This crossword No. 28567 clues and answers were published on Mon 04 Oct 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28567 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Chef covering up hot item used for kitchen storage : CUPHOOK
8-across – Party attended by composer leaving new widow : DOWAGER
9-across – Country involved in formal investigation : MALI
10-across – Schubert composition about a European capital : BUCHAREST
12-across – Film-maker in scruffy anorak limps on : ROMAN
13-across – Check design of trainers : RESTRAIN
15-across – Eagle never crossing valley : GLEN
16-across – Country losing territory on North Island to old Britons : ICENI
17-across – One attempting to lose runs level : TIER
18-across – Strangely tasty cep seen as belonging to the same sort : TYPECAST
20-across – Set of clubs given to girl : CLASS
21-across – Game played by poets nursing sick setter : BILLIARDS
22-across – Bird that can cough things up? : HAWK
24-across – Vagrant stealing first part of investigator’s brief : DOSSIER
25-across – Sticky stuff coating large end of rectangular dressing : PLASTER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Animal turned up with mother : PUMA
2-down – One who oversees meeting with Chinese pilot : CHAIRMAN
3-down – Spool for thread endlessly going up and down : BOBBIN
4-down – See 12 across : POLANSKI
5-down – In a rush to charge queen : CAREER
6-down – End of scarf covered by moist part of cloth : WEFT
11-down – Fish go into chippy : CARPENTER
12-down – Type of race put down again : RELAY
14-down – Aides trained to make plans : IDEAS
16-down – Independent publications losing Azerbaijani leaders’ pictures : IMAGINES
17-down – Experiment involving long container : TEACHEST
19-down – Space given to lean recruit : ENLIST
20-down – Social 20 across accepting large, grand residence : CASTLE
21-down – Hit boy below the belt : BLOW
23-down – Bird heard when crossing river : WREN
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.