This crossword No. 28390 clues and answers were published on Thu 11 Mar 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28390 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sausage and mash — was butter right substitute for energy? : BRATWURST
6-across – Allegedly, food banks produce little fire starters : PYROS
9-across – Bother with a horse, say, otherwise go back : AGGRO
10-across – Basic gluing regularly for a DIY tool? : STAPLEGUN
11-across – Sends reports of plot discovered in steelworks? : TELEGRAPHS
12-across – Leaders suggest England’s ruled by a European : SERB
14-across – Giant bikes require work to replace a bearing : CYCLOPS
15-across – Before first kiss, nervously phone fabulous bird : PHOENIX
17-across – Type of irrigation: 99? : COLONIC
19-across – Jeans exchange hands — initially, elongated stripes become checks : REVISES
20-across – Drunk knocked back small drink : TOSS
22-across – Toad, rabbit and sea dog : NATTERJACK
25-across – For Penn and Teller, according to Carroll, it’s a driving mechanism : PROPELLER
26-across – Film-maker Shyamalan wants opening of movie to be darkness : NIGHT
27-across – American guitarists have the last word over vote : AXMEN
28-across – Electrical devices grill her toast on Sunday : RHEOSTATS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Pound locks up special animal : BEAST
2-down – A new setter, I state, is heavenly : ANGELICAL
3-down – Cryptically, God in sin? : WRONGDOING
4-down – Racing cars like to carry 50 7s : RASCALS
5-down – Restaurant where Spooner’s woman to come first : TEASHOP
6-down – Light beer after a drop of pilsner : PALE
7-down – Scoundrel to attempt return, hiding in Paris street : ROGUE
8-down – Rock bands love sex from behind in isolated environments : SANDBOXES
13-down – I never slow cook animals : WOLVERINES
14-down – Approximately 1000 top best in revolt — it’s a really nasty place to be : CACOTOPIA
16-down – Longing for battle, lost again : NOSTALGIA
18-down – Sycophant in slow-moving vehicle : CRAWLER
19-down – Umpire trading iron for titanium — now he no longer works : RETIREE
21-down – Most annoyed about a little bit of rainy weather : STORM
23-down – Football clothing starts to excite strikers and wingers : KITES
24-down – Capital to be seen during October/November : BERN
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.