This crossword No. 28780 clues and answers were published on Fri 10 Jun 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28780 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Hesitant, using gestural and verbal forms of communication : WAVERING
9-across – Name of girl I see misrepresented in contents of blog? Just the opposite : ELOISE
10-across – Point, or points, one repeated : NESS
11-across – The money ran out, eliminating a former Middle East country : NORTHYEMEN
12-across – Used to lack experience, but following advice to young man? Capital! : WARSAW
14-across – Heavy work, including some art, is laborious : TOILSOME
15-across – Shown how tense it can be in hearing : TAUGHT
17-across – Get worked on, using pliers and saw : BEHELD
20-across – Fuel was spread over grate, haphazardly : WATERGAS
22-across – Exploit source of inspiration when lives lost : MISUSE
23-across – Keep quiet about escape before spring, heading for sunshine? : SOUTHBOUND
24-across – Leaves from Asia — temperature in that part of world has shifted : TEAS
25-across – Odd character that is moved around in anagram of word : WEIRDO
26-across – Clear area in emergency, initially — very critical : EVACUATE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Ambush European soldier heading north, such as Cyrano de Bergerac : NAMEPART
2-down – Intelligence shown by bidders giving their opponents hiding : NEWS
3-down – Gain nothing in this quarter? Be selective : WINNOW
4-down – Mineral’s in there, mixed with phosphorus : NEPHRITE
5-down – Negative response about flowers in strong winds : NOREASTERS
6-down – Enters the exam, exhausted, to get prize : ESTEEM
8-down – Three quarters of strategy rearranged in turn : GYRATE
13-down – Opposite of 5 hats : SOUWESTERS
16-down – Intellectual heard greeting bishop on street : HIGHBROW
18-down – Dislike neighbourhood being restricted, with east in disarray : DISTASTE
19-down – Appropriate, as birds turning up from the south : ASSUME
21-down – Treasures commercial products of mine : ADORES
22-down – Crazy artists recalled city in Asia : MADRAS
24-down – Middle East abandoned by major power? So it is : THUS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.