This crossword No. 28850 clues and answers were published on Wed 31 Aug 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28850 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Tip of tusk, just about trunk : TORSO
10-across – Guardian’s problem with Openreach : CHAPERONE
11-across – Perhaps retreat in blunder, losing knight and corps entirely : BUGLECALL
12-across – Moving record of old poet taking last of coterie cycling : VIDEO
13-across – Parts listed discovered for singer, perhaps : ARTISTE
15-across – Careless manicure, losing one of digits : NUMERIC
17-across – Salmon oil, a regular early protection for young vertebrates : AMNIA
18-across – Type of rock almost a joke : PUN
20-across – Reports of slate being quarried : TALES
22-across – Prickly character criticised nationalist answer on energy : ECHIDNA
25-across – Tastes juice, returning to drink coffee — not a tea, say : PALATES
26-across – Cladding of marble: ideally, even, it could be gold : MEDAL
27-across – Hide rock, one that holds gold? : SKINFLINT
30-across – Terrible person makes noise about Conservative freedom with no rest : SCOUNDREL
31-across – Society suffering, but they’re making record profits : SHELL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Stick of rock? Not one Boatman supports : STAB
2-down – Running after light that may be seen through this rock : BRIGHTON
3-down – Make a hole in second rock that may hold gold : BORE
4-down – Pull together in Cuppers, otherwise one is sunk : SCRAPEUP
5-down – One swims in under rock : MARLIN
6-down – Type of rock like lead? : HEAVYMETAL
7-down – Having more weight applied to type of rock, say : BOLDER
8-down – The Rock screens lead role : HERO
13-down – It’s found in rock — after support it gets to grow : AGATE
14-down – Spooner’s rocky nation, you might say, is independent : STANDALONE
16-down – Barrels of rock taken off vessel, leading to questions : CASKS
19-down – Nobody initially excited over faltering A-list marriage : NUPTIALS
21-down – Heads learn it’s unusual : LATRINES
23-down – River Rock? : HUDSON
24-down – Road’s ruined: bumps initially accumulate on the surface : ADSORB
26-down – A salty thing, Boatman called ‘saint with heart of stone’ : MISO
28-down – Carved from tufa stone, immoveable : FAST
29-down – Rock from upper bits of tundra: igneous lava terrain : TILT
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.