This crossword No. 28242 clues and answers were published on Fri 18 Sep 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28242 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Scientific solver admits he is perplexed by abbreviation of name on computer : APPLIEDMATHS
9-across – Force cutting signal, energy maintained : IMPEL
10-across – Crop circles as chopped down seed : CASHEWNUT
11-across – Sultan leaves home : SALADIN
12-across – See 19 : FAIRIES
13-across – Had thug sent suggestive signal? : HOODWINKED
15-across – Work done, thus holds back : OPUS
18-across – Two short tools for fool : HOAX
19-across – 1917 18 across where infant lying, funny feeling justified, one certainly admits : COTTINGLEY
22-across – Channel carrying hydrogen across its length : THROUGH
24-across – See 18 down : DIARIES
25-across – Feeling of great happiness about black plant : EUPHORBIA
26-across – Scorer has run out of play, perhaps? : SATIE
27-across – 1995 18 across: a deception say, not up for review : ALIENAUTOPSY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Ladies and gentlemen carrying father up and down over peak in America, spotted horse : APPALOOSA
2-down – Man’s place in 1912 18 across, left in hole beneath one’s feet : PILTDOWN
3-down – Member of old empire, preserved? : INCAN
4-down – Sour cream offset with acid, nothing less : DISAFFECT
5-down – Plant ice axe initially under murder victim : ABELIA
6-down – Feature of Riyadh, an oil-rich capital : HANOI
7-down – Stick wobbly bottom in goulash, being vulgar : KITSCH
8-down – Stoppage in force once beginning to slow : STASIS
14-down – Fear of novelty washer in replacement of a hip bone : NEOPHOBIA
16-down – Girl almost taken in by trivial prediction : PALMISTRY
17-down – Unruly as punks, one finally arrested comes quietly : SNEAKSUP
18-down – Murder riled screws, first sign in 1983 18 across : HITLER
20-down – Country quarantining small spaniels? : YESMEN
21-down – Hair and metallic mineral stink : FURORE
23-down – Fend off leader of pirates in film : REPEL
24-down – Selection of people: four originally darn trousers : DRAFT
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.