This crossword No. 28521 clues and answers were published on Wed 11 Aug 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28521 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – New financial institution losing pounds over a quarter : AUTUMN
4-across – Wine sent spilling over cat : SPUMANTE
9-across – Case of ‘Physician, heal thyself’? That’s a bore : DRILL
10-across – Minor crag blasted for stone : CAIRNGORM
11-across – Coming to a point, band finally abandoned hire car : CHEVROLET
12-across – Can it have to be proved? : SHOWN
13-across – Extravagantly commend a fine story : OFMICEANDMEN
17-across – After some bowling on ground, I’m yet to get some spin: wait before able to perform again : RECOVERYTIME
20-across – Some black cab always around, so taken unexpectedly : ABACK
21-across – Irregular school lesson in fine class girl missed : APERIODIC
23-across – One with a dream lover posed from behind first : FANTASIST
24-across – Native American’s large basket : CREEL
25-across – Colonist put on fabric, one with stripes : SERGEANT
26-across – They are not generally to be heard speaking : ASIDES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Kidnapper’s muscle : ABDUCTOR
2-down – Nuisance not having answer: girl in quandary : TRILEMMA
3-down – Athlete who looks happy, though not first : MILER
5-down – In distress, broken by temperature, leave the Badlands : PAINTEDDESERT
6-down – Second royal in unpleasant house, a single-sex one : MONASTERY
7-down – American politician’s one foul trick : NEOCON
8-down – Predator of rat, say, biting its head off and beginning to eat : ERMINE
10-down – Not a single job in Scottish island: a premature cancellation all round : COLLABORATION
14-down – Final move of lover from Brno announced : CHECKMATE
15-down – Curler, black, certainly fits round front of wig : BINDWEED
16-down – God! Imogen’s work left in the wrong place : HERCULES
18-down – Mistakes of bosses seeing no resistance : GAFFES
19-down – Winner of an inaccurate timepiece? : GAINER
22-down – One magnet’s orientation to hold copper for anvil : INCUS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.