This crossword No. 28485 clues and answers were published on Wed 30 Jun 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28485 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Male nickname for female writer and activist : SONTAG
5-across – Stout with energy in significantly reduced supply : FEARLESS
9-across – Money withdrawn invested in flat power unit : MEGAWATT
10-across – Munch berries, audibly, as nut? : CASHEW
11-across – Sheets found in bathroom, matter on linen dry : TOILETTISSUE
13-across – Trace the first nine letters, backwards : IOTA
14-across – Meat-filled bun for beach picnic : CLAMBAKE
17-across – Substance of planet before sun — Mercury, say? : ROCKSTAR
18-across – Partially covered by green, I was screwing back for red, say? : WINE
20-across – Lascivious Tory mug, I sense : CONCUPISCENT
23-across – One after crab and lion catching a shrew : VIRAGO
24-across – Singer in bar punched, assailant finally arrested : MARSHTIT
25-across – Things dangling from Biden’s trousers, butt tucked in : PENDANTS
26-across – Unexpected retreat in the south of France? : SUDDEN
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Warmer attack : OPEN
3-down – Mark carrying cooker round home? : TOASTRACK
4-down – For no brass instrument, note written up : GRATIS
5-down – In truth, a parent fine with head of tribe in matriarch: she’s remarkable : FATHERCHRISTMAS
6-down – Cooler dude after royal’s bottom cracking princess up : ALCATRAZ
7-down – Part of ugly sister destroying process : LYSIS
8-down – Going underground, Louis XIV saving skin, almost : SPELUNKING
12-down – Vehicle with a screw loose on purpose : LOCOMOTIVE
15-down – Fascinated, when upset network proved an irritation : BEWITCHED
16-down – Small department so upset with rivals at the table, resign : STEPDOWN
19-down – Inventor of the wheel earliest of all, for example, rolling round immense stone : FERRIS
21-down – Leafy vegetable ending in trash breaking heart, say? : CHARD
22-down – See 2 : FIRE
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.