This crossword No. 28628 clues and answers were published on Tue 14 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28628 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Councillor’s gutted by Oxford’s river disaster : CRISIS
5-across – Moved — not natural : AFFECTED
9-across – Tending to scare off star Liam : ALARMIST
10-across – Truncated fancy bra raised temperature : ABRUPT
11-across – Live within one’s means, as a contortionist could : MAKEENDSMEET
13-across – Essential element of Depression: onset of hunger : PITH
14-across – High earners taking in southern mountain air quality : RARENESS
17-across – Son with present : SNOWDROP
18-across – Break small piece off end of thick raised surface : KNAP
20-across – East Midlands town doctor set child free : CHESTERFIELD
23-across – Royal house’s beginning to encompass university : STUART
24-across – Bother an educator and an iconic rebel : HEADACHE
25-across – Feathers are better than a baton movement : DOWNBEAT
26-across – Uninteresting ladder trial : DRYRUN
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Eggs, when split by line, part : ROLE
3-down – Old whaler’s work: capturing felons in Wash, possibly : SCRIMSHAW
4-down – Wearing the blue turned up, duck? Figure-hugging! : SLINKY
5-down – Immediately when Derby, say, fell : ATTHEDROPOFAHAT
6-down – European region’s loud people being grounded : FLANDERS
7-down – In public, a romantic American’s billiards shot : CAROM
8-down – State means to create a fast road : EXPRESSWAY
12-down – Move of bishop to China, not a fate that’s rectified : FIANCHETTO
15-down – Meadow saffron for the Coventry horsewoman? : NAKEDLADY
16-down – One who’s been caught arriving with drugs in need of support : ARRESTEE
19-down – Newspaper possibly reveals ‘Goddess married to heartless youth’ : HERALD
21-down – Proust’s character is weak, going in opposite directions : SWANN
22-down – You once cut many hundreds : THOU
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.