This crossword No. 28558 clues and answers were published on Thu 23 Sep 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28558 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Hopeful hellfire ultimately denied in Eve’s reluctance to partake of forbidden fruit? : APPLICANT
10-across – Top off, cook : OUTDO
11-across – Child, one accommodated in large shed : BAIRN
12-across – 6’s vessel on stream : STEINBECK
13-across – Curious tree was top : SWEATER
14-across – Cast of Cats, say? : ANAGRAM
17-across – Characters regularly seen in small-town shop : SALON
19-across – Cut in refinement, get work by 14 of more than one 6? : THE
20-across – Lexicographical publication, old, old manuscript : CODEX
21-across – 6’s blunder, one line back : LECARRE
22-across – 6’s brief smile, fake : GRISHAM
24-across – Local worker, margin squeezed in trade : BARTENDER
26-across – Almost having taken head off, order dismissal : EARLY
28-across – See 8 : TITLE
29-across – See 19 : WASTELAND
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Straight punch catching back of Fulham supporter : JAMB
2-down – 6’s atop wall? : UPDIKE
3-down – Resident in Mississippi, a not unerringly trained listener : PIANOTUNER
4-down – State goes out with a dictator : CAESAR
5-down – Leg across always in cramped quarters : STEERAGE
6-down – Name Welsh artist and English pop star : JOHN
7-down – Ill-prepared monarch sheltered, having lost crown at sea : ETHELRED
8-down – It, for example, requires change of kit in port on the Mersey : BOOK
13-down – Rough stuff, one caught by filly that’s rolled over : SISAL
15-down – Mathematician who screwed up? : ARCHIMEDES
16-down – Saw long coat, metre : MAXIM
18-down – Wound cord before judge : LACERATE
19-down – Drink inferior to sea water reportedly limited : TIEDDOWN
22-down – Loud, one needing quiet after kid turned up : GARISH
23-down – A zip’s caught — whoopee! : HURRAY
24-down – See 26 : BATH
25-down – Blade’s ego? : EPEE
27-down – Joy to behold finally, a grandmaster : YODA
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.