This crossword No. 28550 clues and answers were published on Tue 14 Sep 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28550 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Cut short series of performances by contralto in gallery : TRUNCATE
5-across – Preserve business degree in wooden frame : EMBALM
9-across – Former pupil’s recovery is uncertain : OBSCURE
10-across – Being practical, puts forward close working style : HANDSON
11-across – Examine gold divided into three crowns : AUDIT
12-across – Initial advantage given in race that reads badly : HEADSTART
13-across – Mistaken for a monster, outspoken scientist drops initial interest : FRANKENSTEIN
17-across – Dim Tuscan cop gets busted — one might joke about it : STANDUPCOMIC
20-across – Oath sworn by president once got deleted from the record : EXPLETIVE
22-across – Rulers erased the central elements, providing means of control : LEASH
23-across – Proceeds cautiously as model returns, embracing unconventional poet : TIPTOES
24-across – Promote rebel after American intervention : RAISEUP
25-across – Long boring speech illustrating singular belief … : SCREED
26-across – … which helps heel get into Oxford, perhaps : SHOEHORN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cromwell, for example, shot a revolutionary when holding mass : THOMAS
2-down – Advantage gained by leading team : UPSIDE
3-down – Came back with European socialist support for census : COUNTERED
4-down – Cook ignites the pan, creating minor problems : TEETHINGPAINS
6-down – Take away sign created by head of McDonald’s in America : MINUS
7-down – Idiot reportedly prosecutes moderates : ASSUAGES
8-down – Single theatrical award shows lack of diversity : MONOTONY
10-down – Troubled over Anne visiting moor — it’s the perfect place : HEAVENONEARTH
14-down – Form of art devoured by spry elderly setter? : STILLLIFE
15-down – Old civil orders to detain criminal set producing toxin : ASBESTOS
16-down – Seed carried in rickety barge — one making lots of noise! : BAGPIPER
18-down – Like part of anecdote Kathy put up : TAKETO
19-down – Composer spoken of as ‘performance god’ : CHOPIN
21-down – Express strong feeling, using term Goethe oddly rejected : EMOTE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.