This crossword No. 28621 clues and answers were published on Mon 06 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28621 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Shattering sort of news : BREAKING
9-across – Siren’s nose : HOOTER
10-across – One takes a little bite, aftertaste coming back : GNAT
11-across – Impound vessel for unpaid work : INTERNSHIP
12-across – Bread for example not fresh, but quietly accepted : STAPLE
14-across – Taking the driving seat, change gear after a short distance : INCHARGE
15-across – Tied house right behind field : RECTORY
17-across – Son enjoying a spliff, adding more to burn : STOKING
20-across – A boy’s boy? : GRANDSON
22-across – Roughly remove dressing for bad cut : ABDUCT
23-across – Moving under, can do circular steps : ROUNDDANCE
24-across – Wicket perhaps finally suggesting skulduggery : GATE
25-across – Senior cleric taking care of a junior one : DEACON
26-across – Music suggested by dejected Royal Navy? : THEBLUES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A woman of colour : BRUNETTE
2-down – Beat time in a trance : RAPT
3-down – Eat around six? Wonderful! : DIVINE
4-down – European travel: journey is a gratifying experience : EGOTRIP
5-down – Time-saving hairdo? : SHORTCUT
6-down – Astonished to be punched in the face : GOBSMACKED
7-down – King looking at what typist is doing : KEYING
13-down – Pretend to be an impresario : PUTONANACT
16-down – One booked into hotel has seen dirt all over the place : RESIDENT
18-down – Refinements that used to go with smart shirts? : NICETIES
19-down – From madness, putting out small idiotic remark : INANITY
21-down – Not the ways, we hear, to travel to this island : RHODES
22-down – A writer about myself and distant ancestors : APEMEN
24-down – Good and bad quantity of drink : GILL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.