This crossword No. 28083 clues and answers were published on Tue 17 Mar 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28083 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Taken for a ride by gangster, triumph then fly : HOODWINKED
6-across – Ring male that’s caught in the firing line : OCHE
9-across – Good-for-nothing Born to Run live disc is included : NEERDOWELL
10-across – 24/6? Starting from zero initially, usual reckoning … : FOUR
12-across – … involves one adding 24/6 : MIDSUMMERDAY
15-across – People praising one of those late goals use it excitedly, without beginning to apologise : EULOGISTS
17-across – Partaking of booze killed wrestling champion : OZEKI
18-across – Setter almost flipped — health resort has no Special Brew : CUPPA
19-across – Born to Run in tights? Journalist is very drunk : BLADDERED
20-across – Executive position, brewing cider — sort drunk with joint : DIRECTORSHIP
24-across – Play instrument, backing … : LOOT
25-across – … Abba or A-ha? Do-re-mi plan scuppered : PALINDROME
26-across – Newspaper article covering page in dictionary : OPED
27-across – Females once carrying a torch for Puck perhaps, rejected after enjoyment outside front of house : USHERETTES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Result of getting 19 in German city around midnight? : HANG
2-down – See 1 : OVER
3-down – Day and date during good month for a bit of Mendelssohn? : WEDDINGMARCH
4-down – Women seen through curtains? They’re not the sober type : NEWTS
5-down – Stupid as one Conservative MP, with ale leading to Labour candidate’s complaint : ECLAMPSIA
7-down – Fruit of ruby red colour, half gone off : CLOUDBERRY
8-down – Larks with all but topless chicks? : EARLYBIRDS
11-down – What a sidekick plays, using spare racket : SECONDFIDDLE
13-down – Kiss on the lips? Puck will, getting into trouble for minor misconduct : PECCADILLO
14-down – Cooking apple, large and sour, useful in many ways : ALLPURPOSE
16-down – Sandwich and a little drink as well? Not quite in amounts produced in a summer’s day : SUBTOTALS
21-down – Film buff : SHINE
22-down – Lacking support, like the Yard after a third cut : FOOT
23-down – See 22 : LESS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.