This crossword No. 28082 clues and answers were published on Mon 16 Mar 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28082 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Drunk chose to drink litres : PICKLED
5-across – Help in making out with good girls : GLASSES
9-across – A Tory leader pockets profits? That’s touching! : AGAINST
10-across – Dolly left the French in Ilium : TROLLEY
11-across – Check when definite : ASCERTAIN
12-across – Spiritual benefactor that is after information : GENIE
13-across – Light from church beyond hill : TORCH
15-across – Lateness of sailors holding banquets : TARDINESS
17-across – Steak done differently in French city : TOURNEDOS
19-across – Invest in experience without resistance : ENDUE
22-across – Having second thoughts about one making strides : PACES
23-across – Winger’s distance from the line : CROWSFOOT
25-across – A city fashionable in the past : CHICAGO
26-across – Determined effort from exhausted group : DEADSET
27-across – Nine crashed into obstacle that’s forgiving : LENIENT
28-across – Novel Italian church : ROMANCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Make believe there’s agreement about poem : PLAYACT
2-down – Opportunist finds sign about heroin : CHANCER
3-down – Queue getting onto river boat : LINER
4-down – Diminished worth of pamphlet during performance : DETRACTED
5-down – Hit it off board : GETON
6-down – Bordering a hypotenuse? : ALONGSIDE
7-down – License prepared to help mum : SILENCE
8-down – Toss cape through timidity : SHYNESS
14-down – Seamen fish for friendly greeting : HANDSHAKE
16-down – One replying to research on study : RESPONDER
17-down – Classic clay pit disaster : TYPICAL
18-down – Religious rite gets agreement out of court : UNCTION
20-down – Calls to give up immorality : DROPSIN
21-down – Allow conservationists in elite organisation : ENTITLE
23-down – Influence of Tory boor : CLOUT
24-down – Warrant officer admits fighting in a crowd : SWARM
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.