This crossword No. 28540 clues and answers were published on Thu 02 Sep 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28540 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Enjoys drink after chum’s come around : LAPSUP
5-across – Tree choked by parasitic plant in a miserable state : MOPINESS
9-across – Guardian boss goes after officer — factual accounts shouldn’t be this! : COLOURED
10-across – Poor cast includes three from Swedish group : SHABBY
11-across – Food enthusiast gobbles starter for lunch : FLAN
12-across – Chase down weak animal round with heart aflutter : RUNTOEARTH
13-across – A pair of females streak, creating disturbance : AFFRAY
14-across – Make familiar sound of a zany : ACQUAINT
16-across – Bombast from silly rich Tories is to be ignored : RHETORIC
19-across – Home help with a superior manner keeping quiet : AUPAIR
21-across – Publicist with gift for concealing decline : PRESSAGENT
23-across – ‘Little river’ one will present here : RILL
24-across – Simple fellow eating nothing gets wind : SIMOON
25-across – A socialist gets to sit back inside, being detained : ARRESTED
26-across – Idiots given notice — such must face the reckoning : ASSESSEE
27-across – Something handed out for daughters to tuck into — it’s child’s play : DODDLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Pleasant life or still life? : ABOWLOFCHERRIES
3-down – Tongue-tied Oxford don to make love with hesitation : SPOONER
4-down – Artist dunking pencil into beer : PORTRAYER
5-down – Mother figure spreading heavenly food around party : MADONNA
6-down – What gives some gripes — tomato sauce : PESTO
7-down – A drop of rain once more elevated river : NIAGARA
8-down – Bizarre ban — all I must eat’s a Scotch egg, some claimed : SUBSTANTIALMEAL
15-down – Put in lodgings right by unusual tree in courtyard : QUARTERED
17-down – Silk suits more crumpled I’m to get rid of : TUSSORE
18-down – Revolutionary with others turning up in compound : CHELATE
20-down – Examined? That’s not new after half-term : PERUSED
22-down – Relations to make trips, heading off : AUNTS
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.