This crossword No. 28539 clues and answers were published on Wed 01 Sep 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28539 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Old university graduate keeps on penning journal : BOLOGNA
5-across – Problem with a reggae-style drumbeat : RUBADUB
9-across – With some medicine bottles, seek water : DOWSE
10-across – It ensures well-rounded character votes for Boris? : BACKSTORY
11-across – What we get called in explosive contest : TOURNAMENT
12-across – Constituent of Britain, say, lives life on the edge : ISLE
14-across – Fiancé exhibits such intense stress : ACUTEACCENT
18-across – Love to enter race, wanting an achievement : TOURDEFORCE
21-across – Vessel brewery carries back and forth : EWER
22-across – Dog I’m unsure about since barking in pound etc : CURRENCIES
25-across – One jogging without a rest : REMAINDER
26-across – Beater back from reserve overrun by deer : HEART
27-across – Work of satirist failing to secure new agents : DUNCIAD
28-across – It helps climbers in large area with dry rocks : LATTICE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – They clean behind empty drainpipe in segments : BIDETS
2-down – Rough clothing ladies perhaps will be revealing : LOWCUT
3-down – Permits daughter aboard vehicles fit for Greta? : GREENCARDS
4-down – Black-hearted crystalline compound snaps here? : ALBUM
5-down – Err with count badly, needing to engage a teller : RACONTEUR
6-down – Forest’s something eliminated by Brazilian president : BUSH
7-down – Rearing up, tame animals cross threshold : DOORSTEP
8-down – About to dip into novel but Hay Festival’s here : BAYREUTH
13-down – PC still checks on description of stolen goods : SCREENSHOT
15-down – Spotted in nude, wrong is only alleged : UNFOUNDED
16-down – Old king of Spain left in debt-ridden state : ETHELRED
17-down – Star’s welcoming wave in Barnet, meeting a hero : SUPERMAN
19-down – Celebration: a wild, crazy one : DIWALI
20-down – Fly east over the Channel, then again northwards : TSETSE
23-down – Game with two sides touring a country : RURAL
24-down – Curtailed ape’s role in Italian opera : MIMI
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.