This crossword No. 28983 clues and answers were published on Thu 02 Feb 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28983 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Leading members in favour of rest, we’re told : FOREPAWS
5-across – Put on stone in one’s declining years : STAGED
9-across – Occupants of flat in a tenement of classical style : LATINATE
10-across – Tory squeezing social worker creates political division : CANTON
12-across – Scotsman’s following motor route to reach mountains : CARPATHIANS
15-across – Collect Charlie carrying Matilda’s case : AMASS
17-across – Tale from a bishop in local : NARRATIVE
18-across – Philistine needs hours in gaol to fight a criminal : GOLIATHOF
19-across – Opposing sides hosting Arsenal initially pass very slowly : LARGO
20-across – Singer from Cape enthralled by Beatle’s playing : PAULROBESON
24-across – Bound and beaten : LASHED
25-across – Supervises the issue recently produced : BABYSITS
26-across – Lines written in blank diary inclined to drop off : DROWSY
27-across – Commercial book awards : ADJUDGES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Remedy for depleted battery with no reduction in price : FULLCHARGE
2-down – The Spanish raillery about game to be taken back? Precisely : RETURNABLE
3-down – Father bears also threatened beast : PANDA
4-down – Enchanting time with my family’s interrupted by Dynasty : WITCHINGHOUR
6-down – Naval star running historic part of southern Africa : TRANSVAAL
7-down – See 18 : GATH
8-down – Puts on robes for academics : DONS
11-down – Boris’s wife, we hear, presuming to move to next position : CARRYFORWARD
13-down – Clothing worn by mounted soldier going astray : DIGRESSING
14-down – Spots onset of growth during complex recession : RECOGNISES
16-down – Cunning, a desirable quality in pictures but not music : SHARPNESS
21-down – Solver pursuing Boatman up marshy creek : BAYOU
22-down – Tramp pocketing pound, in case : PLOD
23-down – Media’s topical content is concerning : ASTO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.