This crossword No. 28631 clues and answers were published on Fri 17 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28631 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Going on record, account penned by non-drinkers is woolly stuff : ALPACA
5-across – Allocating roles to defend line protecting the king : CASTLING
9-across – With musical backing, orator shows clipped style : STACCATO
10-across – Friends given the most common component of breeze block : OPPOSE
11-across – President dismissing Republican to get refreshment : CHAI
12-across – Cryptically, it is a busy commercial area : CITYCENTRE
13-across – Asian sultanate, British-administered, that is to the west : BRUNEI
14-across – Person who gets paid cash advance : PROPOUND
16-across – Drink a six-pack? Then I will get drunk! : ABSINTHE
19-across – Case of regressive fascist is for shrink : REDUCE
21-across – Remarkable bottom shown by male pants squeezing tight till it hurts : ALLTIMELOW
23-across – Dated girl obliged to get picked up : MAID
24-across – A pungent flavouring out of large fungus : AGARIC
25-across – Welsh town’s parliamentarian returning penniless : PEMBROKE
26-across – Check report of sport glasses : STEMWARE
27-across – Taking down and out to get £1,000 : NOTING
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – European with present trouble grasping English divine command : LETTHEREBELIGHT
3-down – Instance of flogging for all to see in hostilities : AUCTION
4-down – Radical classical sextet ignored by a record collector : ANARCHIST
5-down – What shows middle is plump, having trim clothing? : CROPTOP
6-down – Job, say, pertains to ice houses : STOIC
7-down – It’s a battle getting piano into small shed : LEPANTO
8-down – Getting on well and clearly brave about it : NOSPRINGCHICKEN
15-down – A group rowing in a newsroom broadcast : OARSWOMEN
17-down – Acting head of institute plugs buzzword? : INTERIM
18-down – Block out tabs containing content of YouTube : ECLIPSE
20-down – Biden, for one, raising flag, getting black mark : DEMERIT
22-down – No leaving construction sets in sacred site : MECCA
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.