This crossword No. 28966 clues and answers were published on Fri 13 Jan 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28966 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Need to stop by Sudanese recycling plant : BLACKEYEDSUSAN
9-across – Regret about an eastern monarchy spinning charm : ENAMOUR
10-across – Wish to bend arm : LONGBOW
11-across – Smooth ridges going west : SLEEK
12-across – City’s former special police after fashionable old writer : INVERNESS
13-across – Mediocre performer wanting praise, forgetting line after overacting : HAMFATTER
14-across – Work component of photo scanner : TOSCA
15-across – Last pair taken from shoe shop : SNEAK
17-across – Stadium leaders saving skin in short newspaper section : COLOSSEUM
20-across – Ordinary bloke initially escaping suspicion surrounding complete maverick : ODDONEOUT
22-across – Adult underwear picked up in the sunshine? : ABASK
23-across – Starts to see phantom, true ghost from the past : SPRIGHT
24-across – Old Italian footballer recalled first couple of internationals — it’s a long time since he scored : ROSSINI
25-across – Do not disturb unaccompanied spring holidays taken retrospectively? : LEAVEWELLALONE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Song period mostly covered by book — inferior revised thesis : BLESSTHISHOUSE
2-down – US city hospital in area north of Maine, abandoned : ANAHEIM
3-down – Turn down drink : KNOCKBACK
4-down – Risky to upset old royal supporter : YORKIST
5-down – Did rail, northbound, for free : DELIVER
6-down – Curling regularly pared part of a bone : ULNAR
7-down – Leisurely walkers better ignoring leader, heading south : AMBLERS
8-down – Playing safe, my risk wins multi-tasking aid : SWISSARMYKNIFE
14-down – British island protected by French vessel on American body of water : TASMANSEA
16-down – Sanction Diana, for one, bearing crosses : ENDORSE
17-down – Constant love in vigil over Native American : CHOCTAW
18-down – Something signifying a huge amount in colloquial little typo : LITERAL
19-down – Cut up nothing, devouring game earnestly : EXANIMO
21-down – Laze mindlessly, seen regularly around desert : NEGEV
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.