This crossword No. 4028 clues and answers were published on Sun 31 Dec 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 4028 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Brings in reductions – in confusion : INTRODUCES
6-across – Characters in the picture Gladiator, for example : EPIC
9-across – They’re accompanied by country music and silence, bizarrely : LINEDANCES
10-across – Woman, one looking unchanged in the mirror : ANNA
11-across – Defend vessel in contest : CHAMPIONSHIP
15-across – Brought together, in a church service, English and Dutch : AMASSED
16-across – Looking vacant, initially giving affected wave, His Majesty : GAWKING
17-across – Flies to Niagara, taking in country : ESTONIA
19-across – Lead putting energy into public relations? Give up! : PRECEDE
20-across – Side on border; America in charge; take the consequences : FACETHEMUSIC
23-across – Three learners maintaining university is quiet : LULL
24-across – Sloshing space, Asian? : CASPIANSEA
25-across – Give life to Lord : SIRE
26-across – This makes a button do its work? That’s sad : DEPRESSING
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Everyman will start to specify afflictions : ILLS
2-down – Skipping intro, make-up of rock music’s smallest section? : TONE
3-down – A joke that’s been told often? Told ten such, sadly : OLDCHESTNUT
4-down – Not identified, curiously mundane … : UNNAMED
5-down – … getting flat later in the day : EVENING
7-down – Comedian’s necessity: drink on the job, son : PUNCHLINES
8-down – Reportedly fake aches? Here’s some drinks! : CHAMPAGNES
12-down – Six men we can corrupt; they’re Americans : NEWMEXICANS
13-down – Fats Waller altered natural features : WATERFALLS
14-down – Choosy, wanting item : PARTICULAR
18-down – Not especially impressive batting statistic : AVERAGE
19-down – One choosing to be more generously proportioned? : PLUMPER
21-down – Ace! It’s flipping fizzy wine! : ASTI
22-down – Primarily, ferocious animal’s nasty gnasher? : FANG
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.