This crossword No. 28752 clues and answers were published on Mon 09 May 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28752 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – See 9 : LEAGUE
4-across – For example, interrupting tardy representative : LEGATE
9-across – Religious alliance in turbulent age he and you’ll put together : HOLY
10-across – Closed with rite in unusual order, like monks in monastery : CLOISTERED
11-across – Follower of uniform writer of history? : VICTOR
12-across – Like some puzzles in mathematics : THEMATIC
13-across – Resisted leader of flock repeatedly going outside closed circle : FENDEDOFF
15-across – One old-fashioned object of veneration : IDOL
16-across – Caught, unlike priests — in court, sort of : CLAY
17-across – Ecstasy among RC saints confused scriptwriter : SCENARIST
21-across – Elected with no change in Washington, pure and simple : INNOCENT
22-across – Figurative expressions translated by 11, 21, and 27, say, apart from first page : TROPES
24-across – A period of fasting among sources of fruit and sweeties : VALENTINES
25-across – American throne for English king : JOHN
26-across – Religious aid on which one can count : ROSARY
27-across – Swallow cocktail the second one’s left : MARTIN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Like some big game one bungled in series : LEONINE
2-down – A fifth of money put in collection so far : ASYET
3-down – Not successfully treated, a priest abroad died : UNCURED
5-down – Time to remember rising in Dublin and Rome? : EASTER
6-down – A lover of priestess carrying cross for great king : ALEXANDER
7-down – Prophetic text in final letter going into East European port : EZEKIEL
8-down – Gift I can point out — what preacher’s good at : PONTIFICATING
14-down – Role for Catholic woman once in charade — a con, essentially : DEACONESS
16-down – Curate muddled about name for mythical creature : CENTAUR
18-down – Name of woman the Devil upended with triumphant expression : NATASHA
19-down – Monarch once put foot down on female party member? : STEPHEN
20-down – First in a certain line, second cutting in — bother! : PESTER
23-down – Ring on bishop, with gemstone, ornamental article : OBJET
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.