This crossword No. 28229 clues and answers were published on Thu 03 Sep 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28229 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Reward staggering, but no end to poverty : BOUNTY
4-across – Very brief dance around yard : FLYING
9-across – See 27 : BLOW
10-across – Old-time dance from theatre’s top male surgeons? : THELANCERS
11-across – I didn’t catch that release : PARDON
12-across – European match abandoned — accepted by Brown : DUTCHMAN
13-across – Central company in theatre production : ATTHECORE
15-across – Shrub came back to life — army mobilised! : ROSE
16-across – See 15 : MARY
17-across – Stuffing knocked out of Lulu in break of service — retiring : RECLUSIVE
21-across – Secret drinker comes to earth in Morecambe? : ESOTERIC
22-across – High Court division disposes of hollow ruby, making fortune : CHANCE
24-across – Take butterfly and name ‘Bambi’? : COMMANDEER
25-across – Folk hero’s bonnet : HOOD
26-across – Musical token of affection cut short by opera house : KISMET
27-across – Strong punch that would make you croak? : DEADLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Clanger: left out large fixed capital : BELFAST
2-down – Nothing outstanding, no ring, no spouse! : UNWED
3-down – Inca dances, led by bird, that didn’t go down well : TITANIC
5-down – Building’s unprofitable, as well as lacking love : LEANTO
6-down – California-located, hilarious people working together : INCAHOOTS
7-down – Dress put on mature bull : GARBAGE
8-down – Showing an ironic sort of loving care, secret minder fiddled with electronic implant : TENDERMERCIES
14-down – Compact newspaper? That’s novel : HARDTIMES
16-down – Got the wrong idea Adam is too kind at heart : MISTOOK
18-down – City relieving poor Uncle Remus of total raised : LUCERNE
19-down – Year after Hugo’s first success : VICTORY
20-down – Sweep following round Peeler? : ORANGE
23-down – Louse’s elevated state kept under wraps : APHID
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.