This crossword No. 28785 clues and answers were published on Thu 16 Jun 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28785 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – When news is on usually officer listens : ATTENDS
5-across – Check scenery support : SETBACK
10-across – Leave Egypt’s borders around eleven : EXIT
11-across – Xmas missive inspiring old western playwright : NOELCOWARD
12-across – Juliet swung round topless, getting derided : JEERED
13-across – Woman smuggled documents inside for playwright : SHERIDAN
14-across – Fancy Dorothy scoffing beef as standard practice! : ORTHODOXY
16-across – Stainer’s notes held by male alto : HENNA
17-across – Book range in the end but not completely : ATLAS
19-across – Computer’s the way to capture Joe’s tricky display : MAGICSHOW
23-across – After spring, darkness reduced, just about : WELLNIGH
24-across – Tidy jasmine at entrance, clipping what’s choking it : NEATEN
26-across – Cast hated snags, the ones behind the scenes : STAGEHANDS
27-across – Squad leaves at start of Macbeth : TEAM
28-across – One examines canines first after depression : DENTIST
29-across – Stuck in woods, Romeo can’t help giggling : CORPSES
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Demand Yankee auditor’s time of reckoning? : TAXYEAR
3-down – Record trouble with canal — it is vanishing : ENTER
4-down – Stripped duke finished hiding uniform : DENUDED
6-down – Abstain from drug that is cut : ESCHEW
7-down – Bachelor eats with son running round? Such vulgarity! : BAWDINESS
8-down – Almost cut short new hanging : CURTAIN
9-down – Engineer examined such a dramatic device : DEUSEXMACHINA
15-down – One in the pits wears this halo? : HEADLIGHT
18-down – The Stage article about enthralling atmosphere : THEATRE
20-down – Individual is firm about dramatist : IONESCO
21-down – Note Norma perhaps fronting work in 18 : OPERATE
22-down – Hose this GT after it’s overhauled : TIGHTS
25-down – Behave badly in a time-consuming contest : ACTUP
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.