This crossword No. 28740 clues and answers were published on Mon 25 Apr 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28740 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Ministries on casual break : INTERMISSION
9-across – Old-fashioned secretaries not completely prepared : PASSE
10-across – Supply with gold before beginning to laugh and cry : CATERWAUL
11-across – Flee in small vehicle with rejected agent : SCARPER
12-across – Right to trust missing book provides help : RELIEVE
13-across – Crooks wail about community service? : SOCIALWORK
15-across – Regularly applauds bonus : PLUS
18-across – Barely impartial : JUST
19-across – Monumental queues forming behind National, endlessly : STATUESQUE
22-across – Servant goes after farm animal in frenzy : RAMPAGE
24-across – Apparently removes end from items : DETAILS
25-across – Ninety featuring in subtle story published only by us : EXCLUSIVE
26-across – A home featured in newspaper is unsteady : FAINT
27-across – Carefree and pleased to leave fortune to unknown quantity : HAPPYGOLUCKY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Examples of popular positions : INSTANCES
2-down – Ship neat rum for player : THESPIAN
3-down – Part of core curriculum to come up again : RECUR
4-down – Bury ready for French to take : INTERPRET
5-down – High quiet stream : SHRILL
6-down – Ordinary charge to speak : ORATE
7-down – Fits spring on messaging service : SPASMS
8-down – Ways of heading off depression before the Sabbath : ALLEYS
14-down – Article in part of electrical system is decaying : WITHERING
16-down – I quit idly, wandering in fluid state : LIQUIDITY
17-down – Defeat provided by one caught showing great joy : BEATIFIC
18-down – Vessel with wine is shaken : JARRED
20-down – Substitute Queen rested by entrance to zoo : ERSATZ
21-down – Leaders of gardeners’ and zoologists’ unions meet privately to seek a higher offer : GAZUMP
23-down – Little time for tea or coffee : MOCHA
24-down – Blue revolutionary left lodge : DWELL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.