This crossword No. 28016 clues and answers were published on Mon 30 Dec 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28016 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Game one would want to exclude? : DRAUGHTS
9-across – A gun for everyone? : APIECE
10-across – In Lancaster, for instance, minor road follows bend : WARP
11-across – Agin sex law being amended: it used to be applied to the letter : SEALINGWAX
12-across – Be still to sit for another portrait : REPOSE
14-across – South America captured by less refined warrior : CRUSADER
15-across – Is there no end to such a hint? : TIPOFF
17-across – Tablet halved: centre is deadly : LETHAL
20-across – Every possible anagram for ‘sweets’? : ALLSORTS
22-across – Airmen at sea, or soldier at sea : MARINE
23-across – Revert to original up-and-down course : SWITCHBACK
24-across – See 10 : LANE
25-across – Nothing in boat navy finds corrupt : SUBORN
26-across – Sullen state, being nursed so badly : DOURNESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Most advisable to cross highway at its widest : BROADEST
2-down – Drop fish in doughy dish : DUMP
3-down – Pursued, we hear, but not wanting to be caught? : CHASTE
4-down – In which 90º is really cold : LATITUDE
5-down – One may be paid for taking your life : BIOGRAPHER
6-down – Write off vehicle in the end? Only a minor accident : SCRAPE
8-down – Rare sign of damage on church : SCARCE
13-down – Confrontation in workplace? : OPPOSITION
16-down – Worker’s feminine limb — part of it : FARMHAND
18-down – Revolutionary line isn’t unusual : LENINIST
19-down – Man, for example, lives on solid earth : ISLAND
21-down – Underline ‘very bad, but within the rules’ : LAWFUL
22-down – Invent face paint? : MAKEUP
24-down – See 2 : LING
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.