This crossword No. 28855 clues and answers were published on Tue 06 Sep 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28855 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Officer’s English degree is specialised for an American : MAJORED
8-across – Order within tea room : CHAMBER
9-across – Poet dropping right in : HOME
10-across – Note: master of riding waves to rise up once more : RESURFACE
12-across – During scare, lacking guts, not turning into this? : STONE
13-across – Soldiers welcome band signing up again : REHIRING
15-across – Former F1 champion’s peak? : HILL
16-across – Character from Porridge breaks into vault which ends in trouble : ETHOS
17-across – Troy departing from barren island : SARK
18-across – Perhaps roofer’s chicken after heading to tower : THATCHER
20-across – Tortured antihero’s been abandoned by Richard in scrubland : HEATH
21-across – Man receives a million to get Pele playing with zest : LEMONPEEL
22-across – Happy state — being hugged by grandad on vacation : GLAD
24-across – Joined one inside and exercised : WIELDED
25-across – National insurance’s introduction is real variable : ISRAELI
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Chairman devouring last of curry sauce : MAYO
2-down – Cricket ground has slower ball spinning: all out, including duck : ROSEBOWL
3-down – Cheddar, possibly — cheese, finally eaten by king : GEORGE
4-down – Orders around half of your tablets in such buildings? : CHURCHES
5-down – Spoil 1 + 1,000 + 2? : IMPAIR
6-down – River crosses northern valley : DENE
11-down – Extra cost keeping car in drive outside entrance to home : SURCHARGE
12-down – Economist hits out over money : SMITH
14-down – Pole position or third, thereabouts : NORTH
16-down – Improved, he can dribble during final : ENHANCED
17-down – Press into service in City : SHANGHAI
19-down – In London, stop politician hiding in box : TEMPLE
20-down – Theory that alcohol is more than the sum of its parts? : HOLISM
21-down – Even Alsatians rested : LAIN
23-down – Clever stories have no introduction or conclusion : ABLE
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.