This crossword No. 4010 clues and answers were published on Sun 27 Aug 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 4010 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Simplest to recast with characters in unexpected places : MISSPELT
5-across – Go silent, caught by large wildcat in retreat : CLAMUP
10-across – Table’s gold dish seen first : PLATEAU
11-across – State to equip keen vicar at regular intervals : ARMENIA
12-across – Family member in French city, outspoken : NIECE
13-across – Film director, jerk, one strutting about : HITCHCOCK
14-across – Soil – mud, even – shaped for sculpture : VENUSDEMILO
18-across – Sometimes I cavort around Penny in shameless displays : IMMODESTIES
21-across – Here we learn about girl on heath, looking back : CLASSROOM
23-across – Overly trusting in French spa town, kicked back : NAIVE
24-across – Uncomfortable when travelling, gives voice to disgusted expression : AIRSICK
25-across – Overwhelmed by destiny, outfit in warship : FRIGATE
26-across – Evades ruses : DODGES
27-across – Let aunt off, accepting kiss that’s joyous : EXULTANT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Aimlessly moving, cleaning floor half-heartedly : MOPING
2-down – Climbs up a sign : SCALES
3-down – Kept quiet, uncommunicative : PRESERVED
4-down – Spooner’s finding canal workers ridiculous types : LAUGHINGSTOCKS
6-down – Liquid you make promoting health, primarily? : LYMPH
7-down – Musical instrument that may be kept by a stoner : MANDOLIN
8-down – Halfwit not having arisen: it’s a simple form of life : PLANKTON
9-down – Can’t fix formats misapplied in children’s book : FANTASTICMRFOX
15-down – Needed a kind of oil : ESSENTIAL
16-down – Fish in mostly beer with leafy green : PILCHARD
17-down – Everyman’s assigned a counterpart that’s faulty : IMPAIRED
19-down – Ian and Pat involved in something that needs beating : PINATA
20-down – Modern part of leisure centre : RECENT
22-down – Share some of driver’s licence : SLICE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.