This crossword No. 28935 clues and answers were published on Thu 08 Dec 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28935 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Shambles! No good Queen covering up final note from Freddie Mercury : MESSENGER
10-across – Match of variable quality : EQUAL
11-across – Brass still coating rupees from the east : NERVE
12-across – Breaking law, even US journalists must consider this : NEWSVALUE
13-across – Silver and such like? One investigates prices : PIRATES
14-across – Look, I’m visibly happy to get picked up : EYEBEAM
17-across – Summon a naked malefactor to accept fine : EVOKE
19-across – Grunts from pigs quietly going out : GIS
20-across – German you sent west pocketing pound for tip : UPEND
21-across – King, when retiring, strokes bird : STEPHEN
22-across – Steel, say, was shown by artist beset by defamation : LIBERAL
24-across – Palladium rejected because screw contains iron : SAFEGUARD
26-across – Left over fag rolled — it helps me think clearly : LOGIC
28-across – Moving spades, detect components of nickel : CENTS
29-across – Gag staff must keep wearing? This is irregular : MINUTEMAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Indication submariner is surfacing : OMEN
2-down – Raducanu’s back, more confident one wants high returns : USURER
3-down – Around opening, one hammered sheet for platinum? : SEVENTIETH
4-down – Spies a place where men go : AGENTS
5-down – Chrome etc with a lot of rust on Sierras, oddly : BROWSERS
6-down – Clap about engineers turning up fuel : DERV
7-down – Speculators loudly vote for gold : BULLSEYE
8-down – Large pole’s covered in lead : CLUE
13-down – Leaders removing one dent in iron : PRESS
15-down – European queen with talent for being calm : EQUABILITY
16-down – Made to run by header from Lucy Bronze? : MEDAL
18-down – Start to lose heart after fan rejects intro from Lady Gaga : OVERFOND
19-down – Copper Age road men rebuilt : GENDARME
22-down – Criminal admitting racket in transported goods : LADING
23-down – Government, say, blocking revolutionary ruler : REGIME
24-down – Rifle butt might contain this : SACK
25-down – Zest to put away doughnut or substantial puff : GUST
27-down – More than one tin article in case of canvas : CANS
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.