This crossword No. 28623 clues and answers were published on Wed 08 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28623 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Elaborate on line in bill, leading man to appeal : TICKLETHEFANCY
9-across – Forced to rise, being directed across sierra : ROUSTED
10-across – Greek city’s grain brought across current Turkish borders : CORINTH
11-across – Badger short of phosphorous compound : ESTER
12-across – Exile keeping unruly racists in order : OSTRACISM
13-across – Lawman, it’s said, puts down government supporters : LOYALISTS
14-across – Society invested in remedy for affliction : CURSE
15-across – Seabird uncommon in Atlantic state : NODDY
17-across – Transport bacon — ham’s off! : HANSOMCAB
20-across – Conductor against accepting old van on motorway : MANTOVANI
22-across – Name adopted by conventional poet : DONNE
23-across – Smart painter regularly showing bends in track : CHICANE
24-across – Colourful result of hitting buffers? : SHINERS
25-across – Trained stagehands do it, confounding expectations : AGAINSTTHEODDS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Senseless victims in the crime bled horribly : THREEBLINDMICE
2-down – Consider empty rectory, taking steps to provide leisure activity : COUNTRY
3-down – Overdue improvement on the side : LATERALLY
4-down – Wearing crown of England during studio broadcast : TEDIOUS
5-down – Works up references in support of unopened congress : EXCITES
6-down – Craft gathering round a major vessel : AORTA
7-down – More subtle control upped following stir : CANNIER
8-down – Nearby chemists supply home flu protection, might you say? : CHIMNEYBREASTS
14-down – Head for crowded raucous square where ecstasy’s to be had? : CLOUDNINE
16-down – See 2 : DANCING
17-down – They’ll cheat hotel over chops with right stuffing : HOAXERS
18-down – Nothing fixed without a carpenter’s tool : NAILSET
19-down – Prisoner and guard meet head on : CONTEND
21-down – Took a picture featuring African browser : OKAPI
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.