This crossword No. 28018 clues and answers were published on Wed 01 Jan 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28018 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Scandal in the sluice : WATERGATE
10-across – Blloody triumph : GLORY
11-across – Spreading dirt around hospital is what 2 need to become 12 : THIRD
12-across – Trinity Hall, reading electrical engineering, student starts delving into book : THREESOME
13-across – Speaker’s dainty half-sister : TWEETER
14-across – Previous Egyptian spy that Iran got the covers off : PHARAOH
17-across – Setback for Lebanon, having lost an illustrious prize : NOBEL
19-across – Person in command of isle appears regularly in magazines : MAN
20-across – In Siberia, by small crevasse : ABYSM
21-across – Bend 8 for accessory : HAIRPIN
22-across – Greenware from fancy lace fellow : CELADON
24-across – Fish and rabbit order: parents do it : SCHOOLRUN
26-across – Might prisoner meet the Queen? : POWER
28-across – Layer oddly, ounce after ounce : OZONE
29-across – The obscenely rich use it as a rule of thumb, perhaps : HEURISTIC
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Idiot missing half of proclamation in parliament : TWIT
2-down – Language spoken on the other side of the world is music to Eliza’s ears : STRINE
3-down – Triple disc may be purchased with this? : CREDITSLIP
4-down – Agent’s player after flying start : FACTOR
5-down – Soft inland turtle : TERRAPIN
6-down – Rising thus: Shrek? : OGRE
7-down – Yoko hugged by Harry, promoting 11 as a mark of respect : HONORARY
8-down – Eighty percent included? That’s kind : TYPE
13-down – A fraction in temporary accommodation hotel : TENTH
15-down – Play acting out in a 3-D picture : ANAGLYPTIC
16-down – Individual involved with soldier can become malnourished : HUMAN
18-down – Ceremony heard in good French city : BRIGHTON
19-down – An experience of women, archetypically : MENARCHE
22-down – This diplomat needs to have dined at his place of work : CONSUL
23-down – Because of abbey’s location being unfinished? : DOWNTO
24-down – Break pots? : STOP
25-down – See 24 : OVER
27-down – Lull to sleep with this music : ROCK
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.