This crossword No. 28399 clues and answers were published on Mon 22 Mar 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28399 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Impenetrable row of crops at one end of the country? : CORNWALL
9-across – Scores four? Many more : EIGHTY
10-across – Work to do, then, promptly : ONTHEDOT
11-across – Philosopher speaking in a crackly whisper : RUSTLE
12-across – One’s stocking up, ready for the occasional visitor to drop in : FATHERCHRISTMAS
15-across – Boxed in, one has a trying time : JUROR
16-across – Request directions, being awry : ASKEW
20-across – Not really expect to describe Bob’s family quarrel? : HOPEAGAINSTHOPE
21-across – Run after small girl, who may be on thin ice : SKATER
23-across – Mountain originally broken in seven pieces : BENNEVIS
25-across – Audibly breathe a cunning plan : WHEEZE
26-across – Many distributed our menus : NUMEROUS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – No working period; time for lunch? : NOONDAY
2-down – How mortgage may be secured free of charge : ONTHEHOUSE
3-down – Crazy about one girl : MAID
4-down – Spotted large number at church in past : BLOTCHY
5-down – Miserly girls just avoided accidents : NEARMISSES
6-down – Are they before or after chickens? : EGGS
7-down – Starry artists tell a reviewer’s hiding : STELLAR
13-down – High-level plot for gore and mayhem : ROOFGARDEN
14-down – All the same, these letters give a basic education : THETHREERS
17-down – Factory on holiday emptied and idle : WORKSHY
18-down – Grand group of swingers : BIGBAND
19-down – Pick one parent as the best : OPTIMUM
22-down – Secured change of diet : TIED
24-down – Handle call : NAME
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.