This crossword No. 28971 clues and answers were published on Thu 19 Jan 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28971 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Hungarian saint containing the blaze I mishandled : ELIZABETH
10-across – Love label linked with old wine-producing region : OTAGO
11-across – Bird presented in last part of French chapter : FINCH
12-across – With repetition of first part, contrive changes to sentence again : RECONVICT
13-across – Large rodent, hard to handle, not keeping up like pig : PORCINE
14-across – Found pound and ounce, say, in abbreviated dictionary : LOCATED
17-across – Endless fortune I had put together, that’s clear : LUCID
19-across – Like the Chairman’s little work : RED
20-across – Don’t allow to leave with odd characters out of discretion : ICEIN
21-across – Agent in European capital backed Julian, say : EMPEROR
22-across – Increase organised valet parking in large parts of East End : ELEVATE
24-across – Encountered Oliver’s friend in London suburban area : METROLAND
26-across – It’s put in the kind of barns churches once found helpful : TITHE
28-across – Become aware of things smelt, heard but not seen : SENSE
29-across – Part of bicycle that doesn’t make it to 24 across? : INNERTUBE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Booker? With prize ultimately secured, trim one’s sails : REEF
2-down – Power of the mind seen in part of 24 across : PINNER
3-down – If pedant is confused about hard recipe initially, he seeks way to proceed : PATHFINDER
4-down – One of six in charge of our land, one a so-called farmer : GEORGE
5-down – Restrained, cut line in second edition : SHACKLED
6-down – See 7 : MOON
7-down – Imaginary character, one of the first two Wells wrote about : MANINTHE
8-down – Part of painter’s work starts off collection of art treasures : COAT
13-down – Beat seed : PULSE
15-down – Novel form in old verse penned by Conservatives : CRIMESTORY
16-down – Letters from London nearly delivered for poet : DONNE
18-down – Coping partly with limited capital, just under fifteen pounds : CAPSTONE
19-down – Deity repeatedly upset another — that’s very unusual : RARAAVIS
22-down – Denouement that’s heart-rending? Not half : ENDING
23-down – King or president : ARTHUR
24-down – Source of inspiration and great power in the writer : MUSE
25-down – Old author I’d pronounced woke? : OPEN
27-down – See 25 : EYED
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.