This crossword No. 28990 clues and answers were published on Fri 10 Feb 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28990 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Church dignitary that’s opposed to 15 : CARDINAL
9-across – A selfish desire to get something done! : AGREED
10-across – Be inclined to write things in order : LIST
11-across – Name a small number after one in ultrashort time : NANOSECOND
12-across – Take wicket, then settle down in ground in final season : WINTER
14-across – Kind of yarn in the reply after exchange of a couple of letters : THREEPLY
15-across – Service guide available from Ford in album : ORDINAL
17-across – Fourth book nurse composed about doctor : NUMBERS
20-across – Number that’s loud also heard : FORTYTWO
22-across – Second coffee and third piece of tart : LATTER
23-across – As for No 10 being reformed, PM starts with these : AFTERNOONS
24-across – Continue as ultimate model for Oxford, say : LAST
25-across – Shut up and take notice — this group’s bigger than ABBA : PENTAD
26-across – Guy taking bronze from place to field : THIRDMAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – In bar, I’m with a female that’s upset close friend : FAMILIAR
2-down – Second of three equal parts in premeditated corrective action : EDIT
3-down – Private penning article that’s comparatively silly : INANER
4-down – Among which ours comes third, but isn’t included in seven, musically : PLANETS
5-down – Nigerian university admitting French or German woman : HAUSFRAU
6-down – A couple of flyers that striker uses when dispatching deliveries : CRICKETBAT
7-down – Unprincipled about runs in first season : VERNAL
13-down – Two days before Ides of March, say, unluckily positioned? : THIRTEENTH
16-down – Dine out after start of play -— one of fifteen occupying a certain table : ACTINIDE
18-down – Mistreated those trapped by informer — that keeps resistance under control : RHEOSTAT
19-down – Leave game after three, we hear : GOFORTH
21-down – Not acting, arrange an evening out : OFFSET
22-down – Young woman having cool drink on 4th of June : LASSIE
24-down – What, historically, Martha became, following double first : LADY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.