This crossword No. 28904 clues and answers were published on Wed 02 Nov 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28904 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – That’s surprising and it’s sadly not something one could name : WHATSIT
5-across – Criminal rip-off in fashion : CULPRIT
9-across – A good part of three months and it’s still warm : EMBER
10-across – Mr James returned ‘mood’ paint? : DISTEMPER
11-across – Gaunt-looking rogue: suave or devious? : CADAVEROUS
12-across – Criminal boss is dope? Surprise, surprise! : DRUG
14-across – Popular painting etc — a clue: it surprisingly is hard to understand : INARTICULATE
18-across – Controversial treatment of hair, with article : SHOCKTHERAPY
21-across – See 12 : LORD
22-across – Labour shortly to follow this US-style party? : BABYSHOWER
25-across – Steed forced to accept disastrous live broadcast : TELEVISED
26-across – Old film star’s talk that’s hard to follow without a book : GABLE
27-across – Bird otter somehow found in hollow dell : DOTTREL
28-across – ‘All you can inhale’ — final 20% off charge on coke, say, but not ecstasy : LUNGFUL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Wife, as a consequence, is from where? : WHENCE
2-down – One university offered Dawn’s song : AUBADE
3-down – Composer wants broadcaster to include trains : STRAVINSKY
4-down – Scatter, climbing over duke’s house : TUDOR
5-down – So Eric frantically pulls in stomach when using one? : COSTUMIER
6-down – See 19 : LIES
7-down – A flurry of rain gets beneath split on a riverbank : RIPARIAN
8-down – Act against old PM and visibly age : TURNGREY
13-down – Act prematurely and clear article by Rod : JUMPTHEGUN
15-down – Practice with vehicle almost covered in concrete : REHEARSAL
16-down – Dead, buried in ground, after one’s separated : ISOLATED
17-down – Wretched gang gets drunk, taking lorry off : SORRYLOT
19-down – Stories constructed by Spiderman? : AWEBOF
20-down – Trial of alternative timber : ORDEAL
23-down – Yeats’s top poem with Latin form of singing : YODEL
24-down – A dog without lead is too much! : OVER
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.