This crossword No. 28038 clues and answers were published on Fri 24 Jan 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28038 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Seat: I offered support for member not returned PM : ISLINGTON
10-across – See 9 : NORTH
11-across – See 20 : WINDING
12-across – London borough cut back foreign money : HACKNEY
13-across – Clifftop home creepy, we hear? : EYRIE
14-across – Endless suffering: Boris’s heart consumed by power issue : PERDITION
16-across – Backtrack twice and workers lit up by party leader? I don’t believe you! : LIARLIARPANTSON
19-across – Are various small birds travelling west, after starling initially again takes over : REASSUMES
21-across – Radioactive element in preservative for good health : SALUT
22-across – Middle 2 from 4 : FREIGHT
23-across – Was PM unprejudiced, where only the elite accommodated? : MAYFAIR
24-across – Discuss roads home : ROOTS
25-across – Back to basics here, as Conservative taking drugs? : SQUAREONE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Where lies circulating around famous Downing Street figure, might this have extra traction? : SIXWHEELER
2-down – Mastermind tune for worms : PLANARIA
3-down – Individual absorbed by course, virtually complete : ENTIRE
4-down – Guns raised for quarry in glen? : STAG
5-down – One sport he worked on, nearing defeat : ONTHEROPES
6-down – Sloth near Ealing fed last of spaghetti : INACTION
7-down – See 18 : BRUNEI
8-down – Report scale and method as liquid strained : WHEY
14-down – Boris, penning newspaper material that’s shabby, is for the practical approach : PRAGMATISM
15-down – Stallion’s back on course — whereas this one isn’t : NONSTARTER
17-down – Final drink full of street talk : LASTGASP
18-down – In fun, absolute ruler’s beginning to splash out — he can certainly afford it! : SULTANOF
20-down – Question put to liquidator by business, seriously? : AREYOU
21-down – Those speaking for author : SAYERS
22-down – See 16 : FIRE
23-down – See 20 : MEUP
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.