This crossword No. 28718 clues and answers were published on Wed 30 Mar 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28718 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – No fresh watercolours? : SEASCAPES
6-across – 6 down or its opposite, with singular interruption : BOSOM
9-across – Zealous group from bygone age recalled : EAGER
10-across – Flurry of snow in top observation post : CROWSNEST
11-across – Silly man perversely pinching church collection : MISCELLANY
12-across – Beam in sports venue back to front : GRIN
14-across – Job-sharing journalist butchered : JOINTED
15-across – Stand in for Republican first lady penning tale : RELIEVE
17-across – Father returned superfluous tool : FRETSAW
19-across – Abandons worried dons when students are away : VACATES
20-across – Fair where one can no longer go? : EXPO
22-across – Trees flourished, it’s said, in leading industrial nations : FIRSTWORLD
25-across – Nasty puncture — it’s been mended touring Alaska : SNAKEBITE
26-across – Stars from Mourinho’s last club possibly retiring : DRACO
27-across – Approaching Turkish capital in darkness : NIGHT
28-across – Supplies weight to tilt part of mechanism : GEARWHEEL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Part of pipe introducing a water source : STEAM
2-down – Founder of monastic order revered in Spain : AUGUSTINE
3-down – Player is entering races on ice : CORNETTIST
4-down – Preserved, though the worse for wear : PICKLED
5-down – Pressure admitted by rather scholarly doctor prone to slips : SPOONER
6-down – Police raid road transport depot, finally : BUST
7-down – Cornish listener’s promise? : SWEAR
8-down – Revolting chaps last to arrive in bustling terminus : MUTINEERS
13-down – Venomous American chess player opening with sacrifice of knight : BLACKWIDOW
14-down – President continues to ridicule housing fines : JEFFERSON
16-down – Get rid of extra tip foolish European added : EXTIRPATE
18-down – Like-minded party people eating battered fish : WHITING
19-down – Guts shown by injured cavers with current coming in : VISCERA
21-down – Provincial leader called for transport strike : PRANG
23-down – Whimsical Liberal peer sent up : DROLL
24-down – Top course for bobby : BEAT
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.