This crossword No. 28704 clues and answers were published on Mon 14 Mar 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28704 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Highly suspicious airman lacking papers : PARANOID
9-across – Son who plays truant : NOSHOW
10-across – Relish is French with zero added : ZEST
11-across – Irrelevant alarm I time to go off : IMMATERIAL
12-across – Threat from soldiers on crack : MENACE
14-across – Pitiful tale of son of a bitch and Southern politician : SOBSTORY
15-across – Throw about rum that’s cheap and nasty : SHODDY
17-across – Use gin to develop brilliance : GENIUS
20-across – Suspend meetings of professional fraudster? : PROROGUE
22-across – Small, almost entirely disgusting, bug : WEEVIL
23-across – Character of intricate particle : COMPLEXION
24-across – Papers initially banned under ministerial framework : BUMF
25-across – Passed a territory containing grave : SEDATE
26-across – Look after European that Parisian conservation group finds persuasive : ELOQUENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Inattentive pedestrian perhaps crosses end of avenue : CARELESS
2-down – It can transport a large number : RAFT
3-down – Thick unpleasant smell above climber : BOVINE
4-down – Powerless to cross street to get bananas : UNSTABLE
5-down – Directories head of department lost when moving desk : ESCRITOIRE
6-down – Locks securing books and eyewash : HOTAIR
8-down – Failure in half of London area? : DEMISE
13-down – Questionable royal chap dancing around front of palace : APOCRYPHAL
16-down – Good government has merely to disregard outsiders and follow party lines : DOGGEREL
18-down – Consignment from small trendy chaps with a bit of talent : SHIPMENT
19-down – Iron crease for Tom perhaps : FELINE
21-down – King in dodgy rodeo cheated : ROOKED
22-down – Secure present for fan : WINNOW
24-down – Smear something on back of book obscuring ending : BLUR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.