This crossword No. 28711 clues and answers were published on Tue 22 Mar 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28711 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Queen, involved in lousy oil transaction, makes a speech : SOLILOQUY
6-across – See 26 : DUCT
8-across – One stands to the right of East Ender’s impoverished plant : BRASSICA
9-across – See 10 : THEORY
10-across – Street band, Troy, casually accepting His Eminence’s explanation of everything? : STRING
11-across – Old-fashioned you, having S&M! : THOUSAND
12-across – Restless type of fellow one would become : FIDGET
15-across – Space mission souvenir display behind tip : MOONROCK
16-across – Company actor’s top covered by plain item of clothing : OVERCOAT
19-across – Spotted drugs of different colours : ESPIED
21-across – Sentimentality effected with each brainwave : GOODIDEA
22-across – Chatter about Dicky’s outcome : PAYOFF
24-across – End the French tax levied by French king! : TAILLE
25-across – Accordingly, protecting against a grand capital city : SANTIAGO
26-across – Cut Channel’s source for blubber? : TEAR
27-across – Old player determined to get a ham regional accent : MUMMERSET
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Parade prop : STRUT
2-down – Not so acceptable, being next to good novelist : LESSING
3-down – Not standing as a politician, many would assume? : LYING
4-down – Scientific attempt to formulate fundamental rules of squash — mutiny, PC involved! : QUANTUM
5-down – Appearing later: coyote, initially tamed, crossed with setter : YETTOCOME
6-down – One getting ready item of furniture : DRESSER
7-down – Record large number used chlorine : CHRONICLE
13-down – Popular musical instrument, extremely tactile, but untouched? : INVIOLATE
14-down – Organised hen do in smart European port : TRONDHEIM
17-down – Two daughters interrupting irritating type, who poses a problem : RIDDLER
18-down – Window art over northern entrances to Science and Oceanography Museum : TRANSOM
20-down – See 4 : PHYSICS
22-down – Is out of low value coins for pasta : PENNE
23-down – Fall out! Engage in battle! : FIGHT
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.