This crossword No. 4023 clues and answers were published on Sun 26 Nov 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 4023 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Wild excitations and thrills : INTOXICATES
9-across – Slice of Kashmiri cottage cheese : RICOTTA
10-across – After November, say, one’s eaten more crackers : NUTTIER
11-across – Nick wanting direction, disheartened, embracing Conservatives’ leader : NOTCH
12-across – Make music, sad and quiet : PIPEDOWN
14-across – Record me in retreat: ‘One denies responsibility’ : DISCLAIMER
15-across – It’s a flipping sparkling wine : ASTI
17-across – Compulsion to cleanse failing to start : URGE
19-across – In advance, rustling up salad of rock pigeon : PRECOOKING
21-across – Poignant, timeless article describing female relative : HAUNTING
23-across – King and queen on a Swedish coin : KRONA
25-across – Opera’s musicians including Dutch thinker : ERASMUS
26-across – Boiling fruit for exciting social engagement : HOTDATE
27-across – Fiancé and messy bo’sun bathed : HUSBANDTOBE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Prompts marksmen to find targets here, did you say? : INCITES
2-down – Vietnamese festival that starts year offspring mostly accepted in irritable fashion : TETCHILY
3-down – Medical procedure that follows whiskey? : XRAY
4-down – Secret kind of trick : CONFIDENCE
5-down – Sound of disapproval twice at the outset, Everyman’s one to be taught a lesson : TUTEE
6-down – Old rakes initially wearing smart clothes: they’re after wives : SUITORS
7-down – Female relative, imperious, departs; merriment stifled at first : GRANDDAUGHTER
8-down – Source of refreshment befuddled king and writer : DRINKINGWATER
13-down – In a Nissan, the writer’s on island somewhere in S Pacific : MICRONESIA
16-down – Time for quiet: pet dog becomes talking animal : COCKATOO
18-down – Grand old university buffet offering Hungarian stew : GOULASH
20-down – Pick out one very good behind : ISOLATE
22-down – Newspaper X : TIMES
24-down – Country. Habitable …? African desert, primarily! : CHAD
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.