This crossword No. 28854 clues and answers were published on Mon 05 Sep 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28854 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Tucking into stegt flæsk, say, a north Scandinavian : DANISH
4-across – Worshipper vows another time : IDOLATER
9-across – Tough being cute? : SEVERE
10-across – Works and lectures about exercise : OPERATES
11-across – Make one think of theorem in dispute : REMIND
12-across – Was judge free to frolic in grass? : REFEREED
14-across – Struggling to inspire praise when nursing a broken heart : BREATHLESS
18-across – Helped firm to get involved in under-age representation : ENCOURAGED
22-across – Asparagus tip in tempura, battered against the flow : UPSTREAM
23-across – Cultural and moral frame for new beginning : ETHNIC
24-across – Source of tuna in salad : FOUNTAIN
25-across – Crisp packet’s final design showing text : SCRIPT
26-across – Something for Caesar from an address in Gaul : DRESSING
27-across – A: winner; B: in a draw; ___ ? Not so far! : CLOSER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Convey an image of extremely delicate writer : DESCRIBE
2-down – Unfinished novel: Gong Ringer’s Last Thirty Days : NOVEMBER
3-down – Might Ernst & Young watch out at last for corruption? : STRENGTH
5-down – Feeling down at heart indeed? Iron and iron right away : DEPRESSION
6-down – Half of cellar wine turned up in store : LARDER
7-down – One’s not into fancy elitist names : TITLES
8-down – Live what’s left out of uniform : RESIDE
13-down – Farm on plain somehow filled with rubbish : PLANTATION
15-down – All-important fault-finding : CRITICAL
16-down – Long time since deregulation for companies : AGENCIES
17-down – Teacher said you got into art deco movement : EDUCATOR
19-down – Turned up fish starter, ate and had a smoke : PUFFED
20-down – Clever being like that, you get somewhere at last : ASTUTE
21-down – Killer groove in public transport : BRUTUS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.