This crossword No. 28658 clues and answers were published on Wed 19 Jan 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28658 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Knight feeding waterbird to queen, say? : BEDIVERE
9-across – A thin peg, originally designed, that’s pushed into hair : HATPIN
10-across – See 7 : ABET
11-across – Aged aristo sacked, thank God : DEOGRATIAS
12-across – Queen behind an old faithful companion, briefly backing high street trader : GROCER
14-across – Protection from sunlight certainly possessed in centre of Greece : EYESHADE
15-across – Castles for female player : BARBARA
17-across – See 15 : WINDSOR
20-across – King or queen, say, cutting fruit, one might eat it all : GOURMAND
22-across – Place keeping masks etc in pawn : PUPPET
23-across – Kings for author : HENRYJAMES
24-across – White pawn : HOCK
25-across – Lovely island castle : GLAMIS
26-across – Parsimony has got queen into trouble : MEANNESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Song she sang about bishop where 2 etc found? : HERBARIA
2-down – Perfect coin : MINT
3-down – Audible tunes for king or queen, say : LEADER
4-down – Understand cricketing term — clear : GETOVER
5-down – King Lear, his head in conclusion off? : CHARLESI
6-down – Wrongly accused, as one hopes those leaving theatre have been : STITCHEDUP
7-down – Conspire with saintly bishop, a debt to resolve : AIDAND
13-down – Content of computer wiper twice by me, ie foolishly in online fraud? : CYBERCRIME
16-down – Register right, make changes again : READJUST
18-down – Number of balls thrown, grey : OVERCAST
19-down – Japanese food English lady eats in the morning : EDAMAME
21-down – Playwright I harm : ONEILL
22-down – Kind of delivery from the east of Germany into China : POSTAL
24-down – Clue in Telegraph intractable : HINT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.