This crossword No. 28840 clues and answers were published on Fri 19 Aug 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28840 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Audition viably arranged, characteristic of a certain event : UNAVOIDABILITY
8-across – Horizontal surface in which line meets side : LEDGE
9-across – Ridicule resolution to replace Conservative by monarch : DERISION
11-across – Designs in place of words repeatedly found in mathematics : FORMATS
12-across – Using modified ten iron, his pitch changes little : INTONER
13-across – Measure of interest in group of islands, or one : CAPRI
15-across – Activity at club following being swamped in 8-0 disaster : NIGHTLIFE
17-across – Like woeful number produced by adding constant to one third, oddly : THRENODIC
20-across – For this cube, what’s subtracted from vertical measurement when it’s minimised? : EIGHT
21-across – Marine creature’s head swallowed by old fish : OCTOPOD
23-across – Writer of nonsensical verse both sides repeated in song : CARROLL
25-across – Reordered mini, alternating with sailor, to drive : AMBITION
26-across – Numbers around end of score : TEENS
27-across – They can handle distraction as well as 25, 1 down, and 9, according to 23 : ARITHMETICIANS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Things look bad after this fruit lies around area : UGLIFICATION
2-down – Calculating type found in snakes and ladders? : ADDER
3-down – Possibility, over time, for job in theatre : OPERATION
4-down – Oxford mathematician is evasive about subtracting transcendental number : DODGSON
5-down – Save man on board threatened by mate that’s crazy : BARKING
6-down – Learner isn’t turning one letter around for composer : LISZT
7-down – Decisive defeat in ring — count out : TROUNCING
10-down – Circle and lines artist arranged for some language experts : ORIENTALISTS
14-down – Send carriage that’s turned up for one not fully engaged : PARTTIMER
16-down – Article concerning appetite heartlessly impractical : THEORETIC
18-down – Revolutionary movement putting barrier around platform : DADAISM
19-down – Fair target after company falsified count : COCONUT
22-down – Use digit or what may be between digits : POINT
24-down – Nothing tops excellent end of series : OMEGA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.