The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28527 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28527 clues and answers were published on Wed 18 Aug 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28527 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossCrime writer — one with wicked output : CHANDLER
6-acrossFlamboyant jumper worn by choice, oddly : ROCOCO
9-acrossMushroom feast : SPREAD
10-acrossRover corporation’s retaining a lawyer with personal hygiene issue : GADABOUT
11-acrossCredit petrol company over bioenergy reserve fund — ultimately, it’s inward-looking : CROSSEYED
13-acrossHow’s your father after little brother sent back cycle? : ORBIT
15-acrossInsect breaking in to ferret’s food store : PANTRY
17-acrossSwedish on vacation love cycling to clear stuff away : SHOVEL
18-acrossFirst part of play has touching effect : ACTION
19-acrossTemporarily take refuge — appropriate for all to ring : BORROW
21-acrossTransport runs on iron railway : FERRY
22-acrossAnt ’n’ Dec say really good jokes without cracking : COWORKERS
25-acrossNurse fits in coil, say, rejecting all potential for breeding? : GENEPOOL
26-across2 and 4 expressed as a 12 : INLIEU
28-acrossSuspended journalist on board : STAYED
29-acrossPerhaps Shearer offers this nose around German and Italian training for starters : PUNDITRY

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Make changes to help pair secure operation : HIP
3-down – Essential items named before marriage : NEEDS
4-down – Spill lime and soda over men returning to supply toilets : LADIESROOM
5-down – Stuck-up doctor eating egg I cooked : RIGGED
6-down – Travel about collecting papers : RIDE
7-down – Charlie joins a book club — he should know his way around : CABDRIVER
8-down – Pugilist’s complaint about shoulder, essentially — I’m afraid of boxing shame? : CAULIFLOWER
12-down – See 2 : REPLACEMENT
14-down – The topless ladies’ man turned up with an ecclesiastical scholar : THEOLOGIAN
16-down – Biden regularly on time visiting Conservative after no bad publicity : NOTORIETY
20-down – Preen Oscar for university ball : DOLLOP
23-down – Put kilo on, occasionally full of fig pudding : KULFI
24-down – Court date leading to deal, maybe : WOOD
27-down – See 8 : EAR

This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.

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