This crossword No. 28277 clues and answers were published on Thu 29 Oct 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28277 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Highland castle, central part opening, we hear? : CAWDOR
4-across – Caution shown when playing king, fearful scoundrel nicking it? : YELLOW
9-across – Test of right and left, all characters on the far left : ORAL
10-across – See 12 : TOTHEDOZEN
11-across – Vale on borders of Cymru, reportedly? : SEEYOU
12-across – Square peg moved then to practise intuitive approach quickly, so to speak? : NINETEEN
13-across – Very old woman said to predict failure in honest spy : PYTHONESS
15-across – In Potsdam, I design pots! : AMID
16-across – Third note, then second note : MEMO
17-across – Travesty reversed in perfect game for children : MINECRAFT
21-across – After refurbishment, Chinese restaurant at first improves : ENRICHES
22-across – Bony thing, angle on figure by the sound of it? : COCCYX
24-across – Biscuit that’s new behind unopened sponge cakes, filling hole : GINGERSNAP
25-across – See 4 : CARD
26-across – Sudden flood of arrivals ruins new hospital : INRUSH
27-across – Get back on with success : RECOUP
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Where servers cut, machine with battery dead : CARVERY
2-down – See 20 : WALLY
3-down – Amount produced revealed change : OUTTURN
5-down – Flower and rotten nut they leave on stage : EXEUNT
6-down – Old trainer in ring made of metal, iron : LIONTAMER
7-down – Shrimpy shrimp went : WEEWEED
8-down – Pay cut with last of cheques in post, frantic : ATONESWITSEND
14-down – A beauty has boss and I overwhelmed by lust : HUMDINGER
16-down – Revealing garment, quick way to dress topless crime writer : MANKINI
18-down – Fugitive better protected by witness after heading for Egypt : ESCAPEE
19-down – Social life oddly uplifting for life form on Venus? : FLYTRAP
20-down – Picture puzzle endures, did you say, on mural, fancifully? : WHERES
23-down – Candies and chocolates and others: source of all of those? : CACAO
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.