This crossword No. 28256 clues and answers were published on Mon 05 Oct 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28256 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Theory that makes a sudden leap : QUANTUM
5-across – Spoke quietly, announcing result of family injury? : MUMBLED
9-across – Leaver no longer a soft touch : EXPAT
10-across – Trick old follower : CONFORMER
11-across – From here, the only way is down : NORTHPOLE
12-across – Foreign food makes us hiccup a bit : SUSHI
13-across – My claim to divinity rejected? It can’t be questioned : DOGMA
15-across – Truss, for example, in place contorted with pain : APPLIANCE
18-across – Pressing aim to welcome relative : INSISTENT
19-across – So much room for jogger? : ELBOW
21-across – Regulator very vigorous? Not I : VALVE
23-across – Missile’s explosion leads to wild anger : BOOMERANG
25-across – Sacking is stored at first with poor quality cover : DISMISSAL
26-across – Private meal hasn’t started : INNER
27-across – Leaves job, or extends contract? : RESIGNS
28-across – Left job, about fed up : RETIRED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Man so promoted required sex change? : QUEENED
2-down – Plant speared on one’s fork : ASPARAGUS
3-down – Little chap has temperature and irritation : TITCH
4-down – Cook’s unusually warm voice : MICROWAVE
5-down – Shock about small clergy house : MANSE
6-down – Staggering, homes in on hooch : MOONSHINE
7-down – Fruit semi-liquid, half picked up : LIMES
8-down – Rodents party, beginning to munch through cereal : DORMICE
14-down – Dealing with dire warnings about Spain : ANSWERING
16-down – Prize chicken perhaps that’s quickly produced for money : POTBOILER
17-down – Simple question number one hitting you on the head : NOBRAINER
18-down – Aggressor is popular villain : INVADER
20-down – Carry on with bloody bet : WAGERED
22-down – Drinking tea, say, girl survives : LASTS
23-down – Like being in British Isles, in principle : BASIS
24-down – Throw out badly behaved civet : EVICT
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.