The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28732 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28732 clues and answers were published on Fri 15 Apr 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28732 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossItems batsmen hit in the air for slip : BALLSUP
5-acrossSome chocolate brought over in perfect case of cocoa beans : ARABICA
10-acrossSee 17 : FROM
11-acrossSeems towelling filled with poo, shake a leg! : LOOKSNAPPY
12-acrossRelax, militant carnivore’s cry? : VEGOUT
13-acrossIt’s positively charged, reporting uproar after getting 24 across? : AMMONIUM
14-acrossToo sad, the fragments belonging to a nation : STATEHOOD
16-acrossSee 27 : LEVER
17-acrossNostalgic memory of Vesuvius : BLAST
19-acrossBrew drink in fresh coffee, finally : PERCOLATE
23-acrossBeing from another planet burrowed into immense surface : COSMETIC
24-acrossLaid back, office siesta criticised : PANNED
26-acrossDaft trap for one using foul language : POTTYMOUTH
27-across‘Stick with knob’, one stripping discussed? : GEAR
28-acrossInitially scratched, attractive print : ETCHING
29-acrossTalk about exercise in run : OPERATE

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Opening new tavern, one invited in : AIRVENT
3-down – Pole dancing doctor lubed after rotation? : LIMBO
4-down – Free lunch a figment, ultimately fabricated : UNLATCH
6-down – Begin again on problem, last of three : RESUME
7-down – One of billions vacuous buffoon, I recall, wasted? : BRAINCELL
8-down – Correct catches fitting trap : CAPTURE
9-down – Condiment male put with hotcake when cooking : TOMATOKETCHUP
15-down – Check suit, where kit should be white : TESTMATCH
18-down – Sentry found nothing right in hooligan : LOOKOUT
20-down – Nick grabs dance : COPSHOP
21-down – See 17 : THEPAST
22-down – Poles securing trained part of plant : STAMEN
25-down – Finish off queen after uprising in African country : NIGER

This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.

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