This crossword No. 28574 clues and answers were published on Tue 12 Oct 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28574 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Old lecturer enters competition with authority : ORACLE
4-across – Joker breaks into school for change : SWITCH
9-across – Egypt is regularly overturning complaint : STYE
10-across – A fake prophecy: ‘Earth’s lost metal’ — it’s doubtful : APOCRYPHAL
11-across – Text about new hit fashions : SMITHS
12-across – English bowler moves around leg — wicket falls! : ANDERSON
13-across – Is footballer blocking Everton’s last delivery? : INSWINGER
15-across – Drunk hides whiskey in study : SWOT
16-across – Following kick-off, running back for corner : NOOK
17-across – Work in bed? Initially, employer to play along : COOPERATE
21-across – Animated figure’s bearing American god : MORPHEUS
22-across – In speech ex-PM beguiles table : MATRIX
24-across – Perhaps email in the latest style? : POSTMODERN
25-across – Type of film only showing in visible and ultraviolet light? : NOIR
26-across – Fancy pheromone contains secret message : CYPHER
27-across – Timid setter’s crossing river : MOUSEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Turkish delight at last — after starter of olives, am not upset! : OTTOMAN
2-down – Spy gets kind of crimson once cover’s blown : AGENT
3-down – Singer Moyet left first to hide one love affair : LIAISON
5-down – Line in what you’re reading to classes : WORLDS
6-down – Lift prize cup of the highest quality : TOPDRAWER
7-down – Listen to the end of our bust-up in anger : HEAROUT
8-down – Second chicken drinks beer on top of barn for encouragement … : MORALEBOOSTER
14-down – … as Goldberg and sheep celebrate raucously : WHOOPITUP
16-down – Ozone damaged, I see, by this age : NEOZOIC
18-down – Pepper pot shaken over fried carbon-free mince : PIMENTO
19-down – Cambridge college’s uprising — can I go outside? : TRINITY
20-down – Unscramble what Enigma produced? : DECODE
23-down – Cheers when husband quits and fails badly : TANKS
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.