This crossword No. 28957 clues and answers were published on Tue 03 Jan 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28957 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Devious follower aiming to kidnap a king : WILLIAMOFORANGE
9-across – Teasing adult I see in very old hat : ARCHAIC
10-across – Outbids American wallies, extreme characters taken in : GAZUMPS
11-across – Former English West Country banker : EXE
12-across – Big adjustable spanner a boon to estuary’s shipping : TOWERBRIDGE
13-across – Translating a poet is no Yankee idler’s preference : EASYOPTION
15-across – Bearing children is always painful : ACHY
18-across – Backing spoils instrument : TOOL
20-across – Measuring device for farm vehicle : PROTRACTOR
23-across – Back row in Palladium booked in advance : PREARRANGED
25-across – Broadcast overlooks woman’s entitlement : MRS
26-across – Put straight tabloid’s missing section with ferocious expression : UNSNARL
27-across – Capital tour, lastly to coral island : TRIPOLI
28-across – This precursor of flood proving ruinously expensive : BREAKINGTHEBANK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Male jockeys tucked into cereal, a taboo food nowadays? : WHALEMEAT
2-down – Minions have no means of access, one cell being shared : LACKEYS
3-down – Passivity I confronted primarily in country : INACTION
4-down – Tropical bird’s gullet swallowing roughly : MACAW
5-down – Make sense of dignitary made public : FIGUREOUT
6-down – They cut bill dropped by flyers at sea : RAZORS
7-down – Itinerant mounted police working across America : NOMADIC
8-down – Go after opponents at table, then prosecute : ENSUE
14-down – Waterproof covering setter in rickety train : TARPAULIN
16-down – Courts approve standard : YARDSTICK
17-down – Uncompromising firm’s leading chain : HARDLINE
19-down – Direct lots of deliveries here from time to time : OVERSEE
21-down – Lottery raised a good deal — order British to split it : TOMBOLA
22-down – Strong drink artist put up on shelf : ARRACK
23-down – Choice morsel of Brie? Precisely : PLUMB
24-down – Criticise mean bribe : GETAT
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.