This crossword No. 28576 clues and answers were published on Thu 14 Oct 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28576 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Overcrowded relationships lasting? Er … unlikely : TRIANGLES
6-across – Employer’s cat second to be taken : USER
10-across – Cold drink, one originally left behind : LASSI
11-across – Cave-dweller looked suspiciously at drunk : TROLLEYED
12-across – Cross mouth of Tay to get to Dundee? : TANGELO
13-across – Talks quietly to dogs slipping lead : POWWOWS
14-across – Bloody fantastic job : OLDBOYNETWORK
17-across – Cull in the 18th century perhaps a big step forward : HALFTHEBATTLE
21-across – Doctor paused taking temperature for latest news : UPDATES
22-across – Catch journalist drinking rum? On the contrary : HADDOCK
24-across – Forced flier to land finally — previously arrested : DRAGOONED
25-across – Going around in the nip, openly intimate : OPINE
26-across – Live next to a field : AREA
27-across – Shots from above hit destroyer’s bow — lost about six, not nine : SLAMDUNKS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Set way of raising money? : TELETHON
2-down – Distressing condition initially explored by northern writer : IBSEN
3-down – Fan opinion — sell-out sounds annoying : NOISEPOLLUTION
4-down – Disappoint old and new sportsmen at the centre — sorry! : LETDOWN
5-down – Round trip extremely boring in the event : SHOTPUT
7-down – Shock permeates island — without cuts taxes shoot up : SKYROCKET
8-down – Sport I abandoned that is extremely rough : RUDEST
9-down – Watch blonde running past it : BLEWHOTANDCOLD
15-down – Dry day — ready with the liquid : DEHYDRATE
16-down – Fellow coming out in spots, beginning to suspect rash : RECKLESS
18-down – Sit around drinking sensible healthy drinks : TISANES
19-down – Creature camouflaged in ball turned over, not dead : ECHIDNA
20-down – EastEnders tough guy is upset — that’s plain : TUNDRA
23-down – Stars from old film genre turned up : ORION
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.