This crossword No. 28188 clues and answers were published on Fri 17 Jul 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28188 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – They are not being true lovers : ROMANCERS
10-across – Search for something in the baroque style : QUEST
11-across – Gold pens hide fiction : STORIES
12-across – In-house pansies, primarily as flower arrangement : CHAPLET
13-across – They appear in recital to sing : ALTOS
14-across – Conveniently ignored area of revolting snot build-up? Not us! : BLINDSPOT
16-across – By which to take control, organising checks often to incarcerate 50% of ruffians : SCRUFFOFTHENECK
19-across – One possible choice for Hamlet appearing before jolly or unknown island town : TOBERMORY
21-across – Reject one way or the other : LEPER
22-across – Where birds breed round New Yorker circles : ROOKERY
23-across – Holiday item? : TIMEOFF
24-across – Small part of what comes next said you fell in love head over heels : OVULE
25-across – Candy gadgeteers nod off : EASTEREGG
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Old radio’s last cry? : CRYSTALSET
2-down – Philistine’s job, on the other hand, is a fake : IMPOSTOR
3-down – Against Lewis larking about : ANTICS
4-down – Jacques Derrida served up wines for communists : REDS
5-down – Whereby patient session starts with therapist’s bottom in designer chair amid wise pronouncement : PSYCHIATRY
6-down – Soldier is one of four captured by other side : SQUADDIE
7-down – Friend we would back may, at a stretch, be 16 at the front? : DEWLAP
8-down – In obstetrics, is it best to ignore the odds and take no action? : STET
14-down – Mostly, you and I grappled with problem protein, for one : BIOPOLYMER
15-down – Seek asylum in UK, get a free settlement : TAKEREFUGE
17-down – Rummaged for a slice of pomme de terre frite from the east : FERRETED
18-down – At the centre of next spy plot, free warrior and adventurer : EXPLORER
20-down – Second-rate heel for shoe : BROGUE
21-down – Dropping preliminaries, sleep with newly-wed in storage space : LUMBER
22-down – See 21 : ROOM
23-down – Donald Trump, the first American king : TUSK
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.