This crossword No. 4039 clues and answers were published on Sun 17 Mar 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 4039 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Covers loosely with cropped top and trousers : BESTREWS
5-across – Printed – and hightailed it : RANOFF
9-across – Musical aces exhibiting supreme talent regarding instrumentation, primarily? : MAESTRI
10-across – Round child tucked in to cheese roll : BRIOCHE
11-across – Decipher crossword’s clues? Only about five : SOLVE
12-across – Attracted by quirky demeanour : ENAMOURED
13-across – Ken sends urn toppling in debauchery : DRUNKENNESS
17-across – Everyman has room for improvement, reader: honestly! : IPROMISEYOU
20-across – Central character in Dungeons & Dragons? : AMPERSAND
22-across – Manages nuts and loaves : HEADS
23-across – Desserts with flirts : TRIFLES
24-across – Land – ground – earthier – not hard : ERITREA
25-across – Vacantly idling in vehicles: they’ll produce smoke : CIGARS
26-across – Some priest ran Georgia, leading to disunite : ESTRANGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Live around flightless birds in muddle : BEMUSE
2-down – Nicks from old swords caught : STEALS
3-down – Scoundrel and lunatic brought up in N Sea port : ROTTERDAM
4-down – Alcoholic drinks, assuredly not some 1917 reds : WHITERUSSIANS
6-down – Old soldier and mother heading up to see friend in Seville : AMIGO
7-down – Took place in company, rising, better – about right? : OCCURRED
8-down – Tricky; finished struggling : FIENDISH
10-down – Pleased by ‘cake’ that’s reconstituted pulses : BLACKEYEDPEAS
14-down – Less well behaved; more like Fanny Adams? : NAUGHTIER
15-down – Performed with a cold jerk that’s preachy : DIDACTIC
16-down – On LSD, that’s staggering : TRIPPING
18-down – President’s computer working to suppress resistance : MACRON
19-down – Avoid dunce’s cap, excelling : ESCAPE
21-down – Governor that’s needed by draughtsman : RULER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.