Right about blocking call for a quicker approach : SHORTCUT
5-down – Accessory, Louis Vuitton article, containing new item of jewellery : BANGLE
6-down – See 17 across : GOES
11-down – One in leading group savage about Liberal boasting : VAINGLORY
12-down – Mammal calculating tail not needed : SHREW
14-down – Argument about recipe: he and his wife had very varying dietary tastes : SPRAT
16-down – Former area far from the coast, not island : ANTERIOR
17-down – Jilted bride experiencing losing no-good fraud : HAVISHAM
19-down – Soup book is rather lacking in sex appeal : BISQUE
20-down – Turned up literary detective : PURPLE
21-down – Knight getting silver, engaged in challenges in times long ago : DARK
23-down – See 21 : AGES
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.