The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28521 – Clues and Answers

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-acrossNew financial institution losing pounds over a quarter : AUTUMN
4-acrossWine sent spilling over cat : SPUMANTE
9-acrossCase of ‘Physician, heal thyself’? That’s a bore : DRILL
10-acrossMinor crag blasted for stone : CAIRNGORM
11-acrossComing to a point, band finally abandoned hire car : CHEVROLET
12-acrossCan it have to be proved? : SHOWN
13-acrossExtravagantly commend a fine story : OFMICEANDMEN
17-acrossAfter some bowling on ground, I’m yet to get some spin: wait before able to perform again : RECOVERYTIME
20-acrossSome black cab always around, so taken unexpectedly : ABACK
21-acrossIrregular school lesson in fine class girl missed : APERIODIC
23-acrossOne with a dream lover posed from behind first : FANTASIST
24-acrossNative American’s large basket : CREEL
25-acrossColonist put on fabric, one with stripes : SERGEANT
26-acrossThey 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.

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