This crossword No. 28136 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 May 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28136 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Tame budgie, preferable to wild ones? : ABIRDINTHEHAND
9-across – Shopkeeper, for example, exchanges staff : TRADESMAN
10-across – Half of us succeeded, including me : WOMEN
11-across – Initially short period going over issues : EMITS
12-across – Good clean entertainment? Not musical, though : SOAPOPERA
13-across – As directed, fires rifles : RANSACKS
14-across – Takes plane : JETSAM
17-across – One may be caught out, losing this : WICKET
19-across – Like an open field, not sold illegally? : UNFENCED
22-across – Marks tool badly in hurry : LOOKSMART
24-across – Top honours cut back in a series of steps : POLKA
25-across – List of competitors is in lobby : ENTRY
26-across – Charlie soon with new side: made one of the Saints : CANONISED
27-across – One’s designs appear on flags : PAVEMENTARTIST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See flow chart is repositioned straight : ASTHECROWFLIES
2-down – One translating Latin, a Roman, perhaps : ITALIAN
3-down – Over the moon here to have secret room : DEEPSPACE
4-down – Joint titleholder : NAMESAKE
5-down – A flying shed? : HANGAR
6-down – Instructive sort of book couple picked up in house : HOWTO
7-down – Book every anaesthetist will have? : NUMBERS
8-down – With this you can get a handle on your gambling : ONEARMEDBANDIT
15-down – Watch next to key, a surprising sight : EYEOPENER
16-down – Di abandons hazy intuition : INSTINCT
18-down – Small country’s boast whole continent listened to : CROATIA
20-down – Monsters with poisonous gas defeat one : COLOSSI
21-down – Clumsy French drive on it over here : GAUCHE
23-down – In Scottish island, install parking app : SKYPE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.