This crossword No. 28756 clues and answers were published on Fri 13 May 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28756 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Adult female has messed about with speed : FULLSTEAMAHEAD
8-across – Way to bitch regularly — not if this : STOIC
9-across – Stage name of chairman carrying large first book? : MALVOLIO
11-across – Film literally produced down under : AMADEUS
12-across – Proverbial madman on tail of nervous wreck : SHATTER
13-across – Simpson breaking bugger’s back where fights occur : DOJOS
15-across – Blast, say, dynamite left by sailor around vacated emplacement : EXPLETIVE
17-across – Unpredictable state — storm is brewing : HITORMISS
20-across – Bent solver caught by question : ASKEW
21-across – Cherished getting nonsense on tap : PETCOCK
23-across – Rabble-rousing shunning leader in newspaper issue : EDITION
25-across – Yacht leak to be fixed : KEELBOAT
26-across – Way to work on sadly curtailed mission : ALAMO
27-across – Deviant sex in cemetery introducing good ways to escape : EMERGENCYEXITS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Meal deal might be used by him, if served up with drink shortly beforehand : FISHANDCHIPS
2-down – Sponge John having picked up a bit of fluff : LOOFA
3-down – One who follows somebody on Radio Four, ultimately : SUCCESSOR
4-down – Service breaks in general essentially all together : ENMASSE
5-down – Masculine types work for wimp : MILKSOP
6-down – Commotion in area south of back-to-back houses : HOOHA
7-down – Unreasonable dunce would be this : ABITTHICK
10-down – Through these you can see jockey ride lions — wow! : ORIELWINDOWS
14-down – Current example in New Street covered by press : JETSTREAM
16-down – Get rid of character abroad, caught by international venture being withdrawn : ERADICATE
18-down – Old tax office work finally getting a little tedious : IRKSOME
19-down – One refusing to buy anything : SCEPTIC
22-down – Mathematician once picked up in tanker : OILER
24-down – Starts to interrupt reporter, asking questions in a form of Arabic : IRAQI
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.