The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28457 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28457 clues and answers were published on Fri 28 May 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28457 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossPeople in general work like snobs to fill position : POPULACE
5-acrossColour in character in comic : TINTIN
9-acrossPodgorica once got over opening harangue, for the most part : TITOGRAD
10-acrossTemperature of old Peruvian container : TINCAN
11-acrossBefore a judge, fabricating a truth pitilessly? Oh, no — not this! : UPONOATH
12-acrossJohn might dance : CANCAN
14-acrossEven less like an oil painting in Louvre with its frame retouched : UNLOVELIER
18-acrossRetreat from one who pulls big teeth? : IVORYTOWER
22-acrossUnnumbered British agent repeated blunder : BOOBOO
23-acrossContraction of silver cracks beaker badly — result? : BREAKAGE
24-acrossOne warming to Tootsie, this recipient of marching orders? : BOOTEE
25-acrossLegendary spinner’s general aches isolated in the heart : LACHESIS
26-acrossIn the South American tropical forests you may find it dry : TEETEE
27-acrossOpens Barking Women’s Institute, reviving time one missed : UNTWISTS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Coming about ahead in shot on green thing with a noisy engine : PUTPUT
2-down – Support for The Scaffold’s turn: origins of Lily the Pink boosted university visits : PUTLOG
3-down – Daily Record design officer initially lost such a plot? : LOGLOG
4-down – Skilled tradespeople together broadcast ’10 4!’ : CRAFTUNION
6-down – Copied it stopping one getting married? : IMITATED
7-down – Starters from Tijuana a connois­seur of chilli’s taken with it­ : TACOCHIP
8-down – Perhaps access refused for this heir’s failure to renew investiture : NONENTRY
13-down – Supporting De Niro cast with a set out in advance : FOREORDAIN
15-down – 0 x 1 — so gradually 5 became 12, 22 26, 1 down 3, or 19 21 : BITBYBIT
16-down – Tick nobody with droning voice : MONOTONE
17-down – Austrian parts around which you’ve yet to go cycling : TYROLESE
19-down – Vulgar laugh that’s emitted by brass section from below : HAWHAW
20-down – Ship’s parts stuck, to begin with, in a gateway to the Dales : HAWSES
21-down – Tolls finally followed by more of the same old taxes : SESSES

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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