This crossword No. 28345 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Jan 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28345 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Revealed card is better : OUTWIT
4-across – Impede bad actor theatre rejected : HAMPER
9-across – Lives with the French on Skye, perhaps : ISLE
10-across – Crib rails gape badly around infant’s head : PLAGIARISE
11-across – Credit goddess for terrible situation : CRISIS
12-across – Doctor taking fee cut : LACERATE
13-across – Submission of plea involving Queen : DEFERENCE
15-across – Name location on the radio : CITE
16-across – Playful piece of music lacking intro : ARCH
17-across – Meet religious group to the east of Bury : INTERSECT
21-across – Piano and stringed instrument returned by worker complaining : PETULANT
22-across – Go by plant : PEPPER
24-across – Meticulous firm promises to hide identity : FASTIDIOUS
25-across – Warning from heads of Ofsted mentioned extra numeracy : OMEN
26-across – Lucrative work student left out : EARNER
27-across – Agreement from number overwhelmed by strength : ASSENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Watch old boy wait : OBSERVE
2-down – Lock theatre’s spare boxes : TRESS
3-down – Progress hampered by setter repeatedly leading to deadlock : IMPASSE
5-down – A dish church gives to each individually : APIECE
6-down – Pictures left by artist having oddly deficient vistas : PORTRAITS
7-down – Prize setter trotting around ring : ROSETTE
8-down – Lobby people to accept unlimited lucid dream : HALLUCINATION
14-down – Leaderless troops oppose battle : ENCOUNTER
16-down – Over time, state becomes mean : AVERAGE
18-down – Displays old models : EXPOSES
19-down – Kind of glue covering bottom of label : CLEMENT
20-down – Worker left European stock : HANDLE
23-down – Press release on individual is lying : PRONE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.