This crossword No. 28836 clues and answers were published on Mon 15 Aug 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28836 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Having toilet break, quietly kept in touch : INTHELOOP
10-across – Edge past river; this one? : RHONE
11-across – Nob’s name entered in fifth rank : GRANDEE
12-across – Be fussy in dealing with infestation : NITPICK
13-across – French boy using English measure : EMILE
14-across – Would-be regicide, chap goes two ways in speech : GUYFAWKES
16-across – Old Mac from croft developed novel smallholding : COLDCOMFORTFARM
19-across – No longer a priest? Fabulous — was really good! : DEFROCKED
21-across – Threat of proper illumination? : PERIL
22-across – Initially ready to please, suffering setback : RELAPSE
23-across – Hate speech perhaps gets Mike arrested by police with violence : POLEMIC
24-across – Preferred a thing from Paris : CHOSE
25-across – One dumped on old aircraft — time to see another world : EXOPLANET
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Reserved arena and sportingly fought : RINGFENCED
2-down – Sporting trial includes children’s game: come on, young lady! : ATTAGIRL
3-down – Interfere in award to be announced : MEDDLE
4-down – Appear depressed, but work through debilitating condition : MOPE
5-down – Rely on this unwritten promise? Goodness! : UPONMYWORD
6-down – Lengthen pamphlet after person making regular cuts : PROTRACT
7-down – Hi there, Richard: Hamlet knew him : YORICK
8-down – Quick look as dog is heard : PEEK
14-down – In a match, goalie who has grouse to nurse : GAMEKEEPER
15-down – Tacitly agreed to break heartless spy — no difficulty : SIMPLICITY
17-down – No participant in the betting, but one rakes it in : CROUPIER
18-down – Bad feeling, as I’m taken in by a mate : ACRIMONY
20-down – Idle autumn: nothing before onset of winter : FALLOW
21-down – Drinking beer, work steadily but dimly : PALELY
22-down – Cut of meat for shelf : RACK
23-down – One of two bound for power : PROP
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.