The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28586 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28586 clues and answers were published on Tue 26 Oct 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28586 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossReport of chronicler on burial site, potentially a cracker : CRYPTANALYST
8-acrossPerhaps quote too much love poetry with uniform content : OVERUSE
9-acrossRobin flying around church’s inner passages : BRONCHI
11-acrossStern composed features female’s lacking : AUSTERE
12-acrossAn ancient Greek is charged with negativity : ANIONIC
13-acrossMost of sole behind cat’s third claw : TALON
14-acrossToddlers kept engaged by this dramatic series? : PLAYGROUP
16-acrossInterminable street party growing louder : CRESCENDO
19-acrossVariety of wine bar bottles 50 cents : BLANC
21-acrossEnduring stars in stage terms? : LEGENDS
23-acrossMoulded sink thrown away : DIECAST
24-acrossEmit cry of pain close to mummy, looking rather sickly : YELLOWY
25-acrossWhiff of sodium beginning to develop? : NASCENT
26-acrossI feel dry runs should be organ­ised and easy to follow : USERFRIENDLY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Oily liquid cools off, covering middle of street : CREOSOL
2-down – Agreed! And, if we’re taking turns, I’m off : YOUREON
3-down – Engineers in open hut worried at that point : THEREUPON
4-down – Nile region once served up excellent cake : NUBIA
5-down – Releasing toilet pipe : LOOSING
6-down – Twinkling finale for virtuoso part in duet : SECONDO
7-down – Jerk stabbing Caesar’s associate, maybe with passion : ROMANTICALLY
10-down – Immobilise one cover raised in Peru’s old national gallery : INCAPACITATE
15-down – A worthless African party orig­inally encouraged shirking : AVOIDANCE
17-down – Gives precious coat to US serviceman left wearing scraps : ENGILDS
18-down – Means of preserving grim impartiality : CANDOUR
19-down – Revered head of board removing editor : BLESSED
20-down – Nutmeg’s supporting commercial plugging superb college : ACADEMY
22-down – More furtive adult missed by violent killer : SLYER

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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