This crossword No. 28383 clues and answers were published on Wed 03 Mar 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28383 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Papers can’t lie? Wrong, just the same : IDENTICAL
10-across – Is Puck good? Ring a friend : AMIGO
11-across – Some ‘iffy’ remedies returned? On the surface, that’s rough : EMERY
12-across – Upset our shy girl right away, as a rascal might : ROGUISHLY
13-across – Saw son cut down to 1, for easier assimilation : SPOTTED
14-across – Another married lover : ADMIRER
17-across – Game is second sale item not won : LOTTO
19-across – Department investigating contracted detective’s retirement : CID
20-across – Lots of actors originally starred in a musical : CASTS
21-across – Crack marksman departed with detective : DEADEYE
22-across – Name saint or pope? Brother no longer can : FRANCIS
24-across – Artist back in stock, in refined Colorado town : KITCARSON
26-across – Creamy-white, like a Welshman? : IVORY
28-across – Stoned female content to down 10 beers : NIOBE
29-across – Playing darts, lady is mean and wicked! : DASTARDLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 24 : SIZE
2-down – Straight there, after travelling round : HETERO
3-down – Unadventurous guy? Then the woman stripped off : STAYATHOME
4-down – Small-minded? Afraid so! : SCARED
5-down – Conservatives behind the Times newspaper, not the Scotsman : OLDGUARD
6-down – Stood next to current queen : RANI
7-down – Well-off area: right district selected originally for a Keith or Gordon? : RICHARDS
8-down – Doctor X, vegan animal rights activist : MOBY
13-down – Humming after crossword essentially well-constructed : SOLID
15-down – Flute? Part played is routine : MECHANICAL
16-down – After tip-off, gets hold of fruit : RASPS
18-down – Farm vehicle turned up, worked into drawing : TRACTION
19-down – Unfaithful lover is 4 after straying : CRESSIDA
22-down – Death of European with no middle name : FINISH
23-down – Lots of people, 8 being the 25th of them? : CROWDS
24-down – Long for the longer sleepers perhaps half of LNER and one third of LMS used : KING
25-down – Attention-seeking expression in article by the Edge : AHEM
27-down – More than one solver yet to finish? Child’s play, perhaps, using this : YOYO
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.