This crossword No. 28636 clues and answers were published on Thu 23 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28636 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Statue, for example, friend of 26 across returned : IMAGE
10-across – Tours in France, say — plane came with parts around middle switched : PLACENAME
11-across – Some travel guides in his language for philosopher : DESCARTES
12-across – Savoir faire includes the writer being understood : TACIT
13-across – Express statements of resistance in French and English : NONSTOP
15-across – Caught bringing in line put out : NETTLED
17-across – See 5 : DETRE
18-across – See 24 : SUM
20-across – See 8 : LAVIE
22-across – Has turned over pages, one chapter relating to poetess : SAPPHIC
25-across – Author understands what 7 had in 1 : PENSEES
26-across – Eg including this artist is superficially damaging : RODIN
27-across – Source of information that bears fruit : GRAPEVINE
30-across – One of those points of great danger heroic Frenchman’s between : EPICENTRE
31-across – Dance club we left, returning after band’s performance : GIGUE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Pay attention to theme of this puzzle : MIND
2-down – Composer and artist traversing the way from Paris to Marseilles : MASSENET
3-down – Centre half in home game is fab : MEGA
4-down – Grave statements, perhaps wrong : EPITAPHS
5-down – Reformulation of René’s adroit justification for existence : RAISON
6-down – Blight on the plant? This needs fencing : PENTATHLON
7-down – Mathematician contributing to group as calculator : PASCAL
8-down – How 7, 11 or 26 across might have announced his resignation? : CEST
13-down – Uncovered figures like 14 in hundreds — every second : NUDES
14-down – Heartless old Tory interrupting man who repairs sculpture : THETHINKER
16-down – Drives without a third and second gear : DRESS
19-down – Graphic artist who often shows latitude at work? : MAPMAKER
21-down – Compete over parts in theatre — one gets them in shows : VIEWINGS
23-down – Kind of speech I had given shortly after power drink : PIDGIN
24-down – 5 17 for 11? : COGITO
26-down – Part of friendship that meant nothing to 7, 11, or 26 : RIEN
28-down – See 24 : ERGO
29-down – Weapon European repeatedly used, seizing power : EPEE
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.