This crossword No. 28120 clues and answers were published on Wed 29 Apr 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28120 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – They make good theatre — broadcast with reprise, even : REPAIRERS
8-across – Books into endless misery at Fawlty Towers? : HOTEL
9-across – Foundations of life on radio — ‘diverting, robustly educational, informative’ — that’s him : LORDREITH
10-across – Love is an entry for a sound relationship : ADORE
12-across – Petronas and Exxon initially put fish back to get source of oil : PEANUT
13-across – Shelves for books : RESERVES
14-across – Documentaries about losing minors’ letters in train : EDUCATE
17-across – In this way, prose would be got up, daringly exposed : TOPLESS
20-across – Perhaps annual staff meeting for partners in Reading : BOOKCLUB
22-across – Feminist bishop found in Latin bible, perhaps : LIBBER
24-across – See 4 : BLOCK
25-across – So long introduction to text, before contents of book, led oddly to Dickens character : TOODLEPIP
26-across – Grumble: lacking money, say : UTTER
27-across – Index in book makes desperate editor cry : DIRECTORY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Slim volume put back in centre section of bureau : REMOTE
2-down – Acerbic novel Conrad’s written about Italy : SARDONIC
3-down – Book by Sartre in translation : ARREST
4-down – Spooner says cad’s loud music is why he can’t start his book : WRITERS
5-down – Margin of book, its left edge on top : BORDER
6-down – Bold and loud, not able to listen? : FEARLESS
11-down – Was book’s content order intended to be restrictive? : ASBO
15-down – Barely a trickle of prose, a little limited in variation : DROPLETS
16-down – Follow spoken narrative : TALE
18-down – Book for music: TS Eliot losing special composition about brother : LIBRETTO
19-down – Boatman has absurd identity: lost and lifeless : ABIOTIC
21-down – Unexpected twist in US version of Pound: king taking knight : KICKER
22-down – Shelf with foremost of reference books : LEDGER
23-down – Outgoing type of regular mermaid girl, eh? : EMIGRE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.