This crossword No. 4038 clues and answers were published on Sun 10 Mar 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 4038 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Becomes too much for captain after wicket in cricketing stints : OVERWHELMS
6-across – Kindly reject bitterly cold Frenchman : WARM
9-across – Mild and soft cheese a Roman partakes of no end, primarily? : MASCARPONE
10-across – Kiss with audacity : NECK
11-across – Sweet-chasers consumed snacks : CHEESESTRAWS
15-across – Overhits, lacking at first – after training, does well : THRIVES
16-across – Worked out the bill, perhaps made sense : ADDEDUP
17-across – Impudence: slip audibly giving you mouth : LIPSYNC
19-across – Everyman is going to … is going to … show spite : ILLWILL
20-across – Notice – noticed – small tools : CIRCULARSAWS
23-across – Escape, knocking back lager : SLIP
24-across – A little bit alarmingly disturbed : MARGINALLY
25-across – Money needed when haircut’s hard : DOSH
26-across – The Britons gathered: Ruby, Beryl and 10 more : BIRTHSTONE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cockneys live in these units? : OHMS
2-down – Oriental net assets regularly disappearing : EAST
3-down – I beg your pardon!? ‘Down with the solver’, etc? : WHATHAVEYOU
4-down – Swift in air : EXPRESS
5-down – Some acclaim and elation for country’s first democratic leader : MANDELA
7-down – Booze, a kiss and music in retreat in old city : ALEXANDRIA
8-down – Cleans up: as does autumnal gardener? : MAKESAPILE
12-down – A little drunk makes suggestive gesture, being game : TIDDLYWINKS
13-down – Like, stressed : ITALICISED
14-down – Qualities of estates? : PROPERTIES
18-down – Bread in such a pâtisserie : CHAPATI
19-down – Visible wisdom : INSIGHT
21-down – And, finally, Vienna roll comes round : ALSO
22-down – Tiny shred of memory: morsel, did you say? : BYTE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.