This crossword No. 28139 clues and answers were published on Thu 21 May 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28139 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Popularly priced and in vogue — load up : GOODVALUE
8-across – One closes loop — how synergy begins, where people take the plunge : LIDOS
9-across – Arms for long distance backed by nonsense talk : FORELIMBS
10-across – Push the envelope of danger: Boatman’s following : DRIVE
12-across – Witness reported beggar, uncovered disposing of a spiky urchin : SEAEGG
13-across – Out of repair, rig a technical means to supply water : IRRIGATE
14-across – Paradigm shift in poem: it has terminal consonance : EPITOME
17-across – Run away from : SHAMBLE
20-across – One gets beneath the surface of cannabis, uncovering disease : POTHOLER
22-across – Following scrap, you say your leader is fit for heavy lifting? : MIGHTY
24-across – Buzzword for one thing that bosses and workers all are : HUMAN
25-across – Added volume in disrupted arterial transport mode : AIRTRAVEL
26-across – Cut hard at the end of the day : HEWED
27-across – Check places for funds again : REINVESTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Pet with clothing, belly out, is comical : JOCOSE
2-down – DA then re-engineered fan : ADHERENT
3-down – Boatman’s upper crust, bleeding edge, going forward : RATING
4-down – In your mouth, it’s tender fruitless sweet spot : GUMBOIL
5-down – Perhaps Betty Moon? Heads up for plant needed to get well : OILRIG
6-down – Dead unimportant : NOTVITAL
11-down – Sly to reach out pointlessly : ARCH
15-down – Not a ham, as ham might be supplied for immoral acts : PROCURED
16-down – My agile, lean thoughtful leadership could be moonshine : MALT
18-down – For big business leaders, change management’s losing men : MAGNATES
19-down – Terrain reimagined for coach : TRAINER
21-down – Core competency raised — leader embraces it, excited : HEATED
22-down – Insubordination in Spain’s greatly outside the box : MUTINY
23-down – Compact lunch, say, consumed by judge : TREATY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.