This crossword No. 28121 clues and answers were published on Thu 30 Apr 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28121 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Why one visits bathroom without posh rug : TOUPEE
4-across – Troublemaker, a scallywag at heart : RASCAL
9-across – Continue to show a certain undergarment, a German number : AIRONTHEGSTRING
10-across – Dick twisted many an arm : PISTOL
11-across – Tries pants on wrong, looking ugly : SINISTER
12-across – Draw out scandal involving Musk : ELONGATE
14-across – Discovers large nets : LEARNS
15-across – Trump’s enforcers limit what Pole may display : ICECAP
18-across – Saturated fat : DRIPPING
21-across – Drop of tea, we hear, in blue vessel : DOWNTURN
22-across – Shelter from a Catholic overwhelmed by pointlessness? : ALCOVE
24-across – A Rembrandt concocted with guile and craft may go missing here : BERMUDATRIANGLE
25-across – After fool’s sent back, taste sweet dish : PASTRY
26-across – Action of a lowdown, gutless cowboy : AGENCY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Minor hearing about sex in Rome : TRIVIAL
2-down – Note circling reptile is a threat, in the main : UBOAT
3-down – Pip’s ideal extracted from grapes? Tell agriculturist : ESTELLA
5-down – Ways artist’s lifted up magazine : ARSENAL
6-down – Foolishly had scrap with Republican who won’t deal fairly : CARDSHARP
7-down – Light, new, lit up rental houses : LANTERN
8-down – Monster, one in northerly German city : NESSIE
13-down – Informally, handles collars worn by celebrity : NICKNAMES
16-down – Come off worst in competition still : CLOSEUP
17-down – Sacking personnel extremely ready for operation? : PLUNDER
18-down – Stand for leader of England with muscular back : DENOTE
19-down – The writer’s getting on, showing representational technique : IMAGING
20-down – Creativity in book covers of Tolstoy : NOVELTY
23-down – One is found in chapter, as a rule : CANON
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.