This crossword No. 28653 clues and answers were published on Thu 13 Jan 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28653 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Mark with spots led astray installing smartphone program : DAPPLE
4-across – They protect the Crown : HELMETS
9-across – Old setter’s good with child : EXPECTING
10-across – Reject outcast swapping sides : REPEL
11-across – Monsters finally go looking for three knights : OGRES
12-across – According to Spooner, Murs trick with soap? : HOLLYOAKS
13-across – Record rise in disorder after parties : DOSSIER
15-across – Courting daughter with giant fiddle : DATING
17-across – Struggles with 5 + 8 + 7? I’ve left ‘e’ out, not even in order : FIGHTS
19-across – Turn provided by senior cricketer : FIELDER
22-across – City official tracking the movement of Sterling? : TREASURER
24-across – Matter of time before corrupt cop jails international : TOPIC
26-across – One empty beer returned for bitter : ACERB
27-across – Cliches etc thus translated to cover new section : CHESTNUTS
28-across – Troy besieged by messy rebels with special structures : SYSTEMS
29-across – Top of double-decker bus to crash into reservations : DOUBTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Plant used for colour, as a Welshman would say : DYEWOOD
2-down – To the audience, type of TV view material : PAPER
3-down – Rugby players upend that man over tense tradesman : LOCKSMITH
4-down – Negotiated hard deal about riding horse : HAGGLED
5-down – Transport gold in two hands by end of day : LORRY
6-down – Illustrated River Dee, clear down the middle : EXPLAINED
7-down – Climbing mountains with peaks of snow hurts a little : SPLASH
8-down – 1 of 2 or 1 in 3, roughly? : EITHER
14-down – Weak bowling technique Cook sees, getting over 50 : SPINELESS
16-down – A number score twice with only headers : TWENTYTWO
18-down – Smartens up princess, scruffy without pin : SPRUCES
19-down – Stronger sack carrying money : FIRMER
20-down – Finds another role for exceptional actress : RECASTS
21-down – Pieces of meat, drink and cocktail during the weekend? : STEAKS
23-down – Black market stocks book : SABLE
25-down – Delivering fruit precisely : PLUMB
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.