This crossword No. 28418 clues and answers were published on Tue 13 Apr 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28418 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – High passage diva is struggling with cut : VIADUCT
5-across – What’s left on, the electricity supply? : REMAINS
9-across – Bishop isn’t dignified gatecrashing function : SAINT
10-across – See 9 : AUGUSTINE
11-across – Under threes dancing round newspaper boss : ETHERISED
12-across – Colourless layer on fringe of arras : ASHEN
13-across – Brainbox outspoken in row : SCULL
15-across – Poorly, one way or another? : INABADWAY
18-across – Loose family members one’s seen in lodge : FREEMASON
19-across – Brilliance of recital, cellist making a comeback : ECLAT
21-across – Chicken backing away from gangster : CAPON
23-across – PM’s silver ring and Chinese dresses : CALLAGHAN
25-across – Dance groove captured by rockers’ material : STRUTONES
26-across – See 25 : STUFF
27-across – A little baby’s sallow from a very deep bed : ABYSSAL
28-across – Dirt Conservative’s found in shoe : SCANDAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Service vehicles from Italy, it’s said : VESPERS
2-down – Wild social do — put easy chair away : ACIDHOUSE
3-down – Say back Caesar’s last words to Brutus? : UTTER
4-down – Hands on man’s bum during prison time, sent up : TRANSMITS
5-down – Soldier breaking free is not yielding : RIGID
6-down – Steed in novel Emma is to run badly : MISMANAGE
7-down – Woman rejected current husband, getting together with Harry Barker : IRISH
8-down – Rent out foxy clothes in serious fashion : STERNLY
14-down – Turning up to fix eg mink or fox coats : LAMINATES
16-down – Many a chronicler shrinks in recital : ANNALISTS
17-down – See 7 : WOLFHOUND
18-down – One’s purple in bed, if such frolics end in angina : FUCHSIA
20-down – Being so might make performance of lute fun : TUNEFUL
22-down – See 2 : PARTY
23-down – Is a Liberal permitted to barge in here? : CANAL
24-down – Where ratings are lost : ATSEA
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.