This crossword No. 28090 clues and answers were published on Wed 25 Mar 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28090 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Fake spirit — rubbish, so returned : IMPOSTOR
9-across – Cold as a bouncer? That’s a bit rough : CHOPPY
10-across – Co-operate with Brand, say, and dance : PLAY
11-across – Rabbit’s old small home not about to be put on tip : COTTONTAIL
12-across – Scuttle made from small dish : SCURRY
14-across – One who’s resigned at last — if sacked? : FATALIST
15-across – Label from opening of stopwatch? : STICKER
17-across – See another way to protect cutting — put in the shade : ECLIPSE
20-across – Relentless Danube flows over a treetop : UNABATED
22-across – Hard to get into run-down boat : DINGHY
23-across – Player paid journalist to admit pamphlet’s overlong : PROTRACTED
24-across – See 10 : BALL
25-across – Creep abandons heroin chic, being noble : HEROIC
26-across – Butcher’s ex-partner disposes of veal finally : ONCEOVER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Understood there are no bounds to simplicity : IMPLICIT
2-down – Stiff wind is a serious setback : BODY
3-down – The blue bed turned up inside squat : STOCKY
4-down – $1,000 seal, please : GRATIFY
5-down – Working actor’s introductions to Independent’s crossword puzzle : ACROSTIC
6-down – Drunken sot in passenger seat, traditional victim of a lightning strike? : POSTILLION
7-down – Light science work by jerks : OPTICS
13-down – Music genre behind Nadir : ROCKBOTTOM
16-down – Transport lobby? : ENTRANCE
18-down – Great poet’s school gets worse : SCHILLER
19-down – With leader gone, political and social agitation is an issue : EDITION
21-down – Newton and Drake, sadly, were annoying : NARKED
22-down – French from over Channel take off : DEDUCT
24-down – See 2 : BLOW
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.