This crossword No. 28719 clues and answers were published on Thu 31 Mar 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28719 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Not all of eighteenth on our seventeenth level : HONOURS
8-across – See 12 : BRITAIN
9-across – Perhaps describing bolts no longer stuck fast? : LIKE
10-across – See 9 : LIGHTNING
12-across – Country again bitter about quarantining rules, primarily : GREAT
13-across – See 19 : INTHEPAN
15-across – See 20 : CATS
16-across – US city recalled Hindu festivals : SALEM
17-across – See 16 down : ROPE
18-across – Avoidance of reality with Conservative in impasse, unfortunately : ESCAPISM
20-across – Every one of them as yet untamed, about a hundred feral animals : ALLEY
21-across – Group stealing jewel and cheap regalia finally unlocked crown? : BALDPATCH
22-across – Little sound that echoes just the same? : PEEP
24-across – Food is popular: stick around : CUISINE
25-across – See 9 : GREASED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Slough’s roundabout, one in desert : GOBI
2-down – Out of bounds, perhaps, drive ultimately hooked? Totally incompetent! : HOPELESS
3-down – Thrash metal about right for band : ARMLET
4-down – Music, say, rubbish? I’m not sure, for jazz pianist : ARTTATUM
5-down – Ring a bell, or play the piano? : STRIKE
6-down – A little crack in gingerbread man : KING
11-down – Volume turned up after seabird bites head of injured auk : GUILLEMOT
12-down – See 21 : GRASS
14-down – Put to practical use — like some fruit? : APPLY
16-down – Equipment with long cord bound to catch fish : SKIPPING
17-down – Really poor : ROLEPLAY
19-down – Briefly hot, 9 25 10, is it? : AFLASH
20-down – See 5 : ACHORD
21-down – Depressed squealer’s country music : BLUE
23-down – See 7 : EVEN
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.