This crossword No. 4045 clues and answers were published on Sun 28 Apr 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 4045 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Frustrate fly : DASH
3-across – Piano music, as can be picked up in Chinatown : CHOPSTICKS
9-across – Diligent pupil trails back : SWOT
10-across – Supports chain restaurants : BRASSERIES
12-across – Does an impresario’s job – or just pretends : PUTSONANACT
15-across – Speech’s missing opening – making allowances? : RATIONS
16-across – Cordate, styled in ‘20s fashion : ARTDECO
17-across – Artist’s questionable offering welcomed by deviate : VERMEER
19-across – Announced what you may do to a flat singer : WRENTIT
20-across – Certain kids jostled for favourable position : INSIDETRACK
23-across – Devise alien people, ones who’ll do the dirty work : HATCHETMEN
24-across – Row when Mr Woods ditches golf : TIER
25-across – What you do in spare time, finding charger: it’s an obsession : HOBBYHORSE
26-across – Wager on a character coming from Athens : BETA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Dad’s come up, popping in to contradict and censure : DISAPPROVE
2-down – Summer clothing, blue: a brief distraction : SHORTSTORY
4-down – Harry’s getting drunk with us: cheers! : HURRAYS
5-down – Ingredients of tapas, satay and Italian sauce : PASSATA
6-down – Perfect scores : TWENTYTWENTY
7-down – Canonically, Abel’s iniquitous nemesis, primarily? : CAIN
8-down – Band’s appeal? Not a sound : SASH
11-down – Party top substantial woman’s lost: turn around : DOAONEEIGHTY
13-down – Interlaces ornately to bring everything to one place : CENTRALISE
14-down – Country’s down on job that’s announced : SOUTHKOREA
18-down – Piece belonging to collector is Ottoman dish : RISOTTO
19-down – Everyman would get stuck in to vacuous words and devices : WIDGETS
21-down – With derisive remarks, sent up old king : SHAH
22-down – End of U-boat? About time! : STUB
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.