This crossword No. 28490 clues and answers were published on Tue 06 Jul 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28490 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Admitting defeat, gang returns to develop well : BLOSSOM
5-across – Agitator from firm’s foremost US site : FUSSPOT
9-across – Market more than 50 lines after public store depleted : OUTSELL
10-across – Free places to go, one gathers, in Paris : UNLOOSE
11-across – Company pressure stops workers backing charity collections : COMPENDIA
12-across – UK banker first to take payment for letter : TRENT
13-across – You’re aiming to do it alone, with very little input : SOLVE
15-across – Evergreen in Eliot’s verse ‘withered with no trace of sun’ : OLIVETREE
17-across – Requested section authorised in dictionary : SOLICITED
19-across – Nameless Russian leader’s about to delay retirement : SITUP
22-across – Instrument, one exported from African country : GAMBA
23-across – Grand American brought back mysterious crop from tropics : SUGARCANE
25-across – Statesman partly responsible for abuse Nato received : SENATOR
26-across – Hazardous substance from canister, unstable when temperature drops : ARSENIC
27-across – Paint left large streak : PORTRAY
28-across – Queen once taken in by judge hides here, perhaps : TANNERY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – On screen, Eleanor leaves wild ponies semi-trained : BRONCOS
2-down – Best possible period not quite set in stone : OPTIMAL
3-down – Location reporter’s visited : SCENE
4-down – Inept tailor made incomplete pants : MALADROIT
5-down – Rural deity first to appreciate local wildlife : FAUNA
6-down – Dried food, veg or apples? It’s bananas! : SPLITPEAS
7-down – Trailblazer, one plugging seaside attraction : PIONEER
8-down – For which Shaw wrote two articles, three on odd occasions : THEATRE
14-down – One fascinating Frenchman sent up drinking song : ENCHANTER
16-down – Receiving jab, pub worker becomes sore : INDIGNANT
17-down – Matter raised after Mark joins service : SIGNSUP
18-down – River creature from the south with thin bony scales : LAMINAR
20-down – Origins of Tim Rice musical for radio : TRANNIE
21-down – Inclined to admonish a child found in quarry : PREACHY
23-down – Acerbic couple of kings in state : SARKY
24-down – Surfaced from bathe, any number having sunk : RISEN
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.