This crossword No. 28162 clues and answers were published on Wed 17 Jun 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28162 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Get rid of command, having lost time after time : ERADICATE
10-across – Every third Etonian studying shows dissatisfaction : ENNUI
11-across – The mace deployed as a weapon : MACHETE
12-across – Soft assonance heard in preparation : PRIMING
13-across – Find record at an end : DISC
14-across – Neat, polite and not totally Italian : NEAPOLITAN
16-across – Starting telly is depressing: it normally gives sad news : TIDINGS
17-across – Something from the florist, the ultimate in tulip arrangement for auntie : PETUNIA
19-across – Strange locations featuring intro to Cockney Rebel : ICONOCLAST
22-across – See 13 : OVER
24-across – They say massage before flu treatment is essential : NEEDFUL
25-across – Drop Arab leader’s story : PARABLE
26-across – Articles from Le Monde and the Guardian secure coverage of both sides of the moon : LUNAR
27-across – Turning prude, I tut on seeing this : TURPITUDE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Married but misbehaving, with view to getting lost here? : BERMUDATRIANGLE
2-down – Without religion? Possibly idealistic without it : LAICISED
3-down – Top notch communist broadcast : AIRED
4-down – Slipshod of the Spanish or French to intervene in stroke : CARELESS
5-down – Maintain important-sounding little dog? : KEEPUP
6-down – Make laws member’s passed on : LEGISLATE
7-down – Home papers rejected by court charge : INDICT
8-down – Snake catches Native American airing out before it can climb walls : VIRGINIACREEPER
15-down – Working blouse on either sex is doing very well : ONTOPFORM
17-down – Travel essential for Dad’s hobby : PASSPORT
18-down – Unbelievably bad bile, out in colour : NAVYBLUE
20-down – With 11, 12, 13 or 8 films as once directed : OCEANS
21-down – Without covers, all told, vital novel : LOLITA
23-down – Fresh air in vacated tenement property : TRAIT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.