This crossword No. 28003 clues and answers were published on Fri 13 Dec 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28003 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Post that supports article probing loud and aggressive speech : BALUSTER
9-across – Something eaten by 26, at first reluctantly imitating another rodent : NUTRIA
10-across – A better man than I am, nudging cryptically about 1st April : GUNGADIN
11-across – Wife initially trimmed plain bit of sister’s outfit : WIMPLE
12-across – A strange pursuit involved getting soaked more than is normal? : SUPERSATURATING
15-across – Theme: books and some poetry by male : MOTIF
16-across – One out of the 2 just starting baked potato : BALOO
20-across – Me, foolish? OK, with LP mistaken for a book : PUCKOFPOOKSHILL
21-across – Tastelessly loud and insolent supporters, extremely surly : BRASSY
23-across – Old PM touring a land, drunk on the road hither? : MANDALAY
25-across – Jazz style shows lack of clarity, with fiddle missing : FUSION
26-across – English country gent bites tail off rather large rodent : SQUIRREL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bland stuff a pub’s cooked — left with little hesitation : PABULUM
2-down – Film article dropped by little woman ingesting fluff when cycling? All right : JUNGLEBOOK
3-down – Sort of poker 10 removed from drawing room? : STUD
4-down – Stone from a ring, replaced before the centre’s fallen out : GRANITE
5-down – Reply rudely? It’s in shrew’s nature : ANSWERBACK
6-down – Check if baseball team turned up : STEM
7-down – Linesman having a little nap? : KIPLING
13-down – Cooking fish in prison — one with new governor at its head : STIRFRYING
14-down – Cocaine and heroin? Me? I’m a mythical creature : TOOTHFAIRY
17-down – Quick! Hot spicy food going cold — out of bed! : HURRYUP
18-down – Sailor sitting in first class in Taiwan once : FORMOSA
19-down – Fish consumed in Belvoir regularly : BLOATER
22-down – Quickly read second novel : SKIM
24-down – Playing 25? Not if you’ve common sense : NOUS
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.