This crossword No. 28920 clues and answers were published on Mon 21 Nov 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28920 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Arsonist in boat? : LIGHTER
5-across – Sadly, one may be in its depths : DESPAIR
9-across – Mark firm losing half of capital : COLON
10-across – Exam is a sort of joke : PRACTICAL
11-across – Two men in a boat, working: one was a guitarist : GEORGEHARRISON
13-across – Corny stuff for listeners : EARS
14-across – A local perch? : BARSTOOL
17-across – Consciously old-fashioned, suitable to modernise later : RETROFIT
18-across – Said to employ females : EWES
21-across – School flag: red, green and blue, say : PRIMARYCOLOURS
23-across – Survive without food, broadcasting in real time : LIVEONAIR
24-across – For the occasion, speaker’s to take more white wine : ADHOC
25-across – Ways one may be so far ahead? : STREETS
26-across – Pot shot taken wildly in a potentially dangerous area : HOTSPOT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Contributor to second row that’s in a canal : LOCK
2-down – Jason’s dog? : GOLDENRETRIEVER
3-down – Drive to spear fish in part of the Arctic : TUNDRA
4-down – Repair broken sword : RAPIER
5-down – Secure a point on the road to leave others behind : DRAWAWAY
6-down – At the weekend I get up burlesque : SATIRISE
7-down – Past caring for religion? : ANCESTORWORSHIP
8-down – Implacable, passed on loan with deductions : RELENTLESS
12-down – To replace relic, snoop in cemetery : NECROPOLIS
15-down – Come across a drunkard, upside down and unconscious : COMATOSE
16-down – In pond leaves large mixed display : LILYPADS
19-down – Not placed in a quarter? : FOURTH
20-down – What Humphrey hung in the loo? : BOGART
22-down – Highlander, perhaps heading away from the racecourse : SCOT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.