This crossword No. 29188 clues and answers were published on Fri 29 Sep 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29188 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Nice draughtsman forgetting university in paper, postgraduate? : MATISSE
5-across – Beetle in middle of wine butt collected by pitcher … : JUNEBUG
9-across – … reportedly an earlier insect, perhaps? : MAYBE
10-across – Instrument in embarrassing condition while, on reflection, needing polish : SAXOPHONE
11-across – Fancy fancy man later on : ORNAMENTAL
12-across – Party once in row, unable to adapt : NEW
14-across – Wearisome delay, resulting in traditional building work : DRYSTONEWALL
18-across – Grass-covered bread for congress? : ROLLINTHEHAY
21-across – A little eccentric, hippy aura : CHI
22-across – Green growth? : MONEYPLANT
25-across – A sack filled with sand, unopened, done away with : ABOLISHED
26-across – Escape with girl, having dumped writer : ELOPE
27-across – Great player, tears when beaten mopped up by doctor : MAESTRO
28-across – Career complete, ultimately knackered, went to bed : RETIRED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Lovely gravy that tastes divine inspires a cricket side : MAMMON
2-down – Burdensome legal procedure? : TRYING
3-down – Rocket, say, attached to this, pressure crushing crew : STEAMTRAIN
4-down – European city with rearing monster from which I fled : ESSEN
5-down – Compare ten in project with a model : JUXTAPOSE
6-down – Some ‘yep’, only on the contrary? : NOPE
7-down – Mammal observed peak over lake, looking up : BROWNRAT
8-down – Predator found game circling one river and another from the south : GREYWOLF
13-down – Politician and political staff held up in hole, leaving : DECAMPMENT
15-down – Archaeological site where sheep uncovered: clear off around it : SUTTONHOO
16-down – A line company promoted in proper state : PROCLAIM
17-down – Shakespearean setting I observed in something dull from Cervantes? : ELSINORE
19-down – See 12 : LABOUR
20-down – Serve, late in the evening, first of diners : ATTEND
23-down – Shade that is up, from which to get down? : EIDER
24-down – Immaculate 22 : MINT
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.