The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28348 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28348 clues and answers were published on Thu 21 Jan 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28348 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossFollowing report of communist, letters must show these : POSTMARKS
6-acrossSuffer no fool: Canute misquoted about heresy, initially : ACHE
8-acrossDecreed: set gold before man of the North, reported journalist : ORDAINED
9-acrossOld heartless Richard III in feud about filth : ORDURE
10-acrossStand for leadership of the youth party in free Yugoslavia : TYPIFY
11-acrossGave out : EXCLUDED
12-acrossWay a man embraces a queen : MANNER
15-acrossRenovated seediest part of the North : TEESSIDE
16-acrossAs at first, Henry VIII was intellectual : THINKING
19-acrossIn Scotland’s valleys, Elizabeth’s heart picks up : GLEANS
21-acrossPlot to murder princes about nothing : CONSPIRE
22-acrossTerrible danger, with polit­ical activists at Buckingham House event : GARDEN
24-acrossMan of the North, as James I was in Scotland! : VIKING
25-acrossBoatman, at heart European, in first part of Tory attack : TEARINTO
26-acrossCharles broadcast to listeners? : HEIR
27-acrossLorry then diverted in the direction of Scotland? : NORTHERLY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – See 22 across : PARTY
2-down – Perhaps Victoria is not at fault : STATION
3-down – Unwashed masses taking king’s head : MANKY
4-down – Alfred: he atoned partly for the result of a fire : REDHEAT
5-down – Snack in foil, say pig’s foot : SCOTCHEGG
6-down – Edward, our sovereign, showed passions : ARDOURS
7-down – King, to be beheaded, takes sanctuary somewhere near Wembley : HARLESDEN
13-down – Oh, I parted sadly from love’s image : APHRODITE
14-down – Exercising restraint, as the Queen is said to do in spirit : REININGIN
17-down – More unpleasant than retsina? Unlikely! : NASTIER
18-down – Getting bigger, King George: one defined by his appetite? : GREATER
20-down – Boatman placed between noble and royal persons previously : EARLIER
22-down – Harold at first confessed rising up to snap in anger : GNASH
23-down – Good to leave the upper class no way out : ENTRY

This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.

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