This crossword No. 28023 clues and answers were published on Tue 07 Jan 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28023 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Member of the force working on a lead? : POLICEDOG
8-across – Writer finds way into literary festival : HARDY
9-across – Briefest break since son climbs into bed : CONCISEST
10-across – Cooker at home once more : AGAIN
12-across – Newspaper feature generates support : COLUMN
13-across – In revolutionary China, run by Mao, mostly as leader : CHAIRMAN
14-across – Little Boy Blue’s triumph : VICTORY
17-across – Most elevated dizzy heights : HIGHEST
20-across – Helmsman to steer south-west, carried by third person : COXSWAIN
22-across – Small and large specimen : SAMPLE
24-across – Judge an American god : JANUS
25-across – Battle 4, perhaps, to stop in London : TRAFALGAR
26-across – The Guardian and Independent read inside out? Strange : WEIRD
27-across – Warship’s funny story, invading two rivers : DESTROYER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Main chant as cyclist retires — hard to puncture two tyres : YOHOHO
2-down – Noble is 1, 2, 3, 4, say, after 5? : VISCOUNT
3-down – Finally, when telephone call is on hold : NELSON
4-down – Fabulous bird raised, literally, on an island : CORSICA
5-down – Pester animal : BADGER
6-down – Mixed salad around space station leads to butterflies : ADMIRALS
11-down – Duty on first vehicle : TAXI
15-down – Setter eats old stew alone : ISOLATED
16-down – Collect new paper, missing one page : REAP
18-down – Poet finishes regularly ahead of racing driver : HAMILTON
19-down – Defenceless woman’s right by the sea : UNARMED
21-down – See 25 : SQUARE
22-down – Protection, for example, hiding iron shirt : SAFETY
23-down – One idly passing time arranging flora around the end of June : LOAFER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.