This crossword No. 28641 clues and answers were published on Thu 30 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28641 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – About time — pull in abdomen desperately : PLATINUMBLONDE
8-across – Girl from Welsh valley extremely down about leaving : RHODA
9-across – Western director screens short story — never mind : LETALONE
11-across – Wish to keep going round state capital : YEREVAN
12-across – Theatrical friend in hotel, having forgotten new address : HORATIO
13-across – Temper! Losing head a lot : OFTEN
15-across – Big game reserve visited by a Member of Parliament? : SUPERBOWL
17-across – Pound’s poetry, one admitted, having a lot of charm, initially : PULVERISE
20-across – Occupying room as on-off lodger, might you say? : MASON
21-across – ‘Excellent beer’ in review for Crown and Sceptre? : REGALIA
23-across – Victory? Sore loser back in touch is claiming one … : TRIUMPH
25-across – … bloke’s a show-off! Think he could be desperate : FANCYDAN
26-across – Wife’s responsibility mostly to children : DUTCH
27-across – Feel terrific — holy orders : THELIFEOFRILEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Do exercises in bad shape to begin with — they won’t bring much joy : PARTYPOOPERS
2-down – Romance a special one? Not half! : AMOUR
3-down – Naive and stupid, snorting cocaine earlier : INADVANCE
4-down – Aim to have day in American hills : UPLANDS
5-down – Neither down about college failure : BOTCHUP
6-down – Liberal entering has been received topless — he’d get an eyeful! : OGLER
7-down – Assume it’s a ‘no’ for replacement gifts : DONATIONS
10-down – Horny as hell, dropping spades — it maybe could lead to this : ROLLINTHEHAY
14-down – Paper on strike cutting the supply : TELEGRAPH
16-down – Nudge when maintaining one’s balance : REMAINDER
18-down – Helping one ingenue to conceal affair : INAIDOF
19-down – Use up reserves of energy mating — stop! : EATINTO
22-down – Pub grub like this shouldn’t be too fattening : LOCAL
24-down – Mike’s gone back in lead perhaps : METAL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.